Artslink

This episode is about the closure of Evergreen Community SPACES. First, we hear the story of Evergreen up to now from Executive Director Sean Fraser. https://www.ecspaces.com/ Then, 5 different artists who call Evergreen home tell their stories: Ashley Brodeur from Maven Movement https://maven-movement.com/ Ishita Singla from Madhuban Performing Arts https://madhubanperformingarts.com/ Nick Driscoll from Evergreen Theatre https://www.evergreentheatre.com/ Claire Bolton from Full Circle Theatre https://aflimsyplan.com/full-circle-theatre/ Allara Gooliaf from Three Left Feet https://threeleftfeet.ca/ The Reddit post that has the statement from Evergreen for those who don't use Facebook: https://www.reddit.com/r/Calgary/comments/1kejq9h/evergreen_theatre_and_community_spaces_announces/

Workshop Theatre is bringing Columbo to the stage! Co-Directors Ron Brouwer & Hamish Crawford stop by the cjsw studios to talk about the Rumpled Detective.. Running from May 9-17 @ The Pumphouse Theatre https://www.workshoptheatre.ca/prescriptionmurder Then, Abbas joins Nathan to tell listeners about the new events listing endeavour that has just begun! cjsw.com/events Email us with your events: concerts@cjsw.com Interludes: 'Kiss Me, Son Of God' by They Might Be Giants 'Bigipedia' S01E04

Allen's Instragram :@allencollado68 My Article on the Calgary Hip-Hop and Street Dance Festival: https://thegauntlet.ca/2024/12/02/move-to-the-rhythm-of-underground-funk-at-the-calgary-hip-hop-and-street-dance-festival/

This month, Artslink is hosted by Abbas Hussain. The Kinkonauts on the other hand are much newer to the scene here in Calgary. Created in 2006, The Kinkonauts have been pioneering the scene here ever since, pushing boundaries when it comes to what's possible in improv. Check out one of their shows if you're looking to experience what improv is. Check them out at : https://kinkonauts.com/ Loose Moose is cofounded by Keith Johnston, who is legendary among the improv community not only in Calgary, but throughout the world. Born in England in 1933, he moved first to Ontario before settling here in Calgary, Alberta, to teach at the University of Calgary before retiring in 1995. He's known for creating not only Loose Moose, but also for creating theatresports, which is a form of competitive improv where two teams compete against each other and either the audience or a group of judges “rate” the performances. Check them out at: https://www.loosemoose.com/ Finally, but not least, we have the UofC Improv Club. This is a UofC Club, which means its right here on the University of Calgary Campus. It's a great place to start doing Improv, with like-minded amazing people. Check out on of the shows, or the BOTWIF Festival that takes place every year in February. Check them out on Instagram at @uofcimprov or https://www.instagram.com/uofcimprov/?hl=en

'Let's Kill Uncle' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOlDGUYEcII The Chris Morris Music Show: https://archive.org/details/TheChrisMorrisMusicShow Blue Jam: https://archive.org/details/chrismorris_bluejam

'Let's Kill Uncle' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOlDGUYEcII The Chris Morris Music Show: https://archive.org/details/TheChrisMorrisMusicShow Blue Jam: https://archive.org/details/chrismorris_bluejam

First up on the show, I speak with Leda Davies of The Screaming Goats Collective about an upcoming show called 'Free Falling: a contemporary circus double-bill'. The show includes 'Fish At The Bottom Of The Sea' & 'In The Fire', and Leda talks about what we can expect from this unusual show! https://cspacemardaloop.com/event/the-screaming-goats-present-free-falling/2024-11-29/ Then it's a chat with Jack Grinhaus, Artistic Director of Vertigo Theatre about their new production of Agatha Christie's 'Murder On The Links'. https://www.vertigotheatre.com/murder-on-the-links Prairie of Prax - 'ANGELA LANSBURY' https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL52F5E0F6E5BD7BBB

2024 Funding Drive Episode A live episode of Artslink hosted by Nathan, celebrating the 2024 Funding Drive and The Sounds of Radiotown.

Starting off the show this month is Kenn Enns from Shelf Life Books to talk about ZINE PARTY on November 10th @ CommunityWise Resource Centre https://shelflifebooks.ca/events/903420241110 https://communitywise.net/about/ Calgary Zine Club: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryzineclub/ Then, Nathan talks about some incredibly belated music discoveries: The band 'Buck' that emerged from the ashes of 'Cub', and the first recording of Neko Case singing when she was the drummer of Cub. Buck: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nnc1Qwj38SvQCqskiMudmPBMJdY9tOpjg Neko's singing debut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l37z_xIsj_g To close off the show, here's the radio play version of the horror film 'Pontypool'! https://archive.org/details/pontypool-by-tony-burgess

This month features an interview with Hassan Rizwan and Shiv Ravel from Madhuban Performing Arts. We talk about their latest show, 'Katha', opportunities to get involved with Madhuban & what it has meant to their own artistic journey. madhubanperformingarts.com 'O Re Piya', the song heard on the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv7lcUkFVSc The upcoming show that Madhuban is opening for: https://www.artscommons.ca/whats-on/sukhwinder-singh?gad_source=1 Another upcoming show recommended by Hassan & Shiv: https://www.eventticketscenter.com/udit-narayan-calgary-tickets/1020309/e?gad_source=1 Hassan would like to recommend the band 'Junoon': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8anr6et3Lw

The Columbophile website: https://columbophile.com/buy-my-book/ All of the Columbo adventures can be found here! https://archive.org/details/columbo/Columbo.S01E00.1968.Prescription.Murder.720p.BluRay.mkv Here is a Sunny Jain performance featuring the same lineup Calgary got to see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIYIn7yTtTo The original version of 10000 ways to die: https://web.archive.org/web/20190320135151/http://www.alexcox.com/freestuff/10000_WAYS_TO_DIE.pdf The self-titled album by Buck: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nnc1Qwj38SvQCqskiMudmPBMJdY9tOpjg

The Columbophile website: https://columbophile.com/buy-my-book/ All of the Columbo adventures can be found here! https://archive.org/details/columbo/Columbo.S01E00.1968.Prescription.Murder.720p.BluRay.mkv Here is a Sunny Jain performance featuring the same lineup Calgary got to see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIYIn7yTtTo The original version of 10000 ways to die: https://web.archive.org/web/20190320135151/http://www.alexcox.com/freestuff/10000_WAYS_TO_DIE.pdf The self-titled album by Buck: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nnc1Qwj38SvQCqskiMudmPBMJdY9tOpjg

The 18th annual Calgary Fringe Festival is running from August 2nd to the 10th in Inglewood.. This month, Artslink features interviews with not one, but THREE of the upcoming shows!------------------------------ First up, it's Alison Bloxham & Stephanie Alexandre from Glass Confetti Productions, who bring their co-creation 'You're Driving Me Crazy' to Calgary Fringe: https://tickets.calgaryfringe.ca/event/366:141/ ------------------------------ Then we talk 'Syster och Bror Bygga IKEA! (Sister and Brother Build IKEA!)' with co-creators Janice Thompson Spence & Rick Kiebiech from Silent Pea Productions. https://tickets.calgaryfringe.ca/event/366:132/ ------------------------------ To end the program, Playwright/actor Macie Lockhart & Director Rita Rebetskaya of The Scorched Woman Collective join me in-studio to discuss 'Where Have All The Witches Gone?' https://tickets.calgaryfringe.ca/event/366:133/ ------------------------------ You can browse all Calgary Fringe shows, the Fringe After Dark shows, and the on-demand options from this link: https://tickets.calgaryfringe.ca/

For the June episode, I'm covering some live theatre, and not one, but TWO 'secret cinema' events! -You won't know what the films are going to be until they begin, and that's a beautiful thing.. First up is Hans Wackershauser and Megan Baldrey of Full Circle Theatre, and 'Riverona'. Riverona is "The inevitable gritty reboot of the original teen drama Romeo & Juliet". It will be taking place over multiple 'episodes' and evenings, including a binge-watch weekend where all 4 episodes will be performed. -A unique way to do theatre! Get your tickets here: https://aflimsyplan.com/full-circle-theatre/ Next, Pascal Fortin stops by to tell us about his cult film videostore in Calgary, Rough Cut Video, and their 2nd secret cinema event called 'Freaks Come Out At Night vol.2'. Taking place at the Globe Cinema on Saturday July 6th, this is a double-feature of obscure flicks that could only be curated by someone who really knows their stuff! Get your tickets (and browse the immense catalogue of cult films) here: https://roughcutvideo.ca/ Fimally, I hopped on a zoom call to chat with Kyle Marshall, Programming Director of The Calgary Society Of Independent Filmmakers, about 'Summer Cinema Club'. Every other Tuesday, the CSIF headquarters will be showing a movie as part of a series celebrating 'The entire history of film'. -For FREE! Kyle describes the inspiration for the series, the previous screenings, & what to expect of the final 4 instalments. Reserve your seat here: https://csif.org/events/8256-9430

This month, it's the art of taking care of injured/orphaned wildlife, and educating the public on mitigating the damage done from human/wildlife interactions. Featuring two interviews with The Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society, Nathan first speaks with Executive Director Beki Hunt about the society in general. Then, an interview with Melanie Whalen, Director of Wildlife Care & Services, about some of the specifics about wild animal rehabilitation as well as the current situation of our native bat species. calgarywildlife.org

The April episode starts by covering the new play from Forte Musical Theatre Guild, Buy Me A Drink, Joe', which is about the life and work of founder Joe Slabe (Joe joins me for a chat & a tune). It runs from April 23 - May 5 at cSPACE (1721 29 Ave SW) Tickets at: fortemusical.ca Then, an interview with screenwriter Braden Brickner about the upcoming *FREE* live script reading of his in-development creature-feature comedy 'Little Friggers' as part of the Calgary Underground Film Festival. April 27 at 1pm @ The Globe Cinema https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2024/live-script-reading-little-friggers Keep up-to-date on the film with his website: http://betaforcecarbon.com/ Finally, a short piece on the Black Film Archive, and the 1988 war film, 'Camp de Thiaroye'. https://blackfilmarchive.com/Camp-de-Thiaroye

This month, Nathan interviews Andy Roy, director of 'Final Chorus', which is part of the 2024 Alchemy Festival at The University of Calgary. https://arts.ucalgary.ca/creative-performing-arts/news-and-events/school-events/scpa-2023-24-season/alchemy2024 Then, we talk Calgary Cinematheque with Programming Coordinator Ben Rowe, about the latest screenings from the 'Nuclear Horror: America X Japan' series. https://calgarycinema.org/nuclear-horror

Feb 2024 artslink

Artslink has three guests this month. Teresa Woo-Paw from Asian Heritage Foundation will talk about the Asian Night Market as part of Chinook Blast, Bianca Miranda will talk about her play Kisapmata at Lunchbox Theatre, and Arun Lakra will talk about his play Heist at Vertigo Theatre.

Tune in Monday for Artslink. Braden Griffiths is on to talk about Sleuth at Vertigo Theatre, Then, Nathan plays 'the romance of king creosote' by Bruce McCall, which aired 50 years ago on December 1st 1973 as part of the national lampoon radio hour, and Marley McDonald will be on to talk about film she co-directed, Time Bomb Y2K that is at CUFF Docs Documentary Film Festival

It's all about the Calgary International Film Festival this month, with Jeanne starting the show interviewing Kathleen Jayme, one of the co-directors of the Documentary film 'I'm Just Here For The Riot', about the events following the game seven Stanley Cup loss by the Vancouver Canucks in 2011. https://ciff2023.eventive.org/films/64d2fa6634d2870058d6bd12 Then, Nathan speaks with Omar Mouallem, director of 'The Lebanese Burger Mafia', his documentary about Burger Baron. https://ciff2023.eventive.org/films/64d2fa66d9bbe600899c1b81 https://burgerbaronmovie.com/ To close the show, Jeanne brings us her interview with Kamala Parel-Nuttall, director of the documentary short 'The Gateway', about young Calgary Street Dancers & their teacher, Tara Wilson. https://ciff2023.eventive.org/films/64e3e320472d7000a771eb8f

First, Jeanne speaks with Yuli Carvajal Pereira about her exhibit 'Under Skin', on display in the +15 Galleries at Arts Commons. Then, a quick mention of the India Film Festival of Alberta: https://indiafilmfestival.ca/2023/ The third segment is an interview with Kristine Astop, director of the upcoming 'Carrie: The Musical' from Front Row Centre Players. https://www.artscommons.ca/whats-on/carrie-the-musical

For the July episode, it's all Calgary Fringe Festival! First, Jeanne covers 'Carpool', with an interview featuring the creator & cast, Sarah Gibbs & SueAnne Fu-Joncic. Runs from August 4-12 Get tickets for 'Carpool' here: https://tickets.calgaryfringe.ca/event/366:95/ Then, Nathan speaks with Gail Whiteford, writer & Director of 'Ophelia Rising', which tells about what REALLY happened in Hamlet.. "Never underestimate the men who underestimate women." Runs from August 5-12 Get tickets to 'Ophelia Rising' Here: https://tickets.calgaryfringe.ca/event/366:97/ Song this month: 'Blue Widow's Trail' by Forbidden Dimension, from their latest album 'Midnight Stew' Get your copy here: https://www.wastedwaxrecords.com/product-page/forbidden-dimension-midnight-stew-lp Or here: https://forbiddendimension.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-stew

First, Jeanne interviews Fung Ling Feimo about Historic Places Days in Calgary's Chinatown. https://historicplacesdays.ca/places/%E5%8D%A1%E5%9F%8E%E8%8F%AF%E5%9F%A0-calgary-chinatown/ Then, Nathan does a segment on the life and work of Rod Serling. You can find the full interviews excerpted here: Rod Serling on censorship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQlqjONEsKQ Rod Serling on 'The Dead Authors Podcast' https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-33-rod-serling-featuring-john-ross-bowie Here is the link to 'Columbo' on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/columbo And here is the link for the latest Forbidden Dimension show @ The Palomino: https://thepalomino.ca/events/forbidden-dimension-caveman-banshee-psychic-alliance

Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival celebrates their 25th year in June during Pride Month. Denise Clarke and Maezy Reign are in the studio to talk about their book club theatre production She Sat Down & Wept from One Yellow Rabbit. Documentary filmmaker Weiye Su talks about A Passage Beyond Fortune, a film he made of the Chow Family in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

For the April episode of Artslink, Jeanne speaks with the folks from Design Talks, Shannon Lanigan & Jared Tailfeathers. http://www.dtalks.org/ Then, Nathan interviews Calgary Underground Film Festival Lead Programmer, Cameron Macgowan about the festival, which runs until April 30th. https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/ The films you heard being discussed on the show can be found below: https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2023/cult-hero https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2023/found-footage-festival-vol-10 https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2023/kims-video https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2023/polaris https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2023/stephane

Jeanne talks to artist Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet about her current exhibit, And in spring we'll wait for lilacs @thenewgallery. https://thenewgallery.org/ Nathan returns to https://blackfilmarchive.com/ with a couple of reviews: https://blackfilmarchive.com/Top-of-the-Heap 'The World The Flesh And The Devil': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXQNefaXRss Also mentioned is the 'Every 70's Movie website: http://every70smovie.blogspot.com/ The end of the show features a piece on Jerry Samuels (AKA: Napoleon XIV).

This Month, Jeanne speaks with director Simon Mallett about 'Peter And The Star Catcher' at StoryBook Theatre, which runs until March 11th. https://www.storybooktheatre.org/peter-and-the-starcatcher Then, Nathan speaks with Rory Cory, senior curator of The Military Museums about 'Museum Con' - A weekend-long tabletop wargame gathering taking place on March 4th and 5th. https://www.meetup.com/calgary-historical-strategy-games-events/events/290707941/ The Artslink theme song is 'Fiery Tango' by Anita Mui

Artslink is taking a break to make room for end-of-year best-ofs, so this month is a rebroadcast of Nathan's interview with The Columbophile. Find out more about The Columbo Companion book here: https://columbophile.com/buy-my-book/

Rohit Chokhani from Alberta Theatre Projects will talk about their production of the Jungle Book and MC Red Cloud will talk about Bear Grease at The Grand.

2022 CJSW Funding Drive Episode (Live)

Host Jeanne Kwong speaks with the director Javier Vilalta for a new adaptation of The House of Bernarda Alba for Sage Theatre in Calgary. Jeanne also speaks to two Calgary animators Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis will be on Artslink to talk about their new animation, The Flying Sailor, which will be part of the Calgary International Film Festival. And host Nathan Taylor brings back something from the vault.

Host Jeanne Kwong speaks with the director Javier Vilalta for a new adaptation of The House of Bernarda Alba for Sage Theatre in Calgary. Jeanne also speaks to two Calgary animators Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis will be on Artslink to talk about their new animation, The Flying Sailor, which will be part of the Calgary International Film Festival. And host Nathan Taylor brings back something from the vault.

On Artslink this month, Misha Maseka is a filmmaker based in Calgary. She will have a short film called Not That Deep as part of the Calgary International Film Festival, Sept 22 to Oct 2. After that will be an interview with the new artistic director of Vertigo Theatre Jack Grinhaus. He will be sharing what will be in the 2022/2023 season for mystery theatre.

To kick off the July episode, Nathan speaks with Executive Director Michele Gallant of the Calgary Fringe Festival. Afterwards, Jeanne interviews one of the Fringe Fest Artists, Caroline Russell-King, about her performance 'Absinth Bourbon Vodka & Saki'Tickets for the show can be found here: https://tickets.calgaryfringe.ca/event/366:66/366:848/ calgaryfringe.caThe Calgary Fringe Festival runs from July 29th to August 6th in Inglewood. Then, it's a chat with Abigail Stosky-Rahman, program coordinator for Nature Alberta about their upcoming Family Nature Nights: Brilliant Birds at Weaselhead park on August 3rd.naturealberta.ca/family-nature-night-brilliant-birds Be sure to check out the resources Nature Alberta provides to become a citizen scientist! https://naturealberta.ca/citizen-science/

Artslink is now on the 4th Monday of the month.Tune in to the show, which features an interview with playwright Cheryl Foggo, about her play 'Heaven' @lunchboxtheatre #yycarts Then, Nathan plays excerpts from an interview with CJSW's own Sideshow Sid. Catch his show, Diggin' in the Crates, every Thursday morning from Midnight-2am! https://cjsw.com/program/diggin-in-the-crates/

For the May episode of Artslink, Jeanne speaks with Daniela Vlaskalic about her play 'Dora Maar: The Wicked One'. It's part of the spring edition of the High Performance Rodeo: https://www.hprodeo.ca/2022/dora Then, Nathan covers the Calgary Maker Faire (May 14 & 15 @ the BMO Centre), by speaking with organizer Dean White (of Calgary Rocketry) & Presenter Rachelle Levigne (who makes beautiful bookart) https://calgary.makerfaire.com/ https://www.beautifulbookart.ca/

First, Jeanne speaks with Makram Ayache about their new play, 'The Green Line'.It runs until April 9th at The Big Secret Theatre: https://www.artscommons.ca/whats-on/the-green-line?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Spotlight-March2022&utm_content=version_A Then Nathan talks about a little-known 1975 film 'The Noah', as well as the 1960's work of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson & their regular composer, Barry Gray. The Noah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzOQWUwO9sU Most of the works of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson (Joe 90, The secret Service, etc.) can be found on The Internet Archive! https://archive.org/details/01ThunderbirdsTrappedInTheSky

For the March episode of Artslink, it's an interview with Mélisande [électrotrad], who make Electronic Dance Music from traditional Quebecois folk songs. Nathan is joined by Mélisande & Alexandre to talk about (and play) his favourite songs & ask about what they mean, to find out how they made their new album, and to let everyone know about a new video project they have just filmed! https://www.melisandemusic.com/en/ The cartoon video for 'Ti-Pétard Allard': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVu4O8ISx6A The documentary Mélisande mentioned, about the making of their last album, 'Les myriades' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ05ismSpUg

For the February episode of Artslink, Jeanne speaks with Paloma Negra, who is a Mexican musician now based in Calgary.Speaking through her translator, Paloma describes Mariachi style & her experiences in Alberta. The video to her song 'Caray' can be found on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IibdELe7BMs Then, Nathan talks Columbo with 'The Lieutenant' of columbophile.com about just what the show is, and what makes a great episode of Columbo. columbophile.com is a fantastic place to watch & learn about the show, so here are a couple favourite pages: https://columbophile.com/2019/11/17/the-proof-that-mrs-columbo-really-exists/ https://columbophile.com/2019/04/28/six-times-columbo-loses-his-cool-and-what-it-tells-us/ Please enjoy this expanded version of the original 30-minute broadcast.

On the first Artslink of 2022, Jeanne interviews local musicians 'Subliminal Rabbit' about their new album 'Ride or Die'. https://open.spotify.com/artist/17DdNRm4P45JNW03AgOeE4 Then Nathan speaks with author Bruce Zawalsky about his book, 'Canadian Wilderness Survival'. https://boreal.net/books/

Tune in Monday at 11 am & 8 pm, when Jeanne interviews Rohit Chokhani, the new artistic director at Alberta Theatre Projects. https://albertatheatreprojects.com/whats-on/in-wonderland/ Nathan talks about two exciting & obscure finds from The Internet Archive.. First up is 'All About The Thing' by Robert Meaken, which can be found at: https://web.archive.org/web/20080626083304/http://outpost31.com/media/All_About_The_Thing.pdf Then, it's 'Ten Thousand Ways To Die' (1978 version) by Alex Cox: https://web.archive.org/web/20190320135151/http://www.alexcox.com/freestuff/10000_WAYS_TO_DIE.pdf