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Who says radio is dead?\u00a0Between June 4th\u00a0and 8th, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)<\/a> will host an anomalous little festival merging the worlds of radio, theater, music, and storytelling in order to celebrate the hundred-year-old medium. The highlight of the fest is likely to be a\u00a0Saturday June 7th<\/a>\u00a0interpretation of\u00a0This American Life<\/em><\/a>\u00a0live from\u00a0the Howard Gilman Opera House.\u00a0 Stephin Merrit<\/a>\u00a0of the Magnetic Fields\u00a0will perform songs\u00a0based on\u00a0real stories from the beloved NPR program, and the event\u00a0will include narrations by longtime host Ira Glass himself, as well as a mini musical by\u00a0Lin-Manuel Miranda<\/a>, readings by\u00a0Mike Birbiglia<\/a>, and dance from\u00a0The Monica Bill Barnes Dance Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The remainder of the festival has no shortage of things to offer: there are curated screenings of Talking Heads tour doc Stop Making Sense and classic anti-fairy tale The Princess Bride, live broadcasts of \u00a0RadioLab<\/a>, Wait Wait..Don\u2019t Tell Me! <\/a>and\u00a0Soundcheck<\/a>\u00a0(featuring former Walkmen frontman\u00a0Hamilton Leithauser<\/a>, San Fermin, and comic Wyatt Cenac), free musical performances by\u00a0Alicia Olatuja and\u00a0<\/span>“Battle of the Boroughs” winners\u00a0Brown Rice Family<\/a>\u00a0(both hosted by Terrance McKnight), and lots of interactive series and talks that will have you experiencing radio like never before.<\/p>\n

Get your tickets before it\u2019s too late!<\/a><\/p>\n