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Gwen Orel talks to Bernadette Gavin, of Gavin's Irish Country Inn, to Kevin McCarthy of Shilelagh Law, and to David Lutken, who plays Woody Guthrie and is one of the devisers of 'Woody Sez' at Irish Repertory Theatre. Featured tune: "Together in the End," by Shilelagh Law.
Gwen Orel talks to James Kelly, co-author of the new musical "Find Your Way Home," and Nick Hamm, director of the movie "The Journey."
Gwen Orel talks to Catskills Irish Arts Week musicians, director, founder and student.
Gwen Orel talks with Obi Abili and Ciarán O'Reilly of Irish Rep's "The Emperor Jones," and Larry Kirwan, author of Irish Rep's "Rebel in the Soul."
Gwen Orel talks to Wils Wilson about the brilliant piece by David Grieg, "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart." Alice Farrell talks to actor Peter Halpin about the short film "Narcan."
On this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications podcast, we present this year's "Meet the Media" panel, sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. The panel was held March 30, 2017 at Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ. The panelists were: Karin Price Mueller, writes the Bamboozled consumer affairs column and a money column for The Star-Ledger/NJ.com; and is Founder of consumer finance website NJMoneyHelp.com. She lives in N.J. with her husband – Star-Ledger reporter Mark Mueller – their three kids and an English Mastiff, Mojo. Whatever they don't eat goes into her retirement savings accounts. Nick Corasaniti, a reporter that covers politics for The New York Times, and is in his home state focusing on the governor's race and any other NJ story or interest, from infrastructure to crime to dining. Before coming back to NJ, Nick covered the presidential campaign, spending his days on the road with Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, and Donald Trump. Charell Star is a digital journalist who covers the latest styles, technology and trends as a contributor for Marie Claire, Fox5–Good Day New York, NBC New York Live, Second Look TV, and various broadcast and digital media outlets. She also has her own lifestyle blog, Not Just A Girl In A Dress, plus blogs for Sister 2 Sister, eHow, VinePair, MommyNoire, and MadameNoire. In 2015, she was awarded Black Enterprise Magazine's “Follow-Worthy Blogger of the Year.” Gwen Orel, Features Editor, The Montclair Local. Gwen served as arts editor of The Montclair Times from 2013 to 2016 before joining The Montclair local. She has won a variety of writing awards and has contributed to a range of publications including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and more. She has a PhD in theatre, and when not doing her day job, is a playwrite, and runs the website New York Irish Arts.com. The has three cats – one of which likes to unwind the toilet paper roll. Phil Alongi, Executive Producer, NJTV News and Director of Program Development. He oversees all news operations for NJTV, including its flagship weeknight news program NJTV News with Mary Alice Williams, and is responsible for the network's program expansion in the areas of news, public affairs, arts and other genres. He began his broadcast career at NBC News in 1997, and during his tenure, produced for the NBC Nightly News, Today Show, and more. When he's not being a news junkie, he moonlights as a professional operatic tenor and has multiple televised performances and dozens of leading roles throughout the U.S. to his credit. Richard Cowen, a reporter for The Record. He covers news, the courts, and Passaic County, covering N.J. for more than 25 years. His focus is local reporting with deep knowledge and sourcing in Passaic County. He's covered many big stories: from 9/11 to Bridgegate, fires floods, and various political corruption schemes. He considers himself a citizen journalist whose advocacy is the public's Right to Know. Richard lives in Montclair with with his firebrand wife, Gisela, who is teacher. Charlie Kratovil, is the Co-Founder & Editor, New Brunswick Today, a bilingual community newspaper that has been covering Middlesex County since 2011. He graduated from Rutgers' School of Communication & Information in 2009 and subsequently launched Paterson Press, a successful hyperlocal news project in Paterson during his time working at The Citizens Campaign. Moderating the panel was Ken Hunter, APR, president of PowerStation Communications, Hillsborough, NJ, a member of the PRSA-NJ Board of Directors and Membership Co-Chair.
Gwen Orel talks to Ciarán Hinds about his role in 'The Crucible,' including the dog onstage.
Gwen Orel talks to Lisa Dwan about her role in Conor McPherson's "Shining City" at Irish Repertory Theatre Featured tune is "The Constellation Slide Set" from Mick McAuley's new CD "Highs & Bellows."
Gwen Orel talks to Gavin Quinn about Pan Pan Theatre and 'The Seagull and Other Birds.' Featured song is Eileen Ivers' 'Walk On,' from 'Beyond the Bog Road.'
Gwen Orel talks to Belinda McKeon about the short story collection "A Kind of Compass," featuring stories from 17 different writers; Alice Farrell talks to Rónán Ó'Snodaigh about his work with Kila. Featured tune from Glen Hansard, from his new CD "Didn't He Ramble."
Gwen Orel talks to Conor Lovett about Gare St. Lazare's "Waiting for Godot," and Alice Farrell talks to Mike Farragher about "A Devilish Pint." Tune from Iona Scottish Session.
Gwen Orel talks to Newry actor Ciaran Byrne talks about becoming an actor, and about the new TNT drama "Public Morals."
Gwen Orel talks to Dan Neely, who coordinats Irish Week at the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis and Elkins College.
My good friend Gwen Orel plays some tracks from Joe Banjo Burke and some of the musicians who will be playing and teaching at the Banjo Burke Festival in the Catskills October 10-12. Gwen writes about Celtic and roots music for Time Out New York, the Village Voice, cityscoopsny.com and of course Jigtime. Lets hope Gwen will be a regular contributer to the show and to JigTime