Embracing Arlington

Arts Talks

Each Tuesday afternoon, Janet Kopenhaver airs a new “Embracing Arlington Arts Talks” podcast. Each show features an Arts organization representative, visual artist, arts expert, reviewers, and others to talk about productions, events, benefits of the arts, economic impact of the arts, and many other topics.

Playwright and Podcaster Patrick Flynn "Talks" About Many Hats

Playwright/Podcaster/Filmmaker/Director (and much more) Patrick Flynn sat down with Embracing Arlington Arts President Janet Kopenhaver to talk about the many hats he has worn during his career. How exactly does one write an adaptation of a children's book? What is the unique story about Peter Pan adaptations? What does he have guests talk about on his podcast "The Original Cast?" Plus learn more about "The Velveteen Rabbit" that he wrote and is being presented by Adventure Theater. - December 17, 2019


"What Is Love Actually?" - New Podcast Series

The Managing Director of Monumental Theatre Company Beth Amann and the Producer of The Original Cast podcast Patrick Flynn have joined forces to produce a new podcast series entitled "What Is Love Actually." Find out all the details, their excellent guest line-up, how guests were "assigned" to each story line, how the podcast came about, other topics covered in the series (like movie making techniques and British culture), and of course details about the film in our interview. Also find out how Beth really feels about screenwriter and director Richard Curtis. Very fun and entertaining show! - December 22, 2020