Episodes

The Boys of Kingsbridge from Grammar School to Ground Zero is a documentary film by Thom MacNamara that recounts the childhood friendship between five boys as they grew up in Kingsbridge and how they were drawn back together by the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Enjoy this exclusive live post-screening conversation from the 2024 Inwood Film Festival with Daniel McNally, Mike Hussey, Brendan Carroll and Thom MacNamara with host, Aaron Simms.

Mateo Vintimilla is an Ecuadorian born Classical Guitarist who has performed in venues across the globe giving recitals in Dominican Republic, Iceland, United States, and Ecuador. A recipient of the Augustine Foundation Scholarship, he has collaborated with the Brooklyn Composers Society, premiering new music at Brooklyn College and commissioned and premiered works from several Ecuadorian composers. Mateo obtained his bachelor’s degree in classical guitar performance at the Manhattan School of M...

Keena Gonzalez moved from Hollywood to NYC in 2000 to pursue her work as a photographer. In 2008 she earned her BFA from the School of Visual Arts where she was mentored by singer-songwriter Anohni and interned for world renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz. Since graduating Keena has worked closely with the artist collective Openings, has had her photographs exhibited, and in 2023 she directed and produced her short film entitled "This Is Jane. See Jane..." Follow her at: www.keenagonzalez.com

As both a composer and singer, Kristin Norderval is inspired by hybridity, interactivity and the idea that everything we do is site-specific. In her operas, chamber works, sound installations, and music for dance and theater, she blends acoustic and electronic sound, de-tuned instruments, voices, machines, and the acoustic resonance of space. Having trained in both composition and classical voice, Kristin first earned her living as a soprano soloist with a focus on contemporary music, particular...

Tom Nelson is a pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He is a busy freelance musician, performing with some of the top jazz and classical musicians in New York City. He is also the house pianist at the University Club. Tom performs all styles of music ranging from classical to jazz to rock to Broadway, but is especially fond of the Great American Songbook repertoire featuring such composers as George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Richard Rogers. Born in Logan, Utah, Tom received a Bachelor’s ...

As an actor, Lauren Sowa has been featured on FBI (CBS), The Plot Against America (HBO), and the recent cult release Terrifier 3. Other film credits include The Rainbow Experiment (Paramount+), The Devil's Well (Amazon Prime), and Paris is in Harlem (Slamdance ’22). She is the co-founder of Form & Pressure Films, a production company dedicated to impact and inclusion. Its first film, Marisol, won the 2019 HuffPost Impact Award and was licensed by HBO. Other films she’s produced can be seen on D...

Carlos Lample is a Washington Heights native and first generation Dominican American. He attended Bronx Community College where he majored in Media Technology, then went on to Hunter College where he continued his film studies to embark on a career in media. He has worked for companies such as All Mobile Video, Broadway Video, HBO, My Three Sons Productions, Disney and MTV. In 2018 he created Lample Media, his own content company that produces podcasts, web series, and short form content. Carlos...

Barbara A. Jones serves on the board of The Harlem Swing Dance Society (THSDS), the premiere Harlem non-profit organization with the purpose of promoting, propagating, protecting and preserving the Lindy Hop dance and various forms of Swing Dance culture in its Harlem birthplace. She longs to see the Harlem area once again embrace their signature cultural dance and energize community youth to be the future innovators of this unique art form. Also to see the Living Legends of this dance be honore...

Matt O'Shea was born and raised in NYC and attended local schools. A high school media class sparked his interest in film production which led to enrollment at Boston’s Emerson College. Without a compass pointing into any specific medium, he wound up working almost exclusively on the production of television commercials with occasional assistance to friends who needed help making short and long format films. This career began in 1986 as a production assistant and has continued to this day where...

Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring poet and culture maker, Porfirio Figueroa. Born and raised in New York City, Porfirio Figueroa is a former triple threat who was fortunate to have danced for the legendary Jerome Robbins, and the great Michael Bennett in shows such as “West Side Story” (having played both Chino and Bernardo) and “A Chorus Line” (having played both Mark Anthony and Paul). He has also worked in TV, film and theater in various capac...

Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring actor and filmmaker, Hannah Eakin. Hannah Eakin is an Arkansas-born, New York City-based actress, singer, writer, and filmmaker. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, holds her BM in Music Theatre from Oklahoma City University, works regularly with the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, and has performed roles like Mary Poppins and Irene Molloy in Hello, Dolly! in regional houses and venues throughout...

Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring culturemaker, Jana La Sorte. Jana La Sorte has lived in Washington Heights since 2007 and in NYC since 1999. Her background is in arts & culture, community engagement, politics and park management. She joined NYC Parks in 2020 as the Administrator of Historic Harlem Parks before becoming the Administrator of northern Manhattan parks in 2023.

Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring filmmaker, Yuby Hernandez. Yuby Hernandez is a New York City Native from Washington Heights and has over a decade of experience in non-profit management experience. Besides her non-profit work, she has a passion for documentary film having co-directed Venticinco: El Domino and Un Trabao Honesto, and directed Un Bizcocho Para Mi. She has worked for the Gotham Film and Media institute, Tribecca Film Festival, SFFIL...

Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring costume designer, Barbara Erin Delo. Barbara Erin Delo is a Costume Designer and Artisan working in dance, theatre and opera. A New York native, she has previously designed costumes for Williamstown Theatre Company, Bay Street, Berkshire Theatre Group, Theatre at St Clements, Judson Church, The Flea, Hideaway Circus, York Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, Castillo Theatre, Martha Graham Dance Company, Paul Tayl...

This is a special On Air Culture Cast Edition of Inwood Art Works On Air. Three of our favorite local artists were invited to share their thoughts and reflect on the state of the arts in Inwood and Northern Manhattan. Our guests are plein air painter, Elissa Gore, filmmaker, actor and comedian, Adam Elliott, and muralist and painter, Daniel Bonilla. Each of these artists are longtime residents of Inwood, and in their own way, have put a spotlight on arts and culture in our Uptown Community.

This is a special concert edition of Live N’ Local featuring the String Orchestra of New York City (SONYC) performing NORTHERN LIGHTS – a chamber concert program of string music focusing on composers from Northern Europe whose music brings vibrant, unique colors to the stark landscapes. It was recorded live on March 30, 2025 at the Church of the Good Shepherd to a full house. Program: G. Bacewicz – Quartet #3 J. Sibelius – Suite Champetre R. Gliere – String Sextet Musicians: Violin: Anna ...

Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring playwright and TV writer, Monet Hurst-Mendoza. Monet Hurst-Mendoza is from Los Angeles and lives in Inwood, NYC. Her plays have been developed with The Alley Theater, Rising Circle Theater Collective, Astoria Performing Arts Center, WP Theater, The Public Theater, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Westport Country Playhouse, and Long Wharf Theatre. Monet was a writer/producer for seasons 21-24 of "Law and Or...

Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring visual artist, Francisco Alvarado. Francisco Alvarado is an internationally recognized New York artist born in Honduras, has had over 50 individual and 90 group exhibitions. His artwork is represented in various permanent museum collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Everson Museum of Art and Museo Pablo Serrano in Zaragoza, Spain.www.franciscoalvarado.com

Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring visual artist, Howard Better. Howard attended Pratt Institute and California Institute of the Arts in the late Seventies and his art-making career has mostly involved moving images, First using 16mm film, then video and digital images. His movies have been made to be projected on unusual surfaces, such as the side of a cliff or into the corner of a room. Howard spent two decades doing freelance animation, mostly ...

Welcome to this Inwood Art Works On Air podcast artist spotlight episode featuring filmmaker, Jay Marks. Jay Marks is a New York based animator and filmmaker who collaborates with musicians, comedians, and artists of all kinds. His work includes AMC's Emmy award winning Better Call Saul Employee Training web series, Paul Schaffer and Bill Murray's Happy Street music video, and his most recent short film A Walk in the Park has played at genre festivals worldwide and is about to finish it's festi...

Welcome to a special concert edition of Inwood Art Works On Air Live N’ Local featuring a performance of the “One World Suite” - an orchestral work composed by Rich Shemaria and performed along with the group Combo Nuvo with a string orchestra. The suite includes a collection of instrumental vignettes offering a positive message for our planet along with empowering spoken word interludes and a multi-media presentation conveying the beauty of our planet. The performance includes the reading of ...

Welcome to a special concert edition of Live N’ Local featuring the Lou Bruno Jazz Quartet performing live as our pre-show entertainment as part of our Film Works Alfresco program on June 2, 2025.

Welcome to a special concert edition of Live N’ Local featuring the La Flor De Lis performing live as our pre-show entertainment as part of our Film Works Alfresco program on June 9, 2025.

Welcome to a special concert edition of Live N’ Local featuring the Samuel Torres Trio featuring Felipe Fournier and Ahmed Alom performing live as our pre-show entertainment as part of our Film Works Alfresco program on June 23, 2025.