Josie Music Awards
This week on Arts News, we meet Kate Francis, the new executive director of the Friends of the Springfield Art Museum, and talk with local singer-songwriter Cyndi Edwards following her second consecutive nomination for a Josie Music Award. We also look at Springfield Little Theatre’s recent success at an international competition and preview a new photography exhibition, “The Great American West,” now on view in West Plains. The program features music from Coolcumber and Eric Howell.
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Courtesy of the West familyA self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of lives — and keep us from getting lost. -
Dean Treml/AFP via Getty ImagesThere are a lot of films and we are here to help! We've assembled details and coverage for the 14 films nominated in six major categories — all in one place.
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Amazon MGM StudiosIn a not-too-distant future, an artificial intelligence entity determines the fate of the accused in Mercy, starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson. -
Brooks is the subject of a new two-part HBO documentary, Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! TV critic David Bianculli reviews the documentary, plus we listen back to archival interviews with Brooks.
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Sound of Falling weaves together the experiences of four generations of women living in the same rural stretch of northern Germany, and the secrets that have accumulated over that time.
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Lam, 68, pledged to accelerate economic growth and was reappointed unanimously by the 180-member Central Committee at the conclusion of the National Party Congress. -
The National Weather Service is predicting 8 to 13 inches of snow for southern and central Missouri this weekend. -
The commission unanimously denied a request from the National Collegiate Athletic Association to ban bets on college athletes and first-half wager point spreads for men's and women's basketball games. However, the issue could be revisited in the future. -
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, president of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, which endorsed an economic blackout in protest of ICE's actions.
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Many businesses in Minnesota will be closed Friday as demonstrators plan protests and a statewide economic blackout to push back against the ongoing ICE enforcement in the state.
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The president is seeking at least $5 billion in damages from the country's largest bank, alleging that it closed his accounts for political reasons.
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Tens of millions of people are in the path of a major winter storm. Federal cuts threaten efforts to understand the causes of such weather. -
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In his first year back in the White House, President Trump has presided over a sweeping expansion of executive power while eroding democratic norms.
