Category: Sound and Story

This is the second piece I produced for Eileen McAdam’s Newburgh Beacon Audio Adventure Tour, part of the Sound and Story Project of the Hudson Valley. In this segment, long-time Newburgh resident Kathleen Gill talks about how Newburgh used to be a vibrant arts center, and all the stars who performed at the Ritz in its heyday. Make sure you visit the link below and listen to Ms. Gill talk about the time she performed at the Ritz as a little girl. She’s a charmer!

What famous couple made their debut here in 1940?

I had the privilege of producing a couple stories for Eileen McAdam’s Newburgh Beacon Audio Adventure Tour, part of the Sound and Story Project of the Hudson Valley. The first is about the building that now houses Dia:Beacon. It was built in 1929 to produce millions of cookie and cracker boxes for the Nabisco company. Long-time Beacon resident and former Nabisco employee John Ballo talks about how the building’s natural light created the perfect setting for cookie box color correction as well as modern art viewing.

What do an Andy Warhol painting and a box of Fig Newtons have in common?