Welcome to Inwood Art Works On Air. On this Artist Spotlight episode, we chat with actor and filmmaker, Manny PérezBorn 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 acclaim, with The New York Times noting that he has "charisma to burn."  He has appeared in various television series, including "Third Watch," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," and "The Blacklist." His versatility as an actor has allowed him to take on both leading and supporting roles in numerous films, including "La Soga", which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, it's two sequels, and many others.  Manny is not only recognized for his film work but also for his humanitarian efforts. He has been involved in charitable activities, including donating shoes to families affected by Hurricane Noel in the Dominican Republic. 

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 TchaikovskyOverture to The Nutcracker Gustav HolstChristmas Day (Choral Fantasy on Old Carols) Peter Ilyitch TchaikovskyFrom the Nutcracker:·       March·       Trepak George Frederic HandelConcerto a Due Cori Peter Ilyitch TchaikovskyFrom the Nutcracker:·       Waltz of the Flowers A Christmas Medley Musicians: Rie Schmidt – Flute 1, Kaoru Hinata – Flute 2 (Doubling Piccolo), Michelle Farah – Oboe 1, Setsuko Otake – Oboe 2, David Gould – Clarinet 1, Meryl Abt – Clarinet 2, RJ Kelly - Horn 1, Nancy Billmann– Horn 2, Sarah Boxmeyer – Horn 3, Laura Weiner – Horn 4, Patti Wang – Bassoon 1, Yuki Higashi – Bassoon 2, Anthony Morris– Double Bass

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 musical melting pot of Northern Manhattan. 2025 LIVE N’ LOCAL SEASONAL SAMPLER - Vol.2Hot P’stromiXianix Barrera FlamencoDouble Entendre Music EnsembleCurtis Turney and his Afro-Caribbean SeptetLiz Hanely and Jefferson Hamer Leadlights EnsembleDiana Lopez, Carla Lopez Speciale and Pablo Zinger from our Viva Tango ConcertRaun Ruffin’s Uptown Motown ThrowdownInwood Chamber Players from our Magic of Mozart concert 

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 musical melting pot of Northern Manhattan. 2025 LIVE N’ LOCAL SEASONAL SAMPLER - Vol. 1Mateo VintimillaTom NelsonString Orchestra of New York CityCombo NuvoLou Bruno Jazz QuartetLe Flor De LisSamuel Torres TrioTowncryerRolando Briceno and his Afro-Venezuelan Latin Jazz QuintetInwood Chamber Players

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 López Speziale & Diana LópezLa cumparsita (Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Uruguay, 1897 - 1948)Pato (Ramón Collazo, Uruguay 1901 - 1981)                   Diana LópezCarlos Gardel (France 1890 -1935)VolverPor una cabeza                   Carla López SpezialeA media luz (Edgardo Donato, Argentina 1897 - 1963)Se dice de mí (Francisco Canaro, Argentina 1888 - 1964)                   Diana LópezUno (Mariano Mores, Argentina 1918 - 2016)                   Carla López SpezialeJúrame (María Grever, México 1885 -1951, duo arr. Pablo Zinger)                   Carla López Speziale & Diana LópezCambalache (Enrique Santos Discépolo, Argentina 1901 - 1951)                   Diana LópezAstor Piazzolla (Argentina 1921 - 1992)Los pájaros perdidos                   Carla López SpezialeBalada para un loco   Yo soy María (from María de Buenos Aires)                   Diana LópezWhatever Lola Wants (Richard Adler, 1921 - 2012, Jerry Ross 1926 - 1955, USA)I’m easily assimilated, from Candide (Leonard Bernstein, USA, 1918 - 1990)El día que me quieras (Carlos Gardel, duo arr. Pablo Zinger)                   Carla López Speziale & Diana López

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 Patrick Shanley's play ‘Savage in Limbo’, the one-woman show ‘The Road Back’ (Padraic Lillis, dir.), and the devised play ‘Between the Threads: Jewish Women Project’ (Cora Cohen, dir.) For more visit: www.kimberlydillon.net

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 graduated Cum Laude from the University of Southern California. www.rachelkerry.com (http://www.rachelkerry.com/)

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. 486Church Sonate No. 14 in C major K. 329Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major K. 285· Allegro· Adagio· RondoSymphony No. 39 in E-flat major K. 543· Adagio - Allegro· Andante con moto· Menuetto· Finale- AllegroMusicians:Helen Campo – FluteKathy Halvorson - Oboe 1Setsuko Otake - Oboe 2David Gould - Clarinet 1Meryl Abt - Clarinet 2RJ Kelly - Horn 1Nancy Billmann - Horn 2Patti Wang - Bassoon 1Yuki Higashi - Bassoon 2Deb Spohnheimer - Double Bass

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 2015 ESPN documentary, The Lost Trophy. His directorial feature debut, Slow Jam King, was hailed by the New York Times as “Do it yourself filmmaking at its purest… with spirited characters and high levels of comic energy” and won Asian Cinevision’s Emerging Director Award. Steve is also the series editor for San Francisco Opera’s 2022 Webby Award-winning documentary series, In Song, as well as Cleveland Orchestra’s performance and documentary series, In Focus. He is also an independent musician, and in December 2022, he released his 3rd album under the moniker Sulu and Excelsior, “So Ends the Honeymoon,” to critical acclaim.

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 (http://www.108soul.com/) and co-owner of “Comedy in Harlem”, a stand-up comedy venue. For more visit www.n (https://nickysunshine.com/)ickysunshine.com (https://nickysunshine.com/)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Welcome to a special concert edition of Live N’ Local by Rolando Briceno and his Afro-Venezuelan Septet performing live as our pre-show entertainment as part of our Film Works Alfresco program on July 7, 2025.

Welcome to a special Inwood Film Festival artist spotlight episode featuring the post screening conversation of the award-winning documentary Minted with filmmaker Nicholas Bruckman. When the artist known as Beeple shatters records by selling a digital artwork for $69 million, it ignites a global NFT phenomenon that transforms the lives of artists around the world, but they must reckon with the controversies that threaten to collapse this wild and controversial new frontier.For those who are not familiar with NFT’s or have not seen the film, enjoy a trailer of the film, which will no doubt leave you wanting to find out more about this phenomenon and story. Directly following, you will hear our candid interview with Nicholas Bruckman, led by Inwood Art Works Founder and Executive Producer, Aaron Simms, from the 2025 Inwood Film Festival.

Welcome to a special Inwood Film Festival Artist Spotlight episode featuring the post screening conversation which followed the award-winning feature documentary The Good Mind with filmmaker Gwendolen Cates, and Tom Porter, a spiritual leader of the Mohawk Community. The Indigenous sovereign Onondaga Nation – the Central Fire of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy – follows the Great Law of Peace, never accepted U.S. citizenship, has its own passport, and still maintains a traditional government led by Clanmothers and Chiefs, one of the world’s first true democracies that inspired the Founding Fathers and the women's suffrage movement. The film spotlights the Onondaga Nation’s tireless environmental advocacy and their legal battle with the U.S. over ancestral land taken by New York State in violation of a 1794 treaty with George Washington. For those who have not seen the film, enjoy a trailer of the film followed by a candid interview with Inwood Art Works Founder and Executive Producer, Aaron Simms which followed the 2025 Inwood Film Festival presentation of The Good Mind.

Welcome to a special concert edition of Live N’ Local presented by Art in the Basin and MC'd by Tim Brown. Featuring Westchester Poet Laureate, Phylisha Villanueva; Bronx Poet, Nicco Diaz; and music by Towncryer performing live as our pre-show entertainment as part of our Film Works Alfresco program on June 30, 2025.