This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll learn how hard it is to provide a movie soundtrack live, how a Fort Wayne collective is using artistic front porches to get neighbors to know one another, and visit an art exhibit dedicated to the great Ella Fitzgerald. We'll also see how abandoned houses on the near eastside are being reborn as art hubs, and go behind the scenes at the creation of a new setting of Beauty and the Beast.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll learn how hard it is to provide a movie soundtrack live, how a Fort Wayne collective is using artistic front porches to get neighbors to know one another, and visit an art exhibit dedicated to the great Ella Fitzgerald. We'll also see how abandoned houses on the near eastside are being reborn as art hubs, and go behind the scenes at the creation of a new setting of Beauty and the Beast.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll learn about ArtMix's First Friday exhibit, catch up with blues legend Tad Robinson, and warm up for WFYI's Ice Miller Wine Fest. We'll also find out how the Indiana Wind Symphony's founder and music director comes up with unusual programming, and meet visual artist Chee Wang Ng.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll meet the artist behind the super-colorful IndyGo Bus, eavesdrop on composer Becky Archibald as she midwives a new composition, and learn why Roxane Gay loves difficult women. We'll also discover why high school kids from around the city are raising money for Kenya, and fetch a story about man's best friend at the Eiteljorg Museum.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll check out an Indy DJ school, head to Hendricks County for classical and pops music, and meet the Full Circle Nine Gallery at the Circle City Industrial Complex. We'll also experience The Great War through Hoosier eyes, and meet some artists from the 19th annual Meet The Artists exhibition at Central Library.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll discover some of the strange and wonderful materials that provide pigment for paints, check out a concert featuring bandoneon, eat some soothing soup in honor of Phobruary, jam with juniors, and hear about an innovative art project that aims to help patients with degenerative disease communicate.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll get a preview of The Cabaret's new season, meet a Butler grad whose novel The Fly Strip is set in small-town Indiana in 1960, and peek into a rehearsal of Calder the Musical. We'll also learn how a local environmentalist is using art to reduce waste, and meet a woman who's a chemist by day and a musician by night.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll hear how the band Bullet Points learned the truth of the expression "good things come to those who wait," get a preview of a tribute to John Coltrane, and delve into the craft of playwriting with Lou Harry. We'll also learn why the Arts Council of Indianapolis wants to give artists grants of $10,000.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll celebrate the winter holidays with local music and spoken word by artists including Dan Carpenter, Tyron Cooper, Barb Shoup, Claire Wilcher, Rusty Moe, Kyle Craig, and many more.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll meet an organization with a mission of archiving and promoting Indiana music, and hear about composer-performer Tyron Cooper's new projects. Khaos Company Theatre has a new project -- a spacious facility that will allow them to grow. The Indianapolis Opera is getting two new leaders, but one served the organization years ago. Finally, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway got into the bicentennial spirit with a sleek exhibit.