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Rohan Spong on his documentary Winter at Westbeth
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Rohan Spong's new film Winter at Westbeth shines a light on artists and aging.

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
Actor Nicholas Rodriguez is right at home in musical theater.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nicholas Rodriguez
Nicholas Rodriguez brings classic American musical theater into the 21st century

Bought by KZUM, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Author and National Book Award winner Nathaniel Philbrick on reading Moby Dick
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In a slim, lucid and compulsively readable book, Nathaniel Philbrick makes an enthusiastic case for taking a look at Melville’s classic Moby-Dick.

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Looking for Inspiration? Listen to composer Ted Nash's Presidential Suite.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ted Nash
With Presidential Suite,Ted Nash transforms iconic political speeches into an inventive jazz composition.

Bought by KMUW and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Filmspotting 610 (11/04/16): Barry Jenkins and Naomie Harris (Moonlight), Doctor Strange, Tower
From: WBEZ
Caption: Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Barry Jenkins' 'Moonlight'
Director Barry Jenkins and playwright Tarell McCraney grew up in the same neighborhood in 1980s-era Miami. "Moonlight," based on an autobiographica...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio), WOUB, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 609 (10/28/16): Top 5 Childhood Movie Scares (with guest Ti West), sacred cow review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in 'A Nightmare On Elm Street'
The clown under the bed. The shadow on the other side of the shower curtain. The elevator filled with blood. Scary movies make an impression -- and...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WRIR, WNJR, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
Filmspotting 608 (10/21/16): Kelly Reichardt inteview, Certain Women
From: WBEZ
Caption: Kristen Stewart in Kelly Reichardt's 'Certain Women'
For certain film lovers, a new Kelly Reichardt film is an event. Spare and deliberately paced movies like "Wendy and Lucy" and "Meek's Cutoff" are ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNJR, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Season 2: Playground Detroit with Paulina Petkoski #62
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Two: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Paulina Petkoski
Season 2: Playground Detroit with Paulina Petkoski Romy interviews dynamo Paulina Petkowski, co-owner and co-founder of Playground Detroit! Learn...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 36:21
Filmspotting 607 (10/14/16): Conversation with Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrrupters)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Documentary director and producer, Steve James
Back in June, IDA and Chicago's Kartemquin Films invited Adam to host a career-spanning conversation with documentary filmmaker Steve James ("Hoop ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRIR, KCPW Salt Lake City, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
There's an art to building wooden boats-just ask Mike Vlahovich
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Mike Vlahovich, Credit: Tom Pich
Master Shipwright & 2016 National Heritage Fellow Mike Vlahovich builds and restores wooden fishing boats to keep alive the culture of the working ...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Choreographer Penelope Freeh: Test Pilot
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Caption: at rehearsal, Credit: penelopefreeh.com
Penelope Freeh co-created Test Pilot with composer Jocelyn Hagen... Their original, live chamber orchestra, dance opera brings the history of aviat...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 07:08
Jim Denomie: Contemporary Ojibwe Artist
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Contemporary Ojibwe artist Jim Denomie currently has an exhibit at the Nemeth Art Center in Park Rapids, MN. He has a unique way of holding a lens...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 1
Curator Leslie Umberger on artist Ralph Fasanella: An artist of, by, and for the people
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ralph Fasanella
Blue-collar worker and union organizer Ralph Fasanella would have been 100 this week. His paintings of urban working class people struggling and t...

Bought by KZUM, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Harold Kyle: Making art with found objects
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Exhibit of Harold Kyle's sculpture
Auto Mechanic Harold Kyle plays with movement, balance, and shadows in his sculpture.

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Michael Berry and the art of translation
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Yu Hua and Michael Berry Beijing August 2010 , Credit: courtesy of Michael Berry
Michael Berry reflects on the art of translating Yu Hua’s influential novel and new Big Read title To Live into English

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPIP-LP, WRIR, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Upright Citizens Brigade Theater: The Art of Improvisation
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Shannon O’Neill, an audience member, Brandon Scott Jones, Connor Ratliff, and Molly Thomas , Credit: : Photo by Teresa Castracane. Courtesy of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
Improvisers Shannon O'Neill and Brandon Scott Jones from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater explain how they do what they do.

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Amy Saidman: The Art of Storytelling
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Story District, Credit: Alexander Morozov
Everyone has a story; Story District helps tell it.

Bought by WRIR, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition -- Katharina Kubrick Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Katharina Kubrick, San Francisco, CA 7/1/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Katharina Kubrick talks tuna sandwiches, paper costumes, and who really invented the iPad.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2016
  • Length: 14:40
Billy McComiskey plays traditional Irish music at its finest1
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Billy McComiskey, Credit: Edwin Remsburg, Remburg Inc.
Button accordionist and 2016 National Heritage fellow billy McComiskey plays beautifully and builds a community for irish music.

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 2
Amy Jordan: Making the impossible possible through dance.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: "Alive" Victory Dance Project, Credit: Jordan Hiraldo
Founding her company after a near-fatal accident, Amy Jordan’s choreography is an exuberant affirmation of dance.

Bought by WNJR, WABE, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Rachel Moore: What an Artist Needs to Do
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In her new book The Artist's Compass, Rachel Moore gives practical advice and strategic insight for creating a career in the performing arts.

Bought by KZUM, WMUU-LP, WRIR, and WNJR


  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Veteran Artist Program: Artists in Action
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Veteran Artist Program :The Home Show
The arts and military service are less dissimilar than you might think. That's why Veteran and singer Brian McDonald founded the Veteran Artist Pr...

Bought by WMPG, WABE, WMUU-LP, and WLPR


  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 4
Kassie Hilgert turns a rust belt graveyard into an arts center.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: SteelStacks, Credit: Jonathan Davies
Reclaiming the abandoned Bethlehem Steel Plant for the arts gives a region new life

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
National Book Award winner James McBride looks at the Godfather of Soul, James Brown.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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McBride’s latest book looks to understand what shaped James Brown-- one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.

Bought by WABE and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Mickey Rowe: Acting with Autism
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Mickey Rowe
A young professional autistic actor makes his difference work on the stage

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3