Artslink

Artslink this month features interviews with local artists who played Sled Island 2026: Cartel Madras / EVIDENT 2 ME - Interviewed by Kaamil Kareemi Toxic Fem / Night Witches - Interviewed by Willow Pflueger

This episode presents work from the later incarnation of 'The Credibility Gap', which features Harry Shearer, Michael McKean & David L. Lander from 1973-79. https://taylorjessen.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-credibility-gap-great-gift-idea_4.html There are portions of the show 'Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants' (a show about sleight of hand magic) that lends itself nicely to the aural experience..I hope y...

This month we have an interview with Hank Hansen of Two Wheel View. https://www.twowheelview.org/ Also, several Repair Exchange events are happening over the next few weeks: https://www.arusha.org/repair-exchange May 1st is a "Bandcamp Friday", where 100% of the proceeds from your purchase goes to the Artist... https://idlesband.bandcamp.com/album/joy-as-an-act-of-resistance https://lambrinigirlsb...

For the March episode, Abbas interviews Doug Haslam & Shauna Thompson from The Esker Foundation about what goes on behind the scenes in managing an art exhibition. https://eskerfoundation.com/exhibition/katie-ohe/ https://eskerfoundation.com/exhibition/the-visitors/

For the episode this month, an interview with Cayley Wreggit, Director of Full Circle Theatre's 'The Taming Of The Shrew'. Known for their interest in Shakespeare adaptations, Cayley takes us through what went into this Romantasy re-telling of the bards' tale.. https://www.fullcircletheatre.ca/the-taming-of-the-shrew Please check out the Black Film Archive: blackfilmarchive.com

This month, we welcome Abagail Vanmerlin & Jakob Schaefer, Co-Artistic Directors of a new theatre company and Venue: The Theatre (215, 14th Ave SW). Their latest production is 'The Boss Of It All', which runs until February 7th. https://thetheatre.com/thebossofitall/ https://archive.org/details/ThunderbirdsSeries/Thunderbirds+20+-+Move+and+You're+Dead.mp4

For this final 2025 episode, Abbas interviews local painter & entrepreneur Billie Rae Busby, who talks about the challenges (and rewards) of selling her art. https://www.billieraebusby.com/home Nathan ends the show with a couple of movie recommendations: -Chompy & The Girls https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8h1c65 -Downey Wrote That https://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=118464.0

On this episode of Artslink, its the leadup to the holidays with both The Calgary Society Of Inpependant Filmmakers & Full Circle Theatre! First, CSIFs' programming director, Kyle Marshal, tells us about 'In The Can' & the latest series of Cinema Club: 'Cowboys & Samurais". https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/in-the-can-films-made-by-calgary-filmmakers-tickets-1461998369479?aff=oddtdtcreator Use the below...

For this post-funding drive, listener appreciation show, we continue the interview with James Istvanffy about the game 'Diplomacy', which will be played at the Airdrie Public Library on Saturday November 1st (805 Main St S)10AM-5PM Contact James to book your seat (403)554-1248 It's Halloween on Artslink! First, a taste of the 1960s radio drama 'The Black Mass', featuring the tale Lobster Salad. ht...

This month features an interview with photographer Danny Luong about his exhibition called 'trap (disambiguation)', which can be seen at The Bows (2001b 10 Ave SW) until October 11th. https://www.thebows.org/projects/trap-disambiguation https://dannyluong.ca/ Here is the Forward to this exhibition, written by Louis Villanueva: Unskilled and Illegal Have you broken the law? If so, did you feel sham...

This month, Artslink takes a look at the Repair Exchange program run by The Arusha Centre. https://www.arusha.org/repair-exchange The segment starts with an interview from Natalie Callas, who is the Circular Economy Manager at The Arusha Centre. Then, Artslink takes you right to the floor of a recent Repair Exchange at The Dalhousie Community Association to speak with some of the repairers, Steve,...

This month Artslink is covering the 2025 Calgary Fringe Theatre Festival! calgaryfringe.ca 'OH Mother!' - Written & Performed by Rebbekah Ogden Directed by Joel Braun Find tickets to 'Oh Mother!' here: https://tickets.calgaryfringe.ca/event/366:182/ '100 Foreskins For My Hand In Marriage' - Written & Performed by Rainier Pearl-Styles Find Tickets to '100 Foreskins For My Hand In Marriage' here: ht...

The June episode of Artslink features interviews done by cjsw volunteers at Sled Island 2025. First, it's Aldi Lloshi interviewing local musician Zenon. The song heard is 'Smoke in my Lungs'. Then, Emma Marshall interviews Tropical Fuck Storm. Their songs are 'Irukandji Syndrome' & 'Dunning Kruger's Loser Cruiser'. Zenons' website: https://www.zenonepp.com/ The Bandcamp for Tropical Fuck Storm & t...

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 Drisco...

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: c...

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 Moo...

'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 wit...

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 'C...

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...

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/we...

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...

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 m...