>> PRODUCTION FOR "BROAD AND HIGH" FUNDED BY THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNSEL AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO ARTISTS EVENTS AND CLASSES AT COLUMBUS MAKES ART.COM.

>>> FROM THESE CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS.

AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> THIS TIME ON "BROAD AND HIGH," MEET AN ARTIST WHO WAS ABLE TO MAKE HER PASSION HER PROFESSION.

WE'RE BACK IN THE KITCHEN WHERE WE MAKE A TREAT THAT IS ON ODE TO NEW ORLEANS.

AND WE HEAR FROM A LOCAL HIP-HOP ARTIST.

THIS AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON "BROAD AND HIGH."

>>> WELCOME TO "BROAD AND HIGH" AND I'M YOUR HOST KATE QUICK.

SHE TRIED TO LIVE HER LIVE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF UBUNTU.

IN THIS WAY SHE'S FORGED A CAREER OUT OF HER AFRICAN DANCE AT THE AGE OF SEVEN AND CONSIDERED HERSELF A COMMUNITY DANCER.

SHE'S KEPT HER COMMUNITY NEAR AND DEAR OVER THE YEARS AND TEACHES AT THE INSTITUTE WHERE SHE DANCED AS A CHILD.

LET'S HEAR MORE ABOUT HER JOURNEY.

>> I THINK I'VE ALWAYS LOVED TO MOVE AND DO RHYTHM.

MY MOM SAID EVEN WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I WAS CLICKING MY HEELS TO SONGS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT REALLY FORMALIZED I GUESS TRAINING IF YOU WILL HAPPENED WHEN SUSAN BRADFORD, WHICH IS MY MOM'S REALLY GOOD FRIEND, I KNOW HER AS AUNT SUSAN NEEDED DANCERS AND YOUR FRIENDS HELP YOU OUT BY SENDING KIDS TO THEIR STUFF AND IT IS LIKE A DANCE TROOP SITUATION AND THAT IS HOW I REALLY GOT STARTED IN AFRICAN DANCE.

AT HOME IN MY LIVING ROOM, DANCING AND WATCHING VIDEOS BEFORE I EVEN JOINED THE TROOP IT WAS ALWAYS A SENSE OF HAPPINESS AND JOY.

I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT.

IT IS A MOVIE INTO A CHILDREN'S COMPANY WHERE THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE AROUND ME WHO ALSO ENJOY TO DANCE, IT WAS DEFINITELY A SPACE THAT OPENED UP FOR ME TO JUST DO REALLY THAT, SELF-EXPRESSION AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND MAKE FRIENDS.

IT REALLY JUST FELT LIKE A NORMAL -- ANOTHER PART OF LIFE THAT I JUST REALLY ENJOYED BEING AT AND DOING.

I THINK THAT THE LEARNING PART WAS DEFINITELY FUN.

BUT IT FELT MORE LIKE KINSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP AND BEING PART OF SOMETHING AND THAT CONNECTOR FEELING THAT WAS LIKE, AHHH.

I THINK THE PERFORMING WAS THE KEY TO ME REALLY KNOWING THAT IP LOVED IT, THAT I FELT A DIFFERENT SENSE OF CONFIDENCE AND EXCITEMENT AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

I ALWAYS GREW UP SHY AND TIMID AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE YOU'RE ALWAYS SO QUIET AND THEN I GET ON STAGE AND I JUST EXPLODE.

SO TRADITIONALLY IN AFRICAN DANCE WE WEAR WHAT IS CALLED A LAPPA.

AND IT IS TIEING AROUND YOUR SKIRT SO IT IS LIKE PUTTING ON A TUTU SEEING AS YOU HAVE TO WRAP IT AROUND.

BUT IT IS TRADITIONALLY WORN AND SO IN AFRICA A LOT OF PEOPLE WEAR IT AS TRADITIONAL DRESS FOR DANCE.

AND THEN REALLY COULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE AND ON TOP OF BARE FEET ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

IN AFRICAN DANCE FOR US, THE WAY THAT WE USE THAT AS A CONNECTOR TO THE GROUND, TO THE EARTH, RIGHT, TO GIVE BACK INTO US.

AND YOU COULD FEEL THE VIBRATIONS.

THE DRUM IS POUNDING AS IT SITS ON THE FLOOR AND EVERYBODY FEELS THE SAME VIBRATIONS THAT COME BACK UP THROUGH YOUR HEELS.

SO I THINK IT IS AWESOME.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT FUELED MY PASSION FOR LIVE MUSIC.

I LOVE DANCING TO LIVE MUSIC.

WE DO FOCUS ON TRADITIONAL WEST AFRICAN DANCE AND IT IS TO PRESERVE THE CULTURE THROUGH MUSIC AND DANCE.

AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO GIVE AFRICAN AMERICANS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAD A WHOLE LIFE BEFORE SLAVERY.

THAT THERE WERE AND THERE STILL ARE SISTERS AND BOTHERS OF OURS THAT HAVE HAD FREEDOM THIS ENTIRE TIME AND BEEN ABLE TO PRACTICE IN SUPPORT AND IN LOVE THROUGH THESE PARTICULAR CULTURES AND BELIEFS THAT REALLY SUPPORTED THE SYSTEM THAT THEY WORKED IN, THIS COMMUNAL IDEA AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE THE FOCUS IS ON PRESENTING AND PRESERVING AND SHOWING THAT.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO STAY INTO WHAT WE CONSIDER A TRADITIONAL FORM.

RIGHT.

WE WANT TO SHOW THE ROOTS OF IT.

I START HEARING ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING OVER HERE AT OHIO STATE, WHICH IS THEY HAD AFRICAN INSTRUCTORS COMING IN AND LOOKING AT THOSE CELEBRATING THOSE DIFFERENT KIND OF WORKS AND I HAVE TO ADMIT AND BE HONEST, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, OHIO STATE SEEMED VERY FAR AWAY FROM ME.

I DIDN'T SEE MYSELF THERE OR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LOOKED LIKE ME.

I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

IT JUST WASN'T MY PATH.

I DIDN'T DO BALLET, WHEN LITTLE GIRLS WITHER GOING TO CLASS ON SATURDAY MORNING AND PUTTING BALLET SHOES ON AND TUTUS, I WAS TAKING MY SOCKS AND SHOES OFF TO HIT THE FLOOR FOR AFRICAN DANCE.

SO FOR EVERY RECITAL, I WAS IN THE COMMUNITY DOING A PERFORMANCE AND SO, YES, I WAS ABLE TO TEACH AFRICAN DANCE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF SEMESTERS AND IT IS A GREAT.

I LOVE IT.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY ADD THE RIGOR AND THE STUDY OF IT ON ANOTHER LEVEL AND HAVE THE STUDENTS IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THAT SENSE.

AND THAT IS ALSO BEEN REALLY GREAT FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS JUST BEEN WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO ALSO IT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELOOK AT HOW I GIVE INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTION IN THIS FORM, AND WHAT MY DUTIES ARE TO PASS THAT ON AND MAKE SURE I GIVE PEOPLE A GOOD FOUNDATION AND INFORMATION ABOUT AFRICAN DANCE AND HOW TO REALLY STUDY AFRICAN DANCE.

AND THAT PART HAS BEEN GREAT.

AND SO BEING A PART OF THAT MOVEMENT HAS BEEN AWESOME.

I'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO BE UNDER A NEW SET OF TUTELAGE, IF YOU WILL, ABOUT MY TEACHINGS AND HOW I DO THE THINGS.

IT IS TWO-FOLD.

I'M SHARING WHAT I LOVE TO DO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AND LOVE AND PASSION THAT IS ALREADY BEEN, YOU KNOW, BUILDING UP INSIDE OF ME.

I'M TEACHING THAT AND I'M ALSO LEARNING NOW WAYS TO DO THAT AS WELL WITH THE INSTRUCTORS THAT ARE HERE.

SO I CONSIDER MYSELF A COMMUNITY DANCER BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MY COMMUNITY HAS POURED INTO ME.

AND THIS IS REALLY A STRONG SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND IMPORTANCE THAT I RECIPROCATE THAT AND THAT YOU NOW GIVE THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

AS MUCH AS THEY'VE GIVEN ME, I WANT TO GIVE RIGHT BACK TO THEM AND SHARE MY GIFT AND PASSION IN THE SENSE THAT YOU REALLY HAVE THIS SPACE, THESE PEOPLE, THESE IDEAS, THESE BELIEFS AND SYSTEMS THAT WE STICK TOGETHER, THAT WE HOLD EACH OTHER UP.

THAT WE, YOU KNOW, OWE EACH OTHER A SENSE OF TRUE HUMANITY, IS WHERE I THINK KIND OF LIKE JUST LIVES IN ME.

AND THE BEST WAY I COULD THINK ABOUT GIVING THAT BACK TO THOSE PEOPLE AND TO THESE SPACES IS TO POUR IS OUT IN MY DANCE AND IN MY PASSION AND WHAT I DO.

[ drums ] PART OF MY RESEARCH AT OHIO STATE AND MY DRIVE IS UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF WHEN CHILDREN ARE YOUNG, RIGHT, AND THERE IS A MOMENT IN TIME OR SPACE WHERE POURING INTO THEM, HAVING SPECIFIC LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE, HAVING AN APPOINTED PERSON TO USHER THEM THROUGH THE LITTLE MOMENTS WHICH ARE REALLY DIFFICULT AS YOU KIND OF A TEENAGER CHANGES OVER.

I THINK THOSE MOMENTS ARE IMPORTANT AND WE FEED TO PUT A LITTLE MORE FOCUS THERE SO WHEN YOU DO GET TO, FOR EXAMPLE, MY AGE, THAT AGAIN THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WERE ONCE SUPPORTED BY SOMEONE SO YOU MAY HAVE THAT FEELING OR UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A LITTLE RESPONSIBILITY THERE TO CARRY THE NEXT PERSON.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE MY DRIVE FOR HUMANITY COMES FROM AND THAT IS BOURNE OUT OF MY TIME WITH SOMEONE GUIDING ME AND GUIDING ME THROUGH THE TEENAGER YEARS.

I GOT SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL, AND FOR ANYBODY, A BLEMISH ON MY RECORD.

BUT I DID, I GOT IN TROUBLE.

I WAS A FOLLOWER.

I DIDN'T STAND UP FOR MYSELF SOMETIMES AND BAD DECISIONS WERE MADE AND I WAS -- I CUT SCHOOL, YOU KNOW.

LIKE, SO I WASN'T PERFECT.

THINGS HAPPEN.

BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMEONE PARTICULARLY IN PLACE THAT COULD CONNECT TO ME THROUGH DANCE, BUT CONNECT TO ME ON THIS THING WE CALL LIFE, THAT WHEN I GOT OLDER, I REALIZED I MADE IT THROUGH BECAUSE SOMEBODY WAS HOLDING MY HAND.

AND SO WE KIND OF CALL THAT A RITE OF PASSAGE AND THAT IS WHAT IT TURNS OVER TO AND THAT IS WHERE MY STUDY IS.

MY STUDY IS HERE, IT IS ABOUT THE RITE OF PASSAGE AND THE IMPORTANT OF RITE OF PASSAGE TO ASSIST AND HELP ADOLESCENTS MAKE THAT CHANGE FROM BEING A CHILD INTO A YOUNG ADULT, RIGHT, AND THE DIFFICULTY OF THAT.

BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOU GIVE THEM THAT REALLY GOOD FOUNDATION AND THAT REALLY GOOD, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING OF WHO THEY ARE AND WHO THEY BELONG TO AND HAVE THAT GUIDING HAND TO KIND OF PULL THEM THROUGH, NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN YOU COME OUT AND YOU MAKE SOME DUMB DECISIONS BUT YOU LOOK BACK AND SAY I KNOW I MADE IT BECAUSE.

AND THAT WILL HAVE THAT PERSON, ONE, REALLY WANT TO BE A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER TO THEIR COMMUNITY, TO THEIR SOCIETY.

BUT ALSO FEEL THE NEED TO RETURN AND COME BACK AND DO THE SAME THING FOR THE NEXT PERSON OR THE NEXT YOUTH OR NEXT CHILD OR WHOEVER THAT IS.

>>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS AMAZING WOMAN, FIND HER ON FACEBOOK AT QUIANNA SIMPSON.

>>> NEXT ON THE NEW INSTALLMENT, WE STEP BACK INTO THE KITCHEN AND LEARN ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE ROOTS GO BACK OVER 50 YEARS.

>> WITH ME IN THE KITCHEN TODAY IS JAVON COLLINS FROM THE KING ARTS COMPLEX.

THANKS FOR JOINING ME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

SO TELL ME ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE TODAY.

>> WE'RE MAKING CRAWFISH BEIGNETS.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO NEW ORLEANS.

>> IT IS A BUCKET CITY LIST FOR ME.

>> I'LL HOOK YOU UP WITH MY FRIENDS BUT WE WENT TO KATIE'S MANY MIDTOWN AND I TRIED IT FOR A BRUNCH AND BEEN IN LOVE WITH IT EVER SINCE.

>> WHEN I THINK OF BEIGNET, I THINK OF SWEET.

>> THIS IS SWEET AND SAVORY AND ADDS SOME NOURISHMENT AS WELL.

>> IT SOUNDS INCREDIBLE.

WELL WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT WE NEED.

>> ONE LARGE EGG, ONE POUND COOKED CRAWFISH TAIL MEAT OR SHRIMP, FOUR GREEN ONIONS, ONE AND A HALF TEASPOONS OF BUTTER, ONE HALF TEA SPON OF SALT AND HALF A TEA SOON OF CAYENNE AND OIL FOR DEEP FAT FRYING.

FOR THE DIPPING SAUCE, THREE-FOURTHS CUP OF MAYONNAISE, CUP OF KETCHUP AND PREPARED HORSERADISH OPTIONAL AND QUARTER TEA SPON HOT PEPPER SAUCE.

>> WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE CONFERENCE.

>> SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, WE'RE CONNECTED TO THE DUNBAR CENTER THAT STARTED IN 1968 BUT WE DIDN'T OPEN OUR DOORS UNTIL MARCH OF 1987 AND WE'VE BEEN CONNECTING COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ARTS FOR 35 YEARS.

>> THAT IS AMAZING.

INCREDIBLE ARTS RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME BECAUSE AT AGE 11 I GOT MY SCHOLARSHIP TO GO TO THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AT THE KING ARTS COMPLEX AND BEEN WITH THE KING ARTS COMPLEX FOR 16 YEARS.

>> THAT IS AN AMAZING.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE CAREER.

>> JUST SO BLESSED AND THANKLE TO DO WHAT I DO.

>> SO WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP TO GET STARTED WITH OUR RECIPE.

>> I WOULD SAY OUR SAUCE.

WHEN THE FOOD IS READY, WE HAVE THE SAUCE.

>> THAT IS A GOOD IDEA.

SO DO WE MIX THESE INGREDIENTS TOGETHER.

>> WE HAVE SOME MAYONNAISE THERE.

>> WE COULDN'T GO WRONG.

>> AND WE'LL GO HERE.

>> OKAY, GREAT.

GOT TO GET THAT IN.

NOT THE PRETTIEST PART BUT THE MOST DELICIOUS.

>> IT IS A FOUNDATION FOR A LOT OF MEALS.

PEOPLE SAY I DON'T LIKE MAYO.

>> BUT MOST THINGS THAT ARE DELICIOUS HAVE MAYO.

>> ADD A LITTLE KETCHUP HERE.

AND MIX THAT ALTOGETHER.

>> A LOT OF THE FLAVORS.

THAT IS ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO MAKE THIS AHEAD TO LET THE FLAVORS MELD TOGETHER.

>> GET A LITTLE DASH OF HOT SAUCE THERE.

AND THEN HERE WE HAVE THE HORSERADISH.

AND WE'LL PUT THAT IN.

>> THAT LITTLE KICK.

>> MIX THAT ALL UP.

>> SO YOU'RE THE PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM DIRECTOR, WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL.

>> FOR THE PAST YEARS I'VE BEEN FACILITATING OUR SPECIAL EVENTS ALL YEAR ROUND FROM THE HERITAGE MUSIC FESTIVAL TO OUR LEGENDS AND LEGACIES AND LED ME TO SERVE ON BOARDS AS A NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, FOR SIX YEARS.

>> INCREDIBLE.

SO THE SAUCE IS ALL MIXED TOGETHER.

WE COULD KIND OF LET THAT HANG OUT.

WHAT DO WE DO NEXT?

HOW DO WE GET STARTED HERE?

>> SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET READY TO PREPARE OR CRAWFISH BEIGNET.

>> WE HAVE THE OIL FIRST.

>> YOU HAVE TO HEAT YOUR OIL FIRST.

>> GET IT TO ABOUT 375.

>> 375 WILL WORK AND LET IT GET NICE AND HOT AND THEN START MIXING UP OUR INGREDIENTS.

>> DO I ADD IN ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS AND THEY'LL FORM TOGETHER.

>> YES.

>> CRAWFISH.

AND GET THAT PUT INTO OUR BOWL.

>> AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN CRAWFISH IN OHIO.

>> OH, YEAH.

BRINGING A LITTLE NEW ORLEANS TO OHIO.

>> YES, INDEED.

>> CRAWFISH SO WE HAVE MELTED BUTTER.

>> MELTED BUTTER THERE.

>> PUT THAT IN THERE.

SHOULD WE DO THE FLOUR NEXT?

JUST DUMP?

I COULD DO THAT.

GOT FRESH GREEN ONIONS AND FLOUR WHICH I'M GUESSING KIND OF BINDS IT TOGETHER, ALONG WITH THE EGG.

ONE BEATEN EGG.

GREAT COLORS.

>> I'M ALREADY GETTING HUNGRY.

>> I KNOW.

AND THEN WE'LL ADD IN OUR CAYENNE.

THIS IS GORGEOUS.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO MIX THIS UP.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

JUST GET IT TO THE RIGHT CONSISTENCY.

>> AND THE EGG AND THE FLOUR DOING THEIR JOB.

THIS IS AMAZING.

>> SO THE COOL THING ABOUT IT WAS AT KATIE'S THEY HAVE AN AMAZING BRUNCH AND IT JUST KIND OF CONNECTS THAT THAT RESTAURANT MAY HAVE NOT EXISTED BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO THERE, THERE IS A WATER MARK FROM WHERE HURRICANE KATRINA HIT.

BUT THE PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS ARE SO RESILIENT AND I'M JUST SO HAPPY THAT THEY WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS WHEN I MADE THE TRIP OUT THERE.

>> WHAT HISTORY THERE.

>> YOU FEEL IT.

YOU KNOW YOUR IN NEW ORLEANS.

>> THAT IS GREAT.

SO OUR MIXTURE IS ALL MIXED UP TOGETHER AND I THINK WE'RE READY TO FRY.

>> THAT IS GREAT.

>> SO I GOT A LITTLE SCOOPER HERE.

>> THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.

>> YEAH.

JUST GET A LITTLE CLUMP.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT TOO BIG.

IS THAT ABOUT GOOD?

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY.

HERE WE GO.

WOO!

SHOULD I DO MORE THAN ONE.

GET A COUPLE IN THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO SNACK ON THESE.

>> YES.

>> SO THEY COOK FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES AND THEN WE FLIP THEM.

>> MM-HMM.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT IS GREAT.

>> LET ME GET ONE MORE IN THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO LET THOSE COOK.

WHILE THESE COOK OUT, YOU'VE BEEN AT THE KING ARTS COMPLEX FOR SO LONG, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN TON OF EVENTS COME THROUGH.

WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF YOUR FAVORITES, MOST MEMORABLE.

>> I WOULD SAY BACK IN 2008 DURING THE ELECTION WE HAD A HUGE EVENT WITH BEYONCE, JAY-Z, P. DIDDY AND MARY J. BLIGE, ALL AT THE KINGS ART COMPLEX SO THAT WAS HUGE.

AND THEN SOME OF THE SMALLER EVENTS LIKE JUST IN THE HALLWAYS, FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WAS WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY AND MY FIRST DAY THERE JESSE JACKSON WAS THERE AND THEN BARACK OBAMA WAS THERE AND THERE IS SO MANY TO NAME BUT I'M HONORED AND BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I'VE DONE AT THE COMPLEX FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS.

>> IT IS SUPER COOL THAT IT IS SUCH A HUB FOR THE BIG PERSONALITIES, NATIONALLY KNOWN CELEBRITIES TO KIND OF COME TO THE ARTS COMPLEX.

IT IS SPECIAL.

WE'RE LUCKY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE NAMED AFTER DR. KING.

SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF KEEPING HIS DREAM ALIVE AND FOR 35 YEARS PROVIDING ARTS AND COMMUNITY FOR SO MANY.

SO WE'RE JUST PROUD TO DO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DORE HOO IN COLUMBUS.

>> THAT IS WONDERFUL.

WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THE COMPLEX.

>> OH, MY GOSH.

THESE ARE COOKING.

>> IS THAT RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY.

THEY'RE FLIPPED.

THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT OUR GORGEOUS CRAWFISH BEIGNETS FRESHLY FRIED.

I'M EXCITED TO DIG IN.

BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW BEFORE WE DIG INTO THESE DELICIOUS TREATS, AT THE KING ARTS COMPLEX, I IMAGINE YOU HAVE A TEAM.

>> WE'RE A SMALL AND MIGHTY TEAM BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR DIRECTOR AND ALL OF OUR STAFF FOR JUST SUPPORTING EVERYTHING WE DO.

WE TAKE ON LARGE EVENTS EACH YEAR AND WHEN THEY FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LEADING THIS, THEY'RE LIKE THERE HAS TO BE MORE.

WE COME TOGETHER AND WE FORM LIKE VOLT RON AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

>> THAT IS WONDERFUL.

WELL I THINK WE SHOULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.

JUST WANT TO GRAB ONE.

>> I'LL GRAB ONE AS WELL.

>> THEY ARE WARM.

GET A LITTLE BIT OF THIS DELICIOUS CREAMY SAUCE AND JUST TOP THAT ON THERE.

COULD I GIVE YOU A LITTLE DOLLOP.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LOOK AT THESE.

THEY'RE KIND OF FANCY BUT ALSO HOMEY.

LET'S DIG IN.

THEY LOOK AMAZING.

THIS IS THE FUN MESSY PART WHERE YOU GET TO EAT.

>> MM-HMM.

SUCH GOOD FLAVORS.

IT IS AMAZING BECAUSE THERE WASN'T MUCH BATTER BUT IT GAVE IT THAT TEMPORA LIGHT CRISPINESS AND THE ONIONS AN THE CREAMY SAUCE.

>> CRAWFISH.

I'M JUST PART OF THIS, IT JUST MAKES MY DAY.

>> A LITTLE NEW ORLEANS IN COLUMBUS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU, KATE, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, CHECK OUT KING ARTS COMPLEX.COM.

>>> THE LATEST "BROAD AND HIGH" FEATURED DOM DeSHAWN, A MUSICAL ARTIST THAT WRITES FROM THE HEART.

WHILE HIS SONGS ARE OFTEN ABOUT PAINFUL TIMES, DOM CREATES THEM FROM A PLACE OF HOPE.

LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.

CHECK, CHECK.

YEAH, MESSED UP, AND TURNED IT ONLY HAPPENS EVERY DAY WHEN I SEE YOUR GLARE HOPING THAT SHE SEES IT TOO SO GROUNDED WANT THE SUN TRAINING ALL MY ENERGY TRIED NOT TO COMPLAIN OR POUT.

BEEN THERE, DONE THAT PUSHING FOR THAT HAPPEN JUST BEFORE I REALLY FADE TO BLACK LAUGH NOW CRY LATER AND LOOKING FOR YOU WILL WE EVER BE THE SAME WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW.

EVEN THOUGH I'M -- YEAH.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SONGS THAT GOES OUT TO ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH STUFF.

ALL OF THAT TIME THAT YOU THINK THIS IS THE WORSE THING I'VE EVER GONE THROUGH.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH IT AND SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN, SO LET'S GO.

WHAT TO DO, LOOKING FOR THE TRUTH I SAY WE BOTH GOT THINGS WE GOTTA DO, LET'S ALWAYS KEEP IT TRUE I'M SEARCHING FOR THE SMILE, IT HASN'T SHOWN ITS FACE IN A WHILE IT HASN'T SHOWN ITS FACE IN A WHILE I'M SEARCHING FOR THE MOUNT, IT HASN'T SHOWN ITS FACE IN A WHILE YEAH, I'M JUST SEARCHING FOR A SMILE.

IT HAS, IT HAS TO, AH AND VIBE OUT, YEAH, YEAH >> TO HEAR MORE OF HIS WORK, CHECK HIM OUT ON INSTAGRAM AT DOM DeSHAUN.

>>> WELL THAT IS OUR SHOW.

REMEMBER YOU COULD FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES ONLINE AT WOSU.ORG AND ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

I'M KATE QUICK, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

[ singing ] >> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD AND HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL, SUPPORTING ART, ADVANCE IN CULTURE AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO ARTISTS, EVENTS AND CLASSES AT COLUMBUS MAKES ART.COM.