CiTR -- Arts Report

Today we started with two shout-outs. Shout-out to the Fringe Festival! They are back and better than ever. You should also check out Wings Over Water (and tune in next week for an interview with the creators behind it). Our second shout-out went to "A Dream of A Woman" which is a new short story collection by Casey Plett. We continued our show with Serra's interview with Diane Currie Sam about a...

We started off today's show with Jade's review of Gather: Stories in Nature which was followed by a review from Serra, she talked about Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story which is being put on by the Arts Club at the Granville Stage. Afterwards we played Eva's interview with Wes Marskell from The Darcys about their grant for three indie Canadian artists trying to start their careers dur...

This week's show is very special because it's our first live show from the studio in over a year! We started off this very special day with Jade's interview with Lisa Wolfin about the Vancouver Visual Art Foundation. We continued our show with some shout-outs. Shout-out to the Arts Club's subscription series. They are coming back in the fall with a new season and you can get a season's subscriptio...

We started off today's show with a couple shout-outs. Shout-out to Arts Club's first show back in person! I, Claudia is on at the Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre until August 15th! (Also check out our next episode for a review of the play!) Shout-out to the Steveston Heritage Sites. You can experience these heritage sites and their fascinating history complete with costumed guides, engagin...

Today's show started with two shout-outs. First shout-out goes to the Whistler Film Festival. They are now acception applications for their Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship. Our second shout-out goes to The Winter Lake, Phil Sheerin's directorial feature debut. After the shout-outs, Phoebe did a review on The Holy Game which is a movie that offers an exclusive look at an officially sanctioned Vatic...

Today's episode was full of interviews! We started off with a quick shout-out to Interior Infinite, current exhibition at the Polygon which you can visit until September 5th, 2021. Right after we talked to curator Justin Ramsey about Interior Infinite. Afterwards Serra had her interview with Brian Postalian, producer of HIVE. We talked about HIVE 2021: Flight Paths which is a collection of twelve...

We kicked off today with Serra's segment on Fire Followers, an exhibition by artist Megan Majewski in collaboration with writer Sharon Roberts. You can catch it at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum until October 17th, 2021! We continued with Henri's review of Good Girls Don't, a comedic short-film. This review was followed by Eva's interview with Max Maier for Marmalade Wake and we played their new so...

Today we started our show with a shout-out to Doors Open Richmond, an event taking visitors to behind the scenes of the city's most iconic landmarks. Access the event by searching for the #DoorsOpenRichmond hashtag! After our shout-out, Phoebe had her interview with Todd Forsbloom about Yukon Harvest, followed by Deon's review of His Name is Ray. Deon also talked to the director of the film, Micha...

We started off today's episode with some shout-outs. Shout-out to Vancouver Opera and their latest production, Carmen: Up Close and Personal. Did you know that if you get a season's pass on Vancouver Opera, you can access all of the production at any time you would like until the end of the season? Our next shout-out goes to the Vancouver International Dance Festival. They've done a great job with...

Today's episode features two interviews and two reviews. We started off by Henri's review of Red Snow, "a dramatic feature that begins when Dylan, a Gwich’in soldier from the Canadian Arctic, is caught in an ambush in Afghanistan". Check it out at redsnow.ca We then continued with Deon's interview that they had with Derek Chan, playwright and director of yellow objects, a show that is an innovativ...

Today's show was a little more chill, a little less packed but triple the fun (because we talked to three people!) We started off the show with Serra's interview with Sandra Laronde, the executive and artistic director of Red Sky Performance. They talked about Red Sky's upcoming performance "More Than Dance, We Are a Movement" that's being presented within Digidance starting April 14th. We then co...

Today's episode was packed! We started with a shout-out to the artist talk for Inaction presented by the Richmond Art Gallery. We also talked about Inaction with the curator Shaun Dacey in a previous episode so if you want more info on it, make sure to give it a listen! Our first interview of the day was with thisisisobel and played her new single "finally" which you can listen to on bandcamp! Our...

Today's episode had a good mix of content, we started with a shout-out. Shout-out to Stories of Kindness is an interview series that is focused on spreading kindness, connection, and storytelling through children. Inspiring youth from across Canada were selected to co-host the series and were paired for these important conversations with celebrity guests and it is premiering on March 27th! After t...

Today's episode had so many shout-outs! Shout-out to the annual Julboree Event is a music and art event organized on behalf of different charity organizations! Also shout-out to the Sonic Boom Festival features new music created by composers of British Columbia. The festival is rich in new and unique pieces by a variety of spectacular talent, all available online for free from March 23 – 28, 2021....

This week we had three interviews and one review! We started off with an interview with Shaun Dacey about "Inaction", a new exhibition at the Richmond Art Gallery that comes to life with dance! The exhibition is up until April 3rd so you have some time to see it! We continued with a review of Studio58's TomorrowLove, and as Serra mentioned multiple times, she had nothing negative to say about it....

Today's episode has so much theatre it's amazing! We started with a shout-out to Studio 58's "TomorrowLove" which we talked about with Ray Koh in an interview right after! Watch TomorrowLove for FREE at langara.ca/studio-58 until March 7th. We continued the show with a review of "Mx", done by our new correspondent Henri! After Henri's review, we had Serra's interview with Jordy Matheson who is the...

Today's show has a little bit of everything! We started off with Serra's interview with Samantha Wan who is the co-creator and co-star of Second Jen, which you can watch on OMNI. She also directed half of the episodes so listen to find out more about that process and Second Jen overall! We continued with Eva's interview with Switzermaier, a local band from Vancouver and we also played their single...

...Myriam Steinberg, Farhaven and Fuyubi Nakamura...So many interviews in this episode! We started off with Serra's interview with Myriam Steinberg about her graphic novel "Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)fertility" which is about Myriam's journey trying to have her rainbow babies! You can buy the book at cataloguebabynovel.com We continued the show with Eva's interview with Farhaven who is a loca...

Today's show is our Fundrive episode! Fundrive is the one week every year we ask for your donations so that we can keep CiTR local and be able to provide a platform for alternative and independent voices! If you can, please donate at citr.ca/donate , no donation is too small! Also, we're having silent auctions so check them out on CiTR's instagram account! Today's show began with a shout-out to a...

This week's show was filled with music! We started off with our shout-outs to Inter- Multi- Trans- Call for Video Submissions and Arts Club Theatre Company's audio productions. The audio productions will be releasing periodically until April so check them out! We then continued the show with Silvana's review of Rumba Calzada, presented by the Shadbolt Centre, Silvana said she was dancing while wat...

Today's episode started with an interview Eva did with Amy Kazymerchyk who is the curator of the Western Front's exhibition "Thought, Outside". Besides the exhibition, they also talked about podcasts Amy has been on so give them a listen after ours! After this interview, Silvana did her review of Polygon Gallery's "Alternative Gazes". We continued with another review, Serra talked about "She Sells...

We started off today's show with an interview with Sarah Rodgers who is the director of "She Sells Sea Shells", a play being put on by the United Players of Vancouver. All performances are available to watch online between January 22nd and February 14th! Buy tickets online at unitedplayers.com We continued with a couple of shout-outs: Shout out to Trio of Trios, The Polygon's Curator Talk, STRIDE...

Happy 2021 and welcome back! On the first show of 2021 we had 2 interviews and a review. We started off today's show with Niko's review of Amahl and the Night Visitors that's produced by Vancouver Opera. Afterwards Phoebe had her interview with Norman Yeung who is the playwright and performer of I Know I'm Supposed to Love You. We ended the show with Serra's interview with Suzie LeBlanc who recent...

Today's show is our last episode until 2021! We started off with two shout-outs: Shout-out to Toque Craft Fair which is fully online this year! Check it out at toquecraftfair.com until December 6th! Also shout-out to the Vancouver Turkish Film Festival that will be happening fully online from December 16th until the 21st this year! They have 4 feature films and 10 shorts as well as a Q&A with the...

Today's show had 2 reviews and 2 interviews! (and some shout-outs) We started off with the first interview for the new podcast "Art Heals". Serra talked with musician and composer Elaine Joe who is hosting and interviewing different artists for Art Heals. After this interview we had Olivia's review of a short film called "Old Dog". This review was followed by the second interview of the day that N...