Cityscape

Airs Fridays 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 10 p.m. - 11 p.m. (repeat)

Join Steve Potter every Friday for a discussion of local arts and cultural events.

To call in during the 11 a.m. broadcast call (314) 382-TALK (8255) or e-mail talk@stlpublicradio.org.

Cityscape is produced by Mary Edwards and Alex Heuer and sponsored in part by the Missouri Arts Council, the Regional Arts Commission, and the Arts and Education Council.

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Cityscape
2:48 pm
Fri April 26, 2013

Alarm Will Sound Remembers The Year 1969

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Alan Pierson conducts Alarm Will Sound
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Alarm Will Sound
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In the late 1990’s Eastman School of Music students Gavin Chuck and Alan Pierson saw the need for a top notch ensemble to perform their compositions and other contemporary music.  They set to work and formed the student ensemble Ossia.  One of their more notable concerts was one in 1999 that featured music by Steve Reich which the composer attended. After the concert, Reich expressed to the group his desire for an American new music ensemble that would be equivalent to England’s London Sinfonietta or Germany’s Ensemble Modern.

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Cityscape
11:36 am
Fri April 26, 2013

Soundbites: Northern Thai Cuisine Comes To St. Louis, A Look At The Latest Food Trends

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Khao Soi soup at Fork & Stix
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St. Louis is home to many Thai restaurants but the cuisine of the Southeast Asian country of Thailand is diverse.

Roughly, there are four food regions in the country - northern, northeast, central (Bangkok) and southern, according to Phatcharin Wanna, the owner/chef of a new Thai restaurant in the Delmar Loop.

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Cityscape
5:43 pm
Fri April 19, 2013

New Movie 'Lake Windfall' Seeks To Entertain, Educate About Deaf Culture

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The movie 'Lake Windfall' from Rustic Lantern Films centers on five friends who embark on a camping trip that turns disastrous. Of the five actors, three are deaf. Alexander Laferriere acts as Drew who is a CODA, or "child of deaf adults."
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Actors Christopher B. Corrigan, left, and Jasun Hicks star in the movie 'Lake Windfall' from Rustic Lantern Films. It centers on five friends who embark on a camping trip that turns disastrous.
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The Rustic Lantern team, from L-R: Jason Robert, Tony Nitko, and Roger Vass. Nitko wrote and produced the film.
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Local production company Rustic Lantern Films has recently released their debut movie called "Lake Windfall," about five friends on a camping trip that turns disastrous. 

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Cityscape
5:31 pm
Fri April 19, 2013

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Takes On Cyber-Bullying, Hosts SHAKE38

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William Shakespeare
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Each Spring, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis stages a play by the Bard in an area of Forest Park just east of the St. Louis Art Museum.  This year, the production is Twelfth Night which will run nightly except Tuesdays from May 24 through June 16. But before rehearsals for the main event even begin, the organization is active with pre-season offerings.

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Cityscape
4:27 pm
Fri April 19, 2013

The 442’s, A Musical Collaboration With A Unique Sound

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The 442's in St. Louis Public Radio Studio
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Cellist Bjorn Ranheim and violinist Shawn Weil are colleagues in the St. Louis Symphony.  Double bassist Syd Rodway and composer/keyboardist Adam Maness are members of the Erin Bode Group.  They got to know each other when Ranheim and Weil collaborated with the Erin Bode Group and also shared an interest in good food and fine beer. 

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