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 4.14
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.
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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.
Guests on this episode include: Professor Emeritus Alberto Rey discussing Dawn of Impressionism – Paris 1874, part of Arts in the Afternoon at the Fredonia Opera House; Dr. Eliran Avni and Meredith McIntyre discussing the Fredonia Young Artist Recital coming to the Opera House; and four members of the production crew for the Dept. of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia production of Twelfth Night – Dr. Robert Deemer, Jessica Lustig, Amelia Elman, and Aidan Heaney.
Guests on this episode include: Fletcher Dickmann, Karma Guida, and Byron Ramos Maldonado discussing the original play Alicia’s Lens, being presented at the SUNY Fredonia Rockefeller Arts Center; Phillip McMullen and Mike Lee, talking about Main Street Studio’s production of The Secret Garden; and Joe Newberry and April Verch of the duo Newberry & Verch discussing their coming concert at the Fredonia Opera House.