Artist of the Week

The Jack Straw Artist of the Week Podcast highlights work created through the Artist Residency Programs at Jack Straw Cultural Center.
  • Monktail Creative Music Concern at JS 50

    Members of Monktail Creative Music Concern performed a midnight set at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary. Bill Monto, tenor saxophone; Steve Parris, electric guitar; John Seman, double bass; Dave Abramson, drums.

  • Esther Sugai and Michael Shannon at JS 50

    An excerpt from Esther Sugai and Michael Shannon’s 4:30 am set at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary.

  • Judith Skillman at JS 50

    Judith Skillman – an alumnus of the 2008 Jack Straw Writers Program and an incoming 2013 Jack Straw Writer – reads her poem My Grandmother’s Waltz at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary.

  • Victor Noriega Trio at JS 50

    An excerpt from the Victor Noriega Trio’s performance at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary. Victor Noriega and Gust Burns will present Composer Spotlight at Jack Straw Productions on February 13th.

  • Stephanie Kallos at JS 50

    Stephanie Kallos reads her essay How to Write Your First Novel at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary. Stephanie was a Jack Straw Writer in 2001 and is the Curator of the 2013 Jack Straw Writers Program.

  • Christian Swenson at JS 50

    Christian Swenson performed a solo set of his unique vocal improvisations at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary. This is the first piece from his set.

  • Lori Goldston at JS 50

    Lori Goldston performed a solo set of cello improvisations at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012, in celebration of our 50th anniversary. This is the first piece she performed.

  • Anzanga Marimba Ensemble at JS 50

    One of the songs performed by Anzanga Marimba Ensemble at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary.

  • Ed Petry - Improvisation 4

    Guitarist Ed Petry recorded several improvisational pieces as part of his 2002 Jack Straw artist residency. Applications for 2012 residencies are due October 31. Go to jackstraw.org for details.

  • Elizabeth Austen at JS 50

    Elizabeth Austen reads some of her poems, including a new one, at JS 50: Jack Straw’s 25-hour marathon performance on June 15th-16th 2012 in celebration of our 50th anniversary.