Jimmy Rea
Arts Reporter & HostJimmy Rea is a proud Ozarkian with deep ties to the music community. With 2 decades of creative entrepreneurship underfoot, Jimmy has toured coast to coast and around the world with acoustic acts The HillBenders and Keller Williams. Spearheading numerous musical groups, recording projects, and live music events, Rea’s work in the Springfield music scene is a passion and lifestyle. Happily married to wife Melissa and father to Archie, they enjoy life together with 2 dogs and a cat. In his downtime you can find Jimmy fishing for bass in the crisp rivers, creeks, and streams of the Ozarks.
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Ozarks Lyric Opera teams up with a local author and musician to create “Dream Big,” a story about Ella Kate Ewing, aka “The Missouri Giantess,” Live From Downtown returns for its second season, Episode 6 of “The Life and Times of Curtis Lee,” Central Springfield Community Choir’s upcoming pops concert, Western swing music at The Shrine, and Soundcheck with Little Jones. -
From May 7-9, the Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest will host a weekend of music and dancing to benefit young musicians at the Shrine Mosque in Downtown Springfield. -
The free concert series on Park Central Square has announced its full lineup, running every Saturday from May to September. -
Local storyteller Kate Klise and musician Ruell Chappell team up with Ozarks Lyric Opera to tell the true story of Missouri giantess Ella Kate Ewing at the Gillioz Theatre. -
A new downtown sculpture honors Route 66, Artsfest celebrates 45 years, an award-winning feature film made in Springfield debuts at the Moxie, and a traveling art exhibition comes through town. -
“Dust to Malibu,” filmed largely in Springfield with local cast and crew, makes its world premiere May 3 following a successful run on the film festival circuit. -
The Ghost of the Colonial Hotel was unveiled this week at the exact moment a telegraph was sent officially naming Route 66, 100 years ago. -
We continue to celebrate National Poetry Month with three local poets, a Route 66-inspired exhibition on C-Street, a Hillcrest jazz band dinner and dancing event, “Wicked” at Hammons Hall, and the Springfield Earth Day Festival returns as we chat with concert headliner Shovels & Rope. -
The Broadway touring production is in Springfield through April 26. -
Now in its fifth year, the event raises funds for local environmental organizations.
