Red River Radio Spotlight

Kermit Poling speaks with Michael Butterman, music director of the Shreveport Symphony, and Aldo López-Gavilán, who is the featured guest soloist this weekend for performances with the SSO.

November 17, 2022. Ranae Moran is joined by Shreveport-Bossier Opera Guild volunteer Adrienne Frierson to tell us about this year’s Les Boutiques de Noel, which is being held Thursday, Nov. 17-Saturday, Nov. 19, in the Shreveport Convention Center. Jingle and Mingle with the Molly Ringwalds, is a special event happening during Les Boutiques de Noel on Friday night, and on Saturday, Santa arrives. Tickets for all events can be found at www.lesboutiquesdenoel.com.

Kermit Poling speaks with Tom Hundemer, director of the Centenary Wind Ensemble about a pair of coming concerts jointly performed by the Centenary Wind Ensemble and the Bossier Parish Community College Band.

Kermit Poling speaks with Barry Larson about SLT's coming performances of Popcorn Falls.

Kermit Poling speaks with Michael Butterman, music director of the Shreveport Symphony, plus four guest vocalists about this weekend's performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

September 19, 2022. Ranae Moran is joined by Michael Butterman, Music Director for the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, on this "Spotlight" to talk about the documentary film, "Following the Ninth," which explores the impact of Beethoven's final symphony and its timeless global impact, including its ability to bring unity, healing and restoration amid some of the most troubling and historic events. The film will show at the Robinson Film Center, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20. Maestro Butterman will answer questions from the audience after the show. Tickets and information can be found at http://robinsonfilmcenter.org/#/following-the-ninth/.

Kermit Poling speaks with Dr. Shane Rasmussen and guests about two events at NSU, including the Louisiana Studies Conference and a visit from Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy

Kermit Poling speaks with the members of The Bridge Trio, a Jazz group based in New Orleans, about their performance September 17 in Natchez, La. The performance is at 7:30 pm in the historic St. Augustine Catholic Church in the Cane River district.

A landmark in American drama, Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Our Town tells the story of a small town, Grover’s Corners, and follows the Gibbs and Webb families through twelve years of life changes. Wilder delivers universal truths about what it means to be human, offering a unique opportunity for audience members to make precisely that realization. Kermit Poling speaks with George Sewell about Shreveport Little Theatre's production.

Kermit Poling speaks with Camren Hohn, a Centenary senior Theatre major who is producing and directing Samuel Beckett's play "Waiting for Godot". They are joined by PJ, another cast member, about the production at the East Bank Theater in Bossier City.