Lia Uribe Dr. Lia Uribe is associate dean and professor of music at the University of Arkansas. She maintains an active career as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and teaching artist. She has been a guest artist in Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Finland, Argentina, Panama,…
Kristen Grainger Kristen Grainger is a poet and performing songwriter living in the Pacific Northwest whose social justice songwriting has received national recognition for excellence. Her perspective reflects a career path that has twisted and forked a few times (she has served as a university vice president and also as…
Millie Heckler Millie Heckler leans into creative playgrounds of re-emerging possibilities. Her practice is listening. Her interests lie in all the voices of the body fully expressing, no shame, as means to remember, forget and renew the root from which she comes. Connect with Millie: https://www.millieheckler.com/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071481305331 https://www.instagram.com/mildred_heckles/?hl=en
Omega Jade Omega is originally from San Diego, California, now residing in Burlington Vermont. She started performing as a stand up comedian. She then produced her own comedy shows. You may have heard of Rhyme and Unreason, a crazy mix of comedy and hip hop. Her hunger for performing eventually…
Myra Flynn Myra Flynn joined VPR as an engagement producer in March 2021. Raised in Vermont, Myra Flynn is an accomplished musician who has come to know the lay of dirt-road land that much more intimately through touring both well-known and obscure stages all around the state and beyond. She…
Rajnii Eddins Burlington resident Rajnii Eddins is a poet, facilitator, activist, teaching artist, founder of the Poetry Experience at Fletcher Free Library and author of a poetry book, Their Names Are Mine, that aims to confront white supremacy. As the artistic director for the Young Writers Project, Eddins co-coached the…
