STATE OF THE ARTS: OCTOBER 2009

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This edition of State of the Arts comes from the Kranzberg Arts Center in Grand Center.

SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: Host Paul Schankman interviews Mike Isaacson, Vice President at Fox Theatricals, about how he chooses what shows make it to the Fox stage.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: Ken and Nancy Kranzberg, two area arts leaders, talk to host Paul Schankman about the importance of arts in our region and how they developed a new venue in Grand Center.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: Music composer, classical performer and college professor are all hats worn by Barbara Harbach. This feature story profiles this talented "woman of note" as she premieres a new original opera based on the novel "O Pioneers" by Willa Cather.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: A theatre company in St. Louis that calls itself That Uppity Theater Company brings stories to the stage that are topical, timely, and sometimes controversial. Joan Lipkin helms this group that holds a mirror up to society.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: This feature story highlights a program that combats body issues and stereotypes in teens by studying images of beauty as portrayed in art.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: HECTV cameras record portions of a weekend long marathon reading of Ovid's great epic poem Metamorphoses. Readers included arts leaders, writers, poets, journalists, professors and physicians.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: An exciting new art form is Spoken Word, a fusion of poetry, music, dance and performance art. This report spotlights the artist who is introducing St. Louis audiences to this newest form of artistic expression.