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Inwood Art Works kicks off the fifth season of our On Air podcast with our first State of the Arts episode. Founder and Executive producer, Aaron Simms answers frequently asked questions by audiences and artists, highlights resources, and expounds on a who's who of community cultural arts organizations and venues in Northern Manhattan.

Arlene Schulman is a writer, photographer, podcast creator and documentary filmmaker. Ms. Schulman’s extraordinary body of work illuminates facets of New York City that the majority of us never see: gritty city living, boxing gyms, baseball dugouts, police officers on the beat, Holocaust survivors, an early interview with Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda, a look at a guidance counselor by day/drag queen at night, and her haunting film, On Some Strange Mornings, about a Dominican immigrant living with Alzheimer’s caring for his mother with dementia. Ms. Schulman holds a graduate degree in journalism with a focus on documentary filmmaking from Columbia’s Journalism School and an undergraduate degree in English Literature from the CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies (CUNY BA) program.

Lee Feldman is a New York based songwriter, pianist, singer and composer. He has released five critically acclaimed albums under his own name.• Living It All Wrong (Pure/Mercury Records 1996)• The Man in a Jupiter Hat (Bonafide/Mercury Records 2000)• I’ve Forgotten Everything (Bonafide/Urban Myth Recordings 2006)• Album No. 4: Trying to Put the Things Together that Never Been TogetherBefore (Bonafide/Urban Myth 2012)• Dr. Future (Bonafide/Urban Myth 2023)Lee has had extensive training in classical piano, jazz piano and composition. In spite of that, he writes music that has meaning and sticks in the brain. Lee lives in NW Bronx with his wife and two children. Check out more of his music at www.leefeldman.com (www.leefeldman.com)

Regina has lived in a multi-cultural, multi-generational Northern Manhattan Michell-Lama Cooperative since 1960. She grew up there as did her children. In 2008, after retiring as a social worker, she became a volunteer curator at an art gallery in her local spiritual home, bringing a diverse range of artists to share solo and group exhibitions.  Her own themed exhibitions began in 2013. At her Rabbi’s suggestion, she brought artists, poets, and dancers together on the themes of surviving war and thriving. After hearing survivors give thanks to those who helped them, she went on to honor community neighbors and others on the themes of being thankful, volunteering, making choices, being a human angel, celebrating a spiritual home, welcoming the stranger, and lives that have been disrupted. Her next themed exhibition, set to open in early February 2024, is named Time to Meet Mother Nature. Regina is also a photographer whose photo Pigeons was chosen by Artists Unite-MTA’s Subway Elevator Project of 2013 for the 190th St. “A” train station, and her photo Fx Cam – Ft. Tryon Tree was chose by the NMAC postcard project of 2017. She has displayed her collages and assemblage art at Our Savior’s Atonement Lutheran Church’s Creations Projects, and RING Garden’s annual Art in the Garden. For more info: HebrewTabernacle.org (https://hebrewtabernacle.org/menu-art-gallery/) 

Lou Burno has worked as a professional bass player since the early 1960s, playing with both commercial and jazz groups. He performed with jazz legends John Mehegan, Dill Jones, Zoot Sims, Carmen Leggio, Toots Thielmans, and Bucky Pizzarelli, among others. He attended the Manhattan School of Music where he received both BMus and MMus degrees. After his training at Manhattan, he was a member of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra for four seasons, and then moved to Vienna, Austria to study with Ludwig Streicher at the Vienna Hochschule für Musik. On returning to NYC in the late 1970s, he became a free-lance player, concentrating on both Broadway and concert work. Since his return he’s been a member of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, American Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Pops. Among the many Broadway shows he’s performed on are “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” “End of the Rainbow,” and “Guys and Dolls.” Lou has also performed on the soundtracks to many major Hollywood films. He worked in Elaine Stritch’s band for eleven years on her one-woman Broadway show, “Elaine Stritch at Liberty,” and her night club appearances at the Carlyle Hotel. He appears in the 2012 documentary film about her, entitled “Shoot Me.” Check out www.thebridgeportjazztrio.com

Welcome to a special concert edition of On Air featuring the Inwood Chamber Players performing a chamber concert featuring lively dance pieces for Woodwind Octect, which include some arrangements by Inwood resident, Gilbert Dejean. We titled the concert “Dances through the Centuries” in tribute to the selections you’ll here from the composers that make up this light and joyful program, which was recorded live on February 25, 2024. Program:Ferenc Farkas - Contrafacta Hungarica·       Basse Danse·       Gagliarda·       Passamezzo·       Saltarello·       Interlude·       Heiduckentanz Gordon Jacob - The Elizabethan Fancies·       The Carman's Whistle·       A Toye·       Quodling's Delight Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Menuet from Symphony No. 39 Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances 3 and 7 Antonin Dvorak - Slavonic Dances 9 and 15 Emile Waldteufel - Skaters Waltz Peter Lawrance – BoogieMusicians:Michele Farah - Oboe 1Ellen Gruber - Oboe 2David Valbuena - Clarinet 1Jackie Gillette _ Clarinet 2Karl Kramer - Horn 1Sara Dellaposta- Horn 2Patti Wang - Bassoon 1Gilbert Dejean - Bassoon 2