RadioLoveFest—BAM and WNYC’s celebration of an always engaging and ever evolving medium—returns March 10—12

Wide-ranging program highlights include, NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!® live; WNYC Studios’ Death, Sex & Money with Anna Sale; The Moth Mainstage; Garrison Keillor: Radio Revue featuring music and storytelling; Selected Shorts; and a special evening with Laura Poitras and Edward Snowden

Hosts and guests include Brian Lehrer, Peter Sagal, Mo Rocca, John Cameron Mitchell, Anika Noni Rose, Amy Ryan, and recently added Cynthia Nixon, Rosie Perez, Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, Hari Kondabolu, Catherine Palmer, and others

Bloomberg Philanthropies is the Season Sponsor

BAM and WNYC present RadioLoveFest Produced by BAM and WNYC Mar 10—12 BAM (multiple venues) Tickets on sale Jan 19 to BAM and WNYC members Tickets on sale Jan 26 to the general public

Feb 29, 2016/Brooklyn, NY—For a third year, WNYC takes up residence at BAM venues to reimagine some of public radio’s most beloved programs and podcasts live on stage as part of RadioLoveFest. The line-up is a vibrant cross-section of genres and formats—from storytelling and music to comedy and conversation—featuring public radio favorites on stage with NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!®; live iterations of shows and podcasts including The Moth Mainstage and WNYC Studios’ Death, Sex & Money with Anna Sale, and a presentation of Symphony Space’s Selected Shorts: Dangers and Discoveries featuring guests John Cameron Mitchell, Cynthia Nixon, and others. Special events include Garrison Keillor: Radio Revue and WNYC’s Brian Lehrer in conversation with Laura Poitras and Edward Snowden. Additionally, there will be BAMcinématek screenings curated by WNYC producers Molly Webster (Radiolab) and Sean Rameswaram (Studio 360). BAMcafé Live performances are curated by WQXR’s Terrance McKnight. Nearly all shows during RadioLoveFest will be taped for broadcast on WNYC. Additional guests to be confirmed—check BAM.org for updates.

For press information, contact David Hsieh at 718.636.4129 x5 or [email protected] Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!® NPR® BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Mar 10 at 7:30pm Tickets: $35, 75, 110

Hosted by Peter Sagal Judge and Scorekeeper: Bill Kurtis Panelists: Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca, Faith Salie

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!® is NPR's weekly hour-long news quiz program hosted by Peter Sagal. Along with human scoreboard Bill Kurtis, Sagal will challenge panelists Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca, and Faith Salie—as well as the BAM audience, listener contestants, and a celebrity guest—to distinguish between real and fake news through a comic review of the week’s headlines. Sagal’s varied career extends beyond Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!®, which he began hosting in 1998. He’s also pursued projects as a playwright, screenwriter, stage director, actor, extra in a Michael Jackson video, travel writer, essayist, ghostwriter, and staff writer for a motorcycle magazine, and was recently named by Newsweek as one of its top picks to host the Oscars. The Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!® show recorded at BAM will air the following Saturday on WNYC at 11am and on public radio stations across the country that weekend. The show will also be available to stream on demand as a podcast and at npr.org/waitwait.

Into the Deep: The Moth at BAM BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Host: Steve Burns Storytellers: Matthew Dicks, Ted Hartley, Omar Musa, Catherine Palmer, and others Mar 10 at 7:30pm Tickets: $35, 40, 50

Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented more than ten thousand stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. The Moth podcast is downloaded over 27 million times a year, and the Peabody Award-winning The Moth Radio Hour, produced by Jay Allison and presented by PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, airs weekly on more than 500 radio stations nationwide. The Moth’s flagship program, The Moth Mainstage, features true, personal stories by luminaries in the arts and sciences, as well as an astronaut, an undertaker, a voodoo priestess, and a retired NYPD detective, among many others. Each show features five carefully selected storytellers who develop and shape their stories with The Moth’s directors.

Laura Poitras and Edward Snowden Interviewed by WNYC’s Brian Lehrer BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Mar 11 at 7:30pm Tickets: $35, 55, 85

In this very special RadioLoveFest event, WNYC’s Brian Lehrer interviews filmmaker Laura Poitras and former intelligence officer Edward Snowden (appearing via live video link)—the subject of Poitras’ Academy Award-winning film Citizenfour. Lehrer and guests discuss the intersection of human rights, privacy, national security, and more.

Selected Shorts: Dangers and Discoveries A Presentation of Symphony Space BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton Street) Mar 11 at 7:30pm Tickets: $35, 45 Readers: John Cameron Mitchell, Anika Noni Rose, Amy Ryan, Cynthia Nixon, and others

Following last year’s sold-out show, the popular live performance series and public radio podcast Selected Shorts returns to RadioLoveFest for an evening of moving, comical, and adventurous tales of risky business and redemption. Broadway and Hollywood actors will read classic and contemporary short fiction filled with madness, treachery, cryptic characters, and revelations. It has been called "one of the best evenings at the theater" by David Sedaris. Guests include actors John Cameron Mitchell, Anika Noni Rose, Cynthia Nixon, and Amy Ryan. Complete performance lineup will be announced on BAM.org.

Death, Sex & Money BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Hosted by Anna Sale Mar 12 at 7:30pm Tickets: $35, 45

Death, Sex & Money is a show about the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation. Host Anna Sale—dubbed “the Queen of the Awkward Pause” by Fast Company—talks about relationships, money, family, and work with (couple) actor Mahershala Ali (House of Cards, The Hunger Games) and singer/songwriter Amatus, Rosie Perez and her sister Carmen Serrano, stand-up comic Hari Kondabolu and his mother Uma Kondabolu, and musical guest Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton.

Garrison Keillor: Radio Revue BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Mar 12 at 7:30pm Tickets: $35, 55, 85

Author and host Garrison Keillor, who steps away from his long-running show A Prairie Home Companion in July, appears at BAM to reminisce about radio. He will offer songs from the show’s 42-year-history with Prairie Home Companion music director and Broadway luminary Rob Fisher and singer Christine DiGiallonardo (Live from Lincoln Center’s Carousel).

BAMcafé Live curated by Terrance McKnight McKnight is WQXR’s award-winning evening host, as well as the host of a series of audio documentaries on the musical lives of notable African-Americans, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Hazel Scott, Langston Hughes, and Florence Price. As part of RadioLoveFest, McKnight curates two free nights of music at BAMcafé, featuring PUBLIQuartet and Addi & Jacq.

PUBLIQuartet BAMcafé (30 Lafayette Ave) Mar 11 at 9:30pm Free

Addi & Jacq BAMcafé (30 Lafayette Ave) Mar 12 at 9:30pm Free

BAMcinématek screenings curated by WNYC producers Molly Webster (Radiolab producer) and Sean Rameswaram (Studio 360 producer) BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave) Mar 11 & 12 at 7:30pm

For these special screenings, WNYC personalities tap their inner movie buff, choosing and introducing film favorites.

Scream (1996) 111min Host: Sean Rameswaram Mar 11 at 7:30pm Tickets: $14 Directed by Wes Craven. With Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette

Attempting to cope with her mother's murder, Sydney and her horror movie-obsessed friends are stalked by a murderer who seems to have a hard time letting go of the past.

A League of Their Own (1992) 128min Host: Molly Webster Mar 12 at 7:30pm Tickets: $14 Directed by Penny Marshall. With Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna, Rosie O’Donnell

In the Midwest during World War II, two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed despite their growing rivalry.

About BAM Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is recognized internationally for its innovative programming of dance, music, theater, music-theater, opera, and film. Its mission is to be the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas. BAM presents leading national and international artists and companies in its annual Winter/Spring Season and highlights groundbreaking, contemporary work in the performing arts with its Next Wave Festival each fall. Founded in 1983, the Next Wave is one of the world's most important festivals of contemporary performing arts. BAM Rose Cinemas features new, independent film releases and BAMcinématek—a curated, daily repertory film program. In 2012, BAM added the Richard B. Fisher Building to its campus, providing an intimate and flexible 250-seat performance venue—the Fishman Space—as well as the Hillman Studio, a rehearsal and performance space.

BAM serves New York City's diverse population through a weekend concert series in BAMcafé, community events, literary series, and a wide variety of educational and family programs. BAM, America's oldest performing arts center, has presented performances since 1861, and attracts an audience of more than 700,000 people each year. The institution is led by President Katy Clark and Executive Producer Joseph V. Melillo. Visit BAM.org.

About WNYC From its state-of-the-art studios in New York City, WNYC is reshaping audio for a new generation of listeners, with groundbreaking, innovative radio programs and podcasts that include Radiolab; Freakonomics Radio; On the Media; Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin; Death, Sex & Money; and New Tech City, among others. With an urban vibrancy and a global perspective, WNYC is America’s most listened-to public radio station and the home to an award-winning newsroom of 70 journalists.

Credits

Bloomberg Philanthropies is the Season Sponsor

Delta is the Official Airline of RadioLoveFest.

American Express is the Founding Sponsor of RadioLoveFest.

Major support provided by Joseph & Diane Steinberg Charitable Trust.

Brooklyn Brewery, Official Beer of RadioLoveFest.

BAM 2016 Winter/Spring Season supporters: Bank of America; Booth Ferris Foundation; brigitte nyc; William I. Campbell & Christine Wächter-Campbell; Charina Endowment Fund; Con Edison; The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation; Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art; Epstein Teicher Philanthropies; Jeanne Donovan Fisher; Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman; Ford Foundation; The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust; Stephanie & Timothy Ingrassia; J.P. Morgan; Jerome L. Greene Foundation; David L. Klein, Jr. Foundation; Diane & Adam E. Max; MetLife Foundation; The Ambrose Monell Foundation; Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.; Donald R. Mullen Jr.; Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Inc.; Onassis Cultural Center NY; The Reed Foundation; The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc.; The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.; The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund; The Scherman Foundation; The SHS Foundation; The Shubert Foundation, Inc.; The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust; Viacom; Time Warner Inc.; The TinMan Fund; Toll Brothers City Living; The Winston Foundation, Inc.; Estate of Martha Zalles.

Pepsi is the official beverage of BAM. Santander is the BAM Marquee sponsor. Yamaha is the official piano for BAM. New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is the official hotel for BAM.

Your tax dollars make BAM programs possible through funding from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts. The BAM facilities are owned by the City of New York and benefit from public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Mayor Bill de Blasio; Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl; the New York City Council including Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Finance Committee Chair Julissa Ferreras, Cultural Affairs Committee Chair Jimmy Van Bramer, the Brooklyn Delegation of the Council, and Council Member Laurie Cumbo; and Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams. BAM would like to thank the Brooklyn Delegations of the New York State Assembly, Joseph R. Lentol, Delegation Leader; and New York Senate, Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Delegation Leader.

General Information BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas, and BAMcafé are located in the Peter Jay Sharp building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (between St Felix Street and Ashland Place) in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater is located two blocks from the main building at 651 Fulton Street (between Ashland and Rockwell Places). Both locations house Greenlight Bookstore at BAM kiosks. BAM Fisher, located at 321 Ashland Place, is the newest addition to the BAM campus and houses the Judith and Alan Fishman Space and Rita K. Hillman Studio. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn’s only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. BAMcafé, operated by Great Performances, offers a dinner menu prior to BAM Howard Gilman Opera House evening performances. BAMcafé also features an eclectic mix of live music for BAMcafé Live on Friday and Saturday nights with a bar menu available starting at 6pm.

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, B to Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins St for Harvey Theater) D, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street; C to Lafayette Avenue Train: Long Island Railroad to Atlantic Terminal – Barclays Center Bus: B25, B26, B41, B45, B52, B63, B67 all stop within three blocks of BAM Car: Limited commercial parking lots are located near BAM. Visit BAM.org for information

For ticket information, call BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100, or visit BAM.org.

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