ARTSPEAK RADIO- Artfully Speaking

Wednesday 26, 2018, noon to 1pm
Host/producer Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Reida Morrison York, D.C. Weiser, Denise Low, Brandon Whitehead, and Woody Woodward.

Reida Morrison York, Advertising, PR and Creative Services Director-The Kansas City Broadway Series is proud to announce the 2018-19 Sabates Eye Centers KC Broadway Series presented by Broadway Across America and American Theatre Guild at the Music Hall and Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Joining previously announced HAMILTON are SCHOOL OF ROCK, ANASTASIA, EVITA, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG and RENT plus two special engagements THE BOOK OF MORMON and THE SOUND OF MUSIC.

In addition to the six 19 Sabates Eye Centers KC Broadway Series, a special return engagement of THE BOOK OF MORMON will be presented at the Music Hall and the timeless musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC will be presented at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

Tickets to the Sabates Eye Centers Kansas City Broadway Series shows at the Kauffman Center are on sale now with limited availability, and are available online at BroadwayInKC.com, by calling 816.994.7222 or by visiting the Kauffman Center Box Office at 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64108 (Mon. – Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.).

D. C. Weiser is the author of many works of poetry, fiction and nonfiction, including a satire of American exceptionalism Crash Dummies and a memoir Allegory: A Child of the Sixties. After working as a community editor for New Letters Magazine, he was a regular columnist for The Kansas City Business Journal, and recorded weekly book reviews for KCUR. “Tzytzyan Ysalane” won first prize for prose fiction at the 2004 Chicago Printers Row Book Fair. Recent work has appeared in San Francisco’s The Five-Two: Crime Poetry Weekly and The Hungry Chimera. He has read his work at the Writers Place, Uptown Arts Bar, and Westminster College. Based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1981. Dennis is currently rehearsing a performance based on The Song of Strawberry scheduled for October 27 at the Uptown Arts Bar in Kansas City’s Westport Entertainment District.

Denise Low, past Poet Laureate of Kansas, is the award-winning author of over 35 books of poetry, memoir, and more. Currently based in Lawrence, KS, she is a 5th generation Kansan with British Isles, German, Delaware (Lenape / Munsee) and other heritages.

Recent books include Ghost Stories of the New West (Kansas Notable Book and The Circle-Best Native American Books); Jackalope (Red Mountain Press); The Turtle’s Beating Heart: One Family’s Story of Lenape Survival (U of NE Press); A Casino Bestiary (Spartan Press); and new release: Shadow Light (Red Mountain Press).

Denise and husband Tom Weso are publishers at Mammoth Publications, specializing in Indigenous American authors. Low provides readings and professional workshops nationally, as well as classes through Baker U. She founded the Creative Writing program at Haskell Indian Nations U, where she taught for 27 years. Low is past board president of the Associated Writers and Writing Programs and she is a contributing editor to the Writer’s Chronicle.

www.DeniseLow.net

Brandon Whitehead, poet-Charlotte Street Foundation is excited to partner with Fountainverse to host the annual event for 2018 in La Esquina Gallery (1000 W 25th Street, KCMO) for the weekend of Friday, October 12, through Sunday, October 14, 2018. Slam poet veterans, avid poetry fans and people looking to break into the world poetry are all highly encouraged to come this three-day event and meet the poets who maintain the poetry industry (locally and nationally). The event will include a small press book fair, poetry readings, open mic opportunities, meet-and-greets, as well as social after-parties for you to talk with a poet. Fountainverse: KC Small Press Poetry Fest is a three-day poetry festival featuring poets representing independent poetry publishing houses from the KC metro and across the country. The fest features scheduled readings, a pop-up book shop, and open mic opportunities.

The Fountainverse mission is, first and foremost, to promote the poetics arts in their myriad manifestations. The organizers fully expect to grow the KCSPPF into a destination event for small presses and their poets from all over the world to gather in the heart of Kansas City for networking, project cross-pollination, collaboration, performance, and to sell some books along the way.

FRIDAY, OCT 12 THROUGH SUNDAY, OCT 14, 2018
LA ESQUINA GALLERY (1000 W 25TH ST, KANSAS CITY, MO 64108)
OPENING NIGHT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018 FROM 6-9:30 PM

Cynthia Ammerman, band manager & Pablo Sanhueza, musician-KC Latin Jazz Orchestra is the premier Salsa & Latin Jazz ensemble in the Kansas City region. Navigating the universe of Afro-Latin music under the influence of jazz, Pablo Sanhueza has 15 years of dedication to the uplifting of Latin American culture in the Heartland. A KC Latin Jazz Orchestra concert is always a high energy and timeless experience for intercultural audiences. Thanks to the All-Stars — which drew 20,000 people to 80 KC performances last year alone — Sanhueza’s new Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra will begin with a solid fan base.
The Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra will perform at the Blue Room on the last Thursday of every month through December 2018. For more information about the ticketed inaugural concert planned for this fall, visit www.kansascitylatinjazzorchestra.com or www.pablosanhuezamusic.com.

Woody Woodward, Artist-Project Title: Journey – an ongoing creation of illustrations based on ‘desert peoples’ who are trying to save their world. This project is based out of a love for middle-eastern culture and architecture, and fantasy-esque worlds. While this project has real world influence – I also hope it can be used as an escape for others who are sick of the currently political climate and various personal dealings.

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