Sarah LaDuke
Producer, The Roundtable and The Book ShowSarah has been a public radio producer for over fifteen years. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing.
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Hudson Hall in Hudson, New York has commissioned an ambitious multi-year series of operas by Handel with the daring, internationally acclaimed director (and Hudson resident) R.B. Schlather.The first in the series, Rodelinda, premieres at the hall on October 20. There will be 6 performances between October 20-29. -
SculptureNow was founded in The Berkshires in 1998 to promote the experience and knowledge of sculpture through exhibitions and educational outreach, and to offer artists venues for showing their work in the community.For the past eleven years, they have collaborated with The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home in Lenox, MA, installing marvelously varied large-scale works by international artists all around The Mount’s gorgeous grounds, wooded paths, and gardens. -
On September 7 of this year, the Nancy Hoffman Gallery in New York City opened “Harvest,” an exhibition of some 50 newly created terra-cotta sculptures by Judy Fox, made in her studio in Rhinebeck, New York. -
The Catskill Center’s fall benefit is taking place Saturday, October 7 from 5:30 to 8:30pm at the Catskills Visitor Center in Mount Tremper, New York. The benefit will raise funds for the Catskill Center’s work to ensure a bright future for the economy, environment and culture of The Catskills.The event will honor Senator Michelle Hinchey with The Alf Evers Award for Service to The Catskills and The Catskill Park, feature a musical performance by Simi Stone, and welcome as speaker Conservation Photographer Carla Rhodes.Jeff Senterman is Executive Director of the Catskill Center and he joins us along with Carla Rhodes. -
Composer/performer Ben Neill is the inventor of the Mutantrumpet, a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument, and is recognized as a musical innovator who blends acoustic instrument performance with digital technologies.He returns to Manitoga in Garrison, New York on September 30 to perform “Trove” - his immersive, outdoor sonic performance/installation created specifically for Manitoga.“Trove” is a series of ambient pieces created by Neill in collaboration with producer/composer Eric Calvi. -
O+ supports the health of underinsured artists and musicians in the Hudson Valley and beyond through the annual O+ Festival, where they exchange art-making and performances for health and wellness services.The 2023 O+ Festival in Kingston, NY is taking place October 6-8 and we are joined by O+ co-founder Joe Concra, O+ co-director of Music Lara Hope, and O+ Art Director Lindsey Wolkowicz. -
This Sunday, September 24th, the space-folk band Electric Blue Yonder brings MicroPARTY to Conkling Hall in Rensselaerville, New York.MicroPARTY is a celebration of creativity and curiosity in the form of an interactive concert experience for children and adults. This Sunday’s MicroPARTY at Conkling Hall is organized by Velvet Earth Farm Presents.Electric Blue Yonder founders Beth and Johnny Veres join us now to tell us more. -
Hudson Valley Climate Solutions Week presents a series of diverse events across the Hudson Valley region that focus attention on the climate emergency. Organizations are welcomed to create their own climate solutions events – including workshops, lectures, music, art shows, and more.This year’s Hudson Valley Climate Solutions week kicks-off on September 16 and there are over 50 events, both in-person and virtual, taking place across the Hudson Valley. Melissa Everett is the Executive Director of Sustainable Hudson Valley. -
Two time “Bessie Award” winning dancer, choreographer, educator, director, writer, and speaker, Hope Boykin, founder of HopeBoykinDance, was an original member of Complexions, danced with Philadanco, and performed for 20 years with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. On September 16, a new piece from HopeBoykinDance will be presented by the Catskill Mountain Foundation at The Orpheum Performing Arts Center in Tannersville, NY.
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Dr. Jay Carruthers is Director of the Suicide Prevention Center of New York At New York State Office of Mental Health and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Albany Medical Center. September is Suicide Prevention Month, so we wanted to discuss this enormous public health problem and learn how New York State’s Office of Mental Health is responding.
