Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Fuyubi Nakamura, curator of Future For Memory, Art and Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake, currently on display at the MOA.

"In the 10th anniversary year of the Great East Japan Earthquake, or 3.11, A Future for Memory addresses how we deal with memory when our physical surroundings are drastically altered. It focuses on the changing physical and psychological landscapes in the aftermath of 3.11 and shows that regional disasters have global relevance. Events such as 3.11 force us to rethink our ways of life in relation to nature. Even in the midst of disasters, people have the desire to create and to express themselves—as does nature."

More info and booking: https://moa.ubc.ca/exhibition/a-future-for-memory/

Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Jordy Matheson, producer of Virtual Humanity, a Zee Zee Theatre production.

"In Virtual Humanity audience members select a title from the collection of 30+ “Virtual Humans” in the collection – something that intrigues them, confuses them. They will then proceed into a one-one-one digital face to face conversation with their “Virtual Human”, a person who will share the true personal story that is reflected in their title, over the course of 20 minutes. This is a project designed to shatter preconceived notions about otherhood, to challenge our biases and misunderstandings and put a human face to difference as a means to foster empathy."

Saturdays & Sundays in March, 12 pm – 3pm via Zoom

More info and booking: https://zeezeetheatre.ca/production/virtual-humanity/

Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Jay Hirabayashi, co-producer of the Vancouver International Dance Festival and the Executive Director of Kokoro Dance.

The Vancouver International Dance Festival runs from March 4 to June 19.

More info: https://www.vidf.ca/

Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Robert Albanese, Executive et Artistic Director of the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival. Part 2 of the discussion.

The festival runs March 4 to 14. More info: https://www.vjff.org/

Arts Rational Gerry Kowalenko talks with Robert Albanese, Executive et Artistic Director of the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival.

The festival runs March 4 to 14. More info: https://www.vjff.org/

Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Myriam Steinberg about her graphic memoir 'Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)fertility', illustrated by Christache.

"A deeply moving, tragicomic graphic memoir about a single woman’s efforts to conceive. A few months after Myriam turned forty, she decided she couldn’t wait any longer to become a mother and made the difficult decision to begin the process of conceiving a child without a partner, with her family and friends to support her."

Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Bonnie Sherr Klein about her latest book: Beep Beep Bubbie. A refreshing and upbeat look at the role of perceived disability in one’s life.

Gerry in conversation with Elaine Carol, Artistic Director of Miscellaneous Productions, about their upcoming lecture, called ‘Resurrecting Dead Fairy Tales’ which is on Wednesday, February 17th. https://miscellaneousproductions.ca/productions/pandemic-projects/

Gerry talks to Dana Camil Hewitt, about this year's Jewish Book Festival, which starts on February 20th. https://www.jccgv.com/jewish-book-festival/

Gerry talks to local Vancouver actor Douglas Ennenberg about young actors, the pandemic, and massage therapy.