Jeremy D. Goodwin
Jeremy D. Goodwin joined St. Louis Public Radio in spring of 2018 as a reporter covering arts & culture and co-host of the Cut & Paste podcast. He came to us from Boston and the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, where he covered the same beat as a full-time freelancer, contributing to The Boston Globe, WBUR 90.9 FM, The New York Times, NPR and lots of places that you probably haven’t heard of.
He’s also worked in publicity for the theater troupe Shakespeare & Company and Berkshire Museum.For a decade he joined some fellow Phish fans on the board of The Mockingbird Foundation, a charity that has raised over $1.5 million for music education causes and collectively written three books about the band. He’s also written an as-yet-unpublished novel about the physical power of language, haunted open mic nights with his experimental poetry and written and performed a comedic one-man-show that’s essentially a historical lecture about an event that never happened. He makes it a habit to take a major road trip of National Parks every couple of years.
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With its call for extended, close contact among performers, dance is particularly tricky in a time of social distancing. St. Louis Ballet leader Gen Horiuchi composed a production aimed at keeping dancers safe from the coronavirus.
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Vocalist Kim Massie earned the nickname "The Diva of St. Louis" through two decades of performing around the region. She died Monday.
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St. Louis Art Museum Director Brent Benjamin says that the museum has a diverse group of visitors, but that the organization must make systemic changes to ensure racial equity.
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With Powell Hall still closed because of the coronavirus, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's "On the Go" series brings informal concerts to parking lots and backyards.
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The first Powell Hall concert since March will take place Oct. 15. Music Director Stéphane Denève will lead the first two weeks of performances, in front of tightly limited audiences of 100 patrons.
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Opera Theatre has established a fund to support work by underrepresented voices in the heavily white world of professional opera. It also plans a fellowship program to train artists and administrators of color.
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Soul Shed University, a program based in the Old North neighborhood of St. Louis, captured the Arts & Education Council's stARTup Creative Competition. The program provides mentoring to young musicians.
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Brent Benjamin took the helm at the museum in 1999. Benjamin's accomplishments at SLAM include the successful completion of a $160 million capital campaign and acquisition of several key artworks.
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Playwright Melda Beaty's "Coconut Cake" and "Front Porch Society" showcase the culture and concerns of older Black Americans.
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Owners of live music venues hit hard by coronavirus-related shutdowns are trying to determine if it's safe to reopen. Some face a dilemma: staying closed or potentially losing more money by reopening in an uncertain environment.