The BBC visit puts St. Louis among a coveted list of the world's culture centers. The live show gives local creatives a spot on the global stage.
漏 2024 外网天堂 will host The BBC Arts Hour on Tour in St. Louis to showcase local artists for an international broadcast recorded live at UMSL's Touhill Performing Arts Center, Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m.
Host Nikki Bedi will be joined on stage by creatives from across the St. Louis region, with live music performances from Dylan Triplett and Tonina Saputo, stand-up comedy from Tina Dybal and conversations with artists Damon Davis and Dail Chambers.
The show will be broadcast on STLPR on Monday, Sept. 30, at 2 p.m.
STLPR has also invited British journalist and radio broadcaster James Menendez to host his BBC World Service show The Newshour live from St. Louis the Monday before, on Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. CT. Typically hosted from London each day, Menendez will bring the St. Louis region鈥檚 headlines and compelling stories to the BBC鈥檚 world audience.
St. Louis in the Global Spotlight
Several times each year, heads to one of the world鈥檚 culture centers to record a one-of-a-kind show, meeting compelling local talent and exploring the burning issues in culture. The stage event provides an introduction to the city, features live music and comedy, and presents a rich panel conversation in front of a live audience. Recent editions have included Miami, S茫o Paulo, Sarajevo and Accra.
The St. Louis Lineup
The St. Louis program will feature live performances and guest interviews with leading St. Louis creatives who will join the show鈥檚 curator, BBC presenter Nikki Bedi, on stage.
St. Louis blues prodigy and his band, and acclaimed singer-songwriter, poet and bassist will perform music, while St. Louis comedian will provide a stand-up comedy routine.
Nikki Bedi will also talk to Damon Davis, a 鈥減ost-disciplinary鈥� artist whose work embraces a wide range of mediums, to explore ideas about power, myth and identity. Founder of the 鈥淔arFetched鈥� record label, Davis has exhibited photographs and sculpture at the Saint Louis Art Museum and co-directed the documentary film, 鈥淲hose Streets,鈥� about the Ferguson Uprising. His 鈥淒arker Gods鈥� project is an epic mythology of multiple Black gods, whose stories are presented in a sensory world of visual imagery and soundscapes, and his opera 鈥淟igeia Mare鈥� brings science fiction to the African American story.
Bedi will also welcome to the stage. Chambers鈥� work combines fine art with social art practices focusing on healing, the environment and memory. Her Coahoma Orchards micro farms in north St Louis are bringing together plants and trees from both African and Native American traditions. Her interviews with the people of St. Louis bring tales of heritage and migration to listening and story-telling events.
The entire performance will be recorded in front of a local audience for broadcast in English all over the globe for the BBC World Service radio.
How to participate:
Everyone is invited to to be part of the audience for the recording, which will take place Tuesday, Sept. 10.
鈥� E. Desmond & Mary Ann Lee Theater
At the University of Missouri-St. Louis
1 Touhill Circle, St. Louis, MO 63121.
Arrival is at 7 p.m. for a 7.30 p.m. start.
How to listen:
- The Arts Hour on Tour in St. Louis will be broadcast on STLPR and around the globe on Monday, Sept. 30 at 2 p.m. CT
- The Newshour in St. Louis will be broadcast live from St. Louis at STLPR on Monday, Sept. 9th at 2 p.m. CT
About 鈥楾he Arts Hour on Tour鈥�:
The Arts Hour is the BBC World Service鈥檚 flagship arts and culture program. Each month the Arts Hour goes on tour to curate a show recorded live in the world鈥檚 culture centers in front of a local audience.
To date, The Arts Hour on Tour has been live on stage in: Paris, Jerusalem, Jaipur, New Orleans, Berlin, Venice, Reykjavik, Seoul, Edinburgh, St. Petersburg, Mexico City, Mumbai, Copenhagen, Addis Ababa, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Montreal, Brussels, Johannesburg, Tunis, Milan, Bogota, London, Warsaw, Accra, Nashville, Tbilisi, Sarajevo, S茫o Paulo, Miami, Lisbon, New York, Seattle, Los Angeles, Helsinki, Jakarta, Tirana, Nairobi, Budapest, Athens, Taipei, Buenos Aires, Madrid and Istanbul.
The program has also recorded 鈥榲irtual鈥� shows in Rome, Stockholm and Sydney during Covid 19 lockdowns. You can listen to all these programs on the .
The Arts Hour airs regularly on 漏 2024 外网天堂 during the BBC World Service overnight programming at 2 a.m. on Tuesdays and 4 a.m. on Sundays.
