Notes from the Aisle Seat

AN OPERA HOUSE PODCAST ON THE ARTS

Join us every other Wednesday for a new episode of Notes From the Aisle Seat, the Opera House's podcast on the arts in northern Chautauqua County! Your host is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia Tom Loughlin. Each episode explores the rich landscape of the visual and performing arts that exists in northern Chautauqua County, from the many art galleries and exhibition spaces to performing arts organizations to the individual artists and performers that call this area home.

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Current Episode
Episode 5.05

Guests on this episode include: Pat Farrell of the Cold Spring Harbor Band talking about the band’s Billy Joel Tribute Experience concert, SUNY Fredonia Director of Opera Studies Don Marrazzo discussing the Met Live opera La Sonnambula, and Filmmaker Gregory Lamberson, talking about his latest feature film, Frenzy Moon

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Guests on this episode include: members of the Twin Tiers Theatre Consortium (Rick Davis, Zack Covington and Michelle Conklin); Prof. Peter Tucker talking about Jago: Into the White; and Vince Martonis discussing his lecture on 19th Century Chautauqua Pottery, with a special guest appearance by Paul Preston, “The Movie Guy”

Guests on this episode include: Alison Barry, the new Director of SUNY Fredonia’s Rockefeller Arts Center (RAC); Desirae, Deondra & Greg Brown of The 5 Browns, who are appearing at RAC on Sept. 20; and Michael Tuccio, playwright of Shades of Blue, which is playing now at Main Street Studios.

Guests on this episode include: Broadway Star Nick Adams in advance of his Sept. 19 concert at the Opera House, The Movie Guys’ Paul Preston, and Dr. Cathy Ullman, whose illustrated talk, The Story of the Stone Cutters: Headstones and Beyond, is Sept. 11.

Guests on this episode include: Rick Davis, Opera House Executive Director discussing the fall series of events; Cellist Jolyon Pegis talking about his Aug. 29 Opera House concert; and Artist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Alberto Rey discussing his solo exhibition at the Marion Art Gallery.