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With the
support of the
ARTS COUNCIL OF INDIANAPOLIS,
THE INDIANAPOLIS FOUNDATION and THE
CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS. |
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ART OF THE MATTER |
 Saturday
4 pm
Friday
8 pm
Celebrate
the many ways the arts can enliven, inform,
challenge, fulfill and make listeners better
citizens of their community and the world
with The Art of the Matter. Hosts Sharon
Gamble, Matt Socey and Travis DiNicola,
joined by an array of fascinating guests,
examine the cultural community from the
perspective of who, what, when and where,
while exploring the broader effects the
arts have on our lives.
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Black Expo
This year’s Indiana Black Expo’s 39th Annual Summer Celebration,
takes place from July 9 -19, and there are plenty of arts and cultural
events for everyone this year, as Travis DiNicola found out from Colleen
Heeter, the VP of Development & Advancement and Rachele Salary,
their Marketing & Communications Coordinator. More information
at indianablackexpo.com |
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Keynotes Duet
Marvin Friedman and Peggy Reich Lannerd have been in the right place at the right
time a lot lately, as Sharon Gamble found out when she chatted with the pianistic
pair recently, also known as the Keynotes Duet. The 1 piano-4 hand duettists
perform in Indiana AND New York City ! For more information, you may visit
their website at keynotesduet.com. |
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Garfield Park
On Indy’s South side, Garfield Park boasts gardens, a conservatory,
a pool, a performing arts venue and an
arts center that has something going on every day this summer. Travis
DiNicola spoke with the art
center’s new facility manager Tom Weidenbach, and Lesley Meier
who is the assistant manager of the Garfield
Park Arts Center. More information about the center and the whole
park can be found at indyparks.org. |
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Sharon
Gamble
Sharon Gamble has enjoyed careers as
an English teacher, writer and editor,
arts administrator and classical radio
host (on WSYW-FM and WFYI Radio FM
90.1). She currently serves as the
executive director of the Phoenix Theatre.
When she is not interviewing some of
the most fascinating people in Indianapolis,
she collects McCoy pottery and vintage
linens, gardens, reads, studies cello
and works on restoring a classic pre-World-War-I
Craftsman Bungalow in Old Meridian
Park. She also contributes pieces to Across
Indiana on WFYI Radio's sister
station TV 20. |
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Travis
DiNicola
Art of the Matter co-host M. Travis
DiNicola is also the Executive Director
of Indy Reads, a non-profit which provides
free tutoring programs for functionally
illiterate adults in Indianapolis who
want to learn to read. Prior to joining
Indy Reads, DiNicola was the Director
of Public Relations for Young Audiences
of Indiana for ten years. Originally
from Pennsylvania, DiNicola received
a B.A. in Theatre & Dance and a
M.S. in Art Education from Penn State
University. Before moving to Indiana,
he worked as an actor and a performance
artist, presenting his work at venues
in New York, Cleveland, Pittsburgh,
Philadelphia, and other locations on
the East Coast. Indianapolis audiences
saw him perform occasionally for five
seasons (1999-2003) as Rowdie, the
mascot of the Indianapolis Indians.
He is also a writer, and has taught
at IUPUI, Butler University, and Seoul
National University. Awards he has
received include Best Graduate Research
at Penn State, a Creative Renewal Arts
Fellowship, an Indiana Individual Artist
Award, WFYI’s Community Volunteer
Award, Broad Ripple Art Fair Volunteer
of the Year, and most recently was
picked as an IBJ Forty Under 40 recipient.
He is married to Elizabeth Garber,
owner of The Best Chocolate in Town. |
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Matthew
Socey
January 29, 2005, marked the last regular
appearance for Matthew Socey as host
of The Art of the Matter. Matthew has
had triple duties at WFYI. Besides
co-hosting TAOTM, he's host of The
Blues House Party and is the
voice of WFYI Sundays from 3-8 p.m.
Leaving The Art of the Matter will
allow Matthew to devote more time to
The Blues House Party, including a
series of live appearances at The Slippery
Noodle. Not to worry, Soceyphiles -
He'll stop in from time to time as
a special correspondent. Matthew is
also a contributing writer for NUVO
Newsweekly, Downbeat and Big City Blues
magazine. He's acted, directed and
produced several local plays, and teaches
theatre to grade school students. |
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