Eye on Entertainment #133 - Original Air Date: 1/13/12 It's Eye on Entertainment's Belated New Years Special! We're looking forward to the new year and back to the old one. Host Blane Singletary speaks with Michael Stephens about "Love, Sex, and the I.R.S.," the first play of the year for the Abilene Community Theatre. Then, we'll take a look back ... [Read More…]

Eye on Entertainment #132 - Original Air Date: 1/6/12 After a week off, EOE is back for the new year, and if your resolution was to take in more of the arts, you'll have no problem doing so! KACU's Dave Smith speaks with Bird Thomas of the Center for Contemporary Arts about the upcoming Beatnik Poetry Night, kicking off the 3rd season of Abilene ... [Read More…]

Eye on Entertainment #131 - Original Air Date: 12/23/11 On this night before the night before Christmas host Blane Singletary has an exclusive conversation with an artist who's become a New Orleans celebrity, and a mainstay of its culture: Benny Grunch. His band, Benny Grunch & Da Bunch, have been releasing an annual, humorous Christmas album for ... [Read More…]

Eye on Entertainment #130 - Original Air Date: 12/16/11 As area schools let out for the holidays, it may seem like Abilene's holiday events are beginning to wind down as well. But host Blane Singletary shows us that this is not the case! Singletary speaks with Wes Gomer of the Big Country chapter of the American Institute of Organists who tells us ... [Read More…]

Eye on Entertainment #129 - Original Air Date: 12/09/11 If you love the music of the holidays, you'll find plenty to tickle your fancy here! Even if you're not a fan of these seemingly repetitive songs that flood the radio waves this time of year, these events may prove to be out of the ordinary. Host Blane Singletary speaks with ACU's Dr. Steven ... [Read More…]

Eye on Entertainment #128 - Original Air Date: 12/02/11 As we begin to wade into the holiday month of December, host Blane Singletary showcases events that are Christmas-y, and not so Christmas-y. Peter Isaacson, director of the HSU Orchestra joins us on the line to tell us more about their winter concert, featuring Russian compositions such as ... [Read More…]

Eye on Entertainment #127 - Original Air Date: 11/25/11 This week, host Blane Singletary takes a look at the new upcoming holiday season. Rick Piersall joins us to tell us more about a new annual event that he hopes to make into a Big Country holiday tradition: the ACU Opera's production of Amahl and Night Visitors. And in this month's "Music of ... [Read More…]

Eye on Entertainment #126 - Original Air Date: 11/18/11 Abilene has a thriving music presence, and that is very apparent this week. Host Blane Singletary speaks on-location with renowned young organist David Baskeyfield, and sample some of his mastery on the instrument. Then, David Swearingen joins Blane in the studio to talk about the Celebration ... [Read More…]

Eye on Entertainment #125 - Original Air Date: 11/11/11 Many people see great omens whenever the date lines up as it has today. Amongst the new movies and video games released for the occasion, host Blane Singletary speaks with author Brooke Hauser about her new book, "The New Kids," which examines the national immigration issue through the eyes ... [Read More…]

Eye on Entertainment #124 - Original Air Date: 11/04/11 With Halloween behind us, things are settling back to normal for only but a moment until the holidays crank up. First, host Blane Singletary speaks with Dean Nolen and Ryan McBride of the Hardin-Simmons Theatre Department who are putting a production of Colin McPherson's "The Seafarer." Then, ... [Read More…]