Episodes

Welcome to a special concert edition of Live N’ Local by Liz Hanley and Jefferson Hamer performing live as our pre-show entertainment before "In Bruges" as part of our Film Works Alfresco program on August 18, 2025.

Welcome to a special concert edition of Leadlights Ensemble performing live as our pre-show entertainment before "Psycho" as part of our Film Works Alfresco program on August 25, 2025.

Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring actress, comedian and writer, Nicky Sunshine. She has performed at the “Apollo”, “Gotham”, “Carolines”, and more. Nicky made her reality show debut in 2016 with her spouse, Jamie Roberts on “A Question of Love”. Her solo show, “Confessions of a Massage Parlor Madam” has raised awareness about trafficking and assault. Ms. Sunshine is a Northwestern University graduate, radio personality on www.108soul.com and co-...

Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring local filmmaker and musician, Steven Mallorca. As a director, editor, and director of photographer, Steven Mallorca has produced a large body of work that spans across narrative, documentary, commercial, and music video film fronts. Steve co-directed, edited and shot A Peloton of One which won the 2020 Greenwich International Film Festival Audience Award, and served as the Director of Photography and Editor of th...

Enjoy our The Magic of Mozart concert featuring Inwood Chamber Players in a performance of arrangements by Inwood resident, Gilbert Dejean. This concert was performed on September 21, 2025 at 2pm at Good Shepherd Auditorium. Program: The Impressario Overture K. 486 Church Sonate No. 14 in C major K. 329 Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major K. 285 · Allegro · Adagio · Rondo Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major K. 543 · Adagio - Allegro · Andante con moto · Menuetto · Finale- Allegro Musicians: ...

Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring local actor and filmmaker, Rachel Kerry. Rachel Kerry is an award-winning filmmaker & theatre director who specializes in horror comedy, musical theatre, and interactive storytelling. Her work has been hailed as "unabashed extravagance" by Time Out, "triumphantly weird" by io9, and "uncompromising parody" by The Scotsman. She received her MFA in directing from Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art and gr...

Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring local actor, producer, director, and writer, Kimberly Dillon. Kimberly’s short film 'One Day', which she wrote, produced, and directed, has been making its festival run and explores one woman's experience as the world transitions to a matriarchy. Other recent producing includes the short doc film ‘Warriors of Education’ and dramatic short ‘Sound/Vision’(Jeremiah Kipp, dir.), as well as a site-specific run of John...

This special edition of Live N’ Local will delight your ears with the sounds and stories from Viva! El Tango! A concert featuring Carla López Speziale & Diana López, vocalists, and Pablo Zinger, pianist. This concert program including tangos, milongas and valses from the early 1900’s to Astor Piazzolla, the great master of Nuevo Tango. It was recorded live on October 19, 2025 at Good Shepherd Auditorium. Program: La paloma (Sebastián Yradier, Spain, 1809 - 1865, duo arr. Pablo Zinger) Carla ...

This is our 2025 On Air Live N’ Local Seasonal Sampler – Volume 1. It’s where we take a pause at this midway point, look back at the first part of 2025, and chose to highlight a musical performance from each Live N’ Local podcast that has appeared throughout the first half of the sixth season of our On Air podcast. This Seasonal Sampler is less of a greatest hits, and more of a critic’s pick. A curated mixtape of clashing styles and diverse forms with one thing in common – they all hail from t...

This is our 2025 On Air Live N’ Local Seasonal Sampler – Volume 2. It’s where we take a pause at this midway point, look back at the first part of 2025, and chose to highlight a musical performance from each Live N’ Local podcast that has appeared throughout the first half of the sixth season of our On Air podcast. This Seasonal Sampler is less of a greatest hits, and more of a critic’s pick. A curated mixtape of clashing styles and diverse forms with one thing in common – they all hail from t...

Welcome to special holiday concert edition of Live N’ Local featuring the Inwood Chamber Players performing seasonal favorites as part of our Holiday Classics concert, all arranged and conducted by Inwood resident, Gilbert Dejean. It was recorded live on December 7, 2025 at Good Shepherd Auditorium. Program: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky Overture to The Nutcracker Gustav Holst Christmas Day (Choral Fantasy on Old Carols) Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky From the Nutcracker: · March · Trepak Georg...

Welcome to Inwood Art Works On Air. On this Artist Spotlight episode, we chat with actor and filmmaker, Manny Pérez Born in the Dominican Republic and based uptown in Washington Heights, Manny Pérez is a Dominican American actor that has gained international recognition for his contributions to film and television. He gained significant attention for his performance in the film "Washington Heights" (2002), which he cowrote and produced. His portrayal in this independent film earned him critical...

Welcome to a special concert edition of Inwood Art Works On Air featuring Raun Ruffin’s Uptown Motown Throwdown in Vol 1 of the two-part concert podcast. Get up and dance or sit back and enjoy a live concert of Motown classic hits! The concert was recorded live on November 1, 2025 at Good Shepherd Auditorium.

Welcome to a special concert edition of Inwood Art Works On Air featuring Raun Ruffin’s Uptown Motown Throwdown in Vol 2 of the two-part concert podcast. Get up and dance or sit back and enjoy a live concert of Motown classic hits! The concert was recorded live on November 1, 2025 at Good Shepherd Auditorium.

On this special On Air episode, we are taking a moment to proudly share with you that Inwood Art Works is celebrating its 10th Anniversary Season. IAW founder, Aaron Simms speaks about the origins of the company and the evolution of our film, stage, music and visual arts programming. Plus, he looks forward and shares what is to come next for the company with the announcement of an "anniversary gift to Inwood and Uptown NYC" in honor of our 10th year! Tune in and find out!

Welcome to Inwood Art Works On Air podcast! On this episode we feature local interdisciplinary artists, Jamie and Emily Erekson. Both established independent artists in their own right. Together, Jamie and Emily lead SÆBØ Arts - an intermedia arts organization creating and producing genre-bending new work. For more information visit SÆBØ ARTS

Welcome to Inwood Art Works On Air podcast! On this episode we feature theater maker and artist enabler, Lauren Britt-Elmore. Dr. Lauren Britt-Elmore has the good fortune to have spent her entire career working in and with the theater. Finding her home in theater as an actor, she eventually found her place as a self-described “artist enabler.” She has cultivated that role for more than 20 years as a leader and coalition builder - crafting policy, implementing strategic plans, and leading progra...

Welcome to a special outdoor concert edition of Inwood Art Works On Air podcast! This Live N’ Local episode features Constanza performing live as our pre-show entertainment as part of our Cine al Fresco program co-presented with the Hispanic Society Museum and Library on September 11, 2025. Constanza is a multi-dimensional artist from Chile based in LA. As a multi-instrumentalist musician with powerful, expressive vocals, Constanza weaves Electro Pop infused with her Latin roots and classical m...

Welcome to Inwood Art Works On Air podcast! On this episode we feature a multimedia artist, animator and filmmaker, Samuel Wright Smith. Samuel Wright Smith is a multimedia artist, animator and filmmaker based in Manhattan. Sam is interested in projects that blur imagined boundaries and explore connectedness. His animation work primarily utilizes less-common, low-tech physical media techniques, including watercolor, linocut print, collage cutouts, and oil pastel. Smith is interested in philosop...

Welcome to Inwood Art Works On Air podcast. This episode puts the spotlight on local filmmaker, Caleb Clarke. Caleb Clarke is a Manhattan-based writer, director, and editor who is drawn to themes of grace, shame, and redemption as well as the destigmatization of mental health issues. Caleb wrote the screenplays for three narrative short films produced through Times Square Church. Of those, his favorite project with TSC is Unseen (2023), a short he also directed and edited that explores faith an...

Welcome to a special outdoor concert edition of Inwood Art Works On Air podcast! Zarzuela al Fresco! features singers Carla López-Speziale and Alejandro de los Santos and pianist Pablo Zinger performing live as our pre-show entertainment as part of our Cine al Fresco program co-presented with the Hispanic Society Museum and Library on September 4, 2025.

Welcome to a special outdoor concert edition of Inwood Art Works On Air podcast! This Live N’ Local episode features Academia de Mariachi Nuevo Amanecer performing live as our pre-show entertainment as part of our Cine al Fresco program co-presented with the Hispanic Society Museum and Library on September 25, 2025.

Welcome to a special concert edition of Inwood Art Works On Air podcast featuring the String Orchestra of New York City (SONYC) performing SHATTERINGS. A program featuring acclaimed women composers of the 19th century who broke through the glass ceiling. This concert was recorded at Good Shepherd Church in Inwood NYC on March 22, 2026. Program: String Quartet in B minor - Teresa Carreño String Quartet, Op. 89 - Amy Beach. Melody in A flat major (arranged for string orchestra) – Louise Farren...

Welcome to Inwood Art Works On Air podcast! This week we speak with singer, actor, and writer Alexandra de Suze. Alexandra has hosted and performed cabaret, most recently her tribute show, Nina & Sarah & Aretha & Alex at The Green Room 42, directed for festivals, written for storytelling events, can be seen in the short films, What Do I Owe You? and Blindsight, heard on the podcasts Parenting Is A Joke, Expired, and What Happened in Skinner. She also has a satire series “Reince Preibus Tried…A...