Podcasts about wemu's lisa barry

This week, "Art and Soul" focuses on the local visual arts. WEMU's Lisa Barry and state and local arts leader Omari Rush talk with Avery Williamson, who works with many different types of materials to weave and paint and write blending her love of history, especially the history of Black women in this country.

For 40 years, Dr. Peter Glatz put dental instruments inside the mouths of patients in Illinois, and now that he's retired, he's providing a different type of "filling." At the age of 67, Dr. Glatz is staying in his "Bertha Bus" in Ann Arbor while helping out on a local farm and using his passion to cook and create at area restaurants. He tells WEMU's Lisa Barry about his culinary journey.

Local bassist, composer, educator, and performer Paul Keller said the current pandemic brought a brief end to his playing and performing to the point he almost forgot how to do it. Almost. Now he's back at it in new and creative ways sharing live jazz music with the community, even composing some 40 new songs. He talks with WEMU's Lisa Barry about how the joy of jazz has inspired him to keep the music alive and how you might see him performing in your neighborhood as the current global health crisis plays out.

Ryan Molloy is a graphic arts professor at Eastern Michigan University, and his wife Valerie works for Michigan Medicine, and they live in Ann Arbor. They took some of Val's pictures and added inspirational words and created "positivity posters," which they put outside their house and give them away to the community for free. WEMU's Lisa Barry talks with the couple about their effort and ideas.

This week, "Art and Soul" is about the local visual arts scene. WEMU's Lisa Barry is joined by Omari Rush, executive director of CultureSource and Chair of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs . They talk with Elisa Guyton, executive director of the Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti, who has been working hard to keep the center connected to the community during a pandemic which began just a few months after she took over the job.

As Ann Arbor bars and restaurants prepare to reopen after being closed by the pandemic since mid-March, things will definitely be different. WEMU's Lisa Barry talks with Micah Bartelme, principal and CEO of BarStar Group, which owns and operates several Ann Arbor area bars and restaurants, including Nightcap , LoFi , and Babs Underground in the downtown area. Also a board member of the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority , he talks about the far-reaching effects the global health crisis has had on the Ann Arbor restaurant scene.

Just as Ann Arbor's Blue LLama Jazz Club was getting ready to celebrate its first birthday, it was forced to shut down like all other clubs and restaurants in Michigan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. WEMU's Lisa Barry talks with the owner of the club, Don Hicks, about how they, like many jazz musicians, have had to improvise to stay connected with the community.

"Art and Soul" this week is about the art of well being. WEMU's Lisa Barry talks with Dr. Brian O'Donnell , an Ann Arbor psychotherapist and a teacher of "The Pathwork." He suggests our current global health crisis is an invitation to a greater life and a time for possible reflection on what we might learn from the experience.

Restaurants were one of the first and hardest hit by our current health crisis and looks like they will remain closed for a while. WEMU's Lisa Barry talks with John Reyes of Eater.com about how Washtenaw County restaurants are evolving during the current health crisis and what they are doing to try and still serve customers and maintain their bottom line.

Award-winning actor and musician Jeff Daniels is home in Chelsea right now quarantined like the rest of us due to the coronavirus pandemic. Like all other entertainment venues, Daniels had to shut down the Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea to curb the spread of the virus. He talks with WEMU's Lisa Barry about an idea he has to raise support for the theatre and fills us in on the many other projects he's been working on in film and TV.

This week, "Art and Soul" is about the art of well being, and we could all really use an enhanced sense of that about now. WEMU's Lisa Barry talks with Dr. Libby Robinson, one of the founding members of the Ann Arbor Center For Mindfulness and co-founder of Ann Arbor Open Meditation . She talks about her many years of teaching mi ndfulness-based stress reduction and shares somes insight and methods of meditation that could prove useful during this stressed out time dealing with a global health pandemic.

This week, "Art and Soul" is about the visual arts. WEMU's Lisa Barry is joined by Omari Rush, the executive director of CultureSource and chair of the Michigan Council For The Arts and Cultural Affairs to talk about the impact of the current health pandemic is having on local artists and arts organizations.

This week, "Art and Soul" is about the culinary arts, but due to the current coronavirus pandemic, most restaurants have had to figure out a new way to operate, and some have had to close. WEMU's Lisa Barry and Jessica Webster talk about what your local dining options are and how you can support local grocery stores and restaurants in new ways, due to rising health concerns.

With everything happening in our world right now, there are ways we can help ourselves better cope. WEMU's Lisa Barry talks with Ann Arbor mindfulness and meditation teacher Barbara Newell , who has trained and taught with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and psychologist and meditation teacher Tara Brach. Barbara shares how we can soothe ourselves and become more self-aware through mindfulness and meditation.

On this week's "Art & Soul: The Visual Arts," WEMU's Lisa Barry is joined by Omari Rush , executive director of CultureSource and chair of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs , and Nora Krinitsky, Interim Director of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan. They talk about the program, its 25th annual exhibition, and creative expression as a human right.

24th Cheesecakerie in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti is a family-owned and operated business incorporating the concept and culture of family into everything they do. WEMU's Lisa Barry and John Reyes of Eater.com talk to one of the business's owners, Sean Brezell, who brought several family members with him to the interview about how they strive to bring value--and cheesecake--to the Washtenaw County community.

This week, "Art and Soul" is about the local performance arts scene. WEMU's Lisa Barry and Wendy Wright talk to Joe York from an Ypsilanti theatre group and share information about a number of other performance opportunities in the coming weeks.

This week, "Art and Soul" is about the art of well being. WEMU's Lisa Barry talks with author and University of Michigan professor Dr. Wayne Baker about ways to ask for help and how that can lead to co-creating solutions at work and in other parts of your life.

This week, Art and Soul is about the performing arts events happening around Washtenaw County. 89.1 WEMU'S Lisa Barry is joined by local writer, reviewer and blogger Jenn McKee and the co-creator of Ann Arbor's Pointless Brewery and Theatre Tori Tomalia.

Ever notice something that looks like a standalone mailbox located in front of a business or community organizations around town? Ever wondered what's inside? 89.1 WEMU'S Lisa Barry explains they're mini neighborhood book exchanges , hidden in plain sight around Washtenaw County.

Do you worry about type 2 diabetes ? Hundreds of thousands of people in Michigan have been diagnosed with the disease, but the Kidney Foundation of Michigan runs a diabetes prevention class intended to help people avoid dealing with the disease. 89.1 WEMU'S Lisa Barry shares what the class has meant to several Ann Arbor residents and what a difference it is making in their lives.