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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A new women-owned literary publication makes a call for community writing submissions, an exhibition of biblical artifacts in Branson, music from some of the 100+ Queen City Shout festival musical acts, a French composer brings his movie-concert tour to The Moxie featuring the films of Georges Méliès, and our community celebrates trans artist with a variety show. -
Benefiting poverty relief in The Ozarks, The Queen City Shout Festival brings over one hundred musical groups to seven different venue over the weekend -
Broadway continues at Hammons Hall, High Tide Theatrical starts a new production, The Millie Project and The Millie Sawyers Center, Queen City Shout and more -
This segment from Arts News features an in-depth conversation with volunteer director Mark Gideon about his life in theatre, the 90th season of Springfield Little Theatre and his current comedy stage production there -
The long running weekly gathering of Irish folk musicians and enthusiasts can now be found at 4 x 4 brewing company in Springfield every Monday from 7pm-9pm -
Springfield Little Theatre opens a new production and we chat with the director, Opera in the Ozarks receives a hardy grant for a new theatre, Irish Mondays find a new home, and more! -
An in-depth look at the Creamery Arts Center with the Springfield Regional Arts Council's Executive Director Leslie Forrester -
An in depth look and conversation about the Springfield Regional Arts Council and the Creamery Arts Center, a rare collaboration with local musicians at a local brewery, the Springfield Arts Museum breaks ground on 3 year renovation, a color pencil workshop, Southwest Missouri Camera Club gallery opening, and more! -
Jeremy Chapman authors and releases a do-it-yourself mandolin instructional book for the Hal Leonard Company. -
A collaboration between Springfield Aerial Fitness and Molly Healey's orchestral dance music at The Riff, Jeremey Chapman authors an instructional mandolin book with the worlds largest sheet music publisher, local theatre, music and more!
