The Lunchbox CHSR

Art is a way to express yourself, your world and your heart. My guest is Katherine Moller, a local musician who’s specialty is the violin — or the fiddle, depending on the piece. She spent her time in the residency combing through and refining musical compositions relating back to a reflective trip in France. The post Interview: Katherine Moller (FAA AIR): musician: “Working Thro...

You know the old expression, “hang a lampshade on it”? Sometimes, that’s exactly what is needed. My guest today is Faith MacFarlane, who spent her time in residence at the Barracks building functional art in the form of complicated, sophisticated lampshades. This art challenges her to combine fabric, sculpting, and light to make an impact, Read more... The post Interview: Faith M...

Art can celebrate, but it can also challenge, inspire and offer change. My guest is Jacqueline Carr, a mixed-media artist who sought to challenge assumptions and invite the public to share their stories of how language and action has been used to oppress, do harm and box in women. In return, she offers them each Read more... The post Interview: Jacqueline Carr (FAA AIR): mixed media: “What W...

Words are magical containers for thoughts, both shaping and being shaped by them. My guest today is Marla Lesage, who spent her time in the FAA artist residency rediscovering of writing poetry, rather than the illustrated children’s books she had usually been writing. She had fun inspiring others to “pick a word” to create their Read more... The post Interview: Marla Lesage (FAA...

Nostalgia is a funny thing, because it can hit you for people, places and times you’ve never been to. My guest today is Peter Hicks, a local musician, songwriter and author, who has released three books this year alone. The second of those books is For One Thing, a novel set in the near-history of Read more... The post Interview: Peter Hicks (writer): “For One Thing” appeared fir...

What kind of animals are you, deep down inside? My guest today is Cheryl Ford, working at the Picaroon’s Roundhouse on a layered set of paintings exploring the notion of “Spirit Animals”. The post Interview: Cheryl Ford (FAA AIR): painter: “Spirit Animals” appeared first on CHSR-FM 97.9 .

Some voices are iconic, and it takes a brave — and talented — artist to step into them. My guests are vocalist Karine and musician Nadia Francavilla (and part of Atlantic Sinfonia), to talk about the upcoming performance of PIAF, a tribute to the incredible vocalist Edith Piaf. PIAF kicks off a tour across the Read more... The post Interview: Karine & Nadia Francavilla: “PIAF...

Most artists work with visible arts, but a writer‘s work lives in the mind, and often explores things that can exist no where else. My guest is Jenna James, a musician, writer and student, working on a creative thesis project about “fools” appearing in popular culture. The post Interview: Jenna James (FAA AIR): writer; “Fools in Culture” appeared first on CHSR-FM 97.9...

Artists often have to develop their mental eyes to transform their vision into process; sometimes, it also means thinking backwards, and in reverse. My guest is Hayle Monroe, a printmaker and painter who was engaged in a new process (for her) of “reductive linocut printmaking”, where as each layer of the print is created, it Read more... The post Interview: Hayley Monroe (FAA AIR): pri...

Just because something is traditional, doesn’t mean it can’t do something entirely new. My guest is Jessie Kehew, who spent her time in residence working with a miniature loom and a spinning wheel, working on a project that combined traditional methods with randomness. The post Interview: Jessie Kehaw (FAA AIR): Looming Small, By Chance appeared first on CHSR-FM 97.9 .

Art is often the task of removing everything that isn’t supposed to be there, and then reveling in the rest. My guest is Andrew Robinson, who joined me on a windy day to talk about his process of moving from digital to analog when creating his images — in this case, a project focusing on Read more... The post Interview: Andrew Robinson (FAA AIR): Linocut of Sharks Having Lunch appeared...

Artists seem to love challenging themselves to doing something different — even stepping inside someone else’s shoes. My guests are Ralph Simpson (master basket-maker) and Liz Demerson (ceramicist), two of the artists in residence for this summer’s Fredericton Arts Alliance program. I met them at the Barracks, where they were busy working on new things Read more... The post Inter...

Every culture loves to laugh, and every generation has an opinion. My guests today include Kabilan Shanmugaraja (writer, director) and three performers for the upcoming Annual Tamil Comedy Show. They join me to talk about the combination of comedy, improv and musical accompaniment that will form a hilarious debate about which generation’s music is better. Read more... The post Interview: Tam...

Floods. Tsunamis. Storms. Erosion. There are a lot of reasons that we might be concerned. My guest today is Margo Sheppard, the President of the Fredericton Community Climate Hub. She joins me to discuss where the Hub came from and what it wants to do, as well as talk about the topic of the upcoming Read more... The post Interview: Margo Sheppard (Climate Anxiety) appeared first on CHSR-FM 97.9 .

It’s summertime, when thoughts go to steady work, rock and roll, and inevitable distractions. My guests today are Len Falkenstein (director), Jake Martin (co-director), Mary Walker (Princess of France) and Alex Macallister (Prince of Navarre), all involved in one of the summer Shakespeare plays being staged by Bard In The Barracks, Love’s Labour Lost. They Read more... The post The Lun...

A case of mistaken jealousy, potential redemption and… a bear? What’s not to like? My guests today are John Ball (Director), Shannon Munn (Hermione) and Scott Shannon (Leontes) from the Bard in the Barracks production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. They join me to talk about the emotional arc and weight of this play, whether Read more... The post The Lunchbox Interview...

My guest today is author Lemlem Adenech Handome, whose book I Am A Woman Born Of A Woman both celebrates the strength and resilience of the women on whom she has based her name, but takes a critical eye toward systemic and non-obvious sexism, with the goal of making it visible and defeatable. The post Interview: Lemlem Adanech Handome (“I Am A Woman Born Of A Woman”) appeared first on...

When a person is lost, their impact can be celebrated in the art — and memories — they left behind. My guest today is Lori Quick, the Exhibitions & Communications Coordinator at the UNB Centre for Learning Futures and the UNB Art Centre. She has spearheaded an exhibition of the works of beloved Fredericton artist Read more... The post Interview: Lori Quick (Remembering Biff Mitchel...

If we really want to know each other, why don’t we just ask? My guest today is Fae Johnstone, an advocate for queer issues and is travelling across the country along with Victoria Bucholtz for the Trans Canada Tour. With over 60 events planned, they hope to provide a platform for the curious and the Read more... The post Interview: Fae Johnstone (Trans Canada Tour) appeared first on CHSR-FM...

If you know or find anything that might lead to the discovery of Michael Keetch, please contact the RCMP. My guest today is Anita Fougere, whose brother, Michael Keetch, went missing over a year ago. Clues have been found, but they lead to more questions than answers. Anita joins me to talk about her brother Read more... The post Interview: Looking For Michael Keetch appeared first on CHSR-FM 97.9...

The arts community lost a legendary figure in the past few years in Biff Mitchell, a photographer, writer and multidisciplinary artist — as well as a champion of the arts and the artists who make them. My guest today is Deanna Musgrave, one of Biff’s friends and a painter who’s portrait of Biff will be Read more... The post The Lunchbox Interview: Remembering Biff Mitchell appear...

My guest today is Naga Abhinav Sujal Kamireddy ( "Abhi"), the director of Theatre UNB's upcoming presentation of With Love and a Major Organ by Julia Lederer. The post The Lunchbox Interview: Theatre UNB presents “With Love and a Major Organ” appeared first on CHSR-FM 97.9 .

We discuss the size of protests against the religious government in Iran, and the degree of terrible response to them. The post The Lunchbox Interview: Melika (Iran) appeared first on CHSR-FM 97.9 .

My guests today are Alex Rioux (organizer) and Keri Fulton (host, performer), part of the upcoming event, The Big Gay Cabaret. The post The Lunchbox Interview: The Big Gay Cabaret 2026 appeared first on CHSR-FM 97.9 .