KCBP Radio Programs from the Voice of the Valley: Recent Episodes
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Our programs feature interviews with interesting people involved in the arts and culture of the San Joaquin Valley of California.
"Arts of the San Joaquin Valley," hosted by Linda Scheller and Sandy Graham, focuses on various facets of creativity in our community: poetry, authors, dance, theater, creative spaces, venues, music, visual arts, textile, crafters, and much more.
If you have an idea for a future episode or are an artist in the community and would like to be featured, contact us at arts@kcbpradio.org
Painter Chella Gonsalves talks with co-host Linda Scheller about her art, teaching career, exhibitions, and painting groups.
Deborah Kavasch talks with co-host Linda Scheller about her career as an educator, composer, soprano, and specialist in extended vocal techniques.
Poet and physician Vielka Solano reads her poetry and talks with co-host Linda Scheller about her medical practice, her Heartland Grant project, and "la cultura cura."
Nicholas Hersh, Music Director of Modesto Symphony Orchestra, talks with co-host Linda Scheller about becoming a conductor, music in education, balancing the canon, a music director's responsibilities, and the significance of live musical performances.
Bob Barzan talks with co-host Linda Scheller about the Modesto Art Museum, Modesto architecture, and the Modesto History Center.
Professional cellist and professor of cello Ira Lehn talks with his pupil, co-host Linda Scheller, about his musical career.
Sam Pierstorff--Ninja Poet, Modesto Junior College instructor, and president of the Modesto State Theater board-- talks with Linda Scheller about the need for creative expression, the State Theater and Intermission, teaching, the ILL LIST and CHILL LIST poetry slams competitions, Write Night and Poetry Night, the Modesto Haiku Anthology, and filmmaking.
Visual artist Traci Bookman talks with co-host Linda Scheller about her artistic creations and bookmanartwerrks, orignial decorative and FUNKtional art.
Musicians Pierre Noghli, Ninos Dikho, and Sargon Yonan talk about Domara Orchestra and "Joyful World Journey," their December 2, 2023 concert at Gallo Center for the Arts.
Ryan Foy talks about his theater career and the programs he oversees as Director of Produced Theatre and Special Programming at Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto.
Barbara Alvarado and Patrick Barr of The Dragonfly-Art for Life talk with co-host Linda Scheller about their downtown Modesto CA art studio and the classes they offer.
Jim Johnson talks with Linda Scheller about his career in teaching and administration at Modesto Junior College, his work with Gallo Center Arts Education, the founding of Gallo Center Repertory Company and Sankofa Theater, and some of his favorite productions as an actor and director.
Executive director Gabriela Guerrini and board member Randy Siefkin talk about The State Theater's history, programs, film series, and new projects.
Michael Baldwin Sr. is a community advocate, paralegal, and the founding director of MBS Consultants. In this episode he shares some of his poetry and talks with co-host Linda Scheller about his work with police departments and community groups, his years of incarceration, and the importance of communication.
Photographer and collage artist Tiffanie Heben talks with co-host Linda Scheller about her artistic endeavors, influences, and discoveries.
Lee Herrick, California's 10th Poet Laureate, reads some of his poetry and talks with co-host Linda Scheller about his books, writing, and "Our California," his Poet Laureate platform.
David Barbaree talks with Linda Scheller about the fundamentals of acting and directing, theater productions in which he's been involved, and plays he'd like to perform in or direct.
Linda Scheller reads poems from her book Wind & Children and talks with co-host Laura Stokes about her career as a teacher, her first poetry book Fierce Light, playwriting, book reviewing, music, theater, and her involvement with local arts organizations.
Warren Haack talks with Linda Scheller about filmmaking, sound design, nature, and his travels. This episode was recorded, edited, and enhanced with music and effects by Warren Haack.
Margie Butler is a harpist, composer, and teacher. She talks with Laura Stokes about performing with the music group Golden Bough and the effect of music in our lives.
Patty Castillo Davis talks with Linda Scheller about her lifelong love of music and her career as a singer/songwriter.
Modesto Poet Laureate Emeritus Stella Beratlis talks with Linda Scheller about her new book from Sixteen Rivers Press, Dust Bowl Venus, poetry ofplace that pays homage to Modesto country and gospel musician and songwriter Hazel Houser.
Award-winning, versatile artist Henrietta Sparkman talks about her creative work, artistic process and insights, and the importance of arts education.
Colton Dennis, an actor and the executive director of the Merced County Arts Council, talks with host Linda Scheller about the Merced Multicultural Arts Center, theater, and the arts scene in Merced, California.
Sarah Jamila Stevenson, an artist, instructor, and the award-winning author of young adult novels The Latte Rebellion, Underneath, The Truth Against the World, and the graphic novel Alexis vs. Summer Vacation, talks with host Linda Scheller about writing and community.
Richard Rios, author of Songs From The Barrio, is an artist, poet, playwright, musician, and retired professor of Chicano Studies and English.
Violist Anne Martin, director of Orchestra and Strings at Modesto Junior College, talks about music education, conducting, and the importance of music in our community.
Spoken word poet Angela Drew performs two of her pieces and discusses creativity, expression, and her artistic goals.
Artist, musician, and composer Kaila D'Sa talks with program host Linda Scheller about his art and the art space he founded, Modesto Conservatory of Music, Art & and Theater.
Meter Maids is a Modesto writing group celebrating 30 years of poetry and friendship. Founding members Karen Hansis Baker and Tina Arnopole Driskill talk about Meter Maids' three decades of history, creativity, and camaraderie.
Poet, playwright, and essayist Salvatore Salerno and his wife, the painter Barbara Gill, talk with us about their art and its connection to the natural world.
Joel Aguilar is an artist whose murals reflect the history and cultural diversity of Livingston, California, his hometown.
Heike Hambley, founder and artistic director of Merced Shakespearefest, talks about the non-profit theater organization's history, goals, venues, and their 2020 bilingual production of Richard II/Ricardo Segundo.
Indigo Moor, award-winning poet, playwright, teacher, and Sacramento Poet Laureate Emeritus, talks about his upcoming book Everybody's Jonesin' for Something, his play Live! At the Excelsior, and his previously published books In the Room of Thirsts and Hungers, Through the Stonecutter's Window, and Taproot.
Lillian Vallee talks with us about her book Rivers of Birds, Forests of Tule: Central Valley Nature & Culture in Season.
Linda Knoll talks about the Central California Art Association, the Mistlin Gallery, and some of the classes, exhibits, and events they offer our community.
Modesto author and playwright Ken White talks about his books, plays, and community involvement.
Jack Souza, artistic director and founder of Prospect Theater Project, talks about the history of PTP and its importance in our community..
Dave Storm is a tattoo artist and actor who creates Native American wall sculpture, music, and poetry.
Artistic Director Rene Daveluy, Ballet Mistress Leslie Ann Larson, and Executive Director Karin Reenstierna talk about ballet and the dance programs offered by Central West Ballet, a resident company of the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto, California.
Music educators Daniel Afonso and Polly Vasche talk about the importance of choral music and its history in Stanislaus County.
Anne Williams Bailey and Linda Prather, members of the Modesto Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, discuss their visual art and poetry.
This episode with Sandy Graham features local music groups, Brother Spellbinders Band and the Blues Box Bayou Band. Host Sandy Graham speaks with Blues Box Bayou Band member Pete Grimaldi.
Linda Scheller interviews ladies from Modesto's Tri-Chromatic Gallery. Sandy Graham talks with the directors of the Shire Community Space.
Linda Scheller interviews Raquel Ruelas, Artistic Director of the Murphys Creek Theatre and Traci Sprague from Modesto's Center Stage Conservatory.
Village Dancers Robert Rudholm and Judy Kropp talk about folk dancing in Stanislaus County, CA, and Carlos Gonzalez discusses Ballet Folklorico Anahuac, the Modesto non-profit dance company founded in 2006 by his mother, Liduvina Gonzalez.
Hosts Linda Scheller and Sandy Graham introduce Arts of the San Joaquin and feature Modesto poets Gillian Wegener and Tina Curiel Allen.