Checking on the Arts
Weekdays at 9:01 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. on WKNO 91.1
The Mid-South calendar of arts events. Hosts Darel Snodgrass and Kacky Walton interview local and visiting artists and gallery owners, musicians, conductors, composers, authors, publishers, and others who make the arts happen in our community.
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Stephen Karr, music director of opera at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, joined Kacky Walton to talk about the upcoming University of Memphis (UofM) "Opera Gala" on Saturday, April 25, at the Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center.
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The new exhibition "Mary Sims: A Retrospective" is the first museum show dedicated to the Memphis artist and opens Sunday, April 19, and runs through Thursday, June 7, at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens.
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Dorothy Gunther Pugh is well known in the Mid-South community as a dancer, choreographer, and founder of Ballet Memphis. After retiring from Ballet Memphis in 2019, she returned to her early love of art; her exhibition "Nature Yearns" runs Sunday, April 19, through Sunday, June 7, at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens.
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Amanda Yarbro Dill, the Executive Director of Cooper-Young Community Association, joins Kacky Walton to talk about the beloved neighborhood's annual "Porchfest," taking place Sunday, April 19.
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The Memphis Chamber Music Society concludes its 37th season with a performance of piano quartet repertoire by Johannes Brahms, Joaquín Turina, and Arthur Foote on Sunday, April 19, at the David Lusk Gallery.
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Kacky Walton spoke to Kaitlin Brucker, Event Chair for the Madonna Circle's charitable gala, "Some Enchanted Evening," Saturday, April 18, at the Peabody Hotel Skyway Ballroom and Rooftop.
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Saxophonist-Composer Adam Larson brings his quartet, with special guest Kortland Whalum, to the Green Room at Crosstown Concourse on Friday, April 17.
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Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center is closing out its 28th season with Omnium Circus' award-winning production, "I'm Possible."
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The 2026-2027 season marks 20 years of Hattiloo Theatre as the only freestanding Black repertory theatre in five surrounding states. The company celebrates this milestone with a season of premieres.
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The season continues at the Halloran Center for Arts and Education with the next edition of Princeton James Productions Soulful Murder Mysteries: "Brown Sugar Diner: The Last Slice" on Sunday, April 12.