Speaking of the Arts

Speaking of the Arts

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Speaking of the Arts episodes

  • July 5, 2019 - The Ponies improv, Sager Braudis Gallery
    This week Diana talks short-form improv to Adam Brietzke, Gregory Brown and Audrey Abeyta members of The Ponies, a new short-form improv troupe which will be appearing monthly at Talking Horse theatre, and later in the show Curator Hannah Reeves drops by the studio to talk about the new Small Works show on display at Sager Braudis Gallery throughout July, as well as about her own work and her fascination with Victorian postmortem photography.
    1 hr
  • June 28, 2019 - Office of Cultural Affairs
    This week, show host Diana Moxon spends the entire show with Sarah Dresser, Manager of Columbia's Office of Cultural Affairs to talk about how arts funding works from the national down to the local level, plus they look at some of the results from the recent Arts and Economic Prosperity Survey in Columbia and look ahead to the annual Celebration of the Arts party coming up on August 29th.
    58 min
  • June 21, 2019 - Jill Orr, Kira Harris
    On this week's show Diana talks to author Jill Orr about her new book, 'The Ugly Truth', the third instalment in the Riley Ellison mystery series, and in the second half of the show author Kira Harris chats to Diana about her new fantasy fiction book, 'Equillian's Key', the first book in what will be a 7-book series about the world of Equillian.
    53 min
  • June 14, 2019 - Montminy Gallery, University of Missouri Theatre Department
    This week host Diana Moxon talks 'Small Art Big Stories' with gallery curator Kate Gray and artists Marilyn Cummins and Bradley Meinke, two of the seventeen artists in the new exhibit at the Montminy Gallery at the Boone History and Culture Center, and in the second half of the show director, Matt Salzberg, stops by to talk about MU Theatre Department's production of the children's comedy 'Corduroy'
    49 min
  • June 7, 2019 - Columbia Entertainment Company, Talking Horse Productions

    On this week's Speaking of the Arts, show host Diana Moxon, talks hair do's and hair don'ts with the director, Enola White, and cast members Liz Marlow (Tracy Turnblad) and Jon Crader (Edna Turnblad) from Columbia Entertainment Company's production of the musical 'Hairspray' which opens on June 13th. Plus in the second half of the show Diana explores the dramatic Anna Ziegler play 'Boy' and looks at the real-life background to this moving and profound play with its Talking Horse Productions director Rachel Bauer, dramaturg Kaylin Jones and the actor who plays Adam, Jack Fulkerson. 

    55 min
  • May 31, 2019 - Art in the Park

    This week Speaking of the Arts host Diana Moxon goes behind the scenes of the weekend's Art in the Park festival with the Columbia Art League's Operations Manager, Louise Sarver and Board Member, Anastasia Pottinger, and in the second half of the show she chats to three of the artists invited to participate in the 61st annual Art in the Park: ceramic artist Yukari Kashihara, painter Cara Van Leuven and fiber artist, Christin Gilchrist from Two Belmont Sisters. 

    59 min
  • May 24, 2019 - Capital City Productions, Stephens College, Maplewood Barn
    On this week's show, Diana gets to indulge her love of Abba with Monica Palmer and Rob Crouse from Capital City Productions where 'Mamma Mia' opens on June 6. In the second half of the show Parker Ross and Laura Avery chat about Maplewood Barn's Production of 'Romeo and Juliet' and Stephens College's Trent Rash talks about the Summer Theatre Institute's five upcoming shows.
    57 min
  • May 17, 2019 - Lyceum Theatre with Amy Wilder; The Eurovision Song Contest

    This week Diana chats to Amy Wilder about life since she left the Columbia Daily Tribune, her new role at the Lyceum Theatre in Arrow Rock and the shows coming up this summer season. Then the show jets off to the Eurovision Song Contest and Diana gives us a tour of the history of the song contest, chats with Eurovision's Executive Supervisor, Jon Ola Sand, and we take a look at some of the hot contenders for this year's top spot.

    58 min
  • May 3, 2019 - Greenhouse Theatre Project, Sager Braudis Gallery

    Show host Diana Moxon chats to actor/playwright/director Elizabeth Braaten-Palmieri and actor Jenny Hipscher about 'Being Here' - a brand new Greenhouse Theatre Project play, written by Elizabeth, which opens on May 8th at The Industry, and which explores mental health and the importance of community as a healing influence. And in the second segment, Diana welcomes artists Hannah Reeves, Jeffrey Leder and Brenda Stumpf to the show to talk about the May exhibit at the Sager Braudis Gallery, and about the lasting influence of some of The Black Mountain College artists on their work.

    55 min

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Speaking of the Arts is mid-Missouri's only weekly arts show. The show is hosted by Diana Moxon, who chats with actors, directors, authors, musicians, festival directors, event organizers, arts…