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In this special holiday edition, hosts Dawn Walters and Suszynski bring you episode 22 of The TJ ARTScast.  Every month, our podcast showcases the arts in and around the Pittsburgh area.  This month, Jessica Cook once again brings us her unique feature, “City Snapshot.”  And, we'll learn all about a timeless Pittsburgh institution, The Frick Pittsburgh on the estate of Henry Clay Frick. Join us as we sit down for a little holiday cheer with Amanda Gillen, the Education Director at The Frick Pittsburgh. We'll explore American aristocracy of the Gilded Age by way of the life and times of The Frick Family and their storied mansion on Pittsburgh's majestic Penn Avenue. The show features holiday music from Vanessa Williams and Paul Horn with our one-of-a-kind theme music byRay DeFade and the Soiree Band.  All of this and more on this month's special edition of The TJ ArtsCast! DAWN’S MARVELOUSLY APT QUOTE:  “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”

This month, Dawn and Jay interview special guest Henry Reese, co-founder and Director of Pittsburgh's City of Asylum. The world renown organization is a haven for dozens of foreign writers and artists who have suffered political exile from their homelands. Jessica Peconi-Cook reports from Sampsonia Way on Pittsburgh's North Side, where City of Asylum took root. All this more on this month's very special episode of the TJArts cast.

This month, our scary duo Dawn of the Dead Walters and Count Drac Suszynski serve up a cauldron of fright and fear with Pittsburgh SCAREHOUSE founder and Chief Scare Officer, Scott Simmons. No boos please! You'll laugh. You'll cry. But most of all, you'll scream... It's not only Halloween time, it's Sweet Sweet Jazz time. Right here in this special Halloween production of the TJArts Cast! Lock the doors. Close the windows and check the children! It's the art of fright!

This month, hosts Dawn Walters and Jay Suszynski welcome jazz piano great Max Leake for an up-close musical interview as they showcase last year's Sweet Sweet Jazz Concert.  As TJ Arts heads into the 2016 version of the show, the September podast features the music of Max Leake, Roger Humphrey, Lou Stellute and Anton DeFade. All this and much more on episode 19 of the TJ ArtsCast.

Welcome to The TJArtsCast. Episode 18. Join us for the Sound Waves show.  This month hosts Dawn Walters and Jay Suszynski invite the TJ Pod community to listen in on a show full of beats and riffs and cool melodies as Pittsburgh beatboxer Mike Why discusses the art of live looping and vocal sound waves.  He is one of the city's most fascinating and unique musicians and he opens up his world of vocal stylings for Dawn and Jay in this up-close and energized interview.  Jessica Peconi Cook has our City Snapshot as she sits down for lunch and conversation with TJ alum, Flip Benack. They talk all things sound engineering for big band musicians and the talent behind the scenes at every concert.  Finally, Dawn and Jay deliver some great news regarding the August 7th, TJ Arts ROCK THE ARTS concert featuring the amazing Steel Blossoms.  And, there is much more in the August '16 rendition of The TJArtsCast.

Welcome to The TJArtsCast. Episode 17. It's our History special. This month, hosts Dawn Walters and Jay Suszynski welcome the TJ Pod to great a conversation with Dr. Carleton Young. Some listeners will recognize Dr. Young as the much loved AP History teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School. Dr. Young received his doctorate from The University of Pittsburgh and has taught at many Pittsburgh-area institutions of higher learning. For our history special, Dr. Young shares his book VOICES FROM THE ATTIC, a Civil War era story of two Vermont brothers who wrote more than 250 letters to their family at home from the front lines of the war. Dr. Young tells the story of how he came to discover the letters and how his retirement project of more than 10 years was a labor of love. Jessica Peconi-Cook has this month's City Snapshot from the Heinz History Center in downtown Pittsburgh as she talks with the Center's Events Manager and TJ alum, Angie Gaitaniella-Ford.  Julia Malecki has our Big Picture report from Washington, D.C. with a special long-distance phone-in from Nashville, Tennessee. Julia talks to the ladies of the talented band, THE STEEL BLOSSOMS. All this and more on this month's TJ ArtsCast.

Welcome to the TJArtsCast. Episode 16. This month, hosts Dawn Walters and Jay Suszynski treat listeners to an inside look at creative community arts programs when they sit down for conversation with Cynthia Haines, the Executive Director of the Focus On Renewal which built the Father Ryan Arts Center, a community arts complex in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of McKees Rocks. Jessica Peconi-Cook brings us our monthly City Snapshot as she talks with Pittsburgh Public Theater's Director of Education and Outreach, Katie Conaway. And, from our nation's capital, Julia Malecki has The Big Picture with Anita Maynard-Losh, Director of Community Engagement at the heralded Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. All this and more on the TJArtsCast.

This month, hosts Dawn Walters & Jay Suszynski discuss part two of our two-parter on the art of photography.  Dawn and Jay welcome Pittsburgh's busiest and best photographer Becky Thurner direct from her Southside studio. And, Jessica talks to Jason North, creator of Steel City Grammers. We'll listen to a cut from Pittsburgh's Steel Blossoms and their song Small Talk. Join us for all of this and more on the May edition of TJArtsCast.

Hosts Dawn Walters and Jay Suszynski welcome Bob Marlow, a West Jefferson Hills entrepreneur, photographer and owner of Prints Charming in this first of two up-close looks at the business and art of photography.

Hosts Dawn Walters and Jay Suszynski welcome artist and Pittsburgh business owner, Evan Gealy.  Evan is the owner of Kyklops, a tattoo shop located on East Carson Street in the heart of Pittsburg's Southside.  Evan is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School's class of 1998 and holds a BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University.  Jessica Peconi-Cook files our City Snapshot with guests from Southside Tattoo.  This month's cast features music from The Soiree Band and Dave Depper. 

Hosts Dawn Walters and Jay Suszynski welcome legendary and iconic actor, Tom Atkins as he discusses his career in television, film and the cinema of horror.  A Pittsburgh guy, Tom weaves many stories from his life and times on sets and stages in LA, New York, Pittsburgh and around the globe. Julia Malecki reports The Big Picture from Washington, DC with her guest on the West Coast, TJ graduate and successful actor, Mark Decklin. 

Hosts Dawn Walters and Jay Suszynski take a look back at Season 1 and some of the 2015's most memorable moments of TJ ARTSCast's first year in the podosphere.. 

This month Hosts Dawn Walter and Jay Suszynski shine the TJ Arts Spotlight on Television & Film Arts in Pittsburgh and the region. Our TJ Arts December 2015 podcast serves up part two of two in this special arts category as we meet television Producer Len Caric of Pittsburgh-based AmericanArk Films and Writer-Director Greg Rempel of Greg Rempel Productions in Pittsburgh. Both artists discuss film production, their favorite projects as well as what it takes to work your way inot the businesses of Film and Television production. All this and more in the November 2015 TJ Arts Cast.

This month Hosts Dawn Walter and Jay Suszynski shine the TJ Arts Spotlight on Television & Film Arts in Pittsburgh and the region. Our TJ Arts November 2015 podcast serves up part one of this special arts category as we meet television director/producer Mark Fallone. One of Pittsburgh's senior directors and cinematographers in the fields of commercial and corporate telvision production, Mark is the lead director at Phenomenon Post, a Mt. Washington-based television production group serving clients around the country. All this and more in the November 2015 TJ Arts Cast.

This month Hosts Dawn Walter and Jay Suszynski shine the TJ Arts Spotlight on our TJ Arts October 2015 SWEET SWEET JAZZ event. We meet Jazz extraordinare Ray DeFade, one of Pittsburgh's most notable jazz legends. And, Jessica Peconi-Cook frames our City Snapshot with a fresh off-the-press interview from one of Pittsburgh's great Jazz venues. All this and more in the October 2015 TJ Arts Cast.

This month Hosts Dawn Walter and Jay Suszynski continue their explioration of the Visual Arts with special guest, acclaimed painter and for running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Baron Batch. Julia Suszynski provides the Big picture look at arts around the nation with her profile of graphic designers and we shine a spotlight on Pittsburgh musician, composer and arranger, Ray DeFade and his band as Ray plays a tribute to Big Band Classics from the 2011 Sweet Sweet Jazz concert. All this and more in the September episode of the TJ ArtsCast.

This month Hosts Dawn Walter and Jay Suszynski expliore the Visual Arts with special guest, acclaimed painter and educator, Mary Culbertson-Stark. Jessica Cook crafts a "crafting" story from the streets of Pittsburgh while singer Kevin Kindlin raises a toast "to life" from the 2012 TJ ARTS Sweet Sweet Jazz concert. All that and more on the August episode of the TJ ArtsCast.

This month, Dawn Walters and Jay Suszynski continue their two-part series on Creative Writing and writers who bring stories to life through their wordsmithing and creativity. In Part 2, Jay talks with Dr. Sam Hazo, Pennsylvana's first State Poet and creator of the International Poetry Forum.

Ths month, hosts Dawn Walters and Jay Suszynski examine Creative Writing and Writers in PART 1 of 2 episodes on the art and craft of creative writing. In Part 1, Dawn talks with Pittsburgh-based writer and podcaster Dan Foytik about his love for experiemental and science fiction writing along with Dan's extensive experience as a podcaster. In an engaging interview, Dan discusses what brings his unique writing and podcasting style to life. We hear from Dan as he reads one of his dark and suspensful stories and TJ alumn Karen Dryer sings EVERYBODY'S GOT A SONG from her album START TO BELIEVE. In PART 2, Jay sits down with accomplished Pittsburgh poet Sam Hazo for a discussion you won't want to miss. 

Dawn Walters and Jay Suszynski host the third exciting episode of TJ ARTSCast featuring in-depth interview with TJ Arts board member and 2006 TJ alumn Katie Conaway as Katie discusses the upcoming June 27 Arts Day in Pittsburgh.  Guest Veronica Corpuz, Director of Festival Management and Special projects at The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust spreads the word about the upcoming June 5th to 14th 2015 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh. This special episode also showcases "The Big Picture" with Julia Malecki as Julia rounds up insights on arts festivals around the U. S.