Arts 2006 Archive

arts 2006 archive

KBIA News brings you a look at arts and entertainment this week in mid-Missouri in Off the Clock. Formerly known as Arts Week, this program, with host Janet Saidi, offers a glimpse into the week in arts.

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Fall 2006 Archive

12/15/06 How well does Columbia, Missouri do when it comes to supporting art galleries? Jennifer Perlow and Chris Stevens, owners of Columbia’s PS Gallery, talk about their experiences so far. … And we visit musician Lizzie West and her partner, the White Buffalo, at their Holy Road House during a rehearsal. … All that’s on Arts Week.

12/8/06 A local designer makes art out of chewing gum … or already-chewed gum, we should say. … And with last week’s record snowstorm it was cold outside, baby … but inside the Missouri Theatre it was smoking-hot. Jazz legend Paquito D’Rivera was in town … It’s Arts Week.

10/27/06 Dracula is in Arrow Rock, Missouri. The Lyceum Theater presents the play, based on Bram Stoker’s classic novel. Quin Gresham, artistic director at the Lyceum, joined us in studio this week to talk about the production, and to share some of the music from Roberta Carlson's original score for the play. Here it is … on Arts Week.

10/20/06 We hear from Steve James and Peter Gilbert, in town for a screening of their classic documentary, Hoop Dreams. … And kids' musician Jim Cosgrove stopped by the Columbia Public Library this week. The Kansas City musician is touring the country with his wife and baby daughter, performing songs from his latest CD. KBIA catches up with "Mr. Stinky Feet" on Arts Week.

10/13/06 Columbia area artists are getting a great new workspace. KBIA’s Sarah Ashworth has been hanging out in Columbia’s downtown north district and here’s what she’s found. … And this week kicks off another season of the We Always Swing Jazz Series, a 12-year-old Columbia tradition. Series founder and director Jon Poses shares the music.

10/6/06 Musician Lizzie West and her partner and collaborator the Tony Kieraldo (the White Buffalo) are in Columbia for the month of October … they’re performing their latest “Holy Road Tour,” writing a novella, planning a Halloween Ball, and of course making a lot of music from the home they’ve bought in Columbia. They sat down at our studios with their guitars, and with KBIA’s Kryssy Pease. … And one of the biggest champions of the Columbia music scene through the decades is Richard King, owner of The Blue Note and Mojo’s music venues. We wrap up with a quick montage from King about shows coming in the next few weeks.

9/29/06 A new documentary by Stephens College professor and film-maker Kerri Yost follows a family of Bosnian refugees as they adjust to a new life in Columbia, Missouri. We hear from Yost about the making of the film. ... And a Columbia gallery specializes in a nontraditional canvas ... it's a tattoo gallery. ... Finally, how a ball of yarn creates a women’s movement. All that's on Arts Week, with host Janet Saidi.

9/22/06

It’s Banned Books Week. Here's to all the books you’re not supposed to read … Meanwhile, Jane Austen makes an appearance at the Columbia arts fest this weekend. Jane Austen Society members Devoney Looser and George Justice join us for a discussion on Austen and marriage ... including their own. … All this on Arts Week, with host Janet Saidi.

Bonus, Web-only audio: selections from the full interview with MU professors and Jane Austen Society lecturers George Justice and Devoney Looser. Here they discuss why we should all be reading Austen, and why Austen herself never married even though all of her novels end in happy marriages. And they discuss their own happy marriage ... listen, to get the backstory on George’s proposal to Devoney (it’s good). Devoney and George also perform a reading from Emma. At the October 8 Jane Austen Society meeting in Columbia, Dr. Justice will give a talk on the novel.

Spring 2006 Archive

5/12/06 A revolution in how music is being composed ... imagine not being able to read notes, but still composing whole symphonic pieces. Plus, how technology is changing the value of art degrees. Those stories on this edition of KBIA's Arts Week.

5/5/06 A man, a piano, and his computer … crawling through Columbia's galleries ... and the kick-off to the city's summer-in-the-park movie series.

4/28/06 Moviegoers have a chance to see two local films this weekend, and high school students show off their music skills.

4/21/06 Earth Day makes its mark on the local music scene ... a chat with local musician and Earth Day headliner, Hilary Scott ... and author Edmund White stops by.

4/14/06 Singing along to a "Spoonful of Sugar" … the launch of a literary magazine ... and take a listen to MU's jazz bands.

4/7/06 This week we hear from two musicians … one a rising star, the other a young composer … both spending time in Columbia.

3/31/06 Funding for the arts in Missouri takes a dip … Jewish pop music picks up … and one local musician finds ways to make music in an unusual way.

3/24/06 Profiles and a Poem. In this week's show, you’ll learn about one of the artists selected to revamp the city's bus station, and about an author who undertook the task of writing about her ancestor. Then hear a poem from MU Professor and new director of the Center for Literary Arts, Scott Cairns.

3/17/06 Columbia’s latest art gallery may be its bus station … and music of the polka and Irish varieties.

2/24/06 This weekend is the third annual True/False Film Festival in Columbia. KBIA gives you a sneak preview.

Bonus Web audio: Click here for more thoughts from volunteers working the True/False Film Festival.

2/17/06 Gearing up for the True/False film festival in Columbia and censorship in high school drama. Plus, a playwright in his own words. That's all included in this edition of Arts Week.

2/10/06 Get a clue … the musical “Clue,” based on the popular board game, comes to Columbia for the next three weeks … the founder of the Missouri Symphony Society receives a lifetime achievement award ... and a jazz album recorded in Columbia three years ago finally gets its release. These stories and more covered in the first edition of Arts Week.