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Title: Kohler Distinguished Guest Series Type: Segment Subject(s): Arts Events Project Contact: Name: Tiff Pua Company: WMVS - Milwaukee PBS Email: [email protected] Original Broadcast/Publish Date: 10/23/2018 Runtime: 00:06:58 Main Asset File Size: 2.69 GB Short Description: THE KOHLER FOUNDATION’S DISTINGUISHED GUEST SERIES BRINGS AN ARRAY OF ARTISTS TO THE WISCONSIN AREA. FROM RENÉE FLEMING TO YO-YO MA, THE PERFORMING ARTS ARE CHERISHED AND ADMIRED. Long Description: THE KOHLER FOUNDATION’S DISTINGUISHED GUEST SERIES BRINGS AN ARRAY OF ARTISTS TO THE WISCONSIN AREA. FROM RENÉE FLEMING TO YO-YO MA, THE PERFORMING ARTS ARE CHERISHED AND ADMIRED. Rights Information Media Rights: Please refer to the MMG Arts Initiative Agreement for full rights information. Sensitive Material: N/A Special Instructions: N/A File Clean of Graphics: Yes Language English Embed Code: www.kohlerfoundation.org/distinguished-guest- series Lower Thirds TC In Lower Third In Cue 00:00:00-00:00:09 Courtesy of: Kohler Co. *music* 00:00:44 Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. The Kohler Foundation... Executive Chairman, Kohler Co. 00:01:11-00:01:20 Courtesy of: Kohler Co. ...foundation began. 00:01:22 Natalie Black Kohler ...when you think about... President, Kohler Foundation 00:01:39-00:1:47 Courtesy of: Kohler Co. ...your father and... 00:01:48 Ruth DeYoung Kohler She was... 00:01:55 Capt. Harold E. Stassen (1946) ...whether it be... 00:01:59 Philharmonic Piano Quartet ...whether it be for... 1 / 5 (1949) 00:02:03 Osa Johnson (1944) ...or for... 00:02:08 "Wisconsin's Historic Sites" She herself was... by Ruth DeYoung Kohler (1948) 00:02:21 Betty Crocker (1944) ...because of her... 00:02:39 Marcel Marceau (1971) ...and Marcel Marceau... 00:02:46 Burl Ives (1949) ...cultural environment... 00:03:01 Itzhak Perlman (2014) ...in the state of... 00:03:16 Trapp Family Singers (1946) And all of a sudden... 00:03:21 Joe E. Brown (1949) I vividly remember... 00:03:34 Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1947) Richard E. Byrd... 00:03:46 Mary Martin (1959) Mary Martin. 00:03:48 Hildegarde (1950) Hildegarde. 00:03:51 Peter II of Yugoslavia (1950) The King of... 00:03:54 Maori Dancers (1965) Dance companies. 00:03:58 American Ballet Theater (1984) ...on an on. 00:04:05-00:04:10 Courtesy of: Kohler Foundation ...to our community... 00:04:15 Audra McDonald (2015) ...act or dance... 00:04:20 Yo-Yo Ma (2014) ...which is where... 00:04:23 Renee Fleming (2017) ...or Renee Fleming... 00:04:38 Courtesy of: Kohler Foundation ...you know, he's a... 00:04:50 Leslie Odom, Jr. We're part of... Performer and Author 00:06:17 Courtesy of: Kohler Foundation He's beautiful... Production Credits: WMVS/Kohler Distinguished Guest Series Producer Tiff Pua Videographer Brian Ewig Audio Engineer Chris Michalski Editor Darin Malkowski Special Thanks: Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. Natalie Black Kohler Leslie Odom, Jr. Christine Taylor Bridgett Zielke Dawnielle Anderson Kohler Foundation Deb Weber Pete Weber Waelderhaus 2 / 5 Riverbend Kohler Memorial Theatre Diane Yokes Photos Courtesy of: Kohler Co. Kohler Foundation Cold Open A PERFORMING ARTS SERIES Lead FOR OVER 70 YEARS, THE KOHLER [KOH (RHYMES WITH "GO")-LEHR] FOUNDATION’S DISTINGUISHED GUEST SERIES HAS BEEN BRINGING AN ARRAY OF ARTISTS TO THE WISCONSIN AREA. FROM RENEE FLEMING TO YO-YO MA, THE PERFORMING ARTS ARE CHERISHED AND ADMIRED. HERE’S THE STORY. Tag DISCOVER MORE AT KOHLER-FOUNDATION- DOT-ORG-SLASH-DISTINGUISHED-DASH- GUEST-DASH-SERIES. Transcript [Music] Natalie Black Kohler: It’s difficult in today’s environment when there are so many entertainment opportunities to be relevant. But I think the Distinguished Guest Series has flourished as evidenced by our programming. Herb Kohler: Marie Christine Kohler started the Women’s Club and that sort of activated in 1940 the Kohler Foundation. The Women’s Club was focused on providing a better life for young people. The Kohler Foundation was focused on the arts and education, and that was created by Marie, Evangline, and Lillie Kohler, their brother Herbert V. Kohler, who was my father, and O.A. Kroos, who was a senior executive at Kohler. That’s how the foundation began. Natalie Black Kohler: It was really considered an investment in the community, because when you think about it in those days in rural communities in Wisconsin, there was very little opportunity for arts and education, particularly in the performing arts. Both your father and your mother were so committed to the community. Herb Kohler: She was an activist in the best sense of the word, whether it be politically, whether it be for the arts, education, or for history. She herself was a historian of quite some note. Natalie Black Kohler: And she took over, didn’t she, the Kohler Women’s group and started bringing in authors because of her interest in literature, and then 3 / 5 didn’t that morph into musicians and performers? Herb Kohler: It did. You got it. You’ve got a better memory than I mine. Natalie Black Kohler: So the opportunity to bring in the Von Trapp family and Marcel Marceau and a lot of these individuals in the ‘40s provided a robust cultural environment for the community. The Distinguished Guest Series: these are people who are coming in and performing and are not necessarily going to be in the state of Wisconsin unless we brought them in. Herb Kohler: The Distinguished Guest Series started off with the Trapp Family Singers. Nowhere else are they going to hear something like this. And all of a sudden, here they are. I vividly remember Joe E. Brown. I was age 10, but that memory of that man remains in my mind. Richard E. Byrd, the admiral, the explorer. I mean, good heavens. Where are you going to be able to see and listen to someone like that? Mary Martin. Hildegarde. The Russian Ballet. The St. Petersburg Ballet. The Minneapolis Symphony. On and on and on and on. Natalie Black Kohler: And the Foundation uses this as an opportunity to give back to our community and really the state at large. The individuals coming in here to perform or to read or to act or dance are very distinguished in their fields, which is where I would put people like Yo- Yo Ma or Renee Fleming or Leslie Odom, Jr. Leslie Odom, Jr., who, you know, frankly we were very lucky to be able to entice to Kohler to come a year ago, and since then he’s morphed, you know, he’s a Tony and Grammy winner. He’s morphed into not only stage and the theater but has now written a book. So the opportunity to have that quality in the outreach is very important. Leslie Odom, Jr.: We have a concert tonight. We’re part of this Distinguished Guest Series. We join a long list of some of my favorite performers to entertain the good people of Wisconsin tonight. Well we of, course, you know, do stuff that’s in the Broadway tradition, in the Broadway style. We’ve put out 2 records since I left “Hamilton”. I’ve put out an album of jazz standards and I put out a Christmas album. And so, our goal always is to make sure an audience leaves happy, that people leave with a smile on their face. We make something site-specific for those folks. I love performing the “Hamilton” songs out of context because I get to be a fan as 4 / 5 well, you know. I get to share what it was like to hear those songs for the first time and what it was like to be one of the performers that got to introduce that original material to the world for the very first time. So it’s fun to get to peel back the curtain a little bit and explain you choose the material that you do, why you gravitate to the song choices that you do. I always want to be better than our last show. I want them to have a great time, and I want them to be moved. Natalie Black Kohler: He’s beautiful, and he has a beautiful voice, and he’s a fabulous actor, so that combination was very important to us. Herb Kohler: It’s as exciting for me as it is for the rest of the audience. I love to see if their reactions are any different than my own. Natalie Black Kohler: It becomes important to have that memorable moment where you’ve touched somebody in a very real way that should be and will be the legacy of the Distinguished Guest Series. [Music] Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) 5 / 5.