Fresh Talk: Ballroom Marfa

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Conversations About Creativity in the 21st Century 

On a Spring 2012 road trip in the American Southwest, Cathy Byrd meets members of Ballroom Marfa’s creative team. Director Fairfax Dorn, project manager Melissa McDonnell, and architect Michael Meredith talk about why Ballroom came to West Texas and what they envision for Marfa's near future Drive-In theater.  

Sound Editor: Leo Madriz 
Photography credits as noted 
Episode Sound: Brian LeBarton, The Wind, 2010. New Year’s Film/Score Series. January 2, 2010. The Crowley Theater, Marfa.

Fresh Talk: Danny Simmons

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Conversations About Creativity in the 21st Century

Danny Simmons, a high profile Brooklyn-based artist, shares the essential elements of his creative practice—writing, painting, collecting and, most of all, philanthropy. 

Sound Editor: Leonardo Madriz 
Photos: Mark Blackshear

Fresh Talk: Ira Kip

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Conversations About Creativity in the 21st Century

In this episode, theater director Ira Kip talks about the raw space between medical politics and domestic violence in the LGBT ( lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual) community. The presentation of her new play She's Baltimore begins with a February 14, 2012, benefit at the LOFTheatre in Baltimore to raise funds for assisting young women who are victims of domestic violence. The play premieres on February 17, 2012, at the LOFT. 

Sound and Photos: Ira Kip