Artifacts 3/23/07

'Your Folk Connection' archived online

Southeast Public Radio, 90.0 FM KRCU, has started archiving episodes of its show "Your Folk Connection," hosted by Barney Hartline, online at www.yourfolkconnection.org. The shows will be available on-demand at any time.

St. Louis Art Museum hosts free performance

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Art Museum will present a performance by the Carolbeth Trio in its Grigg Gallery at 6 p.m. tonight. The trio performs a variety of jazz styles under the direction of Carolbeth True on piano. For more information, visit the museum's Web site at www.slam.org or call (314) 721-0072.

'Outside the Box' festival opens Saturday

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University will hold its first "Outside the Box" music festival, featuring contemporary music and art, starting Saturday and continuing through April 7, with a variety of events scheduled. Performers will include composer Augusta Read Thomas, Emmy-nominated composer Bernard Hoffer, Chicago flutist Janice Misurell-Mitchell and the New Arts Jazztet and Neoteric of Southern Illinois. For more information or a schedule of events, call (618) 536-8742.

My Little Pony tickets on sale Monday

Tickets for the My Little Pony Live! "The World's Biggest Tea Party" tour, coming to the Show Me Center May 4 to 6, go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Show Me Center at 651-5000 or by visiting www.showmecenter.biz. For more information on the tour, visit www.mylittleponylive.net.

Theodore Edel to be featured at piano recital

Touring pianist Theodore Edel will be featured at a piano recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Brandt Music Hall on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. Edel is a native of New York City who holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the Juilliard School and earned a doctoral degree from the Manhattan School of Music. He had toured the United States, Europe and the Far East as a recitalist and soloist with orchestras. The recital will feature two impromptus by Schubert, the "Symphonic Etudes of Schumann" and the first three Chopin scherzos. For more information, call 651-2265.

Kristie and Roy Agee to play at benefit

Kristie Agee and Big Potential -- her band featuring husband Roy Agee on trombone -- will perform a concert to benefit the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the River City Yacht Club above Port Cape Girardeau. The Agees specialize in rock and blues and hail from Kennett, Mo. They have been part of the Nashville music scene for years. For more information, call Jennifer Palmer at 651-9011.

-- From staff reports