Julia Meek
Julia Meek Arts & Culture Reporter, Producer/Host, Folktales & Meet the MusicA Fort Wayne native, Julia is a radio host, graphic artist, and community volunteer, who has contributed to NIPR both on- and off-air for forty years. Besides being WBOI's arts & culture reporter, she currently co-produces and hosts Folktales and Meet the Music.
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Fort Wayne has a reputation for its richly varied musical heritage. One of its lesser-known chapters is a hard-edged genre rooted in the “misfit subculture” of the 1980’s and 90’s. That story comes to life in a new full-length documentary, This Town Rocked!: Fort Wayne Punk and Hardcore.
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WBOI’s Julia Meek spoke with Vice Commander Eric Johnson, a Vietnam War veteran, about the launching of such an ambitious campaign, including the impact this project directly made on the group’s future, new ways that are being found to better serve the community and the importance of its primary commitment: “No veteran will ever be forgotten.”
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With overspending, harried schedules, strained relationships and myriad other stressors at every turn, there’s seemingly nothing short of a Christmas miracle to de-Scrooge the season.
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West credits her early years in the Fort Wayne Community School System’s Memorial Park Middle School and its arts magnet programs for fueling her musical passion, and her teacher, program director, Donna Sevcovic, for holding her accountable for the music she made.
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Huntington-based artist Bryan Ballinger is taking the creative world by storm with a steady stream of whimsical murals and picture books, and a new line of toys for kids of all ages.
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Internationally recognized as one of the most influential and pivotal urban artists of the original NYC urban scene, Kool Koor, the creative pseudonym of South Bronx native, Charles Hargrove, is proud to be known as a first-generation graffiti artist of the late ‘70’s along with A-One and Toxic.
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Written by Lindsay Price of Theatrefolk Publishing, the story line links together several classic literary haunted house tales like Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," all told from a modern, tech savvy perspective.