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The whole family is invited to a "contemporary retelling" of 'Cinderella' performed by Columbia's Mareck Center for Dance in collaboration with the Odyssey Chamber Music Series! Director Karen Mareck Grundy says there'll be two grand pianos on stage during the show! Curtain goes up Easter weekend inside the Missouri Theatre. March 24, 2025

We're less than a week away from the start of the SEC Food Fight fundraiser for Tiger Pantry, Mizzou's on-campus, student-run food bank. Outreach coordinator Reanna Munjoy says your non-perishable food items, hygiene products and monetary contributions will help edge out the other SEC schools: "last year we got 4th place...we lost to Texas." March 27, 2025

Klaudia Rejmer has been fostering chihuahuas for 20 years: "I've loved this breed since I basically heard 'Yo Quiero Taco Bell'". On May 3rd, Lil' Paws, Big Hearts Chihuahua Rescue - Klaudia's non-profit - is taking part in a food festival fundraiser called Around the World in 80 Bites, and you're invited! April 17, 2025

Columbia Area Earth Day Festival coordinator Laura Wacker invites the whole family to come to this year's event, its 35th, and interact with any or all of the more than 230 booths (two stages for music!) that will line the streets of The District. "It's very popular this year!" April 16, 2025

On today's show, we visit with Dr. David Crespy. David is directing a production of Xiomara Cornejo's "Romero" at the University of Missouri Department of Theater and Performance Studies. The play, which is based on the life of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero of El Salvador, includes the use of puppetry, projection and stilting to tell its story. April 18, 2025

Filmmaker Chris Schwedtmann is working with Second Baptist Church and Love Columbia, a local non-profit, to produce a documentary about eight foundational African American churches in the Columbia/Boone County area. (Two of these churches started before the end of the Civil War!) Chris says he's in need of more funding and resources in order to complete the project. April 21, 2025

'Working, A Musical' director and choreographer, Randy Jones, and actress, Joy Powell, talk about the process of bringing this 1970s-era musical to life, including the involvement of one of the original composers, Craig Cornelia, who provided insights and feedback during the rehearsals. The show runs this weekend and next at Talking Horse Productions in Columbia! May 1, 2025

'Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery' features five actors playing 30+ different roles. Newly-minted with a PhD in theatre and performance studies, Dr. Brandon V. Riley joins us to talk about this satirical take on the classic Sherlock Holmes story, opening June 18 inside Studio 4 on the MU campus. "It'll give you the murder mystery that you're wanting, but also we're there to have a good time." June 12, 2025

The Market at Serendipity - Elizabeth Jordheim's answer to the void left by the 2024 closure of the long-running Orr Street Farmers and Artisans Market - features a diverse range of vendors across four categories: farmers and growers, artists and craftspeople, health and wellness professionals, and prepared food makers. Learn more on today's show! June 13, 2025

Get ready to mark your calendar for two different events happening on the same day in The District: Buskers Fest and the 2nd annual Caftan Crawl. If you don't know what those words mean, then watch today's show with guest Nickie Davis! June 11, 2025