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Speaking of the ArtsTwo poets on mothers, daughters and lossThis week host, Diana Moxon, takes a look back at two conversations she had with Columbia-based poets Lynne Jensen Lampe and Barbara Harris Leonhard in October and November last year. Both Barbara and Lynne had recently released collections of poems, both of which explored their relationships with their mothers and the complications that post partum depression and alzheimers had on their time together. Their collections of poems are eloquent, moving, sad and funny, and both Lynne and Barbara shared the background to their collections with Diana. Opening and closing musical credits with thanks to guitarist Yasmin Williams (www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com)
2023-02-0358 minSpeaking of the ArtsTwo composers and a writer/poet/vocalist educatorOnce again this week show host, Diana Moxon, is taking a look back at some her favorite chats from the past year. Back in July Diana chatted with two composers who were visiting Columbia as part of the Mizzou International Composers Festival: guest composer Angélica Negrón and resident composer Cassie Wieland. In August the vocalist, spoken word poet, writer, arts educator and community organizer, Josh Runnels aka J. Artiz, was on Speaking of the Arts talking about his passion and purpose, the break up of the band he was a vocalist for - Loose Loose, and future soul. Op...
2023-01-2757 min
Speaking of the ArtsWhite Christmas, a new conductor in town, and barbershop harmonies'Tis the season when stages are awash in figurative tinsel and this week Diana Moxon visits three of them. At the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, their new Music Director Designate, Wilbur Lin, makes his first public performance at this weekend's Symphony of Toys concert and chats about his vision for the orchestra and how he came to found his own orchestra at 18. In Act II, Broadway actor and now Stephens College Conservatory for the Performing Arts associate professor, Lisa Brescia, and associate professor of voice, Nollie Moore, talk about the college's production of White Christmas and what it takes to make...
2022-12-0957 min
Speaking of the ArtsSteel Magnolias, The Masters' Exhibit, and The Thanksgiving PlayThis week's show is a theatre-fine art-theatre sandwich with host, Diana Moxon, talking to Talking Horse Production theatre directors, DeeDee Farris and Mark Baumgartner about their production of the Larissa Fasthorse comedy satire, 'The Thanksgiving Play' in which the history of Thanksgiving, woke culture, and privilege checking all collide. In Act II of the show, Diana explores Sager Reeves Gallery's 2022 Masters' Exhibit and its theme of love, human connection, courtship and sex, with the show's curator and art historian, Hannah Reeves. And in Act III, it's back to the stage with actors Monica Palmer and Ginger Cawley introducing their M'Lynn...
2022-12-0257 minSpeaking of the ArtsThe sounds of music: from experimental to musical comedy and a concert seriesMusic is the through line on this week's show with host, Diana Moxon, chatting with Dismal Niche's, Matt Crook, the curator and director of the Columbia Experimental Music Festival about this year's festival and the challenges of overcoming stubbornly conditioned ears. Plus Diana checks in with Joy Powell from the University of Missouri's theatre department about their regional premiere of the heartwarming musical comedy 'The Prom'; and Robert Wells and Lainie Vansant talk about the 2022-23 University Concert Series season and the challenges of managing two huge venues when the world keeps throwing curveballs at you. Opening and closing music...
2022-11-0457 min
Speaking of the ArtsAn art fair, a fantasy painter, an encaustic artist, and 'No Sex Please, We're British'With the return of Fall into Art this weekend after a 2-year hiatus, Diana Moxon chats with one of the art fair's organizers, Melynda Lotven, about the event's new venue and the challenges of re-starting the festival, plus she chats with two of the exhibiting artists - St Louis-based surreal and fantasy painter, Mollie Chounard, and encaustic artist and jeweler, Jamie Scheppers from Columbia. And as Columbia Entertainment Company moves into the final weekend for its production of the classic 1970's farce 'No Sex Please, We're British' Diana goes behind the scenes with director Terry Schoonover and actor Ginger Cawley...
2022-10-2857 min
Speaking of the ArtsA once-a-year art show, some dance, x-acto knife art, and a flutistKeeping it eclectic this week Diana Moxon chats with the two women behind the annual Boone County Art Show: Mary Wilkerson from Central Bank of Boone County (which has hosted the show for 63 years), and Kelsey Hammond from the Columbia Art League. Plus Karen Mareck Grundy talks dance with Diana and about changing the name of her organization from the Missouri Contemporary Ballet to Mareck Dance. Artist Sarah Nguyen talks about the origin and inspiration for her large scroll works intricately carved with an x-acto knife. And St Louis-based flutist, Wendy Hymes, talks about learning to play African rhythms and...
2022-10-0758 min
Speaking of the ArtsNew music from Paige Alyssa, Hamlet (and why Diana dislikes Shakespeare), and art that speaks to climate changeOn Speaking of the Arts this week host Diana Moxon visits with St Louis musician/singer/songwriter Paige Alyssa (https://www.paigealyssamusic.com/) whose new band, Paige Alyssa and The Max, has their live debut this week, and who counts Sonic the Hedgehog as one of their musical influences; in Act II there's a peek beyond the footlights at Maplewood Barn with Russ Scott, the director of the Barn's upcoming production of Hamlet and Diana confesses to her antipathy to Shakespeare; and in Act III Diana chats with Plattsburg artist Laurel DeFreece (https://www.laurelsartstudio.com/) whose fine art tells...
2022-08-2658 min
Speaking of the ArtsA fictional Utopian Ozark settlement and abstract metal horsesUtopian societies popped up all over the United States in the 1840's and for one Ozarker, Columbia-based novelist Steve Wiegenstein, it was a chance for him to combine his love for an area of Missouri in which his family goes back 5 generations with his fascination for these 19th century egalitarian communities. He talks about his Daybreak series of novels with Diana Moxon and how the history of a legendary and terrifying guerilla fighter intersects with his own ancestors. And in Act Two of the show, Diana chats with metal sculptor, butch Murphy, who went from a career in the sanitized...
2022-08-1958 min
Speaking of the ArtsA musical artist with passion and purpose, a play about love in later life, and infrared color photographyOn this week's show, host Diana Moxon's chats range from Afrofuturism to magical realism. Columbia-based musical artist J. Artiz (https://www.jartiz.com/home) is a community activist who is using his passion and purpose to help the next generation find their self identity through art and talks to Diana about stepping into the world of Afrofuturism and seeing his name on the same stage listing as Chaka Khan; actors Christine Bay and Kirsten Malinee talk about theatre roles for women over 50 and the upcoming play at Talking Horse Productions 'The Things You Least Expect' about finding love, and yourself...
2022-08-1258 min
Speaking of the ArtsA board game that became a stage play; tiny poetry books; and a peek at Columbia's 2022 One ReadOn this week's eclectic art tour, Diana Moxon has conversations that span from New York City to Kansas City with a stopover in Columbia. There's a board game that became a stage play, by way of a movie and a musical, that is taking to the stage at the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre and Diana chats with its director, award-winning actor and director, John Treacy Egan; there's a visit with Missouri's 6th Poet Laureate, Maryfrances Wagner and a peek at her tiny books project, and how a rich Italian-American heritage shaped her as a poet; and Diana checks in with...
2022-08-0559 min
Speaking of the ArtsAida the musical, a visiting conductor, and an Arts Exit interviewIt is a history-making week at KOPN as we start broadcasting from our new home on Bernadette Drive. And history has a role in each of this week's Speaking of the Arts chats with host, Diana Moxon, taking a trip to ancient Egypt courtesy of Joy Powell, the artistic director for MU Theatre Department's Larry D Clark Summer Repertory Theatre, whose production of the Elton John and Tim Rice musical theatre's retelling of the classic Verdi opera 'Aida' opens this week featuring singer Symonne Sparks; a chat with the The Missouri Symphony Orchestra's Executive Director, Trent Rash, and the first...
2022-06-2458 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe history of Missouri fashion, the North Village Art Walk, and an Arts Exit InterviewOn this week's eclectic arts tour, show host Diana Moxon dives into a new exhibit at the State Historical Society's Center for Missouri Studies called 'MOda 200: Missouri Style Makers, Merchants & Memories' with its curator, Nicole Johnston. On the eve of the launch of the North Village Arts District's first four ArtWalk artworks, artist Shannon Webster and the Art District's President, Tootie Burns, talk about the development of the ArtWalk project. And as Mizzou musical theatre and opera actor Anthony Blatter leaves for new art pastures in Florida, Diana gives him the Arts Exit Interview. Opening and closing music credits with...
2022-05-0658 min
Speaking of the ArtsMusic at 50: half a century of the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, and singer songwriter Meredith Shaw plays NashvilleThis week it's a musical tour of the arts. Host Diana Moxon chats with singer songwriter, Meredith Shaw, about her journey into the Nashville music scene and the liberation of pursuing a music career in later life. And, as The Missouri Symphony holds its golden jubilee celebrations, Executive Director, Trent Rash takes Diana back through the mists of time to talk about the founding of the Missouri Symphony Society and the two people whose love of music, and love for each other, were the bedrock of the organization for half a century, Maestro Hugo and Lucy Vianello. Opening and closing...
2022-03-1858 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe True False Film Fest, and chats with the directors of 'Let the Little Light Shine', and 'Sirens'The True False film fest returns to downtown Columbia this weekend with 33 documentary movies and 20 shorts packed into the weekend. Diana Moxon chats with the Fest's new artistic director, Chloe Trayner, about her first Fest, what she is excited to bring to audiences and how films are chosen. There are 4 world premiere documentaries at the Fest, one of which is 'Let the Little Light Shine' (https://www.lightshinefilm.com/) by Kevin Shaw, which follows the fight put up by parents, educators and students when a high-performing mostly Black elementary school in Chicago was threatened with closure so that it could...
2022-03-041h 00
Speaking of the ArtsFrom pop music to art music, and from the art of the non-portrait to the art of the CoMo SeaWith Columbia's annual True False Film Fest returning the first weekend in March, this week Diana Moxon chats with three of the visual and musical artists who will be showing and performing alongside this year's documentary film line-up, plus she checks in with one of the most prolific composers of African art music. Arriving in Columbia from Canada on March 5th is indie pop singer Begonia (www.hellobegonia.com) whose debut album 'Fear' was released right before pandemic fear arrived on the planet, Diana chats with Begonia about being an artist during a pandemic and her new single, 'Heaven'. Visual...
2022-02-1859 minSpeaking of the ArtsA 2021 visual artist retrospectiveWith January a bit of a doldrum for the arts, this week Diana Moxon looks back on some of her visual artist chats from last year. Kirksville based artist Lindsey Dunnagan (https://www.lindseydunnagan.com/) was on the show in February talking about her collections of work that explore place and memory; painter Andy Thomas joined Diana in October to talk about his works that tell stories, and in particular the stories of American Presidents (https://andythomas.com/); St Louis jeweler Allison Norfleet-Bruenger came on the show in July and explained why she thinks of her works as her 'babies...
2022-01-1458 min
Speaking of the Arts"Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee", a chat with author Casey CepAs the Daniel Boone Regional Library kicks off its month-long One Read program, host Diana Moxon chats to this year's One Read author Casey Cep about her book 'Furious Hours Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee', which brings together the story of a serial killer in 1970's Alabama, a savvy lawyer, and the writer Harper Lee, who tried to write a book about the accused - but never convicted - killer, the Reverend Willie Maxwell. Opening and closing music credits with thanks to guitarist Yasmin Williams (www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com).
2021-09-0358 min
Speaking of the ArtsSome Hedwig, an open house, and sounds of the Roots n Blues festivalMusic takes center stage on this week's show with host, Diana Moxon, taking a peek at an upcoming rock musical, an open house studio tour, and the Roots n Blues festival. Columbia Entertainment Company's director of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Caleb Alexander, chats about taking on the production as both its director and band member; film-maker and president of VidWest, Matt Schacht, talks about creating a community media center and taking on the responsibility for the public media cable channel formerly known as CAT TV; and Roots n Blues directors, Tracy Lane and Shay Jasper, introduce four of the...
2021-08-2759 min
Speaking of the ArtsFour artists: Ceramic, fantasy surrealism, watercolor and poly-disciplinary. This month's Missouri Arts Council featured artists.Each month the Missouri Arts Council features four artists on its website from a variety of arts genres, and on this week's show Diana Moxon checks in with the August four: Watercolor artist and professor at Truman State in Kirksville, Rusty Nelson; St Louis-based fantasy surrealism painter, Mollie Chounard, whose personal philosophy is to put joy out into the world through her art, and who spent lockdown using her art to save the US postal service; Glyneisha Johnson, a poly-disciplinary collage/graphite/installation artist working in Kansas City, whose work explores the refuge of black interior spaces in a world...
2021-08-1359 minSpeaking of the ArtsArts Women Making it Happen: Roots n Blues Festival, Guerl-rilla Theatre, and an Art BusThe 14th annual Roots n Blues festival returns to Stephens Lake Park from September 24th-26th and features a line-up of almost exclusively women artists. On this week's show Diana Moxon chats with Roots n Blues co-owners, Tracy Lane and Shay Jasper, about the devastation of the past year, programming an all women festival, and navigating public health protocols. Plus director Hephzibah Niamh and actor Lena Ajans talk about this weekend's one-night only Guerl-rilla Theatre at Talking Horse Productions, and the Columbia Art League's Kelsey Hammond and Jabberwocky Studio's Linda Schust give a peek inside the Art Bus. Opening and...
2021-08-0655 min
Speaking of the ArtsPhotographer Shane Epping gets the Arts Exit interviewPhotographer Shane Epping and his work have been a constant in Columbia for the past 16 years, but next month Shane and his family leave mid-Missouri and head to Laramie, WY, where he will take up a newly created photojournalism endowed professorship at the University of Wyoming. So, on this week's show, host Diana Moxon, gives Shane the arts exit interview in a wide ranging chat that covers his work as a sports and news photojournalist, his art photography, his volunteer work with the organization Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (nowilaymedowntosleep.org), why his camera helps him find meaning...
2021-07-301h 02
Speaking of the ArtsBehind the scenes at the Mizzou International Composer's FestivalEach summer since 2010, the Mizzou New Music Initiative has held its Mizzou International Composer's Festival, selecting a handful of up-and-coming composers to study with the festival's guest composers (this year Chen Yi and David T. Little), give and take workshops, and produce an original composition to be played by the internationally acclaimed ensemble, Alarm Will Sound. On this week's show Diana Moxon chats with the festival's Managing Director, Jacob Gotlib, and to three of the selected resident composers - Nina Shekhar (https://ninashekhar.com/), Shuying Li (https://www.shuyingli.com/) and Celka Ojakangas (https://www.celka.net/). Opening and closing...
2021-07-2359 min
Speaking of the ArtsA jeweler, a firework residue artist, a bluegrass Americana singer songwriter, and a mixed media artist: the Missouri Arts Council featured July artistsEach month the Missouri Arts Council features four artists on its website from a variety of arts genres, and on this week's show Diana Moxon checks in with the July four: St Louis-based jeweler, Allison Norfleet Bruenger, whose pendant designs are only ever made once; firework residue artist, Kyle Selley, who uses fireworks and smoke bombs to create celestially reminiscent art in Kansas City; Bluegrass Americana singer songwriter Ray Cardwell who started his career as a 6-year old on the stage in Branson and now lives in Jefferson City; And Columbia's mixed media artist Lisa Bartlett, whose works tell the...
2021-07-1600 min
Speaking of the ArtsA Missouri summer mix: book ideas, an art exhibit, and the crossroads of symphonic music and hip hop danceThings to do while sipping fruity cocktails. This week show host, Diana Moxon, chats summer reading tips with Skylark Bookshop owner, Alex George; visits Sager Braudis Gallery's Small Works Exhibit with its curator, Hannah Reeves; and gets the origin story behind the FLY Dance Company's blend of hip hop dance and classical music before their Missouri Symphony Orchestra's Hot Summer Nights finale performance this weekend. Opening and closing music credits thanks to guitarist Yasmin Williams (www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com).
2021-07-0959 min
Speaking of the ArtsFrom mediaeval Europe to Missouri: some Shakespeare, some Vanitas art, and a soaring sopranoAlthough each of the arts in this week’s chats can trace their roots to European arts of bygone times, each of those roots has blooms that stretch into modern America. We have a medieval English king immortalized by Shakespeare transported to the Ozarks, a Dutch reformation art genre given a 2020 twist in Columbia, and an opera singer who is versed in 18th and 19th century European composers but who is in Columbia to pay homage to an overlooked 20th century American composer. Show host, Diana Moxon, chats with Dana Bocke and Mark Baumgartner from Maplewood Barn theatre, artist Bethanie Ir...
2021-07-0259 min
Speaking of the ArtsMadagascar The Musical, Intertwined art exhibit, the Blind Boone mural, and a COMO bicentennial concertHow do you do it? is the question that runs through this week's Speaking of the Arts. How do you perform an outdoor musical in the Missouri summer heat for a production where traditionally the actors are all wearing big furry animal costumes? How do you put together an art exhibit in just one gallery that represents 200 years of history? How do you wrap 2-sides of a 2-storey building in a mural that celebrates an icon? How do you play composer Fred Onovwerosuoke's Sonata No3 for two pianos? It's all answered in just one hour when host Diana Moxon chats...
2021-06-2559 minSpeaking of the ArtsA choreographer, a photographer, a glass artist and a classical guitarist: A check in with the Missouri Arts Council's June artistsEach month the Missouri Arts Council features four artists on its website from a variety of arts genres, and on this week's show Diana Moxon checks in with the June four: Springfield-based dancer, choreographer and educator, Azaria Rianne Hogans, who explores gender and racial equality through dance; wildlife photographer, Greg Holden, in Eureka; Pleasant Hills-located fused glass artist, Barb Byrnes, whose specialty is memorial glass; And professional classical guitarist, Patrick Rafferty, in Affton. You can see - and hear - the works of this week's artists on their websites: https://www.azariariannehogans.com/; https://www.gjholden.com/; https://barbbyrneglass.com...
2021-06-1859 min
Speaking of the ArtsFilm, orchestral music, moving a theatre home, and a one-woman playThis week's Speaking of the Arts is an eclectic mix of film, classical music, and theatre. Host Diana Moxon gets a review of the recent True/False film fest from its Director of Marketing, Stacie Pottinger, plus a look ahead to a couple of outdoor summer Ragboat screenings; the Missouri Symphony Orchestra's Executive Director, Trent Rash, talks about the upcoming Hot Summer Nights program; Jill Womack gives an update on TRYPS kids theatre's move to their new old home at Columbia Mall; and actor Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri and director David Wilson talk about working together on Greenhouse Theatre Project's production...
2021-06-1100 min
Speaking of the ArtsLap-tapping guitarist Yasmin Williams and her new album 'Urban Driftwood' (repeat show)Having mastered Guitar Hero as a young teen, Yasmin Williams picked up a guitar, sat it horizontally across her lap, and developed her style of lap-tapping guitar. This week her second album 'Urban Driftwood' is released on which she not only proves herself a master of the technique, but also her compositional maturity and her ability to seamlessly blend multiple musical heritages. On this week's show Diana Moxon spends the whole hour with Yasmin, talking about the influences in 'Urban Driftwood', her adventures with the kora, and the making of her first music video.
2021-06-0400 min
Speaking of the ArtsMonica Palmer sits in for Diana Moxon and talks theatre with CEC and Maplewood BarnSpeaking of the Arts founder, Monica Palmer, is back for this week's show and talks about her favorite subject: Theatre! with three leading lights from the Columbia theatre scene. In Act I Enola White, Executive Director of Columbia Entertainment Company talks about their upcoming show, 'Killer Party: A Murder Mystery Musical' (opens June 24th), and getting back into the theatre after so long away. In Act II, Monica chats with director, Christopher Gould, and actor, Morgan Dennehy, about their next show 'Fifth July' by Lanford Wilson, opening June 3rd at Maplewood Barn theatre.
2021-05-2856 minSpeaking of the ArtsTwo painters, a poet and a concert pianist: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's May artistsEach month the Missouri Arts Council features four artists on its website from a variety of arts genres, and on this week's show Diana Moxon checks in with the May four: Warrensburg-based painter Gary Cadwallader and his extrovert paintings; Contemporary impressionist Regina Willard in West Plains; Byron von Rosenberg - poet, illustrator, storyteller and the poet laureate of Byrnes Mills; And award winning, international concert pianist, Hyejin Cho, a player and proponent of the music of Robert Schumann and collaborative pianist at Truman State University. You can see - and hear - the works of this week's artists on their...
2021-05-1600 min
Speaking of the ArtsDocumentary film makers, Peter Nicks on 'Homeroom', and Aurora Brachman on 'Club Quarantine'In a time of endless cancelations, the True/False Film Fest pulled off the near impossible this week and moved their entire festival outdoors. And although only a few documentary directors were able to make the journey, two of those who were in town for the Fest stopped in to chat with Speaking of the Arts host, Diana Moxon. Peter Nicks returned to the Fest with the third in his Oakland trilogy, 'Homeroom', (the previous two also played at earlier Fests: The Waiting Room 2012, The Force 2017) and talked about the trilogy's exploration of the relationship between the education, criminal justice...
2021-05-1059 minSpeaking of the ArtsA documentary, a theatre production, an art show, and a monologue contestThis week Diana Moxon chats with William Horner and Stacey Woelfel, the directors of a new documentary, "Keep the Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way", produced by a group of up and coming University of Missouri film makers; Drops in on Jefferson City's Capital City Productions where the musical 'tick, tick...boom!' opens in mid-May, and talks to its director Mike Azar and lead Gordon Knatcal about the composer's links with Stephen Sondheim; Visits the Boone History and Culture Center's Montminy Gallery to find out about the Earth Water Fire art exhibit with artists Kate Gray, Jo Stealey and...
2021-04-3000 minSpeaking of the ArtsA one-person show, an art exhibit, a virtual fest and a keynote literary event all walked into a bar...This week's show is a potpourri of arts events both IRL and virtual. Playwright and performer Andrew Black opens his new one-person, one-act show called 'What Same Sex Marriage Means to Me' and talks to host Diana Moxon about which of the 7 archetypal story plots he sees it as; Beth Pike from the State Historical Society of Missouri talks about some of Missouri's bicentennial events including the Missouri Art Now traveling art exhibit; Jabberwocky Studios' Linda Schust talks about this weekend's Africa Fest and how being virtual opened up some opportunities for them; and as the 2021 Unbound Book Festival comes...
2021-04-2300 minSpeaking of the ArtsFrom jazz tuba to sculptural photography: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's featured April artistsEach month the Missouri Arts Council features four artists on its website from a variety of arts genres, and on this week's show Diana Moxon checks in with the April four: photographer Jen Everett from St Louis, who uses photography and sculpture to document nuances of Blackness in America; artist Grant Kniffen from Dardenne Prairie, who explores the stories of the Midwest and West; multi-media artist Laura Bigger, Assistant Professor of Art at Truman Stat University, who uses her art to explore the relationships that exist among humans, animals, and ecosystems; and Springfield-based tuba player Ralph Hepola, who released his...
2021-04-1659 min
Speaking of the ArtsOn the stage: Opera Theatre St Louis summer season; magical realism at MU; and the Missouri Symphony Orchestra documentaryThe past year has exacted a huge amount of resilience, determination, patience and forebearance from our arts leaders all the while expecting them to stay optimistic and creative for the rest of us. And that is what each of Diana Moxon's guests this week have managed to do as their 2020 plans were dashed and they had to reinvent their productions for 2021. Diana chats to Andrew Jorgensen, the Director General of Opera Theatre of St Louis about their outdoor summer festival season; University of Missouri theatre director, Xiomara Cornejo talks about her production of the José Rivera play 'Marisol'; and the M...
2021-04-0900 minSpeaking of the ArtsA peek behind the curtain with an arts consultant, an arts funder, and an artistic directorAs the arts world starts to peek over the parapet, this week show host Diana Moxon goes behind the curtain to chat with arts consultant, Sara Leonard to hear what she's talking to arts organizations about; Columbia's Office of Cultural Affairs Manager, Sarah Dresser to find out how local arts organizations are navigating funding plans for the next 12-18 months; and Quin Gresham, the Producing Artistic Director for the Lyceum Theatre in Arrow Rock for an update on their 2021 season plans. Opening and closing music courtesy of guitarist Yasmin Williams (www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com)
2021-04-0256 minSpeaking of the ArtsProgress in the Arts awards revisitedRepeat show: This week Speaking of the Arts host, Diana Moxon, revisits the Missourian newspaper's Progress in the Arts award and chats with the 2020 winner, Brandon Hall of the Columbia Jazz Orchestra, along with three of the nominees: musician Violet Vonder Haar; vocal coach and Columbia College Assistant Professor Nollie Moore; and Ragtag Film Society Operations Director, Carly Love. This show first aired on November 27, 2020. Opening and closing musical with thanks to guitarist Yasmin Williams (www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com)
2021-03-2600 minSpeaking of the ArtsA potpourri tour of the Arts from Carol Burnett sketches to Tiny Things and a drive-in arts showcaseAs Spring arrives so too do the arts events multiply and this week host Diana Moxon visits with five local people and places to chat about upcoming events: Director Chris Bowling discusses Columbia Entertainment Company's Carol Burnett Show: A Collection of Sketches; Orr Street Studio's Director, Mallory Donohue, chats about reopening the studios for First Friday; The Unbound Book Festival's Executive Director, Alex George, reviews some of the festival's upcoming events; Dr. Joy Powell lifts the lid on the University of Missouri's Chancellor's Arts Showcase; and Columbia Art League Executive Director, Kelsey Hammond, explains why their 'Tiny Things' exhibit makes...
2021-03-1900 min
Speaking of the ArtsTrue False's Hindsight Film Fest, the Visual Arts & Design Showcase at Mizzou, and Greenhouse Theatre Project's variety nightWe are finally coming full circle on this new world order year, and on this week's show host Diana Moxon checks in with two events, which were some of the last IRL events of 2020: the True False Film Fest and the University of Missouri's annual Undergraduate Visual Arts and Design Showcase. Ragtag Programmer, Ted Rogers, talks through True/False's mini at-home fest, Hindsight - 8 films from the True False archives spread out over 8 weeks; University of Missouri Assistant Professor of Theatre Costume Design, Marc Vital chats about the Showcase along with two of its exhibitors, photographer Kylee Isom, and videographer...
2021-03-1200 min
Speaking of the ArtsFrom stainless steel labradors to an epic tale in 1-minute episodes: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's featured March artistsEach month the Missouri Arts Council features four artists on its website from a variety of arts genres, and on this week's show Diana Moxon checks in with the March four: writer, storyteller and Classical Indian Dancer, Nartana Premachandra from St Louis; stainless steel sculptor Doug Cox from Republic (Springfield); realist with a hint of the surreal painter Natalie Wiseman from Joplin; and abstract geometric painter and ceramicist Kevin Umaña in Kansas City. You can read more about the artists at https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/featured-artists/ as well as on their own websites: https://www.nartanapremachandra.com/; https://jdcoxrocksmetalart.c...
2021-03-0500 min
Speaking of the ArtsConductor Marlon Daniel and Chevalier de St GeorgesLast July, Diana Moxon chatted with conductor Marlon Daniel about his introduction to music, his career, the difficulties facing black musicians and conductors in the classical music world, and the music of Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de St Georges. As Black History Month draws to a close, Diana revisits her chat with Maestro Marlon Daniel.
2021-02-2600 min
Speaking of the ArtsJuneteenth activist Miss Opal Lee, her grandson, actor Richard Harris and a new production of 'Satchmo at the Waldorf'Miss Opal Lee of Fort Worth Texas has been promoting June 19th as a day of unity and freedom for over 40 years and last year delivered a petition of 1.5 million signatures to congress to recognize Juneteenth as a federal holiday. On this week's show Miss Opal shares with Diana Moxon her history with the Juneteenth celebration and her lifelong commitment to education. In Act II of the show her grandson, Columbia-based actor and musician Richard Harris, talks about playing Louis Armstrong, his manager Joe Glaser and Miles Davis in the one-man play 'Satchmo at the Waldorf' about the life of...
2021-02-1900 minSpeaking of the ArtsFrom Alaskan landscapes to soul treatments of Johnny Cash: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's featured February artistsEach month (since December 2020) the Missouri Arts Council features four artists on its website from a variety of arts genres and on this week's show Diana Moxon checks in with the February four: visual artist Lindsey Dunnegan; author/poet FC Schultz; glass artist Wanda Tyner; and soul musician/vocalist Brian Owens. You can read more about the artists at https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/featured-artists/.
Thanks as always to guitarist Yasmin Williams (http://www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com/) for the show's opening and closing music, 'Restless Heart'.
2021-02-1200 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the time of Vaccines: Ragtag Cinema, Columbia Art League, Cabaret for a CauseTheatre, cabaret, cinema, art exhibits - they are all going on whether we are there in person or watching from afar. On this week's show host Diana Moxon chats Academy Awards and the world of Ragtag Cinema with its Co-Executive Director, Barbie Banks; explores local artists' interpretation of Dante's Divine Comedy with the Columbia Art League's Kelsey Hammond; and goes behind the scenes with Audra Sergel, Rochara Knight and Enola White to find out more about this weekend's Cabaret for a Cause: Lovers, Losers and Loners.
2021-02-0500 min
Speaking of the ArtsLap-tapping guitarist Yasmin Williams and her new album 'Urban Driftwood'Having mastered Guitar Hero as a young teen, Yasmin Williams picked up a guitar, sat it horizontally across her lap, and developed her style of lap-tapping guitar. This week her second album 'Urban Driftwood' is released on which she not only proves herself a master of the technique, but also her compositional maturity and her ability to seamlessly blend multiple musical heritages. On this week's show Diana Moxon spends the whole hour with Yasmin, talking about the influences in 'Urban Driftwood', her adventures with the kora, and the making of her first music video.
2021-01-2900 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Arts at a New Dawn: Unbound Book Festival, Gateway Plaza, Greenhouse Theatre ProjectIt is a time for reimagining, and the arts are in the reimagining vanguard. On this week's show, host Diana Moxon, talks to Unbound Book Festival Executive Director, Alex George, about turning their one-weekend festival into a 3-month digital literary extravaganza; The District's Executive Director, Nickie Davis, and sculptor, Emmett Russell, chat about Columbia's new Gateway Plaza; and Greenhouse Theatre Project founder, director and actor, Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri brings along director Tia James and playwright, Julia Valen, to talk about their upcoming production, 'Nothing Can Stop What is Coming'. Opening and closing music with thanks to Yasmin Williams (www.yasminwilliamsmusic...
2021-01-2200 minSpeaking of the ArtsThe Art of... Managing a community radio stationOn this week's Speaking of the Arts, host Diana Moxon stays close to home with two conversations with the station's new General Manager, Miquel Calçada, and its former General Manager -and person who wrangled KOPN through a pandemic - musician, composer and sound designer, Tim Pilcher. Why is Miquel known as Miki Moto in his home country of Catalonia? And exactly why is a formerly Barcelona-based TV host and radio entrepreneur now living in Columbia, MO? And why is community radio such a precious jewel on our radio dial? All the answers on this week's show. Opening and closing m...
2021-01-1500 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Hindsight is 2020 show with guest Monica Senecal PalmerIn a week when the world descended to a new level of crazy, actor and ardent arts supporter, Monica Senecal Palmer, joins host Diana Moxon for an hour of arts escapism to talk about some of her art journeys in 2020 and share thoughts on the state of the arts in general, plus there's music from two Columbia-based singer songwriters, Audra Sergel and Meredith Musgrove Shaw, and Diana tests Monica's knowledge of Shakespeare, Dumbledore and Yoda quotes, and gives her a Hindsight is 2020 quiz looking back over the past year of arts events in Columbia. Opening and closing musical credits thanks...
2021-01-0800 minSpeaking of the ArtsThe Arts in Review - A look back on Speaking of the Arts in 2020Despite lockdowns, ghost lights, reductions and limitations, Speaking of the Arts has gone out every week this year thanks to the extraordinary group of arts leaders we have in Columbia Missouri. And one of the silver linings of this recording-from-home year has been the opportunity to reach out to people that are doing amazing work in other parts of the country - or world. On this week's show, host Diana Moxon, delves into the archives from the past 12 months and revisits some of the chats with people from beyond the local community: guitarist Yasmin Williams; film-maker David France and his...
2021-01-0500 minSpeaking of the ArtsThe Arts at Christmas with Audra Sergel, Joy Powell & Symonne SparksThis year so many artists, directors, and arts leaders have performed amazing feats to keep on delivering the arts to us, but what has kept those artists going? On this week's Speaking of the Arts, Diana Moxon, talks to three local performing artists about their year and where they found comfort: Singer songwriter Audra Sergel; theatre director Joy Powell; and soprano-alto-tenor multi-genre singer Symonne Sparks. Opening and closing music thanks to Yasmin Williams (www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com)
2020-12-2500 minSpeaking of the ArtsThe Arts of 2020 - A Year in Review Part IIn a year when there were almost no arts as we knew them, there was instead a plethora of arts as we had never seen before. In Part I of a 2-week Arts Year in Review, host Diana Moxon chats with 4 local arts leaders about what their highlights and reflections on the year. Alex George from Skylark Bookshop talks books, virtual book tours and community support; the Columbia Art League's Kelsey Hammond remembers some of her favorite art shows and reflects on the importance of us all deepening our mental stretch; Columbia Daily Tribune arts writer, Aarik Danielsen, looks back...
2020-12-1800 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the time of Masks - A pair of Christmas Carols and a couple of books for your holiday gift listOn this week's show a pair of Christmas Carols and a couple of books. With stages still dark, two theatre companies are reinventing Dickens' A Christmas Carol to engage us from our home sofas. Greenhouse Theatre Project (GTP) and Arrow Rock's Lyceum Theatre, both adept adaptors of Dickens' work, have adapted it once more and this time with some extra technology sparkles. Show host, Diana Moxon, chats with Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri from GTP and Quin Gresham from The Lyceum Theatre. Meanwhile, in the stocking-stuffer department, authors Kira Harris ('Equillian's Key' - www.masterofmakebelieve.com) and Jill Orr ('The Full Scoop...
2020-12-1100 minSpeaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the time of Giving: 6 community arts organizations review their yearThis week was Giving Tuesday and also the launch of the month-long COMO Gives campaign, so what better time to feature 6 local arts organizations who are making mid-Missouri a great place to live. This week host Diana Moxon chats with Orr Street Studios director Mallory Donohue about their new artist-in-residence programs and turning tagging into a statement to live by; Boone History and Culture Center's Executive Director Chris Campbell talks about the intimidating task of documenting this time for future generations; TRYPS children's theatre maker of dreams, Jill Womack, talks about the gifts of the stage and advent concerts; Ayako...
2020-12-0400 minSpeaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the time of Masks - Progress in the Arts awards 2020Each year since 2017, The Missourian newspaper has asked the community to nominate individuals for awards in 10 categories, one of which is the Arts. The annual Progress in the Arts award was handed out this week in a virtual ceremony, so, on this week's Speaking of the Arts, host Diana Moxon checks in with 4 of the nominees - including the winner: Brandon Hall, Director of the Columbia Jazz Orchestra. Nominee Violet Vonder Haar talks about life as a female musician, the importance of the Jane Doe Revue and the annual Compass Music Camp for children which she co-directs; vocal coach and...
2020-11-2700 minSpeaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the time of Masks: Starting Gate New Plays, Jólabókaflóð, and Holiday Home ToursFor the past 6 years, Talking Horse Productions has hosted the Starting Gate New Play Festival with 6 brand new plays by 3 playwrights and, despite the pandemic, the show is still going on - but this year it's digital instead. Actor and director, Monica Palmer, and playwright Melle Richardson chat playwriting with host Diana Moxon on this week's show, along with Skylark Bookshop's Alex George talking about their Jólabókaflóð, and the Missouri Symphony Orchestra's Julie Middleton and Trent Rash taking us behind the scenes of this year's Holiday Home Tour. Opening and closing music credits with thanks to guitarist Yasmin Will...
2020-11-2000 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the Time of Masks - Travel Plans, True/False, GroundedThis week's Speaking of the Arts is a theatre-film-theatre sandwich, with host Diana Moxon taking on the role of butter. Greenhouse Theatre Project's founder and director Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri and playwright Rigel Oliveri talk about their new Living Room One Acts: Pandemic Edition production, 'Travel Plans'. In Act Two of the show, Diana chats with Ragtag Film Society's Co-Director Barbie Banks about how their plans are shaping up for the 2021 True False Film Fest; and in Act Three, it's back to the stage with Columbia Entertainment Company's Christopher Gould (director) and Audrey Abeyta (actor) who discuss their new production of...
2020-11-1300 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the Time of Masks: Classical music, history meets art, film, and what's an actor to do?On this week's show, host Diana Moxon checks in with four local organizations as they pirouette through the year. In the world of classical music, Odyssey Chamber Music Series artistic director, Ayako Tsuruta, guts her planned Season 17 program in response to the events of the year; at the University of Missouri's George Caleb Bingham gallery, Catherine Armbrust, John Fifeld-Perez and Nicole Johnston create an exhibit that explores the persistent narratives of marginalized voices within 3 of the university's collections; at Ragtag Cinema, programmer Ted Rogers hunts through back catalogues to create a women-kick-ass film series; and at Arrow Rock's Lyceum Theater...
2020-10-3000 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the Time of Masks - Columbia Entertainment Company, Jabberwocky Studios and TRYPS Children's TheatreThis week, Diana Moxon chats to actor/producer Enola White about what happens when Disney Princesses stay at home drinking tea and catching up via Zoom in Columbia Entertainment Company's production of 'Disenchanted Stay at Home version'; Jabberwocky Studios Executive Director, Linda Schust, catches Diana up on how Jabberwocky got started and how they are dealing with these pandemic times; and Executive Artistic Director, Jill Womack, talks about teaching theatre to young people via Zoom, their involvement in the national #artsheroes campaign, and how they are funding their move to a new home in 2021.
2020-10-2300 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the time of Masks: Typhoid Mary, Post-Demure, and life on BroadwayThis week's Speaking of the Arts runs the gamut from a play about the first known asymptomatic typhoid carrier, to an art exhibit about society's view of women, and the deafening silence of life on Broadway. Along the way show host, Diana Moxon, chats to director Alana Barragan-Scott and actor Paula Vanlandingham, artist Farëna Saburi, and choreographer Carol Schuberg.
2020-10-1600 minSpeaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the time of masks: Fine Art and Documentary FilmWe have grown accustomed to the endlessness of arts cancelations but on this week's show Diana Moxon checks in with two artists who have shows on real life walls: Jenny McGee whose new show 'Special Midwest Places' opens at William Woods Mildred Cox Gallery this week, and Anastasia Pottinger whose 'Awful//Cute' photography show is on display at the Columbia Art League's South Gallery. For documentary film-makers though, a world in pandemic is pretty hostile to their art form, and Diana's third guest this week is film-maker - and Assistant Professor at the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism...
2020-10-0900 minSpeaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the Time of Masks - Art Therapy and ComedyOn this week's show host Diana Moxon explores the world of art therapy with registered art therapist Michelle Itzcak from the University of Indianapolis, catches up with Talking Horse Productions Adam Brietzke to find out how their Original Monologue Contest went, and talks to Berlin-based comedian Corey Ott about what live comedy looks like in the age of COVID. Opening and closing music thanks to Yasmin Williams (www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com).
2020-10-0200 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the Time of Masks - and Zoomed theatreOn this week's Speaking of the Arts host Diana Moxon chats to Greenhouse Theatre Project's founder, Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri and her brother, playwright Matt Braaten talk about Matt's new play COVID Buddies, which debuts next week as part of GTP's Living Room One Act series; the Missouri Symphony Orchestra's Trent Rash talks about the new MOSY @ Home education series; and Talking Horse Productions founder Ed Hanson talks about finding his voice as a children's author chronicling the adventures of his dog, Dodger, plus his imminent move to a new home in Kansas. Opening and closing music is by Yasmin Williams...
2020-09-2500 minSpeaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the Time of Masks and Staying Artfully EngagedAs we officially head into Fall next week, Diana Moxon checks out the autumn schedules at Skylark Bookshop (Alex George), Columbia Art League (Kelsey Hammond), Ragtag Cinema (Barbie Banks), and the University of Missouri Theatre Department (Joy Powell) and chats with 4 of Columbia's art leaders and creators who are planning on keeping the community engaged as the nights draw in. The music at the beginning and end of the show is a song called 'Restless Heart' by Yasmin Williams, whose music can be found on Spotify and on her website at www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com.
2020-09-1800 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the time of Masks, creating sanctuaryKeeping people safe and staying in business is almost impossible right now if your operation relies on an audience. When is the right time to re-open? This week host Diana Moxon chats with the head of the Missouri Arts Council, Michael Donovan about its new Missouri Art Safe program designed to help venues prepare for re-opening. Plus singer songwriter Audra Sergel talks about her new EP, 'Sanctuary' and about life as a live musical performer when the live component has gone away. You can find out more about Audra's music at http://audrasergel.com/index.html and about the Missouri...
2020-09-1100 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the Time of Masks - The arts consultant chatThis week's show is a MUST for all arts administrators - and non-profit leaders, staff or volunteers - as arts consultant Sara Leonard returns to the show to continue her chat with Diana Moxon about the conversations that we should all be having within our organizations about being better guardians of inclusion, diversity and equity within the arts. Even for those who don't work in the arts, Sara has fascinating insights about the challenges facing the arts during this time and what some of the research is telling us about what people need from their arts organizations. You can find...
2020-08-2800 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the Time of Masks part 47.5The award-winning international conductor, Marlon Daniel, is the world expert on the music of Chevalier de Saint-Georges, has conducted for prestigious orchestras across Europe and the United States, has spent his career promoting diversity within the classical music world and focusing on music by composers of African descent, and is the Director of The Saint-Georges International Music Festival in Guadeloupe and Founder of the Ensemble du Monde orchestra. And this week he joins Diana Moxon for a full hour chat about his career, influences and his connection to Cookie Monster. You can find more information about The Saint-Georges International Music...
2020-07-3159 minSpeaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the Time of Needed ChangeThis week Diana Moxon revisits two recent episodes where she talked with black arts creators about their experiences: Fred Onovwerosuoke - aka FredO - the most prolific living African composer of classical music and denizen of St Louis; and actors Enola White and Barret Brooks who have appeared on, and behind the scenes of, many of Columbia's community theatre stages.
2020-07-1758 minSpeaking of the ArtsMay 29, 2020 - The Arts from your Sofa part 51On this week's trip around the arts, host Diana Moxon finds out from director Barbie Banks what Ragtag Cinema is doing to get ready for its reopening next week; Tryps' director Jill Womack talks about the silver lining of reinventing their summer camp program into the virtual realm; the Missouri Symphony Orchestra's Monica Palmer introduces Diana to contemporary female composer Nkeiru Okoye; Skylark's Alex George chats about the world of independent bookstores, and a new biography of George Washington; and Stephens College's Jennifer Hemphill and husband John Hemphill, both former Broadway actors, talk about the shuttering of the world's most...
2020-05-2959 minSpeaking of the ArtsMay 8, 2020 - The Arts in the Time of SequestrationAs we all navigate our way to the new normal, the arts quietly carries on feeding our souls. Nobody ever felt worse after reading a good book, or listening to Mozart, or standing before an artwork that spoke to them. On this week's Speaking of the Arts Diana Moxon checks in with Ragtag Cinema, the Columbia Art League, the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, Skylark Bookshop and Talking Horse Productions and finds out along the way about how difficult it is to tell Mick Jagger apart from Mozart, what Talking Horse Productions' Adam Brietzke thinks about murder hornets, upcoming drive-in movies, a...
2020-05-0859 minSpeaking of the ArtsApril 10, 2020 - The Arts in the time of SequestrationListen to this week's Speaking of the Arts to hear from Ragtag's Barbie Banks about a new documentary looking at gerrymandering called Slay the Dragon and a Romanian heist thriller, The Whistlers, the inspiration for which comes from a real life whistling language used on La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands; Skylark Bookshop's Alex George chats about two books that look at different aspects of the second world war - Erik Larson's new book about the London Blitz. The Splendid and the Vile, and Jennifer Rosner's novel about enforced isolation 'The Yellow Bird Sings'; Bingham gallery director Catherine Armbrust...
2020-04-1057 minSpeaking of the ArtsOne World Same Boat - Episode OneWe are all in the same boat right now. Separated by oceans, borders, and now sequestration, we are all in this new normal together. We can't travel physically but we can travel in our imagination. So come fly with me, Diana Moxon, for one hour as we digitally fly around the world and listen to audio postcards from London (Audrey Gillan), Stockholm (Katarina Zetterberg), Sydney (Corey Zerna), Auckland (Glenn White), Shanghai (Richard Choke), Bangkok (Chris Stafford), and Geneva (Ine Bjolseth). Plus we have music from each destination. Thanks to Spankin Rufus for providing the theme music, and the fabulous Loose...
2020-04-0658 minSpeaking of the ArtsJanuary 10, 2020 - TRYPS Children's Theatre; Maples Repertory TheatreThis year is the 20th anniversary for TRYPS Children's Theatre and on the first new Speaking of the Arts show of 2020, TRYPS founder and artistic director, Jill Womack, chats to Diana Moxon about working with Charles Nelson Reilly, teaching empathy through theatre and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. And in the Second Act of the show, Maples Repertory Theatre artistic director, Todd Davison, stops in to chat about their 2020 season and how he got his start in theatre by having his own puppet company - as a 4th grader.
2020-01-1057 minSpeaking of the ArtsJanuary 3, 2020 - Speaking of the Arts meets Open Mike Radio: The 2019 Review ShowSpeaking of the Arts meets Open Mike Radio on this 2-hour year end review of music and the arts with Diana Moxon and Mike Hagen. Faced with the impossible task of choosing just a handful of interview clips and live Open Mike Radio music recordings from the past year, this is but a tiny collection of their faves. From Speaking of the Arts we revisit Diana's interviews with actor/singer Symonne Sparks, Greenhouse Theatre Project's Elizabeth Braaten-Palmieri and Jenny Hipscher, the Eurovision Song Contest, authors Crystal Wilkinson & Joanna Luloff, and MU Theatre costume designer, Marc Vital. And from Mike's in-studio...
2020-01-032h 00Speaking of the ArtsDecember 20/27, 2019: 2019 Arts ReviewWith another fabulous year of the arts coming to a close, Diana Moxon sits down with some of the non-profit arts directors who made 2019 such a stellar year: Director and Co-owner of the Roots n Blues festival, Tracy Lane; Executive Director of the Columbia Art League, Kelsey Hammond; Director of the Unbound Book Festival and Owner of Skylark Bookshop, Alex George; Ragtag Cinema Director, Barbie Banks; and Missouri Symphony Orchestra Development Director and actor/director/improvista, Monica Palmer. Plus there's the new single from Audra Sergel, 'This Life', and a composition by Viet Cuong from the 2018 Mizzou International Composers Festival...
2019-12-2758 minSpeaking of the ArtsDecember 13, 2019 - Thriller writer Allen Eskens; Artist Greg EdmondsonThriller writer Allen Eskens latest novel, 'Nothing More Dangerous' is a coming-of-age mystery, a suspense-filled page turner, which explores the darkness of small town secrets, blood loyalties and what happens to those who don't tow the line. In Act One of this week's show, Diana Moxon, chats to Allen about his book and how he became a novelist. And in Act Two, artist Greg Edmondson, stops by the Speaking of the Arts studio to talk about his four a half year artist residency in Belle, Missouri and the 5 bodies of work that he produced as a result of his time...
2019-12-1356 minSpeaking of the ArtsDecember 6, 2019 - Talking Horse Productions; Home for the Holidays concertThe delectable Monica Palmer sits in for Diana Moxon on this week's Speaking of the Arts. Monica's First Act guests this week are actors Ed Hanson and Sarah Jost, who drop by to chat about Talking Horse Productions' 'An Antique Carol' - a one-act operetta written by founder of the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Vianello. In the Second Act, Chuck Bay and Melissa Bohon-Webel stop in along with two of the Booneslick Chordbusters to talk about their Home for the Holidays Concert and to deliver some festive cheer with a short a cappella recital.
2019-12-061h 00Speaking of the ArtsNovember 29, 2019 - Sager Braudis Gallery (repeat); Cabaret for a CauseIn the First Act of this week's show, Diana Moxon chats to gallery curator and director, Hannah Reeves, about the upcoming Masters Exhibit at the Sager Braudis Gallery and the difficulty of gaining respect as a female abstract expressionist painter in the New York avant garde art scene in the 1940's and 50's. And in Act Two, Columbia songbirds Audra Sergel, Rochara Knight and Meredith Musgrove Shaw drop by to talk about the upcoming Cabaret for a Cause evening on December 9th, and sing a couple of numbers from the show.
2019-11-2958 minSpeaking of the ArtsNovember 1, 2019 - Mizzou New Music Initiative; University of Missouri Theatre DepartmentContemporary classical musicians, The Tesla Quartet's newly released album, Joy and Desolation, features a work composed by University of Missouri's Carolina Heredia, and on this week's show Ross Snyder and Edwin Kaplan of the Tesla Quartet along with Carolina Heredia stop by the Speaking of the Arts studio. In the Second Act of the show, it's joy and desolation of a different kind, when director Joy Powell chats to Diana Moxon about the new production of 'The Wiz: the Super Soul Musical', which plays at the University of Missouri's Rhynsburger Theatre. And if you've ever wondered why Dorothy wears silver...
2019-11-0153 minSpeaking of the ArtsOctober 25, 2019 - National Dollhouse & Miniatures Month; Stephens CollegeOn this week's Speaking of the Arts, Diana Moxon and fine artisan miniatures creator Bradley Meinke shrink the world down to 1/12th scale and talk about the world of miniatures in recognition of National Dollhouse and Miniatures Month. And in the Second Act of the show Associate Professor of Voice from Stephens College, Pamela Ellsworth-Smith, along with performer and future alum, Julia Vuolo, chat to Diana about what The Great American Songbook offers to the contemporary performer and audience, and what audiences can expect from this weekend's production of songs from the era.
2019-10-2553 minSpeaking of the ArtsOctober 18, 2019 - Columbia Entertainment Company; Columbia Art LeagueHow do you take one of the most challenging and powerhouse songs on the contemporary stage and make it your own? Dreamgirls opens at Columbia Entertainment Company on October 24th and this week Diana Moxon chats with its director, David Hall, and actors Olivia Henderson and ShaMarea Houston, who'll be performing as Effie White in the show and singing the huge song made famous by Jennifer Holliday and Jennifer Hudson, 'And I Am Telling You I Am Not Going'.
In Act Two of this week's show, Diana talks to Columbia Art League Executive Director, Kelsey Hammond, and Central Bank of...
2019-10-1856 minSpeaking of the ArtsOctober 11, 2019 - University of Missouri Theatre; Mid-Missouri Arts AllianceClimate Change Theatre Action events are taking place all over the world for the next few months, including at the University of Missouri's Studio 4 theatre from Wednesday 16th-Sunday 20th October. Show host, Diana Moxon, checks in with theatre department chair, Dr. Heather Carver, and playwright Andy Black, to find out more about how they hope their climate change theatre evening will spur people to action. In the show's Second Act, artists Tracy Eichhorn, Janet Flett and Vicki Eultgen stop by to talk about the second annual Boone Plein Air painting event, which takes place October 18th-20th, and the challenges...
2019-10-1158 minSpeaking of the ArtsOct 4, 2019 - Talking Horse Productions; Artists Amy Meyer & Norleen NosriThis week on Speaking of the Arts Diana Moxon talks with actors Rochara Knight and Meg Phillips Crespy, along with director Blake Willoughby, about the Hollywood movie production code, the legacy of African-American actors in the 1930's, and their new production of the Lynn Nottage play 'By the Way, Meet Vera Stark', opening at Talking Horse Theatre on October 11th. In the second act of the show, painter Amy Meyer and ceramic artist Norleen Nosri, chat to Diana about their new art exhibits -- 'Transitions and Thresholds' and 'Of Service: Memories', now on display at the Columbia College Galleries...
2019-10-0452 minSpeaking of the ArtsSeptember 27, 2019 - Actors Joshua Clifton Powell & Carl Herzog; Odyssey Chamber Music SeriesThis week show host Diana Moxon chats the acting life with professional actors Joshua Clifton Powell and Carl Herzog and Carl debuts his talking to kittens skill (adorable). In the second half of the show international soprano, gospel and jazz singer, Dr. Jolie Rocke Brown along with bass-baritone Marques Jerrell Ruff, and Odyssey Chamber Music Series Artistic Director, Dr. Ayako Tsuruta, come in talk about the evolution of the African American Spiritual, voice care and staying true to your dream.
2019-09-2756 minSpeaking of the ArtsSeptember 20, 2019 - Stephens College; Missouri Symphony OrchestraAs a new production of the global hit musical, Mamma Mia, opens at Stephens College in Columbia, show host Diana Moxon chats to the Dean of the Performing Art School, Dr. Gail Humphries Mardirosian and actors Natalie Irlmeier (Sophie) and Jeffrey Keller (Sky) about hitting the high notes, singing while keeping your balance on a revolving bed, and the joys of working with a director who performed in Mamma Mia on Broadway. And in the second act of the show, the Missouri Symphony Orchestra's new Executive Director, Trent Rash, and Development Director, Monica Palmer, talk about their plans for the...
2019-09-2054 minSpeaking of the ArtsSeptember 13, 2019 - MU Textile & Apparel Management; Jessica BruderNearly 60% of all new clothing produced ends up being burned or buried within one year of being on high street retailers' shelves, one of the many shocking statistics from the $2.5 trillion fashion industry. At the University of Missouri's School of Textile and Apparel Management, a three-year exhibit is exploring the industry's intersection with the natural world and encouraging students to design garments which reflect a thoughtful statement about environmental conservation. On this week's show Diana Moxon chats to students Chance Zacheis and Jenny Wu along with Professor Jean Parsons and Collection Manager, Nicole Johnston about the new Flora and Fashion...
2019-09-1359 minSpeaking of the ArtsAugust 30, 2019 - Greenhouse Theatre Project; novelist, Laura McHughThe world loves troubled literary characters and on this week's show, Diana Moxon, chats Hedda Gabler - Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's complex, tortured and oft malevolent character - to Greenhouse Theatre Project's founder and actor Elizabeth Braaten-Palmieri, director Matt Trucano and actor Julia Valen and what audiences can expect from their upcoming production. Diana's second guest this week is Rural Noir novelist, Laura McHugh, whose latest book, 'The Wolf Wants In' hit bookstores at the beginning of August. Laura talks about growing up deep in the Ozarks and how it provided a rich vein of dark stories and characters for...
2019-08-3055 minSpeaking of the ArtsAugust 23, 2019 - Gail Humphries Mardirosian; Marques Jerrell RuffOn this week's Speaking of the Arts, host Diana Moxon, talks to the Dean of Stephens College Performing Arts, Dr. Gail Humphries Mardirosian about their upcoming season and the importance of encouraging women into theatre production and direction, and in the second half of the show, the man with the golden voice, bass-baritone singer Marques Jerrell Ruff, drops in to talk about his crown jewel influencers, vocal care, and which of the Emmy-Grammy-Oscar-Tony awards he plans on winning first.
2019-08-2357 minSpeaking of the ArtsAugust 16, 2019 - Maplewood Barn, Montminy Gallery & Access ArtsThis week Diana Moxon chats to director Christopher Gould and actors Nora Dietzel and Stephen Easterling about the fast-paced Neil Simon farce, 'Rumors', opening next week at Maplewood Barn - plus, bonus: Nora and Stephen act out a scene! And later in the show Access Arts' Shawna Johnson and ceramic artist Marisa Collado talk about the difference between a potter and a ceramic artist, the advantages of being in an artist residency program, and their new art show at the Montminy Gallery.
2019-08-1655 minSpeaking of the ArtsAugust 9, 2019 - Symonne Sparks, Talking Horse Productions - 'Dancing Lessons'On this week's show, Diana Moxon talks to singer Symonne Sparks about musical theatre, her incredible vocal range and what it feels like to sing the National Anthem in front of 50,000 football fans. And in the second half of the show, director Melissa Alpers-Springer and actor Laura Liebhart stop by to talk about their new production of the Mark St. Germain romantic comedy, "Dancing Lessons", now showing at Talking Horse theatre, which explores how a person with Asperger's syndrome navigates a dancing lesson with a dancer in a leg brace.
2019-08-0957 minSpeaking of the ArtsJuly 26, 2019 - Composers inti figgis-vizueta & Nicole Murphy, actor Richard E HarrisThis week Diana Moxon talks to composers inti figgis-vizueta and Nicole Murphy about their music, machete-wielding grandmothers, giving space to performers and audiences, and their time at the Mizzou International Composers Festival. The segment includes two short clips of music: the second movement of 'Stolen' composed by Nicole Murphy (https://soundcloud.com/elm-city-records/stolen-movement-2), and 'whose name do you make thunder the room?' by inti figgis-vizueta (https://soundcloud.com/inti-logan-figgis-vizueta/whose-name-do-you-make-thunder-the-room). In the second half of the show, actor Richard E Harris joins Diana in the studio to talk about his musical and acting career, touring with Johnnie Taylor...
2019-07-2655 minSpeaking of the ArtsJuly 19, 2019 - Mizzou International Composer's Festival, author Jocelyn CullityThis week show host Diana Moxon talks new music with University of Missouri's Dr. Jacob Gotlib, member of the university's composition department and Managing Director of the upcoming Mizzou International Composer's Festival. In the second half of the show, Diana chats with author Jocelyn Cullity about her book 'Amah and the Silk-Winged Pigeons', set in northern India in 1857 during the infamous Siege of Lucknow, a brutal and shameful event in the history of Anglo-Indian relations and an event to which both Diana and Jocelyn have strong family ties.
2019-07-1958 minSpeaking of the ArtsJune 28, 2019 - Office of Cultural AffairsThis week, show host Diana Moxon spends the entire show with Sarah Dresser, Manager of Columbia's Office of Cultural Affairs to talk about how arts funding works from the national down to the local level, plus they look at some of the results from the recent Arts and Economic Prosperity Survey in Columbia and look ahead to the annual Celebration of the Arts party coming up on August 29th.
2019-06-2857 minSpeaking of the ArtsJune 14, 2019 - Montminy Gallery, University of Missouri Theatre DepartmentThis week host Diana Moxon talks 'Small Art Big Stories' with gallery curator Kate Gray and artists Marilyn Cummins and Bradley Meinke, two of the seventeen artists in the new exhibit at the Montminy Gallery at the Boone History and Culture Center, and in the second half of the show director, Matt Salzberg, stops by to talk about MU Theatre Department's production of the children's comedy 'Corduroy'
2019-06-1448 minSpeaking of the ArtsJune 7, 2019 - Columbia Entertainment Company, Talking Horse ProductionsOn this week's Speaking of the Arts, show host Diana Moxon, talks hair do's and hair don'ts with the director, Enola White, and cast members Liz Marlow (Tracy Turnblad) and Jon Crader (Edna Turnblad) from Columbia Entertainment Company's production of the musical 'Hairspray' which opens on June 13th. Plus in the second half of the show Diana explores the dramatic Anna Ziegler play 'Boy' and looks at the real-life background to this moving and profound play with its Talking Horse Productions director Rachel Bauer, dramaturg Kaylin Jones and the actor who plays Adam, Jack Fulkerson.
2019-06-0754 minSpeaking of the ArtsMay 31, 2019 - Art in the ParkThis week Speaking of the Arts host Diana Moxon goes behind the scenes of the weekend's Art in the Park festival with the Columbia Art League's Operations Manager, Louise Sarver and Board Member, Anastasia Pottinger, and in the second half of the show she chats to three of the artists invited to participate in the 61st annual Art in the Park: ceramic artist Yukari Kashihara, painter Cara Van Leuven and fiber artist, Christin Gilchrist from Two Belmont Sisters.
2019-05-3158 minSpeaking of the ArtsMay 10, 2019 - Talking Horse Productions, Costume Designer Marc Vital IIDiana Moxon chats to Talking Horse Productions Exec Dir, Rochara Knight, and Artistic Dir, Adam Brietzke, about the company's 2020 season and commitment to works by women, and then goes behind the scenes with University of Missouri Costumer Designer, Marc Vital II.
2019-05-1055 minSpeaking of the ArtsMay 3, 2019 - Greenhouse Theatre Project, Sager Braudis GalleryShow host Diana Moxon chats to actor/playwright/director Elizabeth Braaten-Palmieri and actor Jenny Hipscher about 'Being Here' - a brand new Greenhouse Theatre Project play, written by Elizabeth, which opens on May 8th at The Industry, and which explores mental health and the importance of community as a healing influence. And in the second segment, Diana welcomes artists Hannah Reeves, Jeffrey Leder and Brenda Stumpf to the show to talk about the May exhibit at the Sager Braudis Gallery, and about the lasting influence of some of The Black Mountain College artists on their work.
2019-05-0354 minSpeaking of the ArtsApril 26, 2019 - Maplewood Barn, Stephens College Playhouse TheatreOn this week's Speaking of the Arts, show host Diana Moxon goes behind the scene on two musical productions playing in Columbia. Actors Ed Hanson and Mark Baumgartner talk about Maplewood Barn's production of 'Floyd Collins - A Bluegrass Musical' in which they play Lee Collins and Floyd Collins respectively, and in the second part of the show Broadway actor/dancer/director/choreographer, Carol Schuberg, and Stephens College Professor, Trent Rash, talk about their new production of Pippin which opens at Stephens College Playhouse theatre on May 3rd.
2019-04-2658 min