Podcast Archive



Date Posted: September 11th, 2021

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – September 11, 2021

This week on Delaware State of the Arts Podcast, Kristin Pleasanton interviews Mark Fields, Executive Director of The Grand, about The Grand’s upcoming 2021-2022 season at its three venues: Copeland Hall at the Grand, the baby grand, and The Playhouse on Rodney Square.  After touching on the programming and events The Grand provided to the […]

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Date Posted: July 31st, 2021

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – July 31, 2021

  Paul Weagraff interviews Tina Betz, the Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of Wilmington, about Clifford Brown and the jazz festival named in his honor.  

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Date Posted: July 24th, 2021

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – July 24, 2021

  Paul Weagraff chats with Alex Johnson, founder of House Lights, about a summer initiative in three Delaware libraries designed to bring together community members, social services, and local leaders around a common artistic project.  

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Date Posted: July 17th, 2021

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – July 17, 2021

  Paul Weagraff interviews jazz musician Fostina Dixon about her training, career, and upcoming program at the Delaware Theatre Company entitled “Five Women”  

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Date Posted: July 10th, 2021

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – July 10, 2021

  Paul Weagraff chats with Molly Giordano, executive director of the Delaware Art Museum, about the work of the museum, its expanded mission, and it recent success in receiving a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This grant will support a historical exhibition honoring the art produced by the 1973 Federal Comprehensive Employment […]

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Date Posted: July 3rd, 2021

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – July 3, 2021

Paul Weagraff interviews Dr. Jennifer Margaret Barker, Professor of Music at the University of Delaware, and 2021 recipient of a Masters Fellowship in Music Composition from the Delaware Division of the Arts.

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Date Posted: June 12th, 2021

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – June 12, 2021

  Paul Weagraff interviews Jonathan Whitney, local performing artist and percussionist, about his evolution as a musician, his work with drumming circles in Wilmington, and his new entrepreneurial enterprise, Flux Creative Consulting.  

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Date Posted: June 3rd, 2021

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – June 5, 2021

  Paul Weagraff interviews artist, filmmaker, and founder of Reel Families for Change, Akima A. Brown about her career in the film industry and aspirations for Delaware.  

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Date Posted: May 29th, 2021

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – May 29, 2021

  Paul Weagraff interviews David Stradley and Newton Buchanan from Delaware Shakespeare about their extensive work in developing anti-racism policies and procedures and their Summer 2021 Festival at Rockwood Park.  

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Date Posted: May 22nd, 2021

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – May 22, 2021

  Paul Weagraff interviews Lou Cox and Tony Perrone from the Milford Community Band about their 31+ year history and the ambitious schedule of outdoor concerts they have lined up for summer 2021.  

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