All Of It with Alison Stewart

Last year, photographer Marisa Scheinfeld founded the Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project as an attempt to preserve the Borscht Belt era’s vibrant history while reflecting on its significance on American Jewish life. She joins us alongside photographer Isaac Jeffreys, the project's visual coordinator, to talk about the legacy of the area and take your calls.

In a new memoir, Tariq Trotter, the celebrated emcee and co-founder of The Roots who performs as Black Thought, reflects on his turbulent childhood in Philly and the important relationships in his life. He joins us to discuss The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are.

[REBROADCAST FROM October 24] Melissa Joseph is a Brooklyn-based artist who previously worked as a high school art teacher and textile designer. Her new show, Irish Exit, displays new work inspired by photographs of her family to explore her own identity (Joseph's mother is American of Irish descent and her father is from India). Irish Exit features felt, ceramics, and paper pulp pieces, is on view at Margot Samel in Tribeca through November 22. Joseph joins us in studio to discuss the show and her practice.

[REBROADCAST FROM September 25] Ed Ruscha is a pioneer in the world of Pop Art, an artist with a sense of humor, a knack for words, and a great eye for color. Now, in the biggest US exhibition of his work, the Museum of Modern Art features the new retrospective, Ed Ruscha / Now Then. The exhibit features more than 200 works, including a new installation of Ruscha's iconic, "Chocolate Room." Christophe Cherix, chief curator of drawings and prints at MoMA, joins us to discuss the exhibit, running through January 13.

[REBROADCAST FROM October 25] In 1921, Pablo Picasso spent the summer painting in his villa in Fontainebleau, France. Some of his works include six-foot-high canvases that he painted within weeks of each other; Three Women at the Spring and Three Musicians. Curator and art historian Anne Umland joins us to discuss the show, Picasso in Fontainebleau, which is on display at the Museum of Modern Art through February 17.

[REBROADCAST FROM October 3] A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art spotlights the fraught relationship between French artists Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas, who often went back and forth between being friends, and rivals. We discuss the exhibit with curators Stephan Wolohojian, who worked on the paintings, and Ashley Dunn, who worked with drawings and works on paper. Manet/Degas is on view at the Met through January 7th.

Outlaw country pioneer Jessi Colter never thought she was going to make another album... until now. She joins us to discuss Edge of Forever, her new album produced by Margo Price.

Television star Shari Lewis broke new ground in the 1950s and '60s with her ventriloquism and beloved puppet, Lamb Chop, who appeared with her on a variety of shows for children over the course of her career, including "The Shari Lewis Show" on NBC. A new documentary titled "Shari & Lamb Chop" explores Lewis's life and legacy. Director Lisa D'Apolito joins us to discuss the film, which will premiere at Doc NYC on Saturday at 6:30 pm. 

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings was founded in New York City in May 1948, and has since sought to record "people's music" and archive sounds of all kinds from the United States and around the world. As part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, the label has organized various programs and efforts, including curating a line-up for the Brooklyn Folk Festival and releasing an album exclusively of North American frog sounds. Director and curator Maureen Loughran joins us to discuss the anniversary alongside Jake Blount, a musician signed to the label.

Brooklyn Folk Festival kicks off at St Ann's Church on Friday, November 10, through Sunday. The concerts will feature veterans and newer names in folk, from Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and The Fugs to Jake Blount and Nora Brown. Lynette Wiley, festival executive producer and head of the presenting organization, Jalopy Theatre & School of Music, joins us to preview the performances along with local fiddle player Stephanie Coleman.