Arts and Culture

To call Lucille Salerno a ragtime champion is an understatement. Salerno was a New York native with a lifelong love of syncopated music.  In 1999, she started organizing ragtime concerts in Columbia.

The Blind Boone Ragtime Festival returns to Columbia this Sunday, honoring a local and national legend.  The festival features concerts and seminars from world-class ragtime performers both Monday and Tuesday.  It is named for John William “Blind” Boone, a ragtime musician who lived in Columbia around the turn of the twentieth century and helped pioneer the genre.

  Today Paul Pepper welcomes back local storyteller LARRY BROWN. Larry's story is about lighting a candle. 

Today Paul Pepper welcomes STEVE SCHNARR, with Missouri River Relief. Steve wants you to get to know the river and help keep it clean. Also, KIRK TREVOR and LILI VIANELLO stop by to talk about Hot Summer Nights, which opens tonight at Stephens Lake Park!