Wednesday on Lake Effect: LeVar Burton, Butch Vig, Ian and the Dream

Wednesday on Lake Effect:

LeVar Burton talks about his 23-year run as host of the public television series, Reading Rainbow, and his work today as an advocate for reading education – work that will bring him to Milwaukee this month. Later, music producer, musician, and Viroqua native Butch Vig discusses the state of the music industry and the new album coming out soon by Garbage, the band he co-founded in Madison in the 1990s. And we’ll hear a performance from the Waukesha-based band, Ian and the Dream, whose own new album comes out this week.

Guests:

• LeVar Burton, host, Reading Rainbow
• Butch Vig, musician and keynote speaker, Yellowphone Music Conference
• Ian and the Dream, Waukesha-based band​

Segments:

• LeVar Burton: Reading Rainbow Helped Build A Generation of Readers
• Garbage In, Garbage Out: Musician/Producer Butch Vig comes to Milwaukee
• Dreaming Big in Milwaukee: Ian and the Dream Head to Yellowphone