Monday, June 1, 2009

WUNC in the Upstage Cabaret

The State of Things, hosted by Frank Statio, broadcasted live from our Upstage Cabaret last Thursday and Friday.

His first guest was Mr. Jake Henry, the principal at the Newcomer's School here in Greensboro which serves primarily refugees from other countries in order to give them a transition into American public education.

The next guests were artists from Greensboro. On the left are George & Stephanie from Elsewhere Collaborative based just a little futher down on Elm Street than we are, and their living museum has a collection of things dating back to 1939 when George's grandmother began running myriad businesses there. On the right sits Harvey, who has a kitchen where he interviews local artists. Harvey's website is Monkeywhale.com.


Molly McGinn played with her band, Amelia's Mechanics, to round out the hour.

Molly explains how she got the name for the band as Laurelyn Dossett stands behind with a bass (a rare thing), and Kasey Horton looks on holding her viola.


Listen to the smooth & subtly gritty performance here.

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