Check out the latest in arts, education, and culture
This newsletter is designed to show you how HEC is strengthening and promoting education, arts, and culture in our Metro area. Have a story you want to share? Contact us! Email [email protected].
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Join us as we celebrate Black History Month with virtual author events, documentary premieres, local stories, and classroom ideas!
Click here to see our full virtual author lineup. Tune in on Facebook, hecmedia.org, or our cable channels (989 Spectrum, 99 AT&T U-verse) to watch and interact!
At the heart of Buzz Spector’s art lies the torn page. He dissects the written word in the most literal sense and reworks the remnants into new creations.
Hopeful messages spread around STL
The Billboard Project is a collaboration between The Luminary and STLMade, giving local artists the opportunity to touch lives around St. Louis with their words and designs.
Tune in this Sunday to Spotlight
Tune in each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on Channel 11 for Spotlight! This Sunday, our theme is "Touching Hearts through Art." We'll be introducing you to the making of Buddhist sand mandalas, horse hair pottery, a local choreographer, a young guy who sings old tunes, a master engraver, and a local company that creates in order to save.
Anna Crosslin has made it her life’s work to create opportunities for immigrants. Through her 42 years at the helm of the International Institute she’s made St. Louis a refuge for people from all over the world.
Making rubber from sunflowers
An alternative source of natural rubber is important because 90% of the world’s natural rubber comes from one geographic area - Southeast Asia - and it’s an unbelievably manual, slow process.
Live From The Sheldon Continues with a Beethoven Celebration feat. the Arianna String Quartet
Live From Sheldon continues with the acclaimed St. Louis-based Arianna String Quartet as they present a two-night mini-Beethoven festival celebrating the composer’s recent 250th birthday. The quartet will present Beethoven’s String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 on January 29 at 7 p.m. The celebration continues the following night, with a performance of Beethoven’s Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 97 (“Archduke”) on January 30 at 7 p.m.
A free, monthly, virtual series spotlighting some of the most creative artists locally and from around the country, “Live From The Sheldon” streams on both The Sheldon’s and HEC’s Facebook and YouTube pages, and is available on HEC Media’s cable channels: 989 Spectrum and 99 U-verse.
Healthy Hip Hop takes urban hip hop beats and marries them with a positive message of healthy and wellness. Songs are for kids ages Pre-K to 5th grade and are easy to learn along with a dance.
Anti-aging compound in clinical trial
Shin-Ichiro Imai, MD, PhD, professor of developmental biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is a leader on NMN research and it indicates NMN can slow signs of aging and boost energy.
Opera Theatre of St. Louis gets back to nature
Like most arts organizations, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has had to pivot to adapt to the realities of Covid-19. After losing its entire 2020 festival season, the decision was made, in consultation with medical professionals, to move its 2021 season to an outdoor stage in the parking lot next to the theater, which will come with a host of challenges, but they are promising the same level of musical and creative quality its audiences have come to expect.
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."
For more information, contact Christina Chastain, Marketing and Strategic Partnerships Manager, at [email protected].
