Checking on the Arts

By Kacky Walton

COA - Rock for Love 5

Memphis, TN – Kacky Walton talks with JD Reager, Jack Alberson, and Marvin Stockwell about Rock for Love 5. JD and Marvin founded Rock for Love in 2007 with Jeff Hulett. The annual show has raised more than $92,000 for the Church Health Center in it's first four years, and has already raised $21,500 in sponsorships for this year's 5th anniversary celebration.

By Darel Snodgrass

Memphis, TN – Darel Snodgrass talks with Rhonda Cloud from the Pink Palace Museum and Marge Jenks from Crater of Diamonds State Park about Diamonds: A Special Exhibit running July 23-October 16, 2011 at the Pink Palace Museum.

By Kacky Walton

(2011-07-01) – Kacky Walton talks with Kyle Barnette, who plays Reverend Shaw, and director Shorey Walker about Playhouse on the Square's production of Footloose: The Musical. For more information, or for tickets, visit www.playhouseonthesquare.org

Memphis, TN – Photojournalist Tim Hetherington was killed last Wednesday as he covered the war in Misrata, Libya. He made his directorial debut with the documentary "Restrepo", which chronicled the lives of a 15 man platoon fighting in Afghanistan. Last August, prior to the film's release, Kacky Walton spoke to Hetherington about what it was like to work under such life threatening conditions. His advice: "learn to control your fear...focus on the job at hand."