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John Todd host of Under The Radar, fills in for Maria this week. Guests include, writers Maryfrances Wagner, Greg Field, artist Davin Watne, writer Mark Scheel, and artist/gallery owner Isreal Garcia. Maryfrances Wagner and Greg Field discuss the new issue of I-70 Review. I-70 Review publishes contemporary poetry from anywhere in America and the world. WE read ALL submissions of poetry via [email protected], our reading period is July 1 thru Dec. 31. We have published the work of Harvey Hix, Diane Wakoski, Gary Gildner, Dennis Finnell, Gary Fincke, Jo McDougall, William Trowbridge, Alice Friman, Kathryn Nuernberger, and many others. Come join us to celebrate the new issue of I-70 Review. We'll socialize, eat, drink, and meet new people. We'll also have a contributor reading, so come and join us. Get your copy of the new I-70 Review. Copies of the magazine will make nice holiday gifts as well. Check us out online if you want to see who we are and what we publish. The Writer’s Place Friday September 30 2016, 7pm 3607 Pennsylvania KCMO www,writersplace.org 916.753.1090 Davin Watne talks about Arterial Echoes at UMKC Gallery of Fine Arts. Arterial Echoes features seven UMKC Studio Art Faculty members each shown…

Making Movies musician Diego Chi, composer/musician J. Ashley Miller, and Jane Stoever with the UNplaza art fair appear this week on ARTSPEAK RADIO. Diego Chi-We are proud to announce the 3rd Annual Making Movies Carnaval, Kansas City’s Cultural Music & …

Actor/writer David Wayne Reed, artist/poet Hugh Merrill, and Charlotte Street recipients Don & Sarah Wilkison join us on ARTSPEAK RADIO. Hosted by David Wayne Reed, Shelf Life is a bi-monthly storytelling event featuring objects and the stories behind them Shelf …

Marcia Epstein with Words Save Lives 9.10.2016, Marc Saviano with KC Zine, and artist Maria Ogedengbe join us on ARTSPEAK RADIO. Also appearing on the program, Rebecca Dove Innovative Officer of Pennez talks about hosting a night of True Stories …

Marcia Epstein with Words Save Lives 9.10.2016, Marc Saviano with KC Zine, and artist Maria Ogedengbe join us on ARTSPEAK RADIO. Also appearing on the program, Rebecca Dove Innovative Officer of Pennez talks about hosting a night of True Stories a live storytelling performance at the Google Fiber Event Lounge. Marc Saviano- KC Zine Con #2 takes place September 10, 2016 - 10am to 6pm - Pierson Auditorium at UMKC. KC Zine Con # 2 is right around the corner with over 100 independent publishers, small press distributors, and individual creators from around the Midwest and beyond, exhibiting, selling, and trading their zines, comix, chapbooks, newspapers, pamphlets, tracts, propaganda, and other DIY readable arts. This year's featured artists include a wide variety of nationally known zine creators and beloved local writers and publishing artists, who will also be hosting their own time slot in one of our program rooms. Our "national featureds" Alex Wrekk and Adam Gnade are two of the most notable writers and creators in the zine scene today. Alex Wrekk from Portland, OR is widely known for her long running perzine Brainscan, and what is considered the bible of the zine world, The Stolen Sharpie Revolution. Author…

Sonié Ruffin and Arzie Umali from the UMKC Women’s Center discuss CommonThreads: Anatomy of the Wound. Michael Baxley Gallery Manger Belger Craneyard Gallery and ceramicist Paolo Porelli join us live from the KKFI studio. COMMMON THREADS: ANATOMY OF THE WOUND …

Sonié Ruffin and Arzie Umali from the UMKC Women’s Center discuss CommonThreads: Anatomy of the Wound. Michael Baxley Gallery Manger Belger Craneyard Gallery and ceramicist Paolo Porelli join us live from the KKFI studio. COMMMON THREADS: ANATOMY OF THE WOUND This community art project features artwork created by artists and members of the community who have used art to transform the emotional wounds caused by recent violence in the world. Co-sponsored by the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center and UMKC Division of Diversity & Inclusion. Art can heal the wound. Opening First Friday Sept. 2 Leedy-Voulkos Art Center 2012 Baltimore Ave. KCMO www.leedy-voulkos.com Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin is a renowned fabric artist, fabric designer, author, and lecturer. She has conducted workshops, lectures and exhibitions on African American quilting at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, New England Quilt Museum, Holter Museum of Art, Bethesda Medical Center Rotunda, Harvard, Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Bates College, Lincoln University, Mulvane Museum, UMKC African American Culture House, Truman Medical Center Healing Arts Gallery and a host of quilt guilds, galleries, and museums in the United States, Europe and Africa… Her artwork is held in private, corporate, museum…