Arts Talk

"Arts Talk" is a series of interviews that highlights the growing arts and cultural initiatives and individuals living and working in Central New York, as well as those cutting edge writers, artists, authors, musicians, playwrights, and others who come to Central New York and offer up their works.

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  • Arts Talk: Price Check
    This week, Marguerite Mitchell-Sundberg speaks with Roslyn Esperon and Courtney Rile, curators of a unique gallery showing at The Joan Lukas Rothenberg Gallery at The Redhouse Arts Center. Price Check is an interactive curatorial examination of the variations of the visual art market based upon geographic proximity to a major art center. The exhibition focuses on the State of New York, ...

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  • Arts Talk: Phil Memmer on his new book & the Downtown Writer’s Center
    This week, Marguerite Mitchell-Sundberg speaks with local writer and Director of the Downtown Writer’s Center, Phil Memmer, who recently released his fourth book The Storehouses of the Snow: Psalms, Parables and Dreams. Memmer’s past work has appeared in such journals as Poetry, Poetry Northwest, Mid-American Review, Poetry London, and in several anthologies. Alicia Ostriker calls The Storehouses of the Snow ”both bitter ...

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  • Arts Talk: Seneca Community Players’ Tuesdays with Morrie
    This week, our guest is Pam Rapoza, director of the Seneca Community Players’ production of “Tuesdays with Morrie: The Play,” based on the best-selling book by author, journalist and broadcaster Mitch Albom. It will be in the Delavan Theatre at the New York Chiropractic College in Seneca Falls February 10th through 12th, and also on February 17th and 18th . ...

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  • Arts Talk: Steve Hayes’ Hollywood Reunion
    This week, Marguerite Mitchell-Sundberg talks with Steve Hayes, a Central New York native, comedian, actor, New York City cabaret artist, and YouTube film blogger who is bringing his one-man show called “Steve Hayes’ Hollywood Reunion” to the Redhouse as an adult and teen event February 9th through 11th at 8 P.M. The show is a humorous investigation of Hayes’ obsession ...

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  • Arts Talk: Poet Yvonne Murphy of Empire State College
    This week on Arts Talk, Professor Yvonne Murphy of SUNY Empire State College tells Marie Lamb about what ESC offers for non-traditional students in the arts, her work as an arts mentor at ESC, and about her poetry. You can find out more about Empire State College at http://www.esc.edu/   Here is a podcast of the complete interview:

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  • Arts Talk: “A Perfect Ganesh” at the Redhouse
    On “Arts Talk” this week, Marguerite Mitchell-Sundberg talks with two actors from the current Redhouse production of  ”A Perfect Ganesh,” a comedy by noted American playwright Terrance McNally. Adam Perabo and Suzanna Berryman talk about their characters, the physical and other challenges of the play, and what “A Perfect Ganesh” means to them. In this play, two American matrons travel ...

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  • Arts Talk: Mary Avrakotos of ARTSwego
    This week on “Arts Talk,” Mary Avrakotos of the ARTSwego program at SUNY Oswego tells Caterina D’Agostino about their offerings in music, film, dance, and using the arts to foster cross-cultural understanding. You can find out more about ARTSwego online at http://www.oswego.edu/arts/ Here is the audio of the full interview:

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  • Arts Talk: Everson Museum of Art
      Happy New Year from all of us at WCNY-FM! This week on “Arts Talk”, Sarah Massett, public relations director of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, tells Caterina D’Agostino about the museum’s pioneering collections of American art, ceramics, and video art. She also tells about their unique building, their exhibitions, classes for children and adults, highlights of their collections and ...

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