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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 worked in public radio since 2006. 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. She is on the board of WAM Theatre and lives in Albany, New York with her husband, Paul, and their dog, Doritos.