Host Kenn Michael speaks with Daniel Haxall, Associate Professor of Art History at Kutztown University, about the new exhibition Interventions in Printmaking: Three Generations of African-American Women at the Allentown Art Museum.
George VanDoren from The Press Papers and poet Marilyn Hazleton join hosts George Miller and Kate Scuffle on Lehigh Valley Arts Salon to talk about the 10th Annual Student Poetry Project. Find out how Lehigh Valley students can get involved.
In honor of April being National Poetry Month, WDIY is once again partnering with The Press Papers to allow student winners to read their poems on an April edition of Lehigh Valley Arts Salon.
Bethlehem's own Mark Will-Weber, author of the new book Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt: The Complete History of Presidential Drinking joins hosts George Miller and Kate Scuffle to explore the fascinating historical connection between the American presidency and alcohol including the whiskey distilled by George Washington, the Prohibition-era cocktail parties at the White House, and the little-known role of drink in nuclear weapons negotiations.
Host Bathsheba Monk speaks with award-winning author, playwright, and band leader, Uke Jackson, about his latest novel, Tom Buck and the Screaming Stink, and collection of stories, The Curse of the Yellow Mandolin.
Host Bill Dautremont-Smith welcomes jazz saxophonist and music teacher Allan Meyerson to the studio. Meyerson has recently self-published the teaching manual First Steps to Jazz Improvisation. The publication was celebrated with a book signing and in-store performance from Allan's quartet at Barnes & Noble in Center Valley, PA on December 12, 2014.
Now in its 15th year, Touchstone Theatre's Christmas City Follies is a wonderful holiday tradition, full of vaudevillian hijinx and warm-hearted laughter. Touchstone's Bill George discusses the new treats this year's Follies has to offer with Lehigh Valley Arts Salon host Kate Scuffle.
Hosts George Miller and Kate Scuffle welcome Diane Wagner, head of the theatre department at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts, and writer Alex Rice to discuss their new TV pilot, Goody Goody, a period comedy shot at area locations like the Sun Inn. Goody Goody is being screened this coming weekend at Civic Theatre.
Host Bathsheba Monk welcomes Miriam Huertas, Vice President of Allentown Initiatives at the Greater Lehigh Valley Chambre of Commerce, and Mike Krisukas, guitarist for Zen for Primates, to talk about the 18th Lehigh Valley Christmas in Concert taking place on Thanksgiving Sunday, November 30, 2014 at Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown. Featuring area musicians doing renditions of their favorite holiday tunes in a variety of musical genres -- from Folk to Jazz and Celtic to Blues.
Allentown Art Museum Director David Mickenberg joins hosts George Miller and Kate Scuffle for a wide-ranging conversation about the Museum's fall exhibits, Robert Indiana from A to Z, American Pop: The Prints, and Building the Arena: Photography by Theo Anderson.
Host Bill Dautremont-Smith talks with Steve Coleman, jazz alto saxist, bandleader, composer and music theoretician, Allentown resident, and recently-announced 2014 MacArthur Fellowship genius award winner. They discuss his long career in music and other fields, moving from NYC to the Lehigh Valley about 20 years ago and being based here while performing around the globe, the MacArthur award and the impact of winning it, and his initial ideas of projects that are now made possible by the award.
