Off The Clock

KBIA News brings you a look at arts and culture this week in mid-Missouri in Off the Clock, with host Maureen McCollum.

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03/05/10 The state finals of Poetry Out Loud took place this week, and one luck high school student is moving on to the national competition. Also, Central Missouri Community Action pairs people of different economic levels to help combat poverty, with Circles.

This week's music: Bob Dylan and Soul Coughing.

02/26/10 Rock Bridge High School actors shake production week jitters to reflect on their time in the Shakespeare comedy, As You Like It. Also, True/False music directors Kim Sherman and Leah Chaney talk about music at this weekend’s documentary festival.

This week's music: Run On Sentence, Mahjongg, The Toughcats,
Spires That In the Sunset Rise, Bramble, and Rum Drum Ramblers

Web extras! Hear more from your favorite 2010 True/False directors.

David Christensen The Mirror director David Christensen
A conversation with filmmaker David Christensen on his film The Mirror. It's about a small village in the Italian Alps, where the residents attempt to bring in sunlight during the winter months with a giant mirror on a mountain. (Photo: Christensen)

Laura Poitras photo by Paul Matushek The Oath director Laura Poitras
Laura Poitras is this year's True Vision winner. Her films My Country, My Country and The Oath were both shown at this weekend's True/False. KBIA's Maureen McCollum caught up with Poitras after a showing of The Oath, which gives a personal look at the lives of Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard and driver. (Photo: Poitras outside Stephens College's Chapel)

The Tightrope director Nuria Ibáñez
Nuria Ibáñez is the director of The Tightrope (La cuerda floja). KBIA's Tracey Straight sat down with Ibáñez to talk about her current film, how she got her start in documentary filming, and what the future holds for this up and coming director. (Photo: Ibáñez having lunch at Columbia's Café Berlin.)

Antoine director Laura Bari
KBIA's Carolina Astrain interviewed director Laura Bari about her film Antoine about a young blind Canadian boy. The interview is followed by a conversation with MU freshman Ana Boettcher, whose father is blind. Boettcher talks about her reaction to the film. (Photo courtesy of Antoine)

Enemies of the People directors Thet Sambath and Rob Lemkin
When Cambodian journalist Thet Sambath began his research ten years ago, very little was known the mass Cambodian genocide during the reign of the Khmer Rouge from 1975-1979. An estimated 2 million people, including members of Sambath’s family, were murdered and buried in mass graves in the rural provinces of Cambodia that have come to be known as the killing fields. KBIA's Lindsey Foat sat down with Enemies of the People co-directors Thet Sambath and Rob Lemkin to discuss the True Life Fund documentary and its message of healing and reconciliation.
More about the True Life Fund and how to donate

When We Were Boys director Sarah Goodman
A conversation with director Sarah Goodman about her film When We Were Boys (2009) after its kick-off screening at the True/False Film Festival. Her interview is followed by a conversation with Ben Owaga, a senior at Rockbridge High School who left the film feeling a strong connection its main character. (Photo: Goodman, courtesy of When We Were Boys)

Director Kaspar Astrup Schroder and composer Silas Hite talk about The Invention of Dr. NakaMats
The Invention of Dr. NakaMats give an inside look at the Japanese inventor. Proud and creative, the 80 year old holds the world record for most patents. Director Kaspar Astrup Schroder and composer Silas Hite talk talk with KBIA's Maureen McCollum about Dr. NakaMats himself, Japanese culture, the original music composed to fit the inventor’s personality, and Danish filmmakers. (Pictured: Schroder and Hite give the infamous NakaMaTSU! pose)

Even more web extras! Watch video of the True/False March March. This year's parade began at Stephens College's Macklanburg Theater and wound up at the Missouri Theatre. (Video by James Parham and Carolina Astrain.)

True/False Live on KBIA
Listen to KBIA's special True/False Live coverage featuring the festival's kickoff. KBIA producer Maureen McCollum and host Reuben Stern check out the scene at the Missouri Theatre and visit with directors, festival-goers and musicians.

02/19/10 In the second part of a series on Rock Bridge High School theater, students analyze their roles in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Also, True/False co-director David Wilson talks about a couple movies showing at next weekend's film festival. (Picture: Landon Fitzpatrick and other Rock Bridge students looking over scripts)

This week's music: Mahjongg and The Toughcats

02/12/10 In the first of a three part series, Rock Bridge High School students tryout for a 1960's version of Shakespeare's As You Like It. Also, local florist prepare for Valentine's Day. And, a Chinese New Year celebration returns to MU's campus. (Picture: Rock Bridge students trying out for As You Like It)

This week's music: Joanna Newsom, The Beatles, Billie Holliday, and Silk and Bamboo Ensemble

02/05/10 The struggle to save the Katy Bridge is coming to an end. Also, a couple photo exhibits on the University of Missouri's campus commemorate the lives of African-Americans. And, True/False lineup coming soon! (Pictured: POYi featured photo by Esther Bubley for Office of War Information, 1948. Bubley photographed life on the homefront during WWII. This photograph is from a series of bus stations in the Midwest and the South.)

Web Extra! MU's photo exhibits are through:
Missouri Photo Workshop and Pictures of the Year International

This week's music: Béla Fleck and Air

01/29/10 Missouri Arts Council could face more funding cuts. Also, Columbia musicians come together to raise relief money for Haiti. Finally, a few art exhibits to explore around Columbia. The exhibits include:

Museum of Art and Archeology- "Connecting with Contemporary Sculpture"
Stephens College's Costume Museum- "Chords & Threads: Rhythm-Movement–Style"
Stephens College's Davis Art Gallery- "Shedding Light"

This week's music: Death Ships and Shoeless Revolution

01/22/10 A Love Fest is going on at Artlandish Gallery this weekend. Also, Be the Change Vacations volunteers are restoring a school in South Africa this spring. Four Columbia Independent School students will be embarking on the journey. (Pictured: CIS teacher Wally Luther, students Amanda Selby, Katy Burch-Hudson, Abbi Cleavinger, Seth Gordon, and Global Issues teacher Jennifer Anderson)

This week's music: Amampondo

Web Extra! Volunteer opportunities in mid-Missouri:
Show-Me Central Habitat for Humanity, Habitat for Humanity chapter locator, Volunteer Action Center, Central Missouri Community Action, Boone County Council on Aging, Job Point

01/15/10 Women of all ages in Columbia describe what being beautiful means to them. Also, opportunities for local artists. True/False Film Festival's "Gimme Truth!" is still accepting 2 minute documentaries made by Missouri filmmakers. And, the city of Columbia has two opportunities for local artists...to decorate a traffic box downtown and to create the next commemorative poster. (Photo: Traffic Box painted by David Spear, courtesy of City of Columbia)

This week's music: Stevie Ray Vaughan, George Martin, and Marco Benevento

01/08/10 The term of Missouri's first poet laureate is coming to an end. Walter Bargen
reflects on the state of poetry and how he's spread the art during his two year tenure. He also reads his poem "Poet as Grand Marshall of the Fall Parade."

This week's music: Dwight Lamb

Web Extra! To hear Bargen's poem honoring Missouri, "Moonwalk Missouri," click here.

More Web Extras! To hear the entire conversation with Bargen, click here.

Even More Web Extras! To become Missouri's second poet laureate, apply here by January 14.

12/25/09 The female a capella group Heart of Missouri Sweet Adelines prepares for a regional holiday competition while singing four-part barbershop. Also, Kwanzaa begins Saturday. Columbia Parks and Recreation's Bill Thompson explains the Seven Principles and how they can apply to the whole community. (Pictured: Heart of Missouri Sweet Adelines practicing)

This week's music: Angelique Kidjo and Women of Kalabash

12/18/09 Stephens College says goodbye to world dance teacher Dr. Sachiyo Ito. Modupe Idowu reports on the positive effect Ito has had on the Stephens campus. Also, an audio postcard from the Daniel Boone Regional Library's "Rhythm and Rhyme" workshop, where parents and newborns have the chance to dance and sing.

This week's music: The Klezmatics

12/11/09 A visit to nationally recognized Jake's Creative Woodworks shop in Smithton. Also, Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Kurt Elling performs with the Laurence Hobgood Trio in Columbia. It's part of the "We Always Swing" Jazz Series. Finally, The Next 340 Miles makes its world debut next week. The documentary follows paddlers and organizers at the Missouri River 340 race. (Pictured: Kurt Elling, courtesy of his website)

This week's music: Marco Benevento and Incubus

12/04/09 Columbia artist Cody Davis finds a different style to express a difficult period in his life. Also, the White Rabbits formed as students at MU. The band left mid-Missouri for New York two years ago, but upon their return to Columbia, they've found their success hasn't changed them too much. (Pictured: Members of White Rabbits hang out with friends backstage at the Blue Note)

This week's music: Joanna Newsom and White Rabbits

11/27/09 Lit debuts at the RagTag Cinema next Wednesday. The movie is about an English professor. It's written, directed , and produced by an MU employee. Click here for the movie trailer. Also, Columbia’s Rainbow House draws attention to teen homelessness with an open mic night. (Pictured: Performers at open mic night at Underground Café)

This week's music: Earth, Wind, & Fire, India.Arie, and Led Zeppelin

11/20/09 The As Yet Named Comedy Show celebrates its one-year anniversary at Columbia's Eastside Tavern this week. Also, a look at how state funding cuts to public broadcasting has affected different stations. (Pictured: KBIA's main control board)

This week's music: Killer Whales

11/13/09 Sutu Forté is at it again, wrangling up the Vaude Squad for a performance Monday evening at the Missouri Theatre. The pianist and other Moulin Musique alums explain what vaudeville means to them. Also, Kindermusik stimulates young children through music and dance. Finally, travel the world and learn about cultures on Saturday at the Third Goal International Film Festival.

(Pictured right: Sutu Forté at her piano, practicing for Vaude Squad. Pictured left: Children and parents at Kindermusik.)

This week's music: Sutu Forté and Youssou N'Dour

11/06/09 Missouri's arts, humanities, and historical sectors have all been affected by the most recent round of state budget cuts. A special in-depth look at how the cuts are specifically affecting the Missouri Arts Council, Missouri Humanities Council, and the State Historical Society.

This week's music: Sigur Rós

Web Extra! The State Historical Society of Missouri - Gary Kremer from Scott Wilson on Vimeo.

More Web Extras! Nationally recognized art in the State Historical Society. Labels by art curator Dr. Joan Stack

Watching the Cargo by George Caleb Bingham George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) Watching the Cargo, 1849
The State Historical Society holds one of the largest collections of artworks created by the celebrated nineteenth-century Missouri artist, George Caleb Bingham. Born in Virginia, the young Bingham moved to Missouri in 1818. He is famous both as an artist and a state politician. His best-known artworks depict scenes of everyday frontier and river life in Missouri. Watching the Cargo represents three river men guarding goods from a steamboat that has run aground. Bingham pictures the wrecked ship in the background together with a magnificent Missouri sky.

Negro Soldier by Thomas Hart Benton Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) Negro Soldier, ca. 1941-1942
Although Negro Soldier did not appear in Abbot Laboratories’ booklet, Thomas Hart Benton considered it to be part of the Year of Peril series. The painting represents an African American soldier marching forward on the battlefield. He personifies the thousands of heroic military men fighting for America during the war.
When this picture was painted, racism was a major problem in America, and the United States military was segregated. This image confronted viewers with the fact that blacks were serving in the armed services and dying for their country. It also challenged Hitler’s well-known concept of a “master” white race.

10/30/09 Extra spooky Halloween edition of Off the Clock! First, Rocky Horror
Picture Show celebrates 30 years with its Columbia master of ceremonies. Then, a walk through FearFest, where only the brave survive. Finally, the lowdown Columbia's Halloween festivities. (Pictured: Mark 'the Master" Chambers leads the crowd during the Rocky Horror Picture Show)

This week's music: Meat Loaf (as Eddie, ex delivery boy), Bobby "Boris" Pickett, and The Who

Web Extra! Audio slideshow from Rocky Horror Picture Show in Columbia

10/23/09 A look inside recording studios. First, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus stops on MU's campus and lets students write and record their own music video. Also, Centro Cellar Studio is a Columbia recording studio built and run by Wil Reeves. He plays in a number of Columbia bands, including Cabin Sessions.

This week's music: John Lennon, Cabin Sessions, and The Doxies

Web Extra! Full conversation with Wil Reeves about Centro Cellar, along with Eddie Boster of Cabin Sessions.

More Web Extras! Tiger Lizzy and her Mizzou-Keepers "Peace and Harmony"

10/16/09 There's no excuse for boredom this weekend in Columbia. Citizen Jane Film Festival will showcase the world finest female filmmakers. Tiny Circus rolled into to town early to get help from the community to make a mini-movie. Also, Midwest musicians and artists will take over downtown with the Bluebird Music and Art Festival. (Pictured: Participants moving characters for Tiny Circus's The History of War.)

This week's music: Starlight Mints, Clifton Roy & Folkstringer, and The Doxies

Web Extra! The History of War by Tiny Circus (and Columbia folks too!)

Leslie Cockburn More Web Extras! Leslie Cockburn is an American filmmaker and journalists who showed her film American Casino (2008) at this year's Citizen Jane Film Festival. KBIA's Carolina Astrain caught up with Cockburn at Ragtag Cinema just after the director had flown in from Washington D.C. They talk about her experience documenting the economic meltdown and working alongside her husband, journalist Andrew Cockburn. Click here for the coversation. (Right: Leslie Cockburn)

Georgina Lightning Even More Web Extras! During the Citizen Jane Film Festival, KBIA's Lindsey Foat and MU English and Film Professor Joanna Hearne sat down to talk with the director of Older Than America, Georgina Lightning. The film follows Rain, a young Native American woman, who through a series of haunting visions begins to unearth the atrocities committed against generations of children at Native American boarding schools. The film was produced by Lightning's production company Tribal Alliance Productions and Lightning also plays the main the character in the film. Click here to learn more about Older Than America, Lightning's career and the troubling history behind the Native American boarding schools. (Left: Georgina Lightning, photo from Older Than America website)

A Joseph Farmer creation 10/09/09 It's an Artrageous Weekend! The interactive art festival is stretching out until Sunday with plenty of activities for everyone to enjoy. Also, travel to a small town in southwest Missouri that hosts the annual TimberFest. Lumberjacks compete and showcase grueling physical activities related to the traditional timber industry. Finally, filmmakers encouraged to enter work in Jefferson City public access's, or JCTV's, second annual film festival. (Pictured: A Joseph Farmer creation)

This week's music: Arcade Fire, Eric Idle, and The Meters

Web Extra! For a map and list of Artrageous Weekend participants, click here.

More Web Extras! Logger's relay at TimberFest

10/02/09 Members of the Progressive Librarians Guild and Amnesty International gathered on MU's campus to celebrate Banned Books Week. The heiress of a wealthy Columbia family, shows off some family history at Stephens College's Costume Museum. Plus, Citizen Jane Film Festival directors talk about what's in store for this year.

09/25/09 A look inside the world of steampunk, one which combines Victorian trinkets with future technology. Also, with Roots 'n Blues 'n BBQ this weekend, one organization is helping southern musicians get to the festival. A talk with Music Maker Relief Foundation's Tim Duffy about what they're doing to help save the blues. (Artlandish Gallery owner Lisa Bartlett checks out her steampunk-inspired bird.)

This week's music: Abney Park, Pinetop Perkins, Guitar Gabriel, Benton Flippen, Captain Luke, and Carolina Chocolate Drops

09/18/09 For some Columbia residents, kickball isn't just for kids. The Columbia adult kickball league offers grown-ups the chance to play a game that most gave up after their childhood. Also, the Missouri storyteller Gladys Coggswell signs books at the Western Historical Manuscript Society. And, don't miss Columbia's Heritage Festival and Craft Show this weekend.

This week's music: Ironweed Bluegrass Band, Funky Butt Brass Band, and Naked Dave & the Blue Cats

A Look Back at EcoArtFest
From painters to poets, from hula-hoop dancers to massage therapists, Columbia residents come to the EcoArt Fest to celebrate local culture and support a global cause. KBIA’s Rebecca Thiele explains what happens when art and nature collide. (Pictured: Vendor at EcoArtFest)

09/11/09 Columbia artist Naomi Sugino has received local and statewide recognition recently for her paintings. Also, the Columbia premiere of Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy,a collaboration among Mexican wrestlers, and MU students and faculty. Also, EcoArtFest takes place at Cooper’s Landing this weekend. (Pictured: Naomie Sugino at the unveiling of After the Rain.)

09/04/09 Lizzie West and her husband and co-collaborator Baba Buffalo have been frequent faces in Columbia over the past few years. West and crew are in town for a concert benefitting the Great Rivers Environmental Law Center and Mid-Missouri Peaceworks, this weekend.

08/28/09 Carpe Diem was created with the intent of having a living room away from home. The Columbia art "Mecca" houses local artwork, hosts discussions, serves as a meeting place for field trips, and offers various classes. One of those is "Voice Class for the Vocally Shy," where five women try to overcome their fear of public singing.

08/21/09 A chat and live performance with mid-Missouri musician, Noah Earle. He's ventured to both coasts, but says he identifies with the Midwest musically. Earle grew up in the flint hills of Kansas, surrounded by a musical family. His dad was always playing the blues and his grandfather wrote country and gospel songs, and Earle says he had no choice but to start playing music.

Web Extra! Listen to entire live songs from Earle performing at KBIA: "Postcards from Home" , "This Is the Jubilee" , "Family Man" , "Lose You In a Crowd" , "Rain Dance" , & "Sky's On Fire"

Another Web Extra! Noah Earle performing "This Is the Jubilee" in KBIA's Prod 1

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