2018 "Stomp the Blues Out of Homelessness" Concert Hopes to Raise $50,000
The 8th annual Stomp the Blues Out of Homelessness concert is Saturday May 19th at the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, 220 W. Plainview Road at Campbell. The concert's mission and purpose is to...
View ArticleCredo Dance Academy Tells Creation Story Through Dance
When Ryan Bogart--who, with his wife Ronnie, is one of the directors of Messiah Project's Credo Dance Academy, arrived at KSMU this morning, he knew he had a busy day ahead of him. Credo Dance Academy...
View ArticleSounds of Summer Concert Series at the "Peace Through People" Pavilion
Central Bank/Central Trust Company presents "Sounds of Summer," a free concert series at the Peace through People Pavilion located within the Dogwood Garden in the Springfield Botanical Gardens at...
View ArticleMSU Tent Theatre Presents Three Recent Hit Shows for 56th Season
(Due to a technical glitch [mine!], I missed recording the first minute or so of Sarah Wiggins' live interview.) Missouri State University's Tent Theatre presents its 56th season in the big tent behind...
View ArticleElvis Meets Shakespeare in SLT's Season-Closing Show
The story is all new. The hits are all Elvis. Featuring the songs of Elvis Presley, based on the book by Joe DiPietro and inspired by Shakespeare’s "Twelfth Night," "All Shook Up" concludes Springfield...
View ArticleIt's "A Grand Night for Singing" at SCT Center Stage
Springfield Contemporary Theatre at SCT Center Stage in Wilhoit Plaza (corner of Pershing and Robberson downtown) opens its 2018-19 season TONIGHT (Fri June 8) with "A Grand Night for Singing," a...
View ArticleShakespeare at the Columns Presents "Much Ado About Nothing"
Since 2013, Actors Theatre of Missouri has presented the works of William Shakespeare at the Springfield Art Museum with their "Shakespeare at the Columns" series at the Art Museum's outdoor...
View ArticleSpringfield Ballet's 7th Annual Young Choreographers Showcase
Springfield Ballet presents its 7th annual Young Choreographers Showcase Thursday, June 28 at 6:30 PM in the Springfield Art Museum auditorium. This student-produced production includes original...
View ArticleColleges, Universities Help Returning Veterans Continue their Educations
After returning home from active duty, many military veterans choose to attend college, whether it’s a community college, trade school, or a full-fledged university. And there are people and programs...
View ArticleEvery Veteran Has a Story--Veterans Writing Workshops Help Bring them Out
As part of their mandate to provide programming that encourages family reading and literacy, since 2011 the non-profit Missouri Humanities Council has also provided opportunities for military veterans...
View ArticleMeet the "Drowsy Chaperone" Herself, Tracy Bidleman
This morning on “Arts News” we got to meet one of the professional Equity actors appearing during this 56 th season of Missouri State University Tent Theatre. Tracy Bidleman has already been seen as...
View Article"Raise the Roof" Event Will Raise Funds for The Gathering Tree's Eden Village...
Nate Schlueter, Chief Operating Officer for Eden Village, a project of The Gathering Tree, visited KSMU Friday to promote a fundraising concert and silent auction for the new project. It’s called...
View ArticleSDCO's Christopher Koch on the Mahler 9th
The Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra, which includes members of the local university music-school faculties, players from the Springfield Symphony and other area orchestras, college music students and...
View ArticleGraphic Novel Memoir Turned Stage Musical: "Fun Home" at SCT Center Stage
Springfield Contemporary Theatre's 2018-19 season continues at SCT Center Stage in Wilhoit Plaza, 302 E. Pershing (corner of Pershing and Robberson) with "Fun Home," the Tony-winning musical based on...
View ArticleJudy Collins and Stephen Stills Bring Their National Tour to Springfield
Judy Collins and Stephen Stills had a famous—and, as both readily acknowledge, tumultuous—romance in the late 1960s. It didn’t last, though it did inspire one of the best known songs of the era,...
View ArticleOpa! The 11th Annual Greek Festival is This Weekend
A chariot ride for the kids is the newest attraction at the 11 th annual Greek Festival at St. Thomas the Apostle Orthodox Church, 4200 South Holiday Avenue in southwest Springfield this weekend. The...
View ArticleSpringfield Regional Opera Opens Season with Double Bill: Barber and Bernstein
Springfield Regional Opera opens their new season celebrating the Leonard Bernstein centennial with a performance of "Trouble in Tahiti" tonight (Sept.28) at 7:30pm in Clara Thompson Hall at Drury...
View Article21st Manhattan Short Film Festival Again Hosted Locally at MSU
Springfield film-lovers have a chance to unite with audiences around the world to choose their favorite short film at the 21st Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival, Saturday Sept.29 from 7:00 to 9:30pm...
View ArticleFriends of the Garden Presents Free "Sounds of Autumn" Concerts in October
Central Bank and Central Trust presents “Sounds of Autumn,” a FREE concert series at 2:00 p.m. on Sundays in October at the Peace through People Pavilion located within the Dogwood Garden in the...
View ArticleDrury University Theatre's "Marvelously Bizarre" Season Opener
Drury University Theatre's first production of the season, the surreal, absurdist "Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness" by Anthony Neilson, will open Wednesday Oct. 10 at 7:30pm in Sunderland...
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