Arts and Culture

Dancearts & Missouri Cures

Paul Pepper — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:50:00 +0000

Today Paul Pepper is joined by MARIE ROBERTSON, who is promoting Dancearts' annual "Spring Dance" recital this weekend at Jesse Hall. In our second interview, MARGARET TOLLERTON talks about what's happening with Missouri Cures, a non-profit organization that promotes and protects medical research.

Daniel Boone Regional Library & Missouri Symphony Society

Paul Pepper — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:50:00 +0000

Today Paul Pepper welcomes back SARAH HOWARD, Daniel Boone Regional Library, who wants you to "Dig Into Reading" this summer! And when you're not reading, attend the Missouri Symphony Society's 'Hot Summer Nights' program! CHRIS CAMPBELL joins us with more.

Central Missouri Stop Human Trafficking

Paul Pepper — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:50:00 +0000

Today Paul Pepper welcomes back NANETTE WARD, who is joined by AMANDA COSGROVE, Central Missouri Stop Human Trafficking, and they talk about Missouri's risk-of-sex-trafficking profile.

Classical pianist turned jazz virtuoso Don Shirley dead at 86

Trevor Harris — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:30:11 +0000

When the jazz pianist Don Shirley died on April 6, his passing was not widely reported.

A New York Times obituary noted that the Jamaican born virtuoso pianist was trained in the classical repertoire. Later, the impresario Sol Hurok advised Shirley “to pursue a career in popular music and jazz.” Hurok warned Shirley that “American audiences were not willing to accept a ‘colored’ pianist on the concert stage.”

Symphony orchestras struggle to court a younger audience

Rehman Tungekar — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:13:56 +0000

Watch the show and join the conversation on the Intersection website.

Rachel Barton Pine's Violin Lullabies finds new niche for classical violin

Trevor Harris — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:20:44 +0000

After her daughter was born, the classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine started looking into the range of Berceuse or lullabies written for violin.

Readers tell us about their mothers for Mother's Day

PIN Network — Sun, 12 May 2013 14:58:16 +0000

What one word best describes your mom?

In preparation for Mother's Day, the Missourian, KBIA and KOMU asked that question of their audiences. Some people shared just the one word, and some chose to tell us about a moment or situation that explains why they chose it.

Editorial cartoonists resist censorship

Rehman Tungekar and David Reed — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:36:54 +0000

The editorial cartoon is a dependable measure of press freedom in a given country. As advocates point out, a cartoonist cannot work when there is no freedom of speech and opinion. Two cases illustrate the point.

In the early months of the Syrian revolution, editorial cartoonist Ali Ferzat was threatened and eventually attacked for drawing cartoons making fun of President Bashar Al-Assad. The thugs broke both of his hands. But crackdowns on the free expression of editorial cartoonists don’t just happen in dictatorships.

Veteran set to receive Mexico High School diploma

Colin Duft — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:37:30 +0000

Mexico native Frank Kramer, 86, will receive his high school diploma from Mexico High School on May 20.

A whole new Rite of Spring seen in animated video

Trevor Harris — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:49:55 +0000

Classical music fans who like a little visual to go with their orchestra may enjoy this video featuring an animated graphical score of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Part 1: Adoration of the Earth.