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This month on Arts in The City… Neil Rosen takes a behind the scenes look at the hit series The Gilded Age; Andrew Falzon gets an artistic look at bugs at the American Museum of Natural History; Carol Anne Riddell visits the Staten Island home of pioneering photographer Alice Austen; Susan Jhun chats with artist Susan Chen; Lisa Beth Kovetz meets young filmmaker Min Soo Park; and Barry Mitchell sits down with comedian Isabel Hagen.
One Fewer Night in Baghdad by Pedro M. VílloraTranslated from the Spanish by Lina Ferreira Cabeza-VanegasOne Fewer Night in Baghdad is a contemporary take on the story of Scheherazade and the Caliph.One Fewer Night in Baghdad was directed by Sarah Montague and produced by Sarah Montague and Matt Fidler, who also did the audio mixing and sound design. The play was performed by Mahira Kakkar and Arian Moyaed. Readings from The Arabian Nights were provided by Margot Avery, Gregory Bodine, Andrew Joffe, Lisa Beth Kovetz, Karen Michel, and Paul Singleton. Play for Voices audio plays are recorded at Harvestworks by audio engineer Kevin Ramsay. Play for Voices is produced by Matt Fidler, Anne Posten, Katrin Redfern, and Jen Zoble. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On this month's show: Shoko Tamai's Ninja Ballet; The Angel's Share concert series; Sara Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks' An Anonymous Girl; Neil Rosen sits down with Saoirse Ronan; Lisa Beth Kovetz talks with David Dean Bottrell about being a working actor;
Lisa Beth Kovetz meets the artistic team behind the new play "A Life". Donna Hanover takes us inside the Tony award winning regional theater Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey. Andrew Falzon beams up to the Star Trek exhibit at the Intrepid.
Arts in the City this month goes into a history of the Brooklyn-born dance style called Flexin; Tinabeth Pina has a meal at City Tech’s Hospitality Program; Ernabel DeMillo speaks with crime fiction legend James Patterson; and Lisa Beth Kovetz’s live jazz
Science & U explores the chemistry of what we eat, drink and even how our brain interprets smell and taste. Lisa Beth Kovetz also experiments with the process of making beer while Donna Hanover talks with author Josie Iselin about seaweed.
• Lisa Beth Kovetz introduces us to Army Officer Mark D’Agostino who went from a tough life on the streets to science and who is now a world-class surgeon. • Marlene Peralta takes us to a farm sanctuary that is a safe haven for rescued animals
Ronnie is visited by award winning writer and producer Lisa Beth Kovetz to discuss her first novel "The Tuesday Erotica Club." The book covers the lunch time meetings of four women who live very different lives and gather to exchange erotic stories.