Artslink

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, abou...

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-developmen...

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' se...

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, di...

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...

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.....

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 Author...

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:/...

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...

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/calga...

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 t...

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.ca The Calgary Fringe Festival runs f...

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 book...

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 regu...

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.me...

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 th...