Jason Jon Anderson, executive director of the Pablo Center at the Confluence and Brenna St. George Jones, director of Artistic Programming, joined host Al Ross to assess the venue’s anticipated versus proved capabilities over the last season. The three will also explored the process of selecting an entire season of cultural entertainment prior to the second season’s official announcement which will take place on Friday, June 7.
Lacie Carpenter is an award-winning fiddle player known for her animated playing. She talked with Ross from Nashville about her music in anticipation of her performance at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 8 at The Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson.
Selika Ducksworth-Lawton, professor of history at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, spoke with WPR’s Clara Neupert. The topic is Eau Claire’s 2019 Juneteenth celebration, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States of America. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 19 in the Pine Pavilion in Carson Park in Eau Claire.
Douglas Scholtz-Carlson, artistic director of the Great River Shakespeare Festival, visited with special correspondent Jim Oliver to share details of the festival which runs from June 24 to August 4 on the campus of Winona State University in Winona, Minn.
