Jearlyn Steele

During this hour, guest host Sheletta Brundidge invites one of the newer regulars from her show on to talk about an upcoming special day over at the State Capitol.  Hylden Advocacy & Law attorney Brian McDaniel looks ahead to Black Entrepreneurs Day on February 3rd and discusses the potential impact of this event.

Local singer, musician, and songwriter Matthew French is ready to release his latest work to the public.  He joins the program to preview Friday's launch event for his full "Two Sides" album and discuss the inspiration for the music.

After getting through the holiday show season, Rohan Preston is geared up and ready for the next large wave of plays that will come to/through Twin Cities venues.  The lead theatre critic over at the Star Tribune gives us a rundown of what he's looking forward to along the circuit.

On this edition of Center Stage, guest host Sheletta Brundidge talks to the following guests:

• "The Last Waltz" co-creator Rob Hillstrum
• Singer/songwriter/musician Matthew French
• Star Tribune lead theatre critic Rohan Preston
• Songstress extraordinaire Erin Schwab

Sheletta was a part of this past Monday's MLK Breakfast.  But aside from the food and entertainment, there was one aspect of the morning that our guest host was most excited about...the opportunity to meet the former Senior Advisor to President Obama, Valerie Jarrett.  Sheletta tell us the story of that morning's shenanigans and invites WCCO General Sales Manager (a.k.a. accomplice) Jessice Brandt on the show to verify it all.

When Sheletta's daughter asked about changing her skin color to match the characters she read about in her books, our guest host found out about the "doll therapy" that was being presented by Robin Hickman-Winfield.  The CEO and executive producer of SoulTouch Productions explains why she developed this coping mechanism.

Sheletta Brundidge takes the baton for Jearlyn, who's off this week.  This first hour, we hear from the following guests:

• SoulTouch Production CEO and executive producer Robin Hickman-Winfield comes on to explain what doll therapy is.
• 4th Street Saloon manager Mike Oker and "Rollin with D" CEO DeMonica Flye preview an upcoming fundraising event benefitting the victims of the Bell Loft Apartments fire.

Michael returns from vacation to close out Sunday's show.  On this edition of the "Mom & Michael Hour", we hear about the devastating flooding that continues in California, Michael & Joey's spontaneous New Years' Day plans, and a review of the new movie "M3GAN".

On this week's edition of Center Stage, Jearlyn previews the upcoming Sound of Gospel shows.  She also talks with the following guests:

• Theatre 55 founder and artistic director Richard Hitchler
• Rhythmically Speaking Dance artistic and executive director Erinn Liebhard
• Singer/songwriter/musician Scott Allen

After the turmoil caused over the Summer by the discovery of classfied documents at Mar-a-Lago, President Biden is going through his own firestorm over classified documents he had stored at a personal office and his Delaware home.  Are the two situations truly comparable?  Larry Jacobs, Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the U of M's Hubert H. Humphrey School, looks into that.