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Kristen Chesak from the Arts Council gives us a rundown of the events calendar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LIsten Here Hays Post reporter Alin Hett chats with Hays Arts Council Board of Directors President, Brittney Squire and Executive Director, Chandler Reich

Send us Fan MailTravel writer, guidebook author, former Big Sur ranger, and old friend, Stuart Thornton, returns to Big Sur—at least in spirit—to reflect on a career spent encouraging people to visit the very places he sometimes wishes they would leave alone. We talk about discovering California's coast, writing guidebooks, the challenge of over tourism, and whether AI will help travelers find deeper experiences or simply send more people to the same beautiful places. Along the way, Stuart shares stories from Big Sur, the road, and a lifetime of chasing the next hidden corner of the map.Stuart traces his path from a Richmond, Virginia upbringing to a campsite at Andrew Molera, a ranger job that came with a phone book and a dorm bed, years living in the old naval housing at Point Sur, and a writing career that runs from the Monterey County Weekly to National Geographic to a shelf of Moon guidebooks. Along the way: a condor egg airlifted from the backcountry, an interview with James Cameron fresh from the Mariana Trench, a settlement after Anthropic ingested four of his books, and the contradiction he's lived with for years — a man who spends his days off chasing empty beaches while writing the books that fill them. Plus monks and silence at New Camaldoli, Gary Clark Jr. winning over the Monterey Jazz crowd, and a novel about "Billy the Brewer."LinksStuart Thornton — personal site · Moon author pageJoe Burnett / Ventana Wildlife Society — condor biologist who got Stuart access to the egg storyGary Clark Jr at Albert HallJames Cameron — record Mariana Trench dive (National Geographic)Pico Iyer — author; wrote on New Camaldoli and on Henry MillerWilliam T. Vollmann — The Atlas — Stuart's early influenceRyan Masters — Monterey County Weekly writer; band SuborbitalsEric Johnson — longtime Monterey County Weekly editorKem Nunn — "surf noir" novelist (Tapping the Source, The Dogs of Winter, John from Cincinnati)Martin Gurri — The Revolt of the Public — Magnus's earlier guestHipólito Bouchard — Argentine raid on Monterey, 1818Kayla Anderson — Moon Northern California Road Trips (co-author)"Billy the Brewer" — California's first beer brewer; subject of Stuart's novel-in-progressPlacesHenry Miller Memorial LibraryNew Camaldoli HermitageAndrew Molera State Park (and Pico Blanco above the Big Sur River)Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park / Big Sur StationPoint Sur State Historic Park & Lighthouse — site of the former naval housingPartington Cove (Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park)Monterey State Historic Park — Custom House, Casa Serrano, California's First Theatre"Shipwrecks: Every Broken Piece Tells a Story" — Casa Gutiérrez exhibit (opened June 12; the Natalia, wrecked 1834)Monterey Bay Aquarium — Stuart's tip: Tue–Thu, 2–6 pmHenry Cowell Redwoods State Park (albino redwoods)The Dyerville Giant — Humboldt Redwoods State ParkMusic & eventsMonterey Jazz FestivalFolk Yeah! (Britt Govea)Pixies — played the Henry Miller LibraryBonnie "Prince" Billy / Will Oldham — the first Folk Yeah show at FernwoodGary Clark Jr. — Stuart wrote an early national profileRelix MagazineTaj Mahal — Magnus's Fiji/Stockholm anecdoteBooks, publishers & otherMoon Travel Guides (incl. Moon California Road Trip, IPPY Gold Medal 2016)Monterey County Weekly / Monterey County NOWNational Geographic EducationJohn Steinbeck — The Pastures of Heaven · Sweet Thursday · East of Eden — Netflix series, fall 2026The Anthropic copyright settlement ($1.5B; Bartz v. Anthropic)Support the show_________________________________________________This podcast is a production of the Henry Miller Memorial Library with support from The Arts Council for Monterey County! Let us know what you think!SEND US AN EMAIL! 

Insight, June 7, 2026 - Eric Heidle - MT Arts Council

Insight, June 9, 2026 - Eric Heidle, MT Arts Council

Dan welcomes Lamont Hinson of Fayetteville's Public Works Commission for practical tips on water conservation, hurricane readiness, and a look at the upcoming Power & Water Expo and Public Works Art Exhibition.On this community segment, Dan welcomes Lamont Hinson of Fayetteville's Public Works Commission (PWC) with a roundup of practical, neighborly information every Cumberland County resident can use this summer.Lamont walks listeners through PWC's year-round odd/even watering schedule, smart tips for watering wisely (skip the wind, skip the rain, skip the noonday sun), and the importance of preparing a 72-hour emergency kit as hurricane season ramps up June through November. He also unveils the brand-new 2026 Storm Preparation Guide and reminds listeners to bookmark PWC's online electric outage map for real-time updates.Plus — save the date for the Power & Water Conservation Expo on June 26 at the Bordeaux Public Library, and stroll through the 21st annual Public Works Art Exhibition at the Arts Council on Hay Street through July 5.A great example of a hometown utility serving its neighbors well.Bet frre tips at https://FayPWC.com

Lawmakers in Baton Rouge wrapped up the regular session this week without money in the budget to give teachers another one-time stipend, as they've done for the past three years. Instead, Gov. Jeff Landry is asking lawmakers to pull the money needed from existing school funding. WWNO and WRKF's education reporter Aubri Juhasz joins us for more on this topic. Summer is right around the corner, and that means it's mosquito season in our part of Louisiana. They're an annoyance, of course, but they're also a public health concern because mosquitoes are vectors for diseases like the West Nile virus.Kevin Caillouet, director & medical entomologist with the St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District, tells us how to protect ourselves from mosquitoes while still being a good steward of the environment.How do you quantify the music economy in a city like Baton Rouge? Where does the data come from? Who do you ask? Those are the questions the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge pursued when it conducted the Baton Rouge Region Music Census. And they recently released a report detailing what they found out.Jonathan Grimes, President & CEO of Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, tells us what the findings revealed about the entertainment economy in the capital city. —Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Adam Vos. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber. We get production support from Garrett Pittman and our assistant producer, Aubry Procell.You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at noon and 7 p.m. It's available on Spotify, the NPR App and wherever you get your podcasts. Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you!Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to.Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!

Kristen Chesak from the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo previews the biggest Arts weekend of the year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we feature an event with Colm Tóibín in conversation with Garth Risk Hallberg, held at the Montclair Literary Festival for the launch of Toibin's latest book, The News from Dublin.Colm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including Long Island, an Oprah's Book Club Pick; The Magician, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; The Master, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Brooklyn, winner of the Costa Book Award; and Nora Webster, winner of the Hawthornden Prize, as well as three story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and was named the 2022–2024 Laureate for Irish Fiction by the Arts Council of Ireland. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature.Garth Risk Hallberg's first novel, City on Fire, was a New York Times and international bestseller and was selected as one of the best books of 2015 by The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and Vogue. It was the basis for the Apple TV+ series of the same name. His second novel, The Second Coming, about a troubled teen whose father is a recovering addict, was released in 2024 and is in paperback now. He is also the author of the novella A Field Guide to the North American Family. In 2017, Granta named him one of the Best of Young American Novelists. His work has been translated into seventeen languages.Resources:Seamus Heaney 1995 Nobel Prize Speech ( Poetry in Conflict quote)Thomas Mann's Brother Hitler EssayBooks:A full list of the books and authors mentioned in this episode is available here.Register for Upcoming Events.The Watchung Booksellers Podcast is produced by Kathryn Counsell and Marni Jessup and is recorded at Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ. The show is edited by Kathryn Counsell.Original music is composed and performed by Violet Mujica. Research and show notes by Caroline Shurtleff.Thanks to all the staff at Watchung Booksellers and The Kids' Room!If you liked our episode please like, follow, and share!Stay in touch!Email: wbpodcast@watchungbooksellers.comSocial: @watchungbooksellersSign up for our newsletter to get the latest on our shows, events, and book recommendations!

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Magnus has a conversation with Carol Olson, Executive Director of the Ventana Wilderness Alliance, about wilderness, responsibility, and the increasingly difficult art of protecting a place people love.GOOD LINKS:Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation ActFull text — Congress.govPublic Law details — GovInfoSummary — Ventana Wilderness AllianceVentana Wilderness AllianceOfficial websiteWikipediaBig Sur LUP DownloadBig Sur LCP Defense Committee — download pageCounty of Monterey — LUP Tables & FiguresBig Sur Coast LUP Update project pageAdler Ranch / Esselen Land TransferKQED — California Tribe Regains Ancestral LandsWestern Rivers ConservancyEsselen Tribe official newsThe Wilderness Act / Definition of WildernessThe Wilderness SocietyU.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceFull text PDF — USDALand Back MovementLANDBACK.org — the movement's own siteNPR overview (2024)Sierra Club featureYale Environment 360It's time to rethink the idea of the "Indigenous"Shelley Alden BrooksMonterey County Weekly profileBook — UC PressBook — AmazonSupport the show_________________________________________________This podcast is a production of the Henry Miller Memorial Library with support from The Arts Council for Monterey County! Let us know what you think!SEND US AN EMAIL! 

Kristen Chesak from the Arts Council joined us to share this week's calendar of entertainment and events.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Film Ireland Podcast, we catch up with writer/director Róisín Kearney whose latest short, ÉIST, starring Stephen Rea, is set to premiere at the Fastnet Film Festival on Sunday 24th May following its Puttnam Script Award win.Róisín has established a career across film, TV and theatre, from directing RTÉ documentary series Keep It Up to producing award-winning shorts including The Ferry and Prodigy. She directed the short multi-award-winning short PADDY, which screened at festivals around the world. In this episode, Róisín joins fellow filmmaker Rachel Melita to talk about coming back into the industry, the realities of funding and development, directing documentary versus drama, writing authentic characters, and the collaborative process of bringing ÉIST to life.ÉIST Starring Stephen Rea, Aaron Monaghan, and Louis Kirwan, Éíst is written and directed by Róisín Kearney and produced by her long-time collaborator Caroline Grace-Cassidy as well as Kevin Cassidy for Document Films.Éíst is a meditation on memory, loss, and childhood trauma, explored through the quiet bravery of a young boy who listens. When he hears his ailing grandfather cry out, he hatches a plan to break him out of his nursing home and return him to his island home, where he hopes to make peace with the ocean that claimed his brother's life. A story of innocence and empathy, the film explores a child's sense of fairness as he breaks the rules to fulfil his grandfather's wish. A story of innocence and empathy, Éíst explores a child's sense of fairness as he breaks the rules to fulfil his grandfather's wish. Shot on location in West Cork, the film's cinematography is by Eleanor Bowman.Éíst will premiere at Fastnet Film Festival on Sunday, 24th May in the Palace Cinema at Schull Harbour Hotel. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Róisín Kearney, Caroline Grace-Cassidy, Stephen Rea, David and Patsy Puttnam, Jean Van Sindern Law, moderated by John Kelleher.Róisín Kearney Beginning her career in theatre lighting design and stage direction, Roisin moved into film after working on low-budget independent productions in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She later stepped back to focus on family, working on the periphery of the industry in script development and copywriting for producers. She returned to writing with the comedy short The Love Agency (2014), later developed as a radio play.Her film work includes The Ballad of Olive Morris (EP, shortlisted BAFTA 2023), The Secret Life of Jim (producer, multiple award winner), PADDY (director, premiered Galway Film Fleadh 2020), The Ferry (co-producer, Academy long-listed 2021), The Family Way (writer/producer, shortlisted EdFest New Voice Award), RUN (co-writer/director, premiered Galway Film Fleadh 2019 and toured internationally), No Dogs (writer/director, nominated Best Female Director Cork Indie FF), and Keep It Up (hybrid documentary series for Macalla Teo and RTÉ, Celtic Media Festival nominated).She is also producer of the award-winning radio play Adventures of a Young Pirate Queen, now in its third season on RTÉ Jr Radio. Her projects in development include Playing For Ireland (documentary, Tile Media), RIP (comedy drama series, Babyjane Productions, Screen Ireland supported), Spoke (feature film, Roundstone Media, Screen Ireland supported), Moon Walk(theatre, Arts Council supported), and Like, Vintage (comedy drama feature, with Caroline Grace Cassidy and Document Films). She has also developed TV scripts including Patrius (Belfast crime thriller) and Bloodlines (blue-sky drama series).Over the years, the podcast has featured acclaimed guests such as Phyllida Lloyd, Lenny Abrahamson, M. Night Shyamalan, John Boorman, Saoirse Ronan, Colin Farrell, Aisha Tyler, Colm Meaney, Paul Reiser, Niamh Algar, David Freyne, Ciarán Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, John Crowley, Niamh Algar, Gene Stupnitsky, and Terence Davies, alongside many of the most influential voices working in film and television today.So make sure to subscribe and listen back! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Melissa welcomed the Vice President of the Valley Arts Council, Steve DiRienzo, to the WICC Brown Roofing Melissa In The Morning Diner Tour to talk about the Council.

Kristen Chesak from the Arts Council gives us details on this week's Arts events.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's summer time at the Hays Arts Council and enrollment is open for youth and adult classes. The summer exhibit "Seasons of Summer" will also be on display June 18-July 18. Becky Kiser, new reporter, talks with Chandler Reich on this episode of the Hays Post Podcast.  Listen Here

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of A Big Sur Podcast, I speak with the writer and journalist Matti Friedman about his remarkable book Out of the Sky — a work that begins with four words from the Bible, “Out of the sky,” and unfolds into a meditation on fear, memory, survival, aviation, mythology, Jewish history, and the strange psychological atmosphere that has surrounded Israel since October 7, 2023.We carry Matti Friedman's books at the Henry Miller Library.Important links:Matti Friedman's WebsiteMatti Friedman with Dan SenorNicholas Kristof in NYTMagnus Substack about some of this.Support the show_________________________________________________This podcast is a production of the Henry Miller Memorial Library with support from The Arts Council for Monterey County! Let us know what you think!SEND US AN EMAIL! 

Oliver meets funny woman Ailish McCarthy who took on the Arts Council to get funding for comedians and for the state to recognise comedy as an Art Form.

Kool-Aid, Delaware Punch, Scott's interview with the Arts Council of Brazos Valley, SiriusXM, Spotify, Trader Joe's facing a lawsuit over under-caffeinated coffee, Little Caesars testing drone delivery, On This Day in History — plus more news. 

Send us Fan MailA conversation with artist Katie Holten about life and art, climate and action, walking and inaction! Katie's websiteAnnouncement for her new book!Support the show_________________________________________________This podcast is a production of the Henry Miller Memorial Library with support from The Arts Council for Monterey County! Let us know what you think!SEND US AN EMAIL! 

Guest Host: John Gerardi The Fresno Arts Council outlined major governance and transparency reforms to retain its role as Fresno County’s official arts funding representative after a $1.8 million embezzlement scandal. Changes include hiring an independent accounting firm to oversee and process all financial transactions, removing prior paid leadership, and requiring daily board‑level monitoring of bank activity, with multiple approvals for every payment. After reviewing the reforms, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved keeping the council as the county’s “local partner” with the California Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your easy weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. Become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Superfan of the podcast for free – and enjoy the exclusive weekly Lock-in bonus section!⁠⁠⁠⁠This week... → Geese have been one of the big breakthrough rock bands of the last year. But now some of the marketing tactics that helped them cut through are under the spotlight…→ Live Nation has lost a major lawsuit in the US that could see it forced to sell its Ticketmaster division. But is that likely to happen?→ 739.1m - that's how many streams the new BTS album got in its first week (and yes, this is an official, not-made-up number this time…)→ There's a big argument in the UK between the Music Venue Trust and collecting society PRS for Music, and it's all about how royalties from concerts are collected and divided…→ While we're on the subject of live music in the UK, a new report from a parliamentary committee made some interesting recommendations for reforms…And in the special post-show lock-in section just for our ⁠⁠Patreon Superfans⁠⁠, Steve and Stu prop themselves at the bar – and Steve's getting the first round in – as they discuss this week's bonus material:Steve shares a story about trying to bring artist Victor Jones to the UK and wonders if he could sleep in Steve's loft;"Industry Plants" – the music industry's "conspiracy theory", and a chance to reminisce about major labels using offshoots to appear independent.Almost-free-jazz: analysis of the UK parliamentary report showing that Jazz receives only 2% of Arts Council grant money, compared to 49% for Opera and 24% for Classical music.Physical Tickets: do you collect your paper ticket stubs?75,000 AI tracks are now uploaded to Deezer every day. Vintage merch value: the prices of secondhand band t-shirts are soaring –  so what have Steve and Stu got in their wardrobes?===================================As ever, we welcome your feedback, emails and – in particular – any questions you might have about how the music biz works!Email us: ⁠⁠thepriceofmusicpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠See you next week!Steve and Stuart======TPOM online: http://tpom.uk/Support The Price of Music on Patreon:⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/ThePriceofMusic⁠⁠Follow Steve on X - @steve_lamacqFollow Stuart on X - @stuartdredgeFollow The Price of Music on X - @PriceofMusicpodFor sponsorship opportunities, please email - ⁠⁠joe@musically.com

Guest Host: John Gerardi The Fresno Arts Council outlined major governance and transparency reforms to retain its role as Fresno County’s official arts funding representative after a $1.8 million embezzlement scandal. Changes include hiring an independent accounting firm to oversee and process all financial transactions, removing prior paid leadership, and requiring daily board‑level monitoring of bank activity, with multiple approvals for every payment. After reviewing the reforms, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved keeping the council as the county’s “local partner” with the California Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

J. Ross Parrelli is a rapper, slam poet, educator, and founder of Beats Lyrics Leaders — a hip hop arts education organization that has worked with over 50,000 students across 150+ classrooms, from military academies to Native American reservations. In this conversation, J. Ross and Jen go deep on what it actually costs to speak your truth and what it gives back. J. Ross shares the story of being publicly defamed for standing and serving on matters she believed in. They also get into killer stories from J. Ross's OG days; rap and slam poetry as the original truth-telling art forms, what it looks like to win a crowd that has already turned their backs on you (literally!), why J. Ross prefers consideration over empathy, and how Beats Lyrics Leaders teaches kids to find their voice before the world trains it out of them. Here's J. Ross Parrelli's talk from the TEDxFolsom stage in 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK5d4hrPmc4&list=PLoiAX9Nj300p_XILWp-Zv5WaYkrphncUT&index=1 Guest Bio: J Ross Parrelli is a global touring, award-winning recording artist, civic leader, and frequency architect rewiring community through education, the creative economy, and advocacy. As founder of Beats Lyrics Leaders and Kidzapalooza.org, and leader of the Creative Economy Entrepreneurship Initiative at Roseville Venture Lab, she builds pipelines from arts education to workforce for creatives while serving in regional leadership roles on the Auburn Economic Development Commission, Placer County Economic Development Board, and Arts Council of Placer County. A former elected trustee of Auburn Union School District, active advocate with Arts Now – Create California and Right to Start, and a recent TEDx speaker, she brings a systems-level lens to equity, access, and opportunity in the arts, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Website: https://jrossinspires.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/jrossparrelli Facebook: https://Facebook.com/JRossParrelli YouTube: https://youtube.com/jrossparrelli LinkedIn: https://Linkedin.com/JRossParrelli   About Jen Oliver:Jen Oliver is a speaker, podcaster, and communications coach - equipping people to speak with greater impact and presence. Whether you are speaking on stage, promoting your brand, or voicing your needs in a relationship - communicating with your truest voice and cultivating human connection with your audience is the key to influence. Jen coaches individuals privately and within her Signature group programs - in addition to delivering workshops as a guest expert in a variety of settings. Jen serves as a 4-season Executive Producer, Director of Curation, and Speaker Coach for TEDxFolsom. She is a committed force behind WomanSpeak™ - an internationally recognized body of work teaching the art and soul of public speaking. Jen is on a mission to support 1 million women as they speak with uncommon levels of freedom and confidence. Tap into more at REALjenoliver.comemail: jen@REALjenoliver.compodcast website: ListenForREAL.com90-day TEDx Talk ACCELERATORWomanSpeak™website: REALJenOliver.comLinkedIn:@thejenoliverInstagram: @realjenoliverFacebook: @jen.oliver.806001If you believe conversations like these belong in the world, please subscribe, rate & review this podcast - and even better, share it with someone else as a REAL conversation starter. Subscribe to all things Jen at REALJenOliver.

Hello Adventurers! It’s time to Unpack our latest Adventure with our host, Connie's Uncle Chris, and his cheeky soundboard Ziggy!

Send us Fan Mail"At intervals the condor passed, huge as an ocean liner.” Henry Miller in Big Sur and the OrangesBesides marveling at the exceptional beauty and almost mysterious power of these amazing birds Joe Burnett and I discuss work in Big Sur and Monterey. We talk about the rebuilding of the Ventana Wildlife Sanctuary after the 2020 Dolan Fire, how the sanctuary supports releasing, feeding, monitoring and recapturing condors to test for lead poisoning—the leading mortality threat—using radio and GPS transmitters to track a flock of 113 birds, including wild-born untagged chicks. VWS outreach now centers on getting ranchers and hunters to switch to non-lead ammunition, which the program helps by providing free ammo, though non-lead .22 availability is a major hurdle. Joe describes vaccinating about 90% of the population against highly pathogenic avian influenza, ongoing disease and blood-lead testing, wildfire impacts, public engagement while tracking birds, and resources and documentaries available through the organization's website.Thanks for listening!Magnus Ventana Wildlife SocietyThe beautiful documentary Condor CanyonSupport the show_________________________________________________This podcast is a production of the Henry Miller Memorial Library with support from The Arts Council for Monterey County! Let us know what you think!SEND US AN EMAIL! 

In this episode of Community Connection, Tina Cosby discusses the importance of voting and civic engagement with her listeners. She highlights the upcoming deadline for voter registration in Indiana and encourages everyone to take advantage of the resources available on the Indiana Voters dot I in dot gov website. Judith Thomas, President and CEO of the Indy Arts Council and Loc Co-Chair for the 2026 NCAA Men's Tournament, joins the show to talk about the city's preparations for the NCAA's Final Four weekend, including the Swish event. The conversation also touches on the intersection of sports, arts, and culture in Indianapolis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People. People are what make a house a home. On realising this, in this final episode, Connie and the gang set about putting on a welcome party for the family when they arrive. They think of everything: tables, chairs, welcome flags, and even an exploding barbecue.

The spring snow risk forecast from the Utah Avalanche Center forecast, Summit County Councilmember Megan McKenna recaps Wednesday's meeting including the sheriff's office expansion and Cline Dahle development's zoning issues, Weilenmann School of Discovery Principal Elizabeth Phillips details the new PEAK program designed to help young athletes balance school and training and the Arts Council of Park City and Summit County's Jocelyn Scudder and Mountain Town Music's Brian Richards talk about this month's musical gallery stroll.

Send us Fan MailThe Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Foresta New Heyday BookI sit down with artist, photographer, and author Josie Iselin, and what begins as a conversation about kelp opens into an exploration of the intricate world in the waters just off our coast.Josie traces her own path into that world—from artist to something closer to a naturalist of the shoreline—guided by curiosity, attention, and a willingness to look closely at what most of us walk past. Kelp, in her telling, is not just seaweed but a kind of language: a way of reading the ocean's health, its rhythms, and its disturbances.We talk about the fragile balance of the kelp forests—about urchin barrens and restoration efforts, including diver-led removal and the promise (and limits) of lab-grown kelp. We touch on kelp's often overstated role as a carbon sink, I learned the meaning of the “wrack line” as a living archive of the sea, and the ongoing tensions around sea otter reintroduction.Threaded through it all is Josie's project Above Below: The Mysterious World of Bull Kelp, created with illustrator Ellen Litwiller—first as a digital exploration, now as a beautifully realized book available where books are sold and at the Henry Miller Library.It's a conversation about paying attention and what the edge of the ocean might still teach us if we take the time to walk down to the shoreline and slow down long enough to see it./MagnusSupport the show_________________________________________________This podcast is a production of the Henry Miller Memorial Library with support from The Arts Council for Monterey County! Let us know what you think!SEND US AN EMAIL! 

In this episode, recorded on location, host Mark Norman meets members of the Turning Tides Project to talk about their Arts Council funded project AND 'OTHER' STORIES which presents the work of a group of artists with and without 'learning disability' and 'autism' labels.And 'Other' Stories reworks fairy tales and folktales in different ways to challenge our ideas about disability. It invites you to:Consider the human tendency to exclude and create "Other".Look for ways we can value our rich heritage of traditional stories in a way that respects everyone, as equal.Immerse yourself in multi-sensory approaches to storytelling.Experience an approach to presenting information that gives everyone equal access to that information.Mark discusses the project with facilitators Abi and Jane from Turning Tides, along with two of the participants.

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I sit down with Bree Karpavage, the Open Studios and Tannery Arts Center Manager from Arts Council Santa Cruz County, to break down Santa Cruz Open Studios and why it's become a core event for artists and the wider community. We talk through how the tour works, what it takes for artists to join, and why art visibility, education, and funding all connect. • What Santa Cruz Open Studios is and how the October art tour works • The scale of participation across the county and how to plan a route • The financial impact for artists and what $1.4M in art sales signals • Who Open Studios is best for and what artists need to prepare • Professional development workshops that teach business skills for artists • How the application and jury process works and what gets submitted • Studio accessibility plus host locations for artists without public-ready spaces • Barriers to entry, including fees and the emerging artist fund • Why art matters to community health, culture, and voice Find Bree:Tannery Arts CenterOpen Studios Santa Cruz CountyArts Council Santa Cruz Santa Cruz CountyInstagramFacebookSupport the show

On this month's episode, The Stinging Fly poetry editor Annemarie Ní Churreáin is joined by poets Simon Costello and Jane Robinson to read from and discuss their poems that appear in The Stinging Fly Issue 53 Volume Two, the climate issue.Simon Costello is from Tullamore, Co. Offaly. His poetry has been published in The Poetry Review, Poetry London, Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, bath magg, New England Review, The London Magazine, The North, The Moth, Magma, The Rialto, The Irish Times and RTÉ. He has been awarded first prize in The Patrick Kavanagh Award for Poetry (2024), Southword Editor's Poetry Award (2023), The Rialto Nature Competition; Place Poetry Prize (2021). In 2021, he was highly commended in The Moth Poetry Prize. In 2024, his poetry chapbook Saturn Devouring was published by The Lifeboat Press. He is currently a Government of Ireland IRC Scholar and PhD candidate. He teaches at the Mary Lavin Centre/School of English in University College Dublin and also works for Granta magazine. He lives in Dublin.Jane Robinson's collections, Journey to the Sleeping Whale (Salmon, 2018) and Island and Atoll (Salmon, 2023), as well as other poems and essays, reflect her deep ecological awareness. With a doctorate in Biology from Caltech, Jane is also a recipient of the Shine-Strong and Strokestown Poetry awards. She lives in Dublin.Annemarie Ní Churreáin is a poet from northwest Donegal. Her books include Bloodroot (Doire Press, 2017), The Poison Glen (The Gallery Press, 2021) and Ghostgirl (Donegal County Archives, 2023). Her work has been shortlisted for the Shine Strong Award for Best Debut Collection (IRE) and for the Ledbury Hellens Best Second Collection (UK). She is a recipient of the Arts Council's Next Generation Artist Award, The Markievicz Award, and a forthcoming 2025 Hawthornden Foundation Residency (NYC). Ní Churreáin is a former fellow of Akademie Schloss Solitude Fellowship (GR). Her writing for stage has appeared at the Abbey National Theatre of Ireland.  Her poetry has been toured widely through Ireland, Europe and America. She is the poetry editor at The Stinging Fly Magazine. www.studiotwentyfive.comThe Stinging Fly Podcast invites writers from the latest issue of The Stinging Fly to read and discuss their work. Previous episodes of the podcast ⁠⁠can be found here⁠⁠. The podcast's theme music is ⁠⁠‘Sale of Lakes', by Divan⁠⁠. All of the ⁠⁠Stinging Fly archive⁠⁠ is available to ⁠⁠subscribers.⁠⁠

In part two, we continue our adventure to learn how to make a house a home. We meet John-Paul, an artist and visionary with a keen creative eye. He helps Connie and the gang find the inspiration to decorate the house using a ‘special things’ box the family sent.

Send a textAlison van Diggelen – Journalist, interviewer, and author of The Love Project: A Journey of Intimate Conversations.Photo is of Alison and her Mom.Alison's website.Buy "The Love Project" at your local bookstore.May we suggest the Henry Miller Library.>>>>>>>>>>>>>Topics in This EpisodeThe origins of The Love ProjectLove across generationsThe power of listeningStorytelling as connectionLove as a verb (and noun)A Quote from the Episode“Love isn't something we possess. It's something we practice.”Final ThoughtWe often speak about love as if it were a feeling that descends upon us like weather, it does, but there's more...Perhaps love encompasses much more— a choice, repeated in small acts, day after day.Support the show_________________________________________________This podcast is a production of the Henry Miller Memorial Library with support from The Arts Council for Monterey County! Let us know what you think!SEND US AN EMAIL!

Send us Fan MailOn this episode of Inside Arts Council Santa Cruz County. We talk with Grants Manager Tamara Liu about how local artists and arts organizations fund their work, why public benefit matters, and how equity efforts are reshaping who receives support. We share clear advice on eligibility, applications, and ways to get involved.• What a grant is • Where re-granted funds come from locally• Eligibility tied to residency and public sharing• How to simplify the application and submit work samples• Why demand exceeds supply and how reviews work• Equity progress across South County and communities of color and queer artists• Links between arts education, grants, and Open Studios• The council's role in advocacy, training, and connections• How donors and volunteers expand flexible fundingFind Tamara: Arts Council Santa Cruz Santa Cruz CountyInstagramFacebookSupport the show

Send us Fan MailOn this episode of Inside Arts Council Santa Cruz County, we look at how the arts education fuels an entire creative ecosystem from first encounters in classrooms to paid teen teaching roles, veteran artists in schools, and dance programs for seniors living with dementia. Sarah Brothers Bot the Arts Education Director shares how Arts Council Santa Cruz County connects schools, artists, and families to make the arts a durable force for learning and belonging.• Why arts education builds skills like empathy, resilience, and critical thinking• How Spectra teaching artists are trained and matched with schools• What makes Mariposa Arts a paid teen-to-child teaching pathway• How we train generalist teachers to integrate arts across subjects• Why Family Arts Nights deepen parent-school trust• Expanding to seniors and adult learners with movement and dance• Funding challenges and the need for ongoing advocacy• How grants, Open Studios, and education reinforce each otherFind Sarah at:Mariposa ArtsArts Council Santa Cruz Santa Cruz CountyInstagramFacebookSupport the show

Send a textShamergenceThe skeptic asks, “Is it real?” The shaman asks, “Did it help?”COME MEET ROB SOMERS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 21>>>>>>>>>>Carlos CastanedaJoseph CampbellThe SamplesOzymandias >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Shaman, Skeptic, and the Voice in the BellySupport the show_________________________________________________This podcast is a production of the Henry Miller Memorial Library with support from The Arts Council for Monterey County! Let us know what you think!SEND US AN EMAIL!

Hazel Baker hosts a London History Podcast episode with author and Lambeth tour guide David Turnbull exploring the musical legacy of the 1951 Festival of Britain and how, 75 years on, music again anchors South Bank celebrations with Danny Boyle's “You Are Here.” They discuss the Royal Festival Hall's symbolic opening night and its British-focused programme, the festival's nationwide reach through choral competitions, mass singalongs and the HMS Campania tour, and the Arts Council's opera commissions and controversies, including Alan Bush's Wat Tyler. The conversation traces how the festival's optimism and internationalism helped shape later British sounds, spotlighting calypso's unofficial anthem by Lord Kitchener, the arrival of the Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra, and popular dance culture at Battersea Pleasure Gardens, alongside details of Turnbull's limited-time walking tour.

David Grimes wears many hats. By day, he's a middle school science teacher in Westerville. He's also a leader in his local union and has spent the last two years as a community leader serving on Westerville's city council. In 2026, he added Westerville Mayor to that list. In this episode, he takes a look back at some of what he has accomplished in city government already, a look ahead at what he hopes to do as mayor, and a look around at his fellow educators who could be great in public office, including another Westerville teacher and WEA leader who joined Grimes in the city council chambers this year.TIME MACHINE | Click here to hear then-city council candidate David Grimes on the OEA podcast when he was first running for office in 2023.SUBSCRIBE | Click here to subscribe to Public Education Matters on Apple Podcasts or click here to listen on Spotify so you don't miss a thing. You can also find Public Education Matters on many other platforms. Click here for some of those links so you can listen anywhere. And don't forget you can listen to all of the previous episodes anytime on your favorite podcast platform, or by clicking here.Featured Public Education Matters guest: David Grimes, Westerville Education Association SecretaryA 7th grade science teacher in Westerville City Schools, David Grimes also serves as Westerville Mayor, a position to which he was appointed in January, 2026. He has served as a Westerville City Council member since 2024. Grimes serves as Council Representative to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Uptown Westerville, Inc. Board. He is also actively involved with Sustainable Westerville, WeRISE Westerville, the Westerville Queer Collective, the Arts Council of Westerville, Westerville Garden Club, Friends of Alum Creek and Tributaries, the Westerville Historical Society, and the Westerville Education Association, for which he serves as Secretary. Grimes is also a former Ohio's New Educators Member Ambassador and former president of Otterbein Middle Level Association. Connect with OEA:Email educationmatters@ohea.org with your feedback or ideas for future Public Education Matters topicsLike OEA on FacebookFollow OEA on TwitterFollow OEA on InstagramGet the latest news and statements from OEA hereLearn more about where OEA stands on the issues Keep up to date on the legislation affecting Ohio public schools and educators with OEA's Legislative WatchAbout us:The Ohio Education Association represents nearly 120,000 teachers, faculty members and support professionals who work in Ohio's schools, colleges, and universities to help improve public education and the lives of Ohio's children. OEA members provide professional services to benefit students, schools, and the public in virtually every position needed to run Ohio's schools.Public Education Matters host Katie Olmsted serves as Media Relations Consultant for the Ohio Education Association. She joined OEA in May 2020, after a ten-year career as an Emmy Award-winning television reporter, anchor, and producer. Katie comes from a family of educators and is passionate about telling educators' stories and advocating for Ohio's students. She lives in Central Ohio with her husband and two young children. This episode was recorded on January 19, 2026.

Connie’s family are super good friends with a family that come from a country that isn't safe for them to live anymore. Connie is on a mission to make their house a home before they arrive, but she needs help... “I need to know how to make a house a home and fast. Family friends are fleeing from a war-torn country and they need our help to settle in here. They sent their stuff by boat a week ago. And they are coming by plane today!”

Colm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, three short story collections and several works of nonfiction. He has written countless articles, plays, an opera libretto and a collection of poetry, and been a finalist for the Booker Prize multiple times He is perhaps best known for his novel Brooklyn, which was made into a movie that was nominated for three Oscars. Set in the middle of the 20th century, Brooklyn is about Eilis Lacey who leaves her small town in Ireland for New York. After building a life there, she is drawn back home and has to choose where she wants to forge her future. Tóibín opens his lecture with the moment of his father's wake in his childhood home in which he hears, as a child, the real life story that would later inspire his character of Elis Lacey. From there, Tóibín's talk is a captivating story of all of his stories, and a kind of master class for writing a novel. He is a writer known for rendering the quiet intimacies between characters, revealing powerful emotional undercurrents and their deep longings.  He is a writer who makes you care about the tiny details of a life – the buttons on a coat or the emotional reverberations of a silence. In this talk, he illuminates his craft, and pulls the curtain back on how his own life shaped his most famous novels. Colm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including Long Island, an Oprah's Book Club Pick; The Magician, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; The Master, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Brooklyn, winner of the Costa Book Award; and Nora Webster; as well as two story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and was named the 2022–2024 Laureate for Irish Fiction by the Arts Council of Ireland. He was shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize. He was also awarded the Bodley Medal, the Würth Prize for European Literature, and the Prix Femina spécial for his body of work.

Send a textIn this episode of A Big Sur Podcast, I sit down with Brita Ostrom — longtime Esalen resident and author of Steeped: A Big Sur Elixir of Sulfur and Sage.Brita's life bridges several revolutions at once: the islands of the Pacific Northwest, the Haight-Ashbury explosion of 1966–67, the psychedelic and political turbulence of the Summer of Love, and the early, formative years of the Esalen Institute.We talk about Haight Street — the overwhelming beauty of it all: the posters, the music, the saturated colors. And later, how the fog began to settle in. About sidewalks so crowded you could barely move, and children who quietly went missing. About free love and jealousy, about massage tables and incense, about the uneasy dance between material success and spiritual seeking.Brita describes arriving at Esalen for the first time — the candlelit baths, the shock of nakedness, the silkiness of sulfur water against cold skin. She reflects on figures like Fritz Perls, Storm, and Lars — and on what it meant to come of age inside a cultural experiment that promised liberation but carried its own tensions and blind spots.This is not nostalgia. It is a reckoning.What does it mean to “drop out”? What does it cost? What does it give?What remains when the fog clears?Brita's memoir is a meditation on community, intimacy, ritual, and the long arc of a life shaped by Big Sur's muse-like pull.As she writes in her dedication:“Dedicated to those who walk this earth while gazing at the stars.”I hope you'll enjoy this thoughtful, tender, and at times unsparing conversation.— MagnusEsalen InstituteHaight-AshburyGolden Gate ParkHenry Miller Memorial LibraryPeople MentionedFritz PerlsAlan WattsEbba MalmborgCarlos CastanedaCesar ChavezKen KeseyDennis MurphySelig MorgenrathBands of the Era (Referenced in the Conversation)Grateful DeadJefferson AirplaneMoby GrapeQuicksilver Messenger ServiceThe CharlatansSupport the show_________________________________________________This podcast is a production of the Henry Miller Memorial Library with support from The Arts Council for Monterey County! Let us know what you think!SEND US AN EMAIL!

After the shocking news that a longtime, now-former Fresno Art Council employee stole $1.5 million in taxpayer funds, the Fresno art community is voicing its outrage, knowing that dollars dedicated to funding their projects are now corrupted. Mayor Dyer and City Council leadership released a statement regarding the missing funds. The Clovis City Council approved to display the national motto ''in God we Trust'' in the council chambers. Between November and December of last year a community survey was conducted on the proposal. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a textAndrew Munn in conversation!Deep Listening, Between Cage and Wagner, from Silence to Parsifal. Listening for the unheard, where sound becomes ceremony.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Links to more on what we spoke of:ANDREW MUNNShort video from the HMML performance.Peter MatteiJohn CagePauline OliverosDeep ListeningRami SarieddeineShanghai Concert HallTanglewoodParsifalMagic FluteElektraSupport the show_________________________________________________This podcast is a production of the Henry Miller Memorial Library with support from The Arts Council for Monterey County! Let us know what you think!SEND US AN EMAIL!

When a compassionate helpline counsellor begins to grow concerned for the safety of one of her clients, she's forced to decide whether to trust her instincts or follow protocol. Safe is a tense, quietly powerful drama about the weight of responsibility and the courage it takes to listen. Get to know the filmmaker: What motivated you to make this film? Honestly it started with the concept of showcasing our lead actress (Kelsey Cooke) and her talent – holding the audience attention and emotions as the sole person on-screen (supported by some incredible voice actors of course). Once we had the concept and decided how to approach it thematically, it became all about bringing authenticity to such a heavy topic and trying to do so in a way that did not feel exploitative but felt, informative and considered. I wrote the film alongside Kelsey Cooke who brought such depth to everything that we did. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film? We had the concept in November 2024, but commitments on other projects meant we agreed to only start working on it at the end of January 2025. We wrote between February and March, applied for the Arts Council of the Isle of Man Short Film Fund and were awarded that in April. Location scouting on the isle took place shortly after with production in June and post production in July-August.  How would you describe your film in two words!? That's tough – and I think all of us will have different words for it but for me as director it would be: Vulnerable. Honest.  —— Subscribe to the podcast: Tweets by wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod

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Terrance Cummings' 'Art for Change' at the Arts Council of Princeton explores race, class, and shared humanity through vibrant, layered artwork. The exhibition sparks dialogue, challenges perceptions, and runs through Feb. 7th.

When a 10-year-old kid starts taking notes to critique his Aunt's directing of a Severna Park High School play, you know there is a budding theater kid in there. Fast forward about twenty years, and that kid graduated from Severna Park High and has just won an Annie Award in Arts Education from the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County. Along the way, Atticus Boidy has made a huge name for himself in the realm of the theatrical arts in Anne Arundel County. He teaches at the Children's Theatre of Annapolis, consults with many elementary and high schools in the county, and works with AACC and many other theater companies in the region. Along the way, he has launched his own consulting firm-- Theatrical Success Consulting. Truly a fascinating individual! Have a listen! LINKS: Atticus Boidy (Website) Theatrical Success Consulting (Website)