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Melissa Moschitto is a director, writer and producer, and the Founding Artistic Director of The Anthropologists – a theater group dedicated to the collaborative creation of investigative theatre that inspires action. Melissa holds a B.A. in Theater from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has led devising workshops for Hofstra University, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, the Berkshire Fringe, and among many others. For more information visit www.theanthropologists.org

Melissa Moschitto is a director, writer and producer, and the Founding Artistic Director of The Anthropologists – a theater group dedicated to the collaborative creation of investigative theatre that inspires action. Melissa holds a B.A. in Theater from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has led devising workshops for Hofstra University, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, the Berkshire Fringe, and among many others. For more information visit www.theanthropologists.org

Melissa Moschitto is a director, writer and producer, and the Founding Artistic Director of The Anthropologists – a theater group dedicated to the collaborative creation of investigative theatre that inspires action. Melissa holds a B.A. in Theater from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has led devising workshops for Hofstra University, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, the Berkshire Fringe, and among many others. For more information visit www.theanthropologists.org

Chris Whittaker’s musical language of classical, jazz, pop, and gospel music melds genres and brings people together. He started playing piano by ear and writing songs when he was around 6 years old which began a journey that eventually led him to study composition at the Peabody Institute the John Hopkins University, then on getting his masters in conducting at the University of Michigan. In 2015, he co-founded the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, a non-profit performing arts organization ...

Chris Whittaker’s musical language of classical, jazz, pop, and gospel music melds genres and brings people together. He started playing piano by ear and writing songs when he was around 6 years old which began a journey that eventually led him to study composition at the Peabody Institute the John Hopkins University, then on getting his masters in conducting at the University of Michigan. In 2015, he co-founded the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, a non-profit performing arts organization ...

Chris Whittaker’s musical language of classical, jazz, pop, and gospel music melds genres and brings people together. He started playing piano by ear and writing songs when he was around 6 years old which began a journey that eventually led him to study composition at the Peabody Institute the John Hopkins University, then on getting his masters in conducting at the University of Michigan. In 2015, he co-founded the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, a non-profit performing arts organization ...

This is our On Air 2021 Live N’ Local Seasonal Sampler - Volume 1. Believe it or not, we’ve doubled our output of episodes in 2021, so we are going to take a listen at a live selection from the 12 musical guests we have presented in the first half of 2021. This is less of a greatest hits, and more of a critic’s pick - a mix-tape, if you will, curated by hosts Aaron Simms and Jonathan Bell, with the hope that if you like what you hear, it will prompt you to check out more from these amazing local...

This is our On Air 2021 Live N’ Local Seasonal Sampler - Volume 1. Believe it or not, we’ve doubled our output of episodes in 2021, so we are going to take a listen at a live selection from the 12 musical guests we have presented in the first half of 2021. This is less of a greatest hits, and more of a critic’s pick - a mix-tape, if you will, curated by hosts Aaron Simms and Jonathan Bell, with the hope that if you like what you hear, it will prompt you to check out more from these amazing local...

This is our On Air 2021 Live N’ Local Seasonal Sampler - Volume 1. Believe it or not, we’ve doubled our output of episodes in 2021, so we are going to take a listen at a live selection from the 12 musical guests we have presented in the first half of 2021. This is less of a greatest hits, and more of a critic’s pick - a mix-tape, if you will, curated by hosts Aaron Simms and Jonathan Bell, with the hope that if you like what you hear, it will prompt you to check out more from these amazing local...

Kevin Berry is a self-described “narcoleptic comedian” living in New York City . He has done stand-up all over the world. Locally, in Inwood, he is the creator and curator of the weekly Dope Comedy Show, where you can “Catch the DOPEST comedians in the Galaxy” every Saturday at 10pm. He is also the writer and creator of a new podcast called the “Hellgate City Companion” which is described as a Dystopian cyberpunk fantasy version of A Prairie Home Companion. Keep up with it at www.hellgatecity.co...

Kevin Berry is a self-described “narcoleptic comedian” living in New York City . He has done stand-up all over the world. Locally, in Inwood, he is the creator and curator of the weekly Dope Comedy Show, where you can “Catch the DOPEST comedians in the Galaxy” every Saturday at 10pm. He is also the writer and creator of a new podcast called the “Hellgate City Companion” which is described as a Dystopian cyberpunk fantasy version of A Prairie Home Companion. Keep up with it at www.hellgatecity.co...

Kevin Berry is a self-described “narcoleptic comedian” living in New York City . He has done stand-up all over the world. Locally, in Inwood, he is the creator and curator of the weekly Dope Comedy Show, where you can “Catch the DOPEST comedians in the Galaxy” every Saturday at 10pm. He is also the writer and creator of a new podcast called the “Hellgate City Companion” which is described as a Dystopian cyberpunk fantasy version of A Prairie Home Companion. Keep up with it at www.hellgatecity.co...

Rich Shemaria is a long-time Inwood resident and currently the Jazz Composer in Residence within the NYU Steinhardt Jazz Studies Program, where he teaches composition and arranging and directs the NYU Jazz Orchestra. Along with Dave Schroeder, he formed the band Combo Nuvo; which recorded his One World Suite, a composition he wrote as a positive statement on climate change, and the band toured it internationally. He has written music for Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Tom Scott, and and...

Rich Shemaria is a long-time Inwood resident and currently the Jazz Composer in Residence within the NYU Steinhardt Jazz Studies Program, where he teaches composition and arranging and directs the NYU Jazz Orchestra. Along with Dave Schroeder, he formed the band Combo Nuvo; which recorded his One World Suite, a composition he wrote as a positive statement on climate change, and the band toured it internationally. He has written music for Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Tom Scott, and and...

Rich Shemaria is a long-time Inwood resident and currently the Jazz Composer in Residence within the NYU Steinhardt Jazz Studies Program, where he teaches composition and arranging and directs the NYU Jazz Orchestra. Along with Dave Schroeder, he formed the band Combo Nuvo; which recorded his One World Suite, a composition he wrote as a positive statement on climate change, and the band toured it internationally. He has written music for Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Tom Scott, and and...

Alan Sidransky is an award-winning writer of novels and short stories who focuses on the personal experience of everyday people faced with extraordinary circumstances. As a member of a family ravaged by the Holocaust, he is determined to tell the stories of refugees and survivors he’s known who have triumphed over oppression. His stories range from Hitler’s Germany to Soviet Russia, from Trujillo’s Dominican Republic to Castro’s Cuba, to the struggles of two peoples in the Holy Land and beyond. ...

Alan Sidransky is an award-winning writer of novels and short stories who focuses on the personal experience of everyday people faced with extraordinary circumstances. As a member of a family ravaged by the Holocaust, he is determined to tell the stories of refugees and survivors he’s known who have triumphed over oppression. His stories range from Hitler’s Germany to Soviet Russia, from Trujillo’s Dominican Republic to Castro’s Cuba, to the struggles of two peoples in the Holy Land and beyond. ...

Alan Sidransky is an award-winning writer of novels and short stories who focuses on the personal experience of everyday people faced with extraordinary circumstances. As a member of a family ravaged by the Holocaust, he is determined to tell the stories of refugees and survivors he’s known who have triumphed over oppression. His stories range from Hitler’s Germany to Soviet Russia, from Trujillo’s Dominican Republic to Castro’s Cuba, to the struggles of two peoples in the Holy Land and beyond. ...

Originally from the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Jerome Kitzke has thought himself to be as much a storyteller as he is a composer. Some of his stories are about life's personal roads, like The Redness of Blood and Sunflower Sutra which both express his love for his blood family. Many, however, like Haunted America and The Paha Sapa Give-Back are about the roads that go looking for what it means to be an American from the late 20th to the early 21st Century, especially as it...

Originally from the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Jerome Kitzke has thought himself to be as much a storyteller as he is a composer. Some of his stories are about life's personal roads, like The Redness of Blood and Sunflower Sutra which both express his love for his blood family. Many, however, like Haunted America and The Paha Sapa Give-Back are about the roads that go looking for what it means to be an American from the late 20th to the early 21st Century, especially as it...

Originally from the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Jerome Kitzke has thought himself to be as much a storyteller as he is a composer. Some of his stories are about life's personal roads, like The Redness of Blood and Sunflower Sutra which both express his love for his blood family. Many, however, like Haunted America and The Paha Sapa Give-Back are about the roads that go looking for what it means to be an American from the late 20th to the early 21st Century, especially as it...

Libby Stadstad is a scenic designer for theater, opera, dance, film, television, and immersive installations. Her work has been presented by New York City Center, Kennedy Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Williamstown Theater Festival, and the Guggenheim Museum’s Works and Process Series, among others. In 2019, she made her debut with the highly acclaimed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center featuring new choreography by Jamar Roberts. Stadstad’s work has been featured in ...

Libby Stadstad is a scenic designer for theater, opera, dance, film, television, and immersive installations. Her work has been presented by New York City Center, Kennedy Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Williamstown Theater Festival, and the Guggenheim Museum’s Works and Process Series, among others. In 2019, she made her debut with the highly acclaimed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center featuring new choreography by Jamar Roberts. Stadstad’s work has been featured in ...

Libby Stadstad is a scenic designer for theater, opera, dance, film, television, and immersive installations. Her work has been presented by New York City Center, Kennedy Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Williamstown Theater Festival, and the Guggenheim Museum’s Works and Process Series, among others. In 2019, she made her debut with the highly acclaimed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center featuring new choreography by Jamar Roberts. Stadstad’s work has been featured in ...