Kelley Baker is a filmmaker. An angry filmmaker. Seething.

Kelley Baker, who has directed three full-length movies, was the sound designer for six Gus Van Sant feature films, among them My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, and Finding Forrester.

Baker is angry about the state of modern independent film, and he will give a Common Hour presentation on Wednesday, October 7 2009 at noon in Rose Theatre on the Southeast Missouri State University campus.

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Last month marketed the 45rd anniversary of the Wilderness Act, which established the National Wilderness Protection System. The original act protected about 9 million acres from future development; today, that amount has increased to 109 million acres.

We'll talk with Mike Matz, executive director of the Campaign for America’s Wilderness.

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Sara Edgerton is director of the Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra. She spoke with Going Public’s Tom Harte about the orchestra’s recent trip to China, and the upcoming symphony orchestra series.

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