Art On The Air

Larry A Brechner | Ester Golden
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ART ON THE AIR is an hour-long radio show / podcast that opens with a short interview about local art events in Northwest Indiana's three county area, then continues to the long-form feature interview portion. Guests include individual artists, photographers, gallery owner/curators, festival sponsors, authors, the shakers and movers in NW Indiana, Chicago and beyond vibrant art, theater, and music scene, plus much more. Hosts are Larry A Brechner, long-time theater director, photographic artist, and arts organization board member, and Ester Golden, owner of The Nest in Michigan City.

  1. This Week on ART ON THE AIR features inventor, entrepreneur, writer, actor, singer/songwriter, athlete, and more, Kenn Hundley, Our spotlight is on The La Porte County Symphony’s November 8th Concert

    23 SEPT

    This Week on ART ON THE AIR features inventor, entrepreneur, writer, actor, singer/songwriter, athlete, and more, Kenn Hundley, Our spotlight is on The La Porte County Symphony’s November 8th Concert

    This week (10/24 & 10/26) on ART ON THE AIR features inventor, entrepreneur, writer, actor, singer/songwriter, athlete, and more, Kenn Hundley, whose will share the span of his storied life now documented in his yet unpublished book, “Chasing Phins.”Our spotlight is on The La Porte County Symphony’s 53rd concert season, titled America the Beautiful, with it first concert Dream of America on November 8th with executive director Emily Yiannias.Tune in on Sunday at 7pm on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM for our hour long conversation with our special guests or listen at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA, and can also be heard Fridays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm on WVLP 103.1FM (WVLP.org) or listen live at Tune In. Listen to past ART ON THE AIR shows at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA or brech.com/aota. Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore at: radiofeedback@lakeshorepublicmedia.orgSend your questions about our show to AOTA@brech.comLIKE us on Facebook.com/artonthairwvlp to keep up to date about art issues in the Region. New and encore episodes also heard as podcasts on: NPR, Spotify Tune IN, Amazon Music, Apple and Google Podcasts, YouTube plus many other podcast platforms. Larry A Brechner & Ester Golden hosts of ART ON THE AIR.

    59 min
  2. This week on ART ON THE AIR features designer, illustrator, children's book author Ariana Koultourides, vibraphonist and percussionist, Di’Kobie Berry, spotlight on Carol Estes’ new book

    11 SEPT

    This week on ART ON THE AIR features designer, illustrator, children's book author Ariana Koultourides, vibraphonist and percussionist, Di’Kobie Berry, spotlight on Carol Estes’ new book

    This week (10/17 & 10/19) on ART ON THE AIR features designer, product developer, illustrator, Ariana Koultourides, sharing own her line of original children’s books. Next jazz and R&B vibraphonist, percussionist, and music educator, Di’Kobie Berry sharing his more than 25 years of concert experiences. Our spotlight is on Carol Estes’ new book “Dear Children, Reminisces and Gleanings of a Father,” a deeply personal collection of her great-grandfather’s prolific writings about his life’s journey from Wales to San Francisco.Tune in on Sunday at 7pm on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM for our hour long conversation with our special guests or listen at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA, and can also be heard Fridays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm on WVLP 103.1FM (WVLP.org) or listen live at Tune In. Listen to past ART ON THE AIR shows at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA or brech.com/aota. Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore at: radiofeedback@lakeshorepublicmedia.orgSend your questions about our show to AOTA@brech.comLIKE us on Facebook.com/artonthairwvlp to keep up to date about art issues in the Region. New and encore episodes also heard as podcasts on: NPR, Spotify Tune IN, Amazon Music, Apple and Google Podcasts, YouTube plus many other podcast platforms. Larry A Brechner & Ester Golden hosts of ART ON THE AIR.

    59 min
  3. This week on ART ON THE AIR we celebrate our 7th anniversary and our 8th season featuring singer Lauren Jelencovich, electronic music producer Jae Robinson, spotlight on Lubeznik's November exhibit

    10 SEPT

    This week on ART ON THE AIR we celebrate our 7th anniversary and our 8th season featuring singer Lauren Jelencovich, electronic music producer Jae Robinson, spotlight on Lubeznik's November exhibit

    This week (10/10 & 10/12) on ART ON THE AIR we celebrate our 7th anniversary and the start of our 8th season featuring actress, vocalist Lauren Jelencovich discussing her tour with Yanni and appearing with Lakeshore Concerts October 4th, next Chicago-based electronic music producer, songwriter and dj, Jae Robinson known as folie.Our spotlight is on Lubeznik Center for the Arts next exhibit, “Lit” opening November 7th with curator Whitney Bradshaw. Tune in on Sunday at 7pm on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM for our hour long conversation with our special guests or listen at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA, and can also be heard Fridays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm on WVLP 103.1FM (WVLP.org) or listen live at Tune In. Listen to past ART ON THE AIR shows at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA or brech.com/aota. Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore at: radiofeedback@lakeshorepublicmedia.orgSend your questions about our show to AOTA@brech.comLIKE us on Facebook.com/artonthairwvlp to keep up to date about art issues in the Region. New and encore episodes also heard as podcasts on: NPR, Spotify Tune IN, Amazon Music, Apple and Google Podcasts, YouTube plus many other podcast platforms. Larry A Brechner & Ester Golden hosts of ART ON THE AIR.

    59 min
  4. This week on ART ON THE AIR features jazz guitarist, Bill Boris, jazz saxophonist, flutist Tim McNamara, Spotlight on fall events at Miller Beach Arts and Creative District

    3 SEPT

    This week on ART ON THE AIR features jazz guitarist, Bill Boris, jazz saxophonist, flutist Tim McNamara, Spotlight on fall events at Miller Beach Arts and Creative District

    This week (10/3 & 10/5) on ART ON THE AIR features jazz guitarist and educator, Bill Boris who is associate chair of the Music Department at Columbia College in Chicago and jazz Saxophonist, flutist and music educator at Oakton College, Tim McNamara, who both have performed with a Who’s Who of music greats.Our spotlight is on the fall events at Miller Beach Arts and Creative District including their Halloween Bash with executive director, Julia Gibbs.Tune in on Sunday at 7pm on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM for our hour long conversation with our special guests or listen at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA, and can also be heard Fridays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm on WVLP 103.1FM (WVLP.org) or listen live at Tune In. Listen to past ART ON THE AIR shows at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA or brech.com/aota. Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore at: radiofeedback@lakeshorepublicmedia.orgSend your questions about our show to AOTA@brech.comLIKE us on Facebook.com/artonthairwvlp to keep up to date about art issues in the Region. New and encore episodes also heard as podcasts on: NPR, Spotify Tune IN, Amazon Music, Apple and Google Podcasts, YouTube plus many other podcast platforms. Larry A Brechner & Ester Golden hosts of ART ON THE AIR.

    59 min
  5. This week on ART ON THE AIR features region bassist, Bruce Evans, Father Steven Caraher and George Jurincie about their musical The Bluff, spotlight is on Chicago Street Theatre’s October productions

    29 AUG

    This week on ART ON THE AIR features region bassist, Bruce Evans, Father Steven Caraher and George Jurincie about their musical The Bluff, spotlight is on Chicago Street Theatre’s October productions

    This week (9/26 & 9/28) on ART ON THE AIR features region bassist with the Billy Foster Trio, Bruce Evans, whose credits include Tom Milo’s Big Band, Gary Civic Symphony, and Valparaiso University Faculty Jazz Trio among others. Next Father Steven Caraher and George Jurincie discuss their new original musical “The Bluff” at Footlight Players in September.Our spotlight is on Chicago Street Theatre’s Halloween-themed productions with the musical “Lizzie” for the adults and “Scary Godmother” for the kids in October.Tune in on Sunday at 7pm on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM for our hour long conversation with our special guests or listen at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA, and can also be heard Fridays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm on WVLP 103.1FM (WVLP.org) or listen live at Tune In. Listen to past ART ON THE AIR shows at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA or brech.com/aota. Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore at: radiofeedback@lakeshorepublicmedia.orgSend your questions about our show to AOTA@brech.comLIKE us on Facebook.com/artonthairwvlp to keep up to date about art issues in the Region. New and encore episodes also heard as podcasts on: NPR, Spotify Tune IN, Amazon Music, Apple and Google Podcasts, YouTube plus many other podcast platforms. Larry A Brechner & Ester Golden hosts of ART ON THE AIR.NPR Link: https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/show/art-on-the-air/2025-08-28/art-on-the-air-september-28-2025

    59 min
  6. This week on ART ON THE AIR features the musical journey of Billy Foster along with his wife and music collaborator Renee Miles Foster, and spotlight on the Chesterton Art Center’s September exhibit

    26 AUG

    This week on ART ON THE AIR features the musical journey of Billy Foster along with his wife and music collaborator Renee Miles Foster, and spotlight on the Chesterton Art Center’s September exhibit

    This week (9/19 & 9/21) on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features the remarkable life and musical journey of the one and only Billy Foster, sharing antidotes from his storied career along with his wife and music collaborator Renee Miles Foster and childhood friend Buster Meux plus information about his Saturday September 20th concert at IUN.Our spotlight is on the Chesterton Art Center’s September exhibit Impresiones: Prints by Ramiro Rodriguez running through November.Tune in on Sunday at 7pm on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM for our hour long conversation with our special guests or listen at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA, and can also be heard Fridays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm on WVLP 103.1FM (WVLP.org) or listen live at Tune In. Listen to past ART ON THE AIR shows at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA or brech.com/aota. Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore at: radiofeedback@lakeshorepublicmedia.orgSend your questions about our show to AOTA@brech.comLIKE us on Facebook.com/artonthairwvlp to keep up to date about art issues in the Region. New and encore episodes also heard as podcasts on: NPR, Spotify Tune IN, Amazon Music, Apple and Google Podcasts, YouTube plus many other podcast platforms. Larry A Brechner & Ester Golden hosts of ART ON THE AIR.

    59 min
  7. This week on ART ON THE AIR features artist Andrea Williams, Historic Oakland Cemetery museum store manager Tim Wright, spotlight on the Celebration of the life and music of Billy Foster in September

    22 AUG

    This week on ART ON THE AIR features artist Andrea Williams, Historic Oakland Cemetery museum store manager Tim Wright, spotlight on the Celebration of the life and music of Billy Foster in September

    This week (9/12 & 9/14) on ART ON THE AIR features printmaking and oil artist Andrea Williams, discussing her upcoming exhibits. Next the manager of the museum store for Historic Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Tim Wright.Our spotlight is on the Celebration of the life and music of Billy Foster on September 20th at I-U-N’s Main Stage Theater in the School of Arts and Sciences.Tune in on Sunday at 7pm on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM for our hour long conversation with our special guests or listen at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA, and can also be heard Fridays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm on WVLP 103.1FM (WVLP.org) or listen live at Tune In. Listen to past ART ON THE AIR shows at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA or brech.com/aota. Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore at: radiofeedback@lakeshorepublicmedia.orgSend your questions about our show to AOTA@brech.comLIKE us on Facebook.com/artonthairwvlp to keep up to date about art issues in the Region. New and encore episodes also heard as podcasts on: NPR, Spotify Tune IN, Amazon Music, Apple and Google Podcasts, YouTube plus many other podcast platforms. Larry A Brechner & Ester Golden hosts of ART ON THE AIR.NPR Link: https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/show/art-on-the-air/2025-08-22/art-on-the-air-september-14-2025

    59 min
  8. This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features Two-Time Grammy Award-winning pianist, diatonic harmonica player, composer, Howard Levy, and spotlight on Art Barn's 2025 Art Blitz September 20th

    17 AUG

    This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features Two-Time Grammy Award-winning pianist, diatonic harmonica player, composer, Howard Levy, and spotlight on Art Barn's 2025 Art Blitz September 20th

    This week (9/5 & 9/7) on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features Two-Time Grammy Award-winning pianist, diatonic harmonica player, composer, Howard Levy, who discovered how to play the diatonic harmonica as a fully chromatic instrument by developing techniques on it that had never existed before, enabling him to take the harmonica out of its usual role as a Folk and Blues instrument, and into the worlds of Jazz, Classical, Middle Eastern music and more. An original member of Bela Fleck’s The Flecktones, he is the world’s foremost artist on the harmonica with numerous albums to his credit including a concerto for harmonica and orchestra.Our spotlight is on the Art Barn’s 9th Annual Art Blitz on Saturday September 20th with hands-on art activities, exhibits, artist demos, hayrides, live music, great food, and more.Tune in on Sunday at 7pm on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM for our hour long conversation with our special guests or listen at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA, and can also be heard Fridays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm on WVLP 103.1FM (WVLP.org) or listen live at Tune In. Listen to past ART ON THE AIR shows at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA or brech.com/aota. Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore at: radiofeedback@lakeshorepublicmedia.orgSend your questions about our show to AOTA@brech.comLIKE us on Facebook.com/artonthairwvlp to keep up to date about art issues in the Region. New and encore episodes also heard as podcasts on: NPR, Spotify Tune IN, Amazon Music, Apple and Google Podcasts, YouTube plus many other podcast platforms. Larry A Brechner & Ester Golden hosts of ART ON THE AIR.NPR Link: https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/show/art-on-the-air/2025-08-17/art-on-the-air-september-7-2025, who discovered how to play the diatonic harmonica as a fully chromatic instrument by developing techniques on it that had never existed before, enabling him to take the harmonica out of its usual role as a Folk and Blues instrument, and into the worlds of Jazz, Classical, Middle Eastern music and more. An original member of Bela Fleck’s The Flecktones, he is the world’s foremost artist on the harmonica with numerous albums to his credit including a concerto for harmonica and orchestra.Our spotlight is on the Art Barn’s 9th Annual Art Blitz on Saturday September 20th with hands-on art activities, exhibits, artist demos, hayrides, live music, great food, and more.Tune in on Sunday at 7pm on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM for our hour long conversation with our special guests or listen at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA, and can also be heard Fridays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm on WVLP 103.1FM (WVLP.org) or listen live at Tune In. Listen to past ART ON THE AIR shows at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA or brech.com/aota. Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore at: radiofeedback@lakeshorepublicmedia.orgSend your questions about our show to AOTA@brech.comLIKE us on Facebook.com/artonthairwvlp to keep up to date about art issues in the Region. New and encore episodes also heard as podcasts on: NPR, Spotify Tune IN, Amazon Music, Apple and Google Podcasts, YouTube plus many other podcast platforms. Larry A Brechner & Ester Golden hosts of ART ON THE AIR.NPR Link: https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/show/art-on-the-air/2025-08-17/art-on-the-air-september-7-2025

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ART ON THE AIR is an hour-long radio show / podcast that opens with a short interview about local art events in Northwest Indiana's three county area, then continues to the long-form feature interview portion. Guests include individual artists, photographers, gallery owner/curators, festival sponsors, authors, the shakers and movers in NW Indiana, Chicago and beyond vibrant art, theater, and music scene, plus much more. Hosts are Larry A Brechner, long-time theater director, photographic artist, and arts organization board member, and Ester Golden, owner of The Nest in Michigan City.

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  • Creator
    Larry A Brechner | Ester Golden
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    304
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Larry A Brechner | Ester Golden
  • Show Website
    Art On The Air