Artslink

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/...

Clare Preuss talks to us on the phone about "Men Express Their Feelings," a play about hockey players. Downstage Theatre will be back at Motel Theatre at Calgary's Arts Commons. Running from Nov. 12-14, 2021, you can check out the Downstage website for more information. http://www.downstage.ca/mxtf-listening-parties Then, Nathan interviews Lily Cai of the Calgary Justice Film Festival (formerly kn...

On the October episode of Artslink, Jeanne Kwong talks to filmmakers and actors part of the 2021 Calgary International Film Festival. At the start of the show is Zoe Leigh Hopkins with her film Run Woman Run about a Six Nations marathon runner in Ontario. After that are local Calgary filmmaker Asim Overstands, and young actors Louriza Trunco and Daniel Doheny from the film Drinkwater filmed in B.C...

On the Labour Day edition of Artslink, Jeanne Kwong talks to Tony Wong of the Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre about the Mid-Autumn festivities at the centre in September. Then, Nathan speaks with Madhan Selveraj of The India Film Festival of Alberta. Running from September 10th to the 12th, this FREE festival takes place at The Globe Cinema & C-Space near Marda Loop. Visit www.indiafilmfestival.ca...

This month, The Calgary Fringe is covered in two interviews with creators & performers. Actor and dancer Kunji Ikeda joins us by phone to talk about his production in the Calgary Fringe Festival this year. We were able to catch up a little bit. During the last year or so, he has worked on his latest show Know The Rules, Win The Game through his Cloudsway Dance company. To view the streaming perfor...

JP Thibodeau, the artistic director of Storybook Theatre stops to talk about their summer theatre school program, and what they have planned for their 45th season. They are a theatre company that produces shows for young audiences. https://www.storybooktheatre.org/ Then, another look at the 1966 dark satire 'Lord Love A Duck', which can be seen for free online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiWe...

On the May episode, Heather Shaw from the Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival is our guest. She talks about the May film festival happening May 21 to 30th. We also hear excerpts from an interview co-host Jeanne had with the late Calgary playwright Sharon Pollock in 2016. She passed away at age 85 in late April.

April is National Poetry Month. Artslink is celebrating by have three Calgary poets on the show. Jeanne speaks to Laurie Ann Fuhr and Sholley Powell. They are regulars on the poetry scene in the city. Then, Nathan speaks with Josephine LoRe about the forms of poetry called Haiku & Tanka. From influences & history, to how the forms work. -We hope you'll be inspired to try your own! Here's the Haiku...

Michelle Thrush joins us to talk about Istotsi - a workshop series at Making Treaty 7 for young and emerging artists. Making Treaty 7 is a theatre based in Mohkinstsis, the Blackfoot name for Calgary. Then, Nathan pays tribute to Christopher Plummer by discussing one of his more unusual roles, made under the Canadian Tax Shelter plan of the late 1970's.. Finally, a surprise ends up on youtube that...

Jeanne talks to Jiajia Li of the Calgary Chinese Orchestra about a video featuring the erhu instrument. Celebrating the Lunar New Year, and Year of the Ox, the Calgary Chinese Orchestra and our next guest Mo Fan provide some staple entertainment during the Spring Festival, as Chinese New Year is also called. Then, Nathan speaks with Mo Fan of Calgary's Mo Fan Tai Chi & Wushu Academy for a conversa...

Jeanne speaks to author Marc Herman Lynch about his debut novel Arborescent out from Arsenal Pulp Press. Then, Nathan speaks with Christie Hurrell of LabNEXT about opportunities to be found at the UofC library in the new year.

Antyx Community Arts has been around for decades. Jeanne chats with Stephanie Banszky, the community engagement coordinator, and one of the youth volunteers for the Calgart non-profit that engages youth in social and community issues through the arts.

The end of 2020 calls for a change of pace in creative endeavors. Jeanne talks to Jennifer Waters who has embraced painting as a creative outlet later in life. Then, Nathan talks Frank Zappa on Cross Country Checkup, then Nash the Slash. It's a little-known fact that Nash took photos of some of the biggest names in Rock history at a toronto Venue called 'The Rock Pile', & the internet archive save...

October is here. On Artslink this month host Jeanne speaks to Valerie Castillo Martinez about her film Death of Nintendo, which had a screening as part of the Calgary International Film Festival. The story follows young Paolo and his friends in the Philippines. Clare Preuss of Downstage Theatre is also on the program to talk about their new online theatre performance, Deer Woman. Lila is an Indige...

The September Artslink edition kicks-off the 5th consecutive year for the program on CJSW. On this episode, Jeanne talks to filmmaker Cheryl Foggo about her documentary, John Ware Reclaimed He was one of the prominent Black cowboys in Southern Alberta in the late 1800s. The film will have its World Premiere at the Calgary International Film Festival, from Sept 24 to Oct 4, 2020 Then, Nathan looks...

Jeanne talks to musician Foon Yap about her new single, Free and Easy Wandering. The track grew from her exploration of Chinese poetry and Asian heritage. Then, Nathan covers a couple of film analysis that you can read for free from the internet archive! 'All about the Thing' by Robert Meakin 10,000 Ways To Die by Alex Cox (1978 version) Musical interlude is 'The Big Gundown', by Ennio Morricone (...

Jeanne talks to composer Alice Ping Yee Ho talks about The Monkiest King. Based on part of the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West, the opera follows the Monkey King on his travels. Then, Nathan covers a couple of film analysis that you can read for free from the internet archive! 'All about the Thing' by Robert Meakin: https://web.archive.org/web/20080626083304/http://outpost31.com/media/All...

For the June episode, Artslink host Jeanne Kwong speaks with Jason Mehmel, artistic director of Ignite! 2020: Hyperspace Edition, put on by Sage Theatre. The festival is happening June 10th to 13th online. Visit Sage Theatre for more information. Then, Nathan talks about some free film & television shows he found on the internet. -Take advantage of them while you can!

For Artslink in April, poet Mikaela Cacho stopped by CJSW for a chat about her debut book of poetry, I Was Always The Sun. She launched her book one evening in February 2020, with a small gathering of friends and supporters at Lukes Central Library.

Vi An is the feature artist on Artslink in May. I will be playing tracks from the albums she has released. They are available on Bandcamp. Here is a note Vi An has passed along: To all my Calgarian homies, loved ones and colleagues, sending you all sweetest vibrations, for peace, health, reflection and liberation always. You're always on my mind and in my heart, you can hear it in my music and eve...

Actor and playwright Kris Vanessa Teo talks about her play 我的名是张欣恩 (Gimme chance leh), based on her experience growing up in Singapore, and recent life in Calgary. It is with Chromatic Theatre. Then, Nathan wants to try getting listeners into whittling & wood carving because he's found it so relaxing, inexpensive and easy to do at home! The Trystick, upon which cuts are practiced, can be fo...

Ben Caplan is a musician and co-creator of Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story at Alberta Theatre Projects Feb 5 to16. It is high-energy klezmer musical theatre where musicians play on stage. Based on the playwright Hannah Moscovitch's great-grandparents' true story, the story is about two Jewish Romanians who fall in love, flee their country and make a new life in Canada. Caplan speaks to Artslink on...

Welcome to 2020. It is the start of a new year and new decade at Artslink. JD Derbyshire performs in Certified, a one person show, that tackles mental illness which the comedian and actor has experienced. She asks audience members to take part in the performance. Host Jeanne Kwong talks to her for radio. Mitchell Lukinuk stars in musical The Boy From Oz at Front Row Centre Players. He plays Peter...

Tash Aw is an award-winning author with three previous novels and one autobiographical non-fiction book. We, the Survivors is a 2019 release. The focus is on Ah Hock, a man living just outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In Ah Hock's bid to build a better life for himself, he kills a Bangladeshi migrant worker. In the interview, the author touches on some of the themes in the novel, such as friends...