{"id":8326,"date":"2014-06-04T17:08:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T21:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=8326"},"modified":"2018-08-09T17:14:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:14:33","slug":"preview-radiolovefest-bam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/preview-radiolovefest-bam\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW: RadioLoveFest @ BAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ira.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ira-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Ira\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ira-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ira-scaled-324x217.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ira-scaled-416x278.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ira-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ira-140x94.jpg 140w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ira-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who says radio is dead?\u00a0Between June 4th\u00a0and 8th, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bam.org\/?gclid=CjkKEQjwqsCcBRDt7_Gts5a91YYBEiQAm-wYEUiX4o4ep4dvjYkYorls8T83pS_nAI3EE6bZwZfB9jHw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\">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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bam.org\/talks\/2014\/this-american-life\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday June 7th<\/a>\u00a0interpretation of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>This American Life<\/em><\/a>\u00a0live from\u00a0the Howard Gilman Opera House.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Magnetic_Fields\" target=\"_blank\">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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/linmanuel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lin-Manuel Miranda<\/a>, readings by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/birbigs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Birbiglia<\/a>, and dance from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monicabillbarnes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Monica Bill Barnes Dance Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiolab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">RadioLab<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/programs\/wait-wait-dont-tell-me\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wait Wait..Don\u2019t Tell Me! <\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/soundcheck.wnyc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcheck<\/a>\u00a0(featuring former Walkmen frontman\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Walkmen\" target=\"_blank\">Hamilton Leithauser<\/a>, San Fermin, and comic Wyatt Cenac), free musical performances by<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\u00a0Alicia Olatuja and\u00a0<\/span>&#8220;Battle of the Boroughs&#8221; winners\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/brownricefamily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brown 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<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commerce.bam.org\/tickets\/production.aspx?pid=8736\" target=\"_blank\">Get your tickets before it\u2019s too late!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nG75u2ymoRI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who says radio is dead?\u00a0Between June 4th\u00a0and 8th, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) will host an anomalous little festival merging the worlds of radio, theater, music, and storytelling in order to celebrate the hundred-year-old medium. 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