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Speaking of the Arts — 226 episodes
'Seminar' at Talking Horse Productions
Two poets on mothers, daughters and loss
Two composers and a writer/poet/vocalist educator
Three singer songwriters
A movement scientist dancer, a fine artist muralist, and a nature photographer: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's December featured artists
A peek behind the scenes: teaching accents and creating scenic designs
2022: the year in review
What would you do with a $100,000 donation? 9 arts agencies answer the question
White Christmas, a new conductor in town, and barbershop harmonies
Steel Magnolias, The Masters' Exhibit, and The Thanksgiving Play
Portrait photography, murals, colored pencils and landscapes from the soul: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's featured November artists
'Three-Penny Memories A Poetic Memoir' and 'MO Love: Letters from the Archive'
The sounds of music: from experimental to musical comedy and a concert series
An art fair, a fantasy painter, an encaustic artist, and 'No Sex Please, We're British'
Two painters, an award-winning author, and not your typical singer songwriter: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's featured October artists
A work of classic American theatre, a contemporary rock musical, and a collection of poems
A once-a-year art show, some dance, x-acto knife art, and a flutist
The Roots 'n' Blues festival edition
Two painters, a poet, and a wearable art sculptor: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's featured September artists
Author M O Walsh & Poet Dave Malone
A chat with visual artist and sculptor, Nick Cave
A chat with novelist M O Walsh and his book 'The Big Door Prize' and social justice singer songwriter, Crys Matthews
New music from Paige Alyssa, Hamlet (and why Diana dislikes Shakespeare), and art that speaks to climate change
A fictional Utopian Ozark settlement and abstract metal horses
A musical artist with passion and purpose, a play about love in later life, and infrared color photography
A board game that became a stage play; tiny poetry books; and a peek at Columbia's 2022 One Read
A sculptor of monsters, a mixed media artist, a watercolorist, and a photographer: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's featured July artists
Mizzou International Composer's Festival and "a handbag?" at Maplewood Barn
Love: poetry; in the time of climate change; and of art and archaeology
A muralist, a classical guitarist, a printmaker, and an encaustic painter: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's featured June artists
Aida the musical, a visiting conductor, and an Arts Exit interview
For the Love of Locals art show, and theatre: 'She Kills Monsters', 'Brilliant Traces', and the Lyceum's Summer Season
A quartet of theatre
Art in the Park at Stephens Lake Park
August Wilson's 'Jitney', an artist jeweler, and an exit interview
A singer songwriter, a fashion artist, a portrait painter, and a fiber artist: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's featured May artists
Eurovision 2022!
The history of Missouri fashion, the North Village Art Walk, and an Arts Exit Interview
Conductors, Charlie Brown, Portraits, and a Pop-Up Postcard show
The Unbound Book Festival, and two plays: 'Fun Home' and 'The Revolutionists'
A wood sculptor, a spoken-word poet, a painter, and a guitarist: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's April featured artists
'August, Osage County at Columbia Entertainment Company & singer songwriter Meredith Shaw
A painter, a photographer, a story-sharer, and a textiles & performance artist: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's March featured artists
The case of the missing artwork, a bronze rendition of the age of technology, and a pitch-black tragicomedy about a dysfunctional family
Music at 50: half a century of the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, and singer songwriter Meredith Shaw plays Nashville
The True False Film Fest, and chats with the directors of 'Let the Little Light Shine', and 'Sirens'
Two painters and a documentary film maker: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's February featured artists
From pop music to art music, and from the art of the non-portrait to the art of the CoMo Sea
Local theatre reawakens & a new illustrated children's book
August Wilson's 'Fences', the True False film fest, and MOSY on the Rocks
The photography of David Lancaster and Priya Kambli
Music, surface design collage, fabric-scapes, and landscapes: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council January artists
A 2021 visual artist retrospective
2021 Retrospective: Chats with Missouri Arts Council featured music makers
The year in books and the year in film
The snuggly year-in-local-theatreland review show with Monica and David
The Master's Exhibit, paper-cutting that illuminates physics, and haunting paintings of teddy bears
Two painters, a conceptual artist, and singer songwriter: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's November artists
The Festive Arts: Musicals, Music, and of course, A Christmas Carol
A thankful retrospective of some of the 2021 chats
A Violinist, a Conductor and a Pianist walked into a bar...
New plays, giant checks and rare 18th century tiny treasures
'Green Chili and Other Imposters', the life of a touring Broadway actor, and RENT at Mizzou
Greenhouse Theatre Project, the Macklanburg theatre, Sager Reeves Gallery & the Columbia Art League
Three painters and a poet: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's October artists
Improv Elephants, Arsenic in the Elderberry Wine, and Making a Music Center Dream Come True
Tea and crumpets with Ragtag Film Society artistic director, Chloe Trayner and some 'Almost, Maine' romcom.
Roots n Blues weekend with Tracy Lane, Shay Jasper, Violet Vonder Haar and Sifa
Classical music at the pub, climate change theatre, a shorts film festival, and the return of the Interpretations art show
A metalsmith, an airbrush assassin, a jazz singer, and a painter: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's September artists
"Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee", a chat with author Casey Cep
Some Hedwig, an open house, and sounds of the Roots n Blues festival
A triplet of plays: Lake Shakes, Plan 9 The Musical from Outer Space, and Golgotha plus a Celebration of the Arts
Four artists: Ceramic, fantasy surrealism, watercolor and poly-disciplinary. This month's Missouri Arts Council featured artists.
Arts Women Making it Happen: Roots n Blues Festival, Guerl-rilla Theatre, and an Art Bus
Photographer Shane Epping gets the Arts Exit interview
Behind the scenes at the Mizzou International Composer's Festival
A jeweler, a firework residue artist, a bluegrass Americana singer songwriter, and a mixed media artist: the Missouri Arts Council featured July artists
A Missouri summer mix: book ideas, an art exhibit, and the crossroads of symphonic music and hip hop dance
From mediaeval Europe to Missouri: some Shakespeare, some Vanitas art, and a soaring soprano
Madagascar The Musical, Intertwined art exhibit, the Blind Boone mural, and a COMO bicentennial concert
A choreographer, a photographer, a glass artist and a classical guitarist: A check in with the Missouri Arts Council's June artists
Film, orchestral music, moving a theatre home, and a one-woman play
Lap-tapping guitarist Yasmin Williams and her new album 'Urban Driftwood' (repeat show)
Monica Palmer sits in for Diana Moxon and talks theatre with CEC and Maplewood Barn
Two painters, a poet and a concert pianist: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's May artists
Documentary film makers, Peter Nicks on 'Homeroom', and Aurora Brachman on 'Club Quarantine'
A documentary, a theatre production, an art show, and a monologue contest
A one-person show, an art exhibit, a virtual fest and a keynote literary event all walked into a bar...
From jazz tuba to sculptural photography: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's featured April artists
On the stage: Opera Theatre St Louis summer season; magical realism at MU; and the Missouri Symphony Orchestra documentary
A peek behind the curtain with an arts consultant, an arts funder, and an artistic director
Progress in the Arts awards revisited
A potpourri tour of the Arts from Carol Burnett sketches to Tiny Things and a drive-in arts showcase
True False's Hindsight Film Fest, the Visual Arts & Design Showcase at Mizzou, and Greenhouse Theatre Project's variety night
From stainless steel labradors to an epic tale in 1-minute episodes: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's featured March artists
Conductor Marlon Daniel and Chevalier de St Georges
Juneteenth activist Miss Opal Lee, her grandson, actor Richard Harris and a new production of 'Satchmo at the Waldorf'
From Alaskan landscapes to soul treatments of Johnny Cash: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's featured February artists
The Arts in the time of Vaccines: Ragtag Cinema, Columbia Art League, Cabaret for a Cause
Lap-tapping guitarist Yasmin Williams and her new album 'Urban Driftwood'
The Arts at a New Dawn: Unbound Book Festival, Gateway Plaza, Greenhouse Theatre Project
The Art of... Managing a community radio station
The Hindsight is 2020 show with guest Monica Senecal Palmer
The Arts in Review - A look back on Speaking of the Arts in 2020
The Arts at Christmas with Audra Sergel, Joy Powell & Symonne Sparks
The Arts of 2020 - A Year in Review Part I
The Arts in the time of Masks - A pair of Christmas Carols and a couple of books for your holiday gift list
The Arts in the time of Giving: 6 community arts organizations review their year
The Arts in the time of Masks - Progress in the Arts awards 2020
The Arts in the time of Masks: Starting Gate New Plays, Jólabókaflóð, and Holiday Home Tours
The Arts in the Time of Masks - Travel Plans, True/False, Grounded
The Arts in the Time of Masks: Classical music, history meets art, film, and what's an actor to do?
The Arts in the Time of Masks - Columbia Entertainment Company, Jabberwocky Studios and TRYPS Children's Theatre
The Arts in the time of Masks: Typhoid Mary, Post-Demure, and life on Broadway
The Arts in the time of masks: Fine Art and Documentary Film
The Arts in the Time of Masks - Art Therapy and Comedy
The Arts in the Time of Masks - and Zoomed theatre
The Arts in the Time of Masks and Staying Artfully Engaged
The Arts in the time of Masks, creating sanctuary
The Arts in the Time of Masks, Monologues and Illuminated Poetry
The Arts in the Time of Masks - The arts consultant chat
The Arts in the Time of Rising Statistics - Part 1,700
The Arts in the Time of Please Wear a Damn Mask part 638
The Arts in the Time of What Comes Next? Part 7 and 3/8ths
The Arts in the Time of Masks part 47.5
The Arts in the Time of Masks part 33 1/3
The Arts in the Time of Needed Change
The Arts in the time of Constant Flux - Part Seven and a Half
The Arts Partly from your Sofa, part 62 and three-quarters
The Arts Partly from your Sofa part 43.5
June 19, 2020 - The Arts partly from your sofa, part 6
June 12, 2020 - The Arts mostly from your Sofa, part 23
June 5, 2020 - The Arts from your Sofa part 95
May 29, 2020 - The Arts from your Sofa part 51
May 22, 2020 -The Arts in the Time of Sequestration
May 15, 2020 - The Arts in the Time of Sequestration
May 8, 2020 - The Arts in the Time of Sequestration
May 1, 2020 - The Arts in the time of Sequestration
April 24, 2020 - The Arts in the Age of Sequestration
April 17, 2020 - The Arts in the time of Sequestration
April 10, 2020 - The Arts in the time of Sequestration
One World Same Boat - Episode One
April 3, 2020 - The Arts in the time of Corona Virus
March 27, 2020 - Films, books, music, theatre and fine art in the time of quarantine
March 20, 2020 - The Arts in the time of COVID19
March 13 2020 - Stephens College Playhouse; Dixie's Tupperware Party
March 06 2020 - True/False: 'Welcome to Chechnya' doc; musician Yasmin Williams
February 28, 2020 - 'Votes for Women' play; author Phong Nguyen
February 21, 2020 - Stephens College Warehouse Theatre; The Little Theatre of Jefferson City
February 14, 2020 - Talking Horse Productions; True/False Film Fest
February 7, 2020 - Columbia Entertainment Company; University of Missouri School of Music
January 31, 2020 - Dr. Craig Wilkins, hip hop architect; MU Visual Arts and Design Showcase
January 24, 2020 - Paula Vanlandingham, dialect coach; Capital City Productions
January 17, 2020 - COMO Shorts Film Showcase; Nina Mukerjee Furstenau
January 10, 2020 - TRYPS Children's Theatre; Maples Repertory Theatre
January 3, 2020 - Speaking of the Arts meets Open Mike Radio: The 2019 Review Show
December 20/27, 2019: 2019 Arts Review
December 13, 2019 - Thriller writer Allen Eskens; Artist Greg Edmondson
December 6, 2019 - Talking Horse Productions; Home for the Holidays concert
November 29, 2019 - Sager Braudis Gallery (repeat); Cabaret for a Cause
November 22, 2019 - Jocelyn Cullity; Sager Braudis Gallery Masters Exhibit
November 15, 2019 - Greenhouse Theatre Project; Fall into Art festival
November 8, 2019 - Columbia Weavers & Spinners Guild, Starting Gate New Play Festival
November 1, 2019 - Mizzou New Music Initiative; University of Missouri Theatre Department
October 25, 2019 - National Dollhouse & Miniatures Month; Stephens College
October 18, 2019 - Columbia Entertainment Company; Columbia Art League
October 11, 2019 - University of Missouri Theatre; Mid-Missouri Arts Alliance
Oct 4, 2019 - Talking Horse Productions; Artists Amy Meyer & Norleen Nosri
September 27, 2019 - Actors Joshua Clifton Powell & Carl Herzog; Odyssey Chamber Music Series
September 20, 2019 - Stephens College; Missouri Symphony Orchestra
September 13, 2019 - MU Textile & Apparel Management; Jessica Bruder
September 6, 2019 - Talking Horse theatre "Red"; Daniel Boone Regional Library One Read
August 30, 2019 - Greenhouse Theatre Project; novelist, Laura McHugh
August 23, 2019 - Gail Humphries Mardirosian; Marques Jerrell Ruff
August 16, 2019 - Maplewood Barn, Montminy Gallery & Access Arts
August 9, 2019 - Symonne Sparks, Talking Horse Productions - 'Dancing Lessons'
August 2, 2019 - Columbia Art League, State Historical Society of Missouri
July 26, 2019 - Composers inti figgis-vizueta & Nicole Murphy, actor Richard E Harris
July 19, 2019 - Mizzou International Composer's Festival, author Jocelyn Cullity
July 5, 2019 - The Ponies improv, Sager Braudis Gallery
June 28, 2019 - Office of Cultural Affairs
June 21, 2019 - Jill Orr, Kira Harris
June 14, 2019 - Montminy Gallery, University of Missouri Theatre Department
June 7, 2019 - Columbia Entertainment Company, Talking Horse Productions
May 31, 2019 - Art in the Park
May 24, 2019 - Capital City Productions, Stephens College, Maplewood Barn
May 17, 2019 - Lyceum Theatre with Amy Wilder; The Eurovision Song Contest
May 10, 2019 - Talking Horse Productions, Costume Designer Marc Vital II
May 3, 2019 - Greenhouse Theatre Project, Sager Braudis Gallery
April 26, 2019 - Maplewood Barn, Stephens College Playhouse Theatre
April 19, 2019 - Unbound Book Festival
April 12, 2019 - Talking Horse Productions, MU Theatre Department
April 5, 2019 - Stephens College Warehouse Theatre, Sager Braudis Gallery
March 29, 2019 - MO Contemporary Ballet & Choral Arts Alliance, {trés}
March 22, 2019 - MU Theatre Department & The Plowman Chamber Music Competition and Festival
March 15, 2019 Lyceum Theatre & Mid-MO Traditional Dancers
March 8, 2019 – MU Theatre Department, Greenhouse Theatre Project
March 1, 2019: CoMo Africa Fest 2019, True/False with Andrew Sherburne and Patrick Kinney
February 22, 2019 – Stephens College Warehouse Theatre, Two Cents on True/False
February 15, 2019 – “Strange New Worlds” show, Columbia Entertainment Company’s “Almost, Maine”
February 8, 2019 – MU Visual Arts & Design Showcase, The Every 28 Hours Plays – MU Theatre Dept.
February 1, 2019 – Talking Horse Theatre, Unbound Book Festival
January 25, 2019 – Guerl-Rilla Theatre, True False Film Fest Art Installations
January 18, 2019 – Allison Coffelt, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art
January 11, 2019 – Columbia Entertainment Company, Cabaret for a Cause, Sinatra Supper Club
December 21, 2018 – 2018 Arts in Review
December 14, 2018 – Carrie Yonley, Anastasia Pottinger
December 7, 2018 – Talking Horse Productions, Sager Braudis Gallery
November 30, 2018 – A March Family Victorian Christmas, What is Columbia? photography exhibit
November 23, 2018 – Boonslick Chordbusters, Improv Lesson, Learning an American Dialect
November 16, 2018 – Fall into Art & Democrazy Art Show
November 9, 2018 – A Program of Opera Scenes, Starting Gate New Play Festival
October 26, 2018 – MU Theatre Department, Citizen Jane Film Festival
October 19, 2018 – National Novel Writing Month, Access Arts’ CelebrARTy fundraiser
October 12, 2018 – Talking Horse Productions, poet Walter Bargen
October 5, 2018 – Warehouse Theatre Company, Yin Yang, MU Theatre Department
September 28, 2018 – Architect Guy Morgan, Missouri Citizens for the Arts
September 21, 2018 – Stephens College Theatre, Craig Norton artist
September 14, 2018 – Diana learns a new dialect, the basics of improv and gets a drag queen makeover
September 7, 2018 – Talking Horse Theatre, State Historical Society of Missouri
August 31, 2018 – Marie Nau Hunter – Arts Advocacy, Columbia Art League – Arcana
August 24, 2018 – Mid-MO Pride Fest – The Quorus, Yin Yang Club
August 17, 2018 – Paula Vanlandingham – Dialect Coach, Sifa Bihomora – singer/songwriter
August 10, 2018 – We Always Swing Jazz Series, Lady Parts: A Song Cycle
August 3, 2018 – Talking Horse Productions