Notes from the Aisle Seat
AN OPERA HOUSE PODCAST ON THE ARTS
Join us every other Wednesday for a new episode of Notes From the Aisle Seat, the Opera House's podcast on the arts in northern Chautauqua County! Your host is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia Tom Loughlin. Each episode explores the rich landscape of the visual and performing arts that exists in northern Chautauqua County, from the many art galleries and exhibition spaces to performing arts organizations to the individual artists and performers that call this area home.
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Current Episode
Episode 4.16
Guests on this episode include: ``The Movie Guy`` Paul Preston discussing June movies in the Opera House Cinema Series, and Joseph Newton, director of the Main Street Studios' production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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Guests on this episode include: Steve Wendell, discussing the coming “And The Tony Goes To…” performance at the Opera House; Rick Mascaro, founder of the Lakeshore Center for the Arts; and Jefferson Westwood, retiring Director of SUNY Fredonia’s Rockefeller Arts Center, who discusses his 43-year career at the University.
Guests on this episode include: Jefferson Westwood, Director, SUNY Fredonia Rockefeller Arts Center, to discuss the coming Commencement Eve Pops Concert; Marcia Merrins president of the North Shore Arts Alliance to talk about the Memorial Day Weekend Art Trail; and Jeffrey Dietz, of Aspire of WNY, who discusses ARTFUL CONNECTIONS, the iXpress Art Exhibit.
Guests on this episode include: Dr. Robert Strauss, Artistic Director of the Buffalo Gay Men’s Chorus, to talk about the coming Live at the Met productions; Paul Preston aka “The Movie Guy,” to discuss the Opera House’s May movies; and Briana Kelly and Ava Sargente with the Fredonia Dance Ensemble, from SUNY Fredonia’s Dept. of Theatre and Dance.
Guests on this episode include: Anna Gagliano, director of Little Women being presented at Main Street Studios; Tim Newell, director of Agnes of God at the Lakeshore Center for the Arts; and Prof. Dan Lendzian, director of the One Act Festival from the SUNY Fredonia Dept. of Theatre and Dance.
Guests on this episode include: Cole Porter expert Craig Johnson discussing National Theatre Live’s Present Laughter at the Opera House; Lars Swanson of the Long Point String Band talking about the band’s workshop and concert coming to the Opera House; and Maestro Glen Cortese of the Western NY Chamber Orchestra discussing his composition Room 221 – A Sherlock Holmes Opera to be performed at the Orchestra’s next concert.