Tonight will be the big debut of the 12th edition of the Chelsea Film Festival in New York City. Hopefully, I’ll get to be there again next year to speak with the filmmakers and actors from around the world once again. I’m looking forward to not only the new crop of films from this year, but the ones that should crop up next year that I will hopefully get to see in person.
Read MoreI had the chance to sit down and speak with the CEO and President of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Marie-Hélèn Bernard during that evening's show’s intermission.
By this time in the program, Marie-Hélèn had already talked to the audience in a pre-concert address where she updated everyone on the progress of the Powell Hall construction and refurbishment. We talked about other construction details, the coming season's programming, and continued community evolvement all around the St. Louis area.
Read MoreIt’s time for the start of the 2024 - 2025 season of broadcasts of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra on St. Louis Public Radio!
I’m back for my 3rd season as one of the broadcast hosts along with my co-host Dr. Lauren Eldridge Stewart. This year I’m going to try a little something different and post a preview video like this on social media!
I’ve been invited to speak after a screening of the 2017 South Korean film “A Taxi Driver” by the Gateway Korea Foundation on Thursday, May 19, 2022. In this movie based on a true story set in 1980, a down-on-his-luck taxi driver from Seoul is hired by a foreign journalist who wants to go to the town of Gwangju for the day. They arrive to find a city under siege by the military government, with the citizens revolting. I’ve been told that my contribution would be to talk about my experience of "bearing witness" to the events that I’ve covered as a journalist and documentarian.
Read MoreI’ve been invited by the Alliance Française de St. Louis and the Centre Francophone at Webster University to be part of a panel discussion entitled, “Night of Ideas (Nuit des Idées): Saint Louis” on the main campus of Webster University. The subject of the discussion is “Where is the Lou Headed: Between the Pandemic and the War”. I’ll be one of at least 11 people of various professional backgrounds trying to wrestle this subject as we give our views from our given perspectives.
Read MoreI’ve been asked to be an announcer and reader of names for the Spring 2022 Commencement Services for my alma mater, the University of Missouri - St. Louis over the weekend of May 14th & 15th. Looks like I’ll be getting dressed up in academic regalia and trying to minimize the butchering the names of newly minted graduates!
Read MoreHere’s a little BTS (Behind The Scenes, not the South Korean pop group) of what it looks like behind the mic at a major market public radio station during the NPR Flagship program “Morning Edition” during a random Friday.
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