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Cultural Commentary From Shawn Stone For 4/14/16

Shawn Stone joins us to talk about what he's seen lately and what cultural events are coming up this week in our region.

Seen: The Boss and "Imaging the West" at the New York State Museum

Upcoming:
Lewis Black- Palace Theatre, Albany, Friday 4/15
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?- UAlbany Page Hall, Albany, Friday 4/15
Casablanca (new 35MM print from WB)- Capitol Theatre, Rome, Friday-Saturday 4/15-16
The Ukuladies- Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, Saturday 4/16 5:30 PM
Peking Acrobats- The Egg, Albany, Saturday 4/16, 3 PM
Brad Mehldau Trio- The Egg, Albany, Saturday 4/16
Roy Zimmerman- 8th Step at Proctors, Saturday 4/16
Albany Symphony Orchestra with Dame Evelyn Glennie in Dream Machine-Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, Saturday-Sunday 4/16-4/17
Neave Piano Trio- de Blasiis Chamber Music Series at the Hyde Collection, Sunday 4/17 2 PM
Albany Word Fest 2016- poets at various venues (McGeary’s, Low Beat, Upstate Artists Guild) opens Sunday 4/17 (through 4/23)
Lise De La Salle piano recital (Beethoven, Ligeti, Brahms)- Troy Chromatic Concerts at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Wednesday 4/20

New movies: My Golden Days, Born To Be Blue, City of Gold, The Jungle Book

 

Sarah 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.