Filmmaker David Metzger and actors Elsha Van Apeldoorn and Lauren Patterson talk about the new film The Silver Screen Roadshow that is premiering at Main Street Landing on February, 6 at 7pm. The sweet movie follows an ex-filmmaker who bonds w

VF039: Anthony Apodaca

Jan 14th, 2019 59m 20s

Anthony Apodaca refurbished a studio space on Howard Street to open Revelry Theater. Revelry offers comedians, performers, and improvisers a small space to try more experimental pieces. Anthony and I go deep into his philosophies on improv, rel

VF038: Ginge O’Lolly & Dr. Vu

Nov 5th, 2018 58m

Ginge O'Lolly and Dr. Vu from Green Mountain Cabaret join me for a fun chat about the history of burlesque, the Vermont scene, and what's coming up this Winter for GMC.

VF037: Steve Hartmann

Oct 22nd, 2018 59m 13s

Steve Hartmann is a singer/songwriter who was born in Vietnam at the end of the war, grew up outside Philly, studied at Berklee in Boston, and eventually found his way to Vermont. His style is both passionate and intricate and speaks to a lifel

VF036: Lydia Kern

Oct 15th, 2018 59m 20s

Lydia Kern is a Burlington-based sculptor, dancer, and she also plays a mean glittered cow jaw in a local band. We talk about the upcoming AutoBiography performance and how it will be "a beautiful cacophony of artistic inspiration and humanity.

VF035: Topaz Weis

Oct 8th, 2018 59m

Topaz Weis' Expressive Arts Burlington is a space where anybody - regardless of their artistic training - can create free of our inner critic. Topaz and I dive into the healing power of art to make us say, "Ohhh!"

VF034: Phillip Peterson

Sep 24th, 2018 58m 16s

Phillip Peterson has brought together his experiences in the arts (as a child actor) and sciences (as an engineer with the City of Burlington) to create STEAM Lab which airs Sunday evenings from 6-8 on 99.3FM Burlington. He is also a teacher, S

VF033: Gray Basnight & Michael DeSanto

Sep 10th, 2018 57m 43s

Gray Basnight and Mike DeSanto met at George Washington University in the 1970s where they were studying theatre. Now, 40 years later, Gray is a published author based in NYC and Mike owns Phoenix Books here in Burlington. Like Gray's new book,

VF032: Kathryn Blume

Aug 27th, 2018 1h

Kathryn Blume is currently advocating cannabis awareness through Heady Vermont where she draws on her experience as an actor, playwright, environmental activist, and even game designer. We talk about the global performance of the anti-war Lysis

VF031: Conor Lastowka

Aug 13th, 2018 1h

RiffTrax writer Conor Lastowka has made a career out of poking fun at movies and books and, well, pretty much anybody who takes themselves too seriously. In addition to Rifftrax, he performs at Vermont Comedy Club, co-hosts a podcast with Mike

VF030: Kelly Holt

Jul 30th, 2018 1h

Artist Kelly Holt artist has worked in Vermont and Berlin, Germany. She is also the Creative Director and Curator for Edgewater Gallery in Stowe, Vermont. We discuss her own work in mixed media and photography as well as her collaborative works

VF029: Tim Bridge

Jul 16th, 2018 59m 24s

Tim Bridge, a talented and very busy comedian, jumps between improv, sketch, stand-up, and talking about movies. He won the Vermont's Funniest Comedian contest in 2017 and performs regularly around the state. Tim and I talk about the stupidity

VF028: Corrine Yonce

Jul 9th, 2018 1h

Corrine Yonce is a painter and radio-maker. Her "Voices of Home" series combines the two featuring interviews with and paintings of local people in subsidized housing. She is also a cross-country cyclist (literally!). We talk about her harrowin

VF027: Jessica Amelia

Jun 4th, 2018 54m 15s

Jessica Amelia is a renaissance woman: a self-taught musician, wood worker, music gear tech, and graphic designer. She has performed and recorded with The Empress Trees, Drive the Hour, The Obvious Tells, and solo to name just a few. We discuss

VF026: Bobby Hackney Jr.

May 28th, 2018 57m 9s

The lead singer for Vermont's Rough Francis, Bobby Hackney Jr. sits down for an hour-long chat to talk about the band's new album MSP3: Counter Attack, the Detroit roots of American punk, the future of Rough Francis, being a punk rocker dad, an

VF025: Al Larsen

May 21st, 2018 57m 32s

Back in the late 80s and into the 90s, Al Larsen was the frontman for Some Velvet Sidewalk, a punk band from the Pacific Northwest. I was checking them out on YouTube and saw a great comment: “Their frontman was my college professor. When he sh

VF024: Erika Senft Miller

May 14th, 2018 1h

Our only true home is our bodies since we bring it with us wherever in the world we go. Erika Senft Miller is a conceptual performance artist who explores dance and movement through site-specific works - as opposed to performances just in theat

VF023: Diana Mara Henry

Apr 30th, 2018 1h

Diana Mara Henry photographed some of the key moments of the Women's Movement in the 1970s as well as the 1972 and 1976 presidential races. Her work has appeared in countless publications and she continues to speak publicly on Women's History a

VF022: Rachel Lindsay

Apr 16th, 2018 57m 15s

In her new book Rx, Vermont cartoonist Rachel Lindsay relives her grueling experience with the mental health and pharmaceutical industries. We discuss the story behind the book, cartooning about her life as a cashier in Rachel Lives Here Now, a

VF021: Sam Kurnit

Apr 2nd, 2018 59m 45s

Sam Kurnit has spent his whole life in the performing arts and he's done so along his own unique path: as an actor, voice-over artist, improviser, and as the dungeon master/host of the Improvised Weapons podcast.

VF020: Nate Venet

Mar 26th, 2018 58m 9s

My guest today, Nate Venet, has lived in Vermont -- Chittenden County, in fact -- his whole life. And why would he ever leave? Nate and I talk about physics and art, music directing for local schools, bringing out everybody's inner rockstar, hi

VF019: David Metzger

Mar 19th, 2018 59m 28s

David Metzger has already written and directed three independent films here in Vermont and he has begun work on a fourth. What does it take to get a movie made up here and what is his approach to the art of directing? David also reflects on how

VF018: Tod Pronto

Mar 12th, 2018 59m 15s

Tod Pronto is a singer-songwriter from Newport, Vermont who cites everyone from Elvis to Billy Joel to Nirvana as influences. He has played in venues all around New England and beyond including gigs with Ellis Paul, Jonathan Edwards, and Living

VF017: Natalie Miller

Feb 19th, 2018 59m 13s

North East Kingdom native Natalie Miller and I spend an hour talking about her rural upbringing, her theatrical and musical training including the time she spent with me in 80s cover band Hot Neon Magic. And, of course, we get deep about her fi

VF016: Sarah Vogelsang-Card

Feb 12th, 2018 1h

Sarah Vogelsang-Card rebelled against a harrowing diagnosis as a child and used dance to quite literally save her own life. Her interest in movement also includes performing with Puppets in Education, an organization that uses puppetry to help