Welcome to Inwood Art Works On Air podcast. On this Artist Spotlight episode we speak with film director, actor, and photographer, David Zayas Jr. David Zayas Jr. is a Bronx native and made his Off-Broadway directorial debut with Simpatico, at the Chain Theatre. Prior to that he directed the Jesus Hopped the A Train staged reading starring Common, John Ortiz, and David Zayas at the LABs 30th Anniversary. David also directed multiple times at the Barn Series, which included three New Works in pro...
Apr 19, 2026•22 min
Welcome to Inwood Art Works podcast. On this Artist Spotlight episode, we speak with local actress and singer Karen Jolicoeur. A versatile singing actress, Ms. Jolicoeur’s credits range from opera, concert and recital to musical theater and dance, and include three years as a principal artist with the Experience Vocal Dance Company. Heralded for creating “complicated, moving” characters as well as for her “warm, rich” voice, she has been known to New York audiences for her work with modern compo...
Apr 09, 2026•23 min
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 Preib...
Apr 09, 2026•39 min
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 Farrenc St...
Apr 02, 2026•1 hr 7 min
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.
Mar 26, 2026•52 min
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.
Mar 19, 2026•55 min
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 and...
Mar 11, 2026•28 min•Season 7Ep. 261
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 philosoph...
Feb 26, 2026•25 min•Season 7Ep. 259
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 mu...
Feb 19, 2026•52 min•Season 7Ep. 258
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 program...
Feb 12, 2026•38 min•Season 7Ep. 257
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
Feb 05, 2026•21 min•Season 7Ep. 256
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!
Jan 29, 2026•8 min•Season 7Ep. 255
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.
Jan 22, 2026•1 hr 37 min•Season 7Ep. 254
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.
Jan 15, 2026•41 min•Season 7Ep. 253
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 ...
Jan 08, 2026•20 min•Season 7Ep. 252
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 George Frederic...
Dec 11, 2025•45 min•Season 6Ep. 250
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 the...
Dec 04, 2025•46 min•Season 6Ep. 249
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 the...
Nov 21, 2025•59 min•Season 6Ep. 248
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 ...
Nov 13, 2025•55 min•Season 6Ep. 247
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 ...
Oct 30, 2025•28 min•Season 6Ep. 246
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...
Oct 23, 2025•33 min•Season 6Ep. 245
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: Helen Campo –...
Oct 16, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 244
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 the...
Oct 09, 2025•37 min•Season 6Ep. 243
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-ow...
Oct 02, 2025•33 min•Season 6Ep. 242
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.
Sep 25, 2025•58 min•Season 6Ep. 241
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.
Sep 18, 2025•52 min•Season 6Ep. 240
Welcome to a special concert edition of Live N’ Local by Curtis Turney and his Caribbean Septet performing live as our pre-show entertainment before "Veneno" as part of our Film Works Alfresco program on August 11, 2025.
Sep 04, 2025•52 min•Season 6Ep. 239
Welcome to a special concert edition of Live N’ Local by Double Entendre Music Ensemble performing live as our pre-show entertainment before "Damn Yankees" as part of our Film Works Alfresco program on August 4, 2025.
Aug 28, 2025•38 min•Season 6Ep. 238
Welcome to a special concert edition of Live N’ Local by Xianix Barrera Flamenco performing live as our pre-show entertainment as part of our Film Works Alfresco program on July 28, 2025.
Aug 21, 2025•55 min•Season 6Ep. 237
Welcome to a special concert edition of Live N’ Local by Hot P'stromi performing live as our pre-show entertainment as part of our Film Works Alfresco program on July 21, 2025. Co-presented with YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood.
Aug 14, 2025•50 min•Season 6Ep. 236
