Podcasts
Latest Episodes:
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks - Cleopatra and Antony - Aug 23, 2023
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Park members, Director Jennifer Tober and actors Callee Miles and Harper York, discuss with Anna Singer about their upcoming production of Cleopatra and Antony, premiering September 2nd at 2pm at Frick Park. Performances of this all-female cast continue every weekend until October 1st. All performances are free! Visit https://www.pittsburghshakespeare.com for more information.
Rita Costanzi - Amoroso - Aug 21, 2023
Former Chicago Symphony Principal Oboe, ALex Klein, joins with former Vancouver Symphony Principal Harp Rita Costanzi for a new CD named Amoroso. It features Debussy. Faure, Massenet, Piazzola, de Falla,Rachmaninoff, Rodrigo and Michael Cohen with Michael Amorosi. It's an hour plus of contemplative music that seems right for the post pandemic, war torn, politically charged world of today. Rita explains how it happened and what she and Alex have done in South America to bring the harp to the continent starting in Brazil. In addition, Rita has a long time connection to Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Harp Gretchen van Hoesen through their work as young musicians at the Eastman School and she know Pittsburgh's Duquesne University professor Charles Stegeman having worked together a lot at the Sunflower Music Festival. In this conversation with Jim Cunningham she talks about the new Navona CD and her hopes for a better world."
Squonk's Brouhaha - Jackie Dempsey and Steve O'Hearn - Aug 16, 2023
The co-artistic director's of Squonk, Jackie Dempsey and Steve O'Hearn, discusses the Pittsburgh based outdoor theater group's next spectacular show, Brouhaha. This show features an enormous musical instrument with huge playable bellows and towering tubas that ends with a 30-foot tall head complete with blinking eyes and smoke pouring out of it's ears. Interactive and fun for the whole family, Jackie and Steve dive deep into how they created this spectacle, and how years of a friendship continue to create playful art for all. See the premiere of Brouhaha on September 3rd and 4th at The Kickoff and Rib Festival at Acrisure Stadium. Visit squonk.org/brouhaha for more information.
CMOA Live - Roger Humphries - Aug 15, 2023
Jazz Drumming Legend Roger Humphries stopped by to chat with Jim Cunningham before his set during the Inside Out Summer Exhibition Celebration.
CMOA Live - Rachel Delphia - Aug 15, 2023
Rachel Delphia is the Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at Carnegie Museum of Art. She spoke with Jim Cunningham to give an overview of "What Brings Us Here?"
CMOA Live - HUNY - Aug 15, 2023
DJ HUNY XO played a set from 6-7 p.m during the Inside Out Summer Exhibition Celebration. She introduce her set and encouraged listeners to join her at the museum.