Speaking of the Arts

Speaking of the Arts Speaking of the Arts airs Thursdays at 7pm on 89.5 KOPN. It's an hour of news, views and interviews focused on the arts in Missouri.

Speaking of the Arts airs every Thursday from 7-8pm on 89.5 KOPN. Your host Diana Moxon brings you an hour of news, views and interviews about the arts in Missouri. The show is available as a podcast too at https://speakingofthearts.transistor.fm/

01/12/2023

Coming up on tonight's Speaking of the Arts at 7pm: A dancer with a national touring resume who is doing pioneering research into how singing can improve mobility for people with Parkinson's Disease; an artist/muralist with an incredibly personal story to tell about art liberating her from an extreme religious upbringing; and a nature/wildlife photographer. All featured Missouri Arts Council artists back in December. Tune in on KOPN 89.5 FM Columbia or check out the podcast from 8pm at bit.ly/SpotifySpeakingArts

12/15/2022

On tonight's Speaking of the Arts, we have a record breaking 10 guests from 9 local arts agencies talking about the work they do, the magical moments they've witnessed, and what they would do with a $100,000 donation. Plus there's tinsel, mince pies, mulled wine, gingerbread cookies, and some spiked egg nog. Thanks to Alex George, Ayako Tsuruta, Corey Dunne, Matt Schacht, Kelsey Hammond, Shawna Johnson, Ed Hanson, Rochara Knight, Emily Edington Andrews, and Dawn Warren. 7-8pm this evening on KOPN 89.5 FM or catch it later at bit.ly/SpotifySpeakingArts. Pairs well with all of the above or a wee dram.

12/08/2022

The following questions will all be answered on tomorrow night's Speaking of the Arts: What did Edna Mae Anderson do on July 13th 1945? What does it take to make it in the performing arts world? And what is the difference between a good conductor and a great conductor? Thanks to The Missouri Symphony - MOSY's Wilbur Lin, Heart of Missouri Chorus' Twilla Duvall and Heather Vuckovic, and Conservatory for the Performing Arts at Stephens College's Lisa Brescia and Nollie Moore. Thursday, 7pm on KOPN 89.5 FM. This week's show pairs well with a rum-flavored egg nog and a box of liqueur-filled chocolates.

12/01/2022

This week women who are hard as steel and fragile as magnolias at Columbia Entertainment Company, a wokeness and privilege-challenging comedy satire at Talking Horse Productions, and 20th century masters riff on the theme of love at Sager Reeves Gallery. Thursday, 7-8pm on KOPN 89.5 FM. Thanks Monica Palmer, Ginger Cawley, DeeDee Farris, Mark Baumgartner, Hannah Reeves.

11/23/2022

On this week's thanksgiving edition of Speaking of the Arts we are jaunting around the state to visit the Missouri Arts Council's featured November artists: Randy Bacon - a portrait photographer; Simiya Sudduth - a multi-disciplinary artist and mural painter; Michael McClure - a landscape painter; and Wanda Taylor - a colored pencil artist. It's all coming up after you're full of thanksgiving stuffing tomorrow evening from 7-8pm on KOPN 89.5 FM. (And if it's all too much tomorrow and the football is on the tele, you can find the podcast here on Friday bit.ly/SpotifySpeakingArts)

11/09/2022

Coming up on tomorrow evening's Speaking of the Arts, a new poetic memoir by Barbara Harris Leonhard and a brand new play by Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri and GreenHouse Theatre Project centred on 100-year old love letters from the state archives. 7-8pm, Thursday evenings, on KOPN 89.5 FM and available afterwards as a podcast on Spotify bit.ly/3zZ0XAE

Coming up on tomorrow evening's Speaking of the Arts there's a festival that challenges our stubbornly conditioned ears ...
11/02/2022

Coming up on tomorrow evening's Speaking of the Arts there's a festival that challenges our stubbornly conditioned ears (Dismal Niche's Columbia Experimental Music Festival), a heartwarming musical comedy based on an ACLU case (MU Theatre Department), and a peek at the reality of managing two huge performance venues when the world keeps throwing challenges at you (University Concert Series). 7-8pm, every Thursday, on KOPN 89.5 FM.

Coming up on tomorrow evening's Speaking of the Arts there's a No S*x Please trivia quiz with Terry Schoonover and Ginge...
10/26/2022

Coming up on tomorrow evening's Speaking of the Arts there's a No S*x Please trivia quiz with Terry Schoonover and Ginger Drew Cawley from Columbia Entertainment Company, the return of Fall Into Art, why artist Jamie Scheppers is embracing pink, and the connection between W***y Wonka and fantasy surreal painter Mollie Chounard Fine Art. 7-8pm on KOPN 89.5 FM.

10/19/2022

On tomorrow night's Speaking of the Arts we're off around the state to meet the Missouri Arts Council's featured October artists with Cape Girardeau author Greg Stout, St Louis singer songwriter Miss Molly Simms, artist Nick Gadbois in Kansas City, and Columbia-based painter Cristina Núñez. Tune in to KOPN 89.5 FM and I'll see you on the sofa!

10/06/2022

On tonight's Speaking of the Arts we've got an art show, some dance, an artist who works with an x-acto knife, and a flutist. All coming up at 7pm on KOPN 89.5 FM!

Tonight at 7pm it is the Roots N Blues Festival edition of Speaking of the Arts. There's some behind the festival scenes...
09/29/2022

Tonight at 7pm it is the Roots N Blues Festival edition of Speaking of the Arts. There's some behind the festival scenes with owners Tracy Lane and Shay Jasper, and chats with two of the singer songwriters who will be on stage on the 8th & 9th October, from California Missouri, Kassi Ashton, and from St Louis, Jon Norman. 7pm on KOPN 89.5 FM

Sashaying around the state on tomorrow night's show to meet the Missouri Arts Council's featured September artists and f...
09/21/2022

Sashaying around the state on tomorrow night's show to meet the Missouri Arts Council's featured September artists and find out how one painter addresses the ubiquity of our litter through his work, a wearable art jeweler uses her creativity to navigate her depression and bulimia, an artist who combines blocks of color and delicate drawings, and a poet who seeks to capture the music of thought. Thursday evening 7-8pm on KOPN 89.5 FM.

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