Cellist Julian Schwarz performs Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps) at Scout Hall on Saturday, April 20th at Scout Hall in Cape Girardeau. He gave a preview of the performance during Thurs. April 18th's 'Caffe Concerto', and spoke to host Mary Mims about the piece. Fellow musicians Dr. Sophia Han and Dr. Gabrielle Baffoni also talked about their experience with the piece, as well as their upcoming performance of Dvorak's symphony, From the New World, at the River Campus on Tues. April 23, 2024.

“I didn’t mean to keep count of how many people I’d watched die since Mrs. Heyland thirty-one years ago, but my subconscious was a diligent accountant. Especially since I was nearing a pretty impressive milestone - today the tally nudged up to ninety-seven.”

Delmonico's was the first American restaurant to have a printed menu, the first to offer a separate wine list, the first to have tablecloths, the first to offer a private dining room and the first to provide an orchestra for background music.

Sylvia Muchmore is a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting student at Southeast Missouri State University. She will perform in 'Moving Perspectives,' a student-choreographed dance recital on SEMO's River Campus.

Sylvia Muchmore is a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting student at Southeast Missouri State University. She will perform in 'Moving Perspectives,' a student-choreographed dance recital on SEMO's River Campus.

“We slept on the ground,” Charlie told me. “We were so exhausted. Sometimes we got a bath in a horse tank.” Though I heard Charlie tell this story a number of times, I never dulled to his marvelous self-confidence. Not only had he set out at age sixteen to cross the country on unpaved roads. Not only had he done it without letting anyone know where he was going or when he would return. He did it with empty pockets sure that he could make his way somehow.”

No wonder the carrot is the second most popular vegetable in the world after the potato—not bad for a plant which, according to the Oxford Companion to Food, “had an unpromising origin.” It is, after all, merely a refined version of a common weed—Queen Anne’s lace.

Nathan Anderson is pursuing a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre with a double minor in Music and Dance. Garrett Langley is pursuing a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre with a minor in Interior Design. Nathan and Garrett are performing in SEMO's River Campus production of The Wizard of Oz.

Nathan Anderson is pursuing a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre with a double minor in Music and Dance. Garrett Langley is pursuing a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre with a minor in Interior Design. Nathan and Garrett are performing in SEMO's River Campus production of The Wizard of Oz.

“For a long moment, the command post is silent. All eyes study the drone video feed on the screen. A sea of red heat signatures is moving through the jungle, heading directly for Jericho City. We’ll never survive contact with this many E. Rex. Even before we came down to the planet, we knew that the Eos Rex was the most dangerous predator on this world. We call them E. Rex because they resemble the T. Rex from Earth’s past.”