David Seitz
David Seitz learned his basic audio writing skills in the third Community Voices class. Since then he has produced many stories on music, theater, dance, and visual art for Cultural Couch. He is deeply grateful that most of my stories bring out social justice issues in a variety of art forms, whether it be trans gender singing, the musical story of activist Bayard Rustin, or men performing Hamilton in prison.
For over twenty years, David has taught academic, nonfiction, and business writing in all kinds of genres to Wright State students from first year students to graduate students. He now also teach courses in audio writing for creative nonfiction and podcasting for professional and technical writers. In his classes, he has been able to expand on what he learned at WYSO, and he loves what his students create.
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Two women who have a strong connection to the house where Paul Laurence Dunbar lived in West Dayton reflect on the poet's 150 year legacy. -
Marc DeWitt - program coordinator and Daniel Peoples talk about the African American Male Initiative at Sinclair Community College in Dayton.
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We meet Aisha and Nico Ford - who had to rely on each other for mentoring through their school years – when they had very little support from adults.
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We hear from Gloria and Isabel Pappaterra, who went through a youth leadership program in Dayton called Anytown.
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This Sunday the Jeremy Winston Chorale will perform their concert “Black Bodies, Black Bones.” This features the Ohio premiere of Fortune’s Bones: A Manumission Requiem. David Seitz traces Fortune’s story and the music.
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We hear from Nate Arnett and Lynnze English as they talk about an outdoor program called Adventure Central in Dayton.
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Two groups in Dayton, OH collaborate for the first time helping Black artists bring their work to a larger portion of the public.
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This week, choirs in Southwest Ohio that sing for social justice will come together to celebrate Dr. Ysaye Barnwell.
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Wright State Theater presents “Sweat”, a provocative play that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2017. The play helps us understand what events led to our deepening divisions of class and race. Culture Couch producer David Seitz visited rehearsals, talked to two actors, and recorded some of the play.
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Many of us tried something new during lockdown. Some learned to cook or to knit. Naysan McIlhargey is a potter from Yellow Springs whose art took a new direction during the pandemic.
