Off the Clock

The Black Archives of Mid-America recently completed renovations on a new exhibit and archive space and also welcomed a new executive director, Doretha Williams.

He’s an actor, playwright, bestselling author, award-winning stand-up comedian and popular political commentator.

Where the Sky Doesn’t End is the name of a new novel that tells the story of a young Missouri boy and girl, Brendan and Aria, who befriend an African-American janitor at their school, Mr. Washington,who's also a former Tuskegee Airmen mechanic. The story blends themes from history, race and friendship into a coming-of-age tale that’s uniquely Missourian, and American.

Local writer Keija Parssinen is something of a fixture on Columbia’s literary scene.

If you hear the word "opera" and think of a stuffy art form with horned helmets and a large singing lady,well, think again. 

This week: we visit a bookmobile that's just for kids and talk to a singer from Madagascar with a Missouri connection.

This week’s show covers everything you wanted to know about roller derby but where afraid to ask.

We head west this week where public art can be found in places you’d least expect it.

This week we talk about music. New music to be exact. And if you think new music means recently released albums, keep listening as we revisit a conversation I had with Patrick David Clark, who was a resident composer at the Mizzou New Music Festival this summer. And hang on till the end of the show for a Sonic ID from one of Columbia’s more memorable citizens.