Artslink

On this board game episode, Abbas talks about family game nights spent playing Ludo, & Nathan talks about 'Castle Itter' & 'Ace of Aces'

Castle Itter: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/196257/castle-itter-the-strangest-battle-of-wwii

Ace of Aces: https://paxsims.wordpress.com/2024/03/02/ace-of-aces-or-why-you-should-do-maths-as-a-game-designer/

https://maverick.brainiac.com/aoa/aoa1.html

Alex Cox on spaghetti westerns:

https://archive.org/details/10-000-ways-to-die-a-directors-take-on-the-spaghetti-alex-cox-2009-oldcastle-boo/10%2C000%20Ways%20to%20Die_%20A%20Director%27s%20Take%20on%20the%20Spaghetti%20--%20Alex%20Cox%20--%202009%20--%20Oldcastle%20Books%20--%209781842434802%20--%20404f30fb9edd4bb5e442122f6c5086fc%20--%20Anna%E2%80%99s%20Archive

Nathan speaks with Christine Klassen & John Webster of the 500 Collective to learn about 'Out Of The Studios', which runs until Saturday August 29

https://www.500collective.com/

https://christineklassengallery.com/

https://mountaingalleries.com/artist/john-webster

Then, dig into the youtube page of Isabella Rossellini:

https://www.youtube.com/@IsabellaRossellini/featured

Finally, Newsradio and the Comedic Art:

https://web.archive.org/web/20030701101805/http://newsradioart.com/Pages/TOC.html

Precetto:

https://precetto.bandcamp.com/track/angel-flight-flurry-2

It's The Calgary Fringe Special on Artslink!
tickets.calgaryfringe.ca

July 31st - Aug 8th in Inglewood

This month, Abbas & Nathan bring 6 interviews with artists performing at the 2026 Calgary Fringe:

1. Ugly Priviledge w/ Jessica Pigeau

2. Lumber w/ Colin Wolf

3. John Jack Josie - JUICE w/ Josie Nixon

4. Ride Or Die w/ Natalie Gifford & Amanda Haggett

5. The Late Great Mormon Queen w/ Steven Morton

6. Randy & Elizabeth: A Savage Love Story w/ Geoff Hughes (The Macho Manitoban)

Artslink this month features interviews with local artists who played Sled Island 2026:

Cartel Madras / EVIDENT 2 ME - Interviewed by Kaamil Kareemi

Toxic Fem / Night Witches - Interviewed by Willow Pflueger

This episode presents work from the later incarnation of 'The Credibility Gap', which features Harry Shearer, Michael McKean & David L. Lander from 1973-79.

https://taylorjessen.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-credibility-gap-great-gift-idea_4.html

There are portions of the show 'Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants' (a show about sleight of hand magic) that lends itself nicely to the aural experience..I hope you'll agree!

https://archive.org/details/ricky_jay_and_his_52_assisstants_rf

My favourite performance of Angine De Poitrine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzdZsoRKbto&list=RDrzdZsoRKbto&start_radio=1

This month we have an interview with Hank Hansen of Two Wheel View.

https://www.twowheelview.org/

Also, several Repair Exchange events are happening over the next few weeks:

https://www.arusha.org/repair-exchange

May 1st is a "Bandcamp Friday", where 100% of the proceeds from your purchase goes to the Artist...

https://idlesband.bandcamp.com/album/joy-as-an-act-of-resistance

https://lambrinigirlsband.bandcamp.com/album/who-let-the-dogs-out

For the March episode, Abbas interviews Doug Haslam & Shauna Thompson from The Esker Foundation about what goes on behind the scenes in managing an art exhibition.

https://eskerfoundation.com/exhibition/katie-ohe/

https://eskerfoundation.com/exhibition/the-visitors/

For the episode this month, an interview with Cayley Wreggit, Director of Full Circle Theatre's 'The Taming Of The Shrew'.

Known for their interest in Shakespeare adaptations, Cayley takes us through what went into this Romantasy re-telling of the bards' tale..

https://www.fullcircletheatre.ca/the-taming-of-the-shrew

Please check out the Black Film Archive:

blackfilmarchive.com

This month, we welcome Abagail Vanmerlin & Jakob Schaefer, Co-Artistic Directors of a new theatre company and Venue: The Theatre (215, 14th Ave SW).

Their latest production is 'The Boss Of It All', which runs until February 7th.

https://thetheatre.com/thebossofitall/

https://archive.org/details/ThunderbirdsSeries/Thunderbirds+20+-+Move+and+You're+Dead.mp4

For this final 2025 episode, Abbas interviews local painter & entrepreneur Billie Rae Busby, who talks about the challenges (and rewards) of selling her art.

https://www.billieraebusby.com/home

Nathan ends the show with a couple of movie recommendations:

-Chompy & The Girls

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8h1c65

-Downey Wrote That

https://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=118464.0