Thanks for tuning into Art in Your Ear.

We are a weekly interview program, chatting with local, regional, national, and supersonic creative makers of things and ideas. We have a freeform playlist. To get in touch, please email JoEllen@wmnf.org.

I want to thank WMNF for this very meaningful recognition. xo

Thank you to Creative Loafing for giving Art in Your Ear a Best of the Bay Award!

We made our goal! Way over! THANK YOU A ZILLION TIMES!

Today’s show – Friday I’m in Love

All music today on AiYE. Write in to the studio dj@wmnf.org or text in 813.433.0885 xoxoxo

Previously:

freeFall theater THE HOUSE OF FUTURE MEMORY

Eric Davis, Michael Raabe and Julia Rifino come in to talk about this innovate and immersive theater experience.

This will be so interesting!

What are you reading/doing this summer? Let the public library help!

Executive Director of Pinellas Public Library Cooperative Cheryl Morales is in to talk about all of the different library initiatives this summer at the libraries. You will be amazed!

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5/23/2025 The Butterfly’s Evil Spell at Jobsite Theater

Spencer Meyers (puppets), Katrina Stevenson (the Butterfly), and Alexander Jones (choreography) come in to delight and inspire!

5/16/2025 Arts & Mind Village Convening
Eluv, Alice Santana, Theo Rooding, & Daniel Kelly on 
creating, health, community impact and more.

Event is Wednesday, May 21. Art and the act of creating can positively impact physical, mental, and emotional health, and tie a community together. Great discussion from the individual, therapeutic, personal, organizational, and spiritual points of view.

5/9/25 Kelly Buttermore & Dalia Colon for Salud & Happy Days

So Happy to Chat with Kelly again, and she is bringing in WUSF’s  Zest Podcast producer Dalia Colon, who is this month’s guest at Salud & Happy Days. We will be talking about improv, FOOD, Tampa’s special brand of weirdness, the upcoming Fringe Festival (June 11-22) and last year’s gubernatorial slap.

5/2/25 St. Pete Month of Photography

We got to chat with founder,  Executive Director/Film Historian Marieke van der Krabben and photographer
Ric Savid (who has an amazing show at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts right now.

4/25/25, Fresh Squeezed on AiYE

Curator Amanda Cooper, and artists Mary-Helen Horne and Norbert Gonsalves came in to chat about Fresh Squeezed; choosing art for life; and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone.

Thank you to Eluv for sitting in for me 3/28. That will be some gorgeous music.

Embracing Our Differences outdoor public art project. It’s up through the end of March. Go see it!

We are excited to welcome Patrick Jackson from Embracing Our Differences to the show today. Embracing Our Differences is a fantastic public art project, located at Poynter Park, right by USFSP (1000 3rd St. S). The official opening is Saturday, March  8 at noon but you can go anytime.

Here are some photos.

3/14 The Pillowman, Jobsite Theater

Resources for Artists & Arts Organizations

Hurricanes Helene & Milton slammed the Tampa Bay area is many ways. What help is out there for the arts?

We speak with Margaret Murray, Director of Creative Pinellas, and Michele Smith, Director of Tampa Arts Alliance, about what their organizations are providing (clicking on the links brings you to their resources pages).

Additional Resources (there might be some repetition!)

St. Pete Arts Alliance    Americans for the Arts    Smithsonian’s Cultural Rescue Initiative
Music Cares   Entertainment Community Fund     Carnegie Fund for Authors    Rauschenberg Emergency Fund for Dancers
Author’s League Fund           Treats Studios            Pinellas Community Foundation 
PEN America 

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