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Spotlight: The Art of Elias Sime, Nejla Yatkin, and more
In this week’s episode of Spotlight, find out more about the events that happened post 9/11, experience the art of Elias Sime at the Saint Louis Art Museum, learn about turtle ambassadors, discover how Educate.Today can help you with virtual learning, meet internationally acclaimed choreographer Nejla Yatkin, and take a trip down media lane.
Spotlight premieres every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on Channel 11. Tune in, set your DVRs, and stream all of our content free any time on hecmedia.org.
We revisit a 1904 Missouri Supreme Court decision about a contested will that stole inherited farmland and the economic livelihood from black farm families in West Alton, MO.
A Visit to Vera Land with Ann Cleeves
Bestselling crime author Ann Cleeves joins us from her English home in the Northumberland to talk about her beloved literary characters including Vera Stanhope.
Tayari Jones and Yaa Gyasi's Intimate and Layered Conversation
Yaa Gyasi's stunning follow-up to her acclaimed bestseller Homegoing is a powerful and intimate novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama. Exquisitely written and emotionally searing, Transcendent Kingdom is a deeply moving novel about faith, science, and family. Watch as authors Tayari Jones (An American Marriage) and Yaa Gyasi unravel Gyasi's latest novel, and dissect how suffering can often lead to salvation.
As the Muny is undergoing another $7 million in renovations, look back at their first round of renovations, including their brand new stage, as they welcomed their 101st season.
Outdoor Concerts Ticket to Safe Fun
Grand Center arts organizations are bringing live music to crowds outdoors every week in Covid-19 safe performances. Spots fill up fast, so reserve your spot now at grandcenter.org.
Take a Trip Down St. Louis Media Lane
Watch as Paul Schankman takes us on a video tour of the St. Louis Media History Foundation archives! "We have extensive collections of materials about the history of radio, television, print, advertising and PR, and now digital," says Eric Rothenbuhler, Board President. The Foundation also presents the Media Hall of Fame Awards every year, which HEC will be presenting here, Saturday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m.
Growing Global 2020 analyzes our rapidly changing landscape as St. Louis leaders prepare for the opportunities and challenges of Globalization in Transition.
Monochrome Mode in East Asian Art
“The Monochrome Mode in East Asian Art” at the Saint Louis Art Museum takes a look at achromatic literati art and stoneware from China, Korea, and Japan.
Wildlife Surveillance Could Provide Early Warning for Next Pandemic
In the Amazon rainforest of southeastern Peru, Gideon Erkenswick, PhD, and his team collect biological samples from wildlife populations of bats and primates. Erkenswick is part of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He’s also the co-founder and director of Field Projects International, a research and conservation nonprofit organization, which is using portable sequencing technology to screen for disease-causing viruses that are associated with the movement of wildlife or wildlife products.
St. Louis’ four time winner of the Station Excellence Emmy Award and the world's foremost creator of interactive distance learning, HEC Media is the metropolitan area's leading producer of education, arts, and cultural programming. HEC can be seen on Spectrum 989, AT&T U-verse channel 99, over-the-air digital channel 2.2, and anytime on www.hecmedia.org.
HEC Media's mission is to "Strengthen and promote the education, arts, and cultural communities in theSt. Louis metropolitan area."
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