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Artspeak Radio
ARTSPEAK RADIO is a live radio program on KKFI that airs every Wednesday from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Host Maria Vasquez Boyd serves up information about the visual and literary arts community including live interviews with artists, writers, and performers.
Caryn Miriam-Goldberg discusses the 12th Power of Words Conference: Transformation, Liberation, & Celebration Through the Spoken, Written, and Sung Word, September 18-20, 2015 at Unity Village in Kansas City, MO. Workshops, performances, talking circles, celebration and more, featuring writers, storytellers, performers, musicians, community leaders, activists, educators, and health professionals. The conference, founded in 2003, features workshops in four tracks: narrative medicine, social change, right livelihood (and making a living through the arts), ecological literacy, and engaged spirituality. Keynote speakers include, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Sha Cage, E.G. Bailey, Madibu (muh-dee-buh) Darren Canady, and Xanath Carraza.
www.tlanetwork.org
Jerry Rapp – CinemaKC – Chairman and Vinx De’Jon Parrette, Musician talks with Maria live in the studio.
CinemaKC presents the premiere of “Memoirs of a Hip ‘Ole Black Man,” a bio of Vinx De’Jon Parrette, at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 at The Gem Theater in the Jazz District, 18th and Vine, Kansas City.
This show delves into the struggles and victories of the musician, who has toured with artists Sting, Taj Mahal, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Cher and others. A graduate of Shawnee Mission South, and later attending Kansas State, Vinx was a successful athlete chosen for the U.S. Olympic team, holding the record for the second longest triple jump in the world, and is in the Athletic Hall of Fame at both of these institutions. When politics destroyed his Olympic Dream; music restored him.
General admission is $20 and includes the screening, followed by a Q&A with Vinx. There is a VIP reception at 6 p.m. for $35 and includes light appetizers, two drink tickets, a personal mini-concert by Vinx, pictures, autographs and more. VIP tickets must be purchased in advance; general admission tickets are available online or at the door.
VINX is undoubtedly one of the most gifted improvisational vocalists performing
today. With songs that range from jazz to funk, bossa nova to blues and back
again, each audience takes a world tour with VINX as their private
guide. Soaring vocals with intricate layered melodies and grooves mark the
signature style that is VINX. Infused with tastes from around the globe, his
songwriting is a tour de force combining the best in storytelling with the heart and
soul of a true balladeer.
VINX has recorded and toured with some of the music industry’s greatest icons:
Stevie Wonder, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Sheryl Crow, Branford Marsalis, Ernie
Watts, Taj Mahal, Ricki Lee Jones, Darius Rucker, Vance Gilbert, Cassandra
Wilson, Brenda Russell, Cher and numerous others. His songwriting credits are
a long list ranging from Tom Jones and Will Downing to The Lion King and
SpriteTM. He currently teaches at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and
Dreamsicle Arts & Entertainment Group is home to his production company,
studios and acclaimed workshop series.
www.dreamsiclearts.com
Writer, poet Jason Ryberg talks about National Beat Poetry Festival-KCMO Chapter.
The National Beat Poetry Festival, as a non-profit organization, is dedicated to hosting, collaborating, and fostering joint partnerships for Beat themed poetry readings, workshops, plays, radio shows and much more locally and across America–and even internationally at times. The collaborations and joint partnerships extend to individuals, organizations, and representatives of universities and colleges. NBPF supports the further development and exposure of non-traditional poetry from people of all ages and backgrounds within communities where interest is significant and/or where interest needs support. The Beat Generation’s significant writings and history of its original prime movers lives on from its inception in the early 1940’s, and its legacy continues today by way of new writers, poets and artists of disparate influences and means of expression. The NBFP is committed to not only supporting venues in existence, but also in developing new venues where cultural preservation and the works of new artists can show yesterday meeting the living voices of today. NBFP’s activities promote literacy and open exchange dialogue which incorporates the Beat history and art at its base, to break boundaries and bridge cultures with new thought, ideas, and free expression.
Friday, September 25th, 5PM to 9PM.
Saturday, September 26th, 12PM to 7PM
Prospero’s Books 1800 W. 39th KCMO
www.prosperosbookstore.com
