Wednesday November 14, 2018 Noon - 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Andrés Rodríguez, Jamie Heller, Adam Finkelston, & Mason Kilpatrick. Andrés Rodríguez is the author of Night Song (Tia Chucha Press), Book of the Heart (Lindisfarne Press), and Portal of Dreams (Woodley Press). His poems and essays have appeared in Bilingual Review, Harvard Review, I-70 Review, Palabra, Sagetrieb, and other journals. In 2007 he won Poets & Writers’ Maureen Egan Writers Award for poetry. He has an MA in Creative Writing from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of California-Santa. Jamie Heller-Poetry is my caffeine. I am a mother, wife, and teacher who gets up before the house starts to stir to write. My second collection, Buried in the Suburbs, was released by Woodley Press in May of 2018. My chapbook, Domesticated, Poetry from Around the House, was published in 2015 with Finishing Line Press. A Pushcart Prize nominee in 2014 (Little Balkans Review) and Best of the Net nominee for 2016 (805 Lit + Art), I also had pieces selected for honorable mention awards in the Whispering Prairie Press Writing Contest 2012, and the Kansas Voices Contest 2017 and 2011. I have additional…

Wednesday November 7, 2018 Noon – 1PM Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Jerry Rapp, Jenny Hahn, Leigh Lynch, Paige O’Connor & Mallory Gobet with Youth Ambassadors to the program. Artist and workshop facilitator Jenny Hahn captures the inward journey through …

Wednesday November 7, 2018 Noon - 1PM Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Jerry Rapp, Jenny Hahn, Leigh Lynch, Paige O'Connor & Mallory Gobet with Youth Ambassadors to the program. Artist and workshop facilitator Jenny Hahn captures the inward journey through bold expression and a vibrant palette. She received a BFA in illustration from the Kansas City Art Institute and exhibits her work nationally, working out of a studio in the Bauer Machine Works building in the KC Crossroads arts district. Her vibrant paintings are featured on book covers, CDs, magazine covers, and posters. Jenny is the co-founder of Creative Nectar Studio—a safe haven for creative self-discovery—and facilitates process painting workshops across the country helping people rediscover their wholeness using painting as a tool for mindfulness and self-discovery. She is also one of the founding and contributing artists of the Unity Arts Ministry, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to creative expression as a path for spiritual living. Jenny's regular practices of Vipassana (insight meditation) and yoga inform her creative process and life. Her goal as an artist is to uplift and inspire with images that feed the heart and soul. “Painting is my connection to the mystery. When I show up to…

Wedensday October 31, 2018 Noon to 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes adorable creatures that include Michael McQuary, Wick Thomas, Emily Evans Sloan, and Mark Allen. Impromptu and live on air, fun and informative- a bit scary too!! Stage …

Wedensday October 31, 2018 Noon to 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes adorable creatures that include Michael McQuary, Wick Thomas, Emily Evans Sloan, and Mark Allen. Impromptu and live on air, fun and informative- a bit scary too!! Stage & screen actor, Michael McQuary was born and raised in Portland, Oregon in the 1960s. Michael tells us that he learned about the world "sideways," and that as a child, "the movies took care of him." Michael remembers, at the age of 6, pointing to the television, spellbound by Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula, he said to his mother, “Look how he holds his cape!” From then on Michael’s childhood was focused on his own creative world. Michael is a master impressionist, with a unique take on the legendary "Monsters of Filmland" and the brightest stars of Hollywood's golden age. Michael is also a character actor and can be seen in multiple films and shorts. Michael was the creator of the award winning one-man shows in New York City including: Matinee Idol, Man of 1001 Faces, Crystal Allan Strikes Back, Back Then They Had Faces, My Own Space and most recently, for KC Fringe Festival “I’m Hollywood.” He is also…

Wednesday October 24, 2018 Noon to 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Paul Tosh, Tyler Galloway, Dennis Weiser, Stephen Pruitt, and Mary Settle Pruitt. Paul Tosh & Tyler Galloway- TypeHike is a collaborative, nonprofit design project that supports the …

Wednesday October 24, 2018 Noon to 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes Paul Tosh, Tyler Galloway, Dennis Weiser, Stephen Pruitt, and Mary Settle Pruitt. Paul Tosh & Tyler Galloway- TypeHike is a collaborative, nonprofit design project that supports the outdoors through typography. Expressed as poster series focusing on national shorelines and recreation areas, endangered animals and Mars, this exhibition will be presented at the UMKC Gallery of Art, the UMKC Fine Arts Building, November 1 thru November 17, with the opening reception November 1, 7:00-8:30 pm. The opening will be proceeded by TypeTalk from co-creator, James Walker, at the UMKC Miller Nichols Library Room 325, at 6:00pm. The exhibition is co-sponsored by the UMKC Dept. of Art & Art History and the Kansas City Art Institute. Both events are free and open to the public. D. C. Weiser is the author of many works of poetry, fiction and nonfiction, including a satire of American exceptionalism Crash Dummies and a memoir Allegory: A Child of the Sixties. After working as a community editor for New Letters Magazine, he was a regular columnist for The Kansas City Business Journal, and recorded weekly book reviews for KCUR. "Tzytzyan Ysalane" won first prize…

ARTSPEAK RADIO is in its’ 6th year!! If you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen online, learn about new and exciting opportunities happening in the creative community, or enjoy listening to one of the many guests featured weekly on ARTSPEAK …

ARTSPEAK RADIO is in its’ 6th year!! If you tune in weekly, download podcasts, listen online, learn about new and exciting opportunities happening in the creative community, or enjoy listening to one of the many guests featured weekly on ARTSPEAK RADIO then call 888-931-0901 to pledge your support. Online pledges are simple, just go to www.kkfi.org and show us your support for YOUR community radio station. It's time for you to support this public affair arts program that gives local artists, spoken word poets, painters, sculptors, musicians, arts educators, museums, arts organizations, and so many more the opportunity to discuss their art, their work, chapbooks, events, openings, performances, innovations, and submissions for artistic opportunities. SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS RADIO STATION NOW by calling 888-931-0901 or make your pledge online at www.kkfi.org Guests appearing on the program include Angie Jennings, Lea Murphy, Dan Frueh, Silvia Kofler, and Bill Sundahl. Kansas City Society for Contemporary Photography President Angie Jennings & Vice President Lea Murphy- Open Spaces 2018: A Kansas City Arts Experience Expanded Field Portfolio Walk Kansas City Society for Contemporary is pleased to announce a premier portfolio event at El Torreon during “Open Spaces 2018: A Kansas City Arts Experience Expanded Field.”…

Wednesday October 10, 2018 Noon – 1PM CST Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes playwright/producer Phil Kinen, actor/playwright Philip Blue Owl Hooser, artists Charlene Pryer, Teresa Dirks, Andrew Erdrich, Fredy Gabuardy, and Francisco Gabuardi Montealegre. Playwright/producer Phil Kinen and actor/playwright, Philip …