Artslink

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 Allen a singer and songwriter from Australia in a production that dates back to the 1990s. He talks about his role and the show in the second half of the show.

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 friendship, masculinity and language.

Then, Nathan has a conversation with some of The Kinkonauts (Nicole Zylstra & Michael Harvey) about their improvised, family-friendly, 1930's-radio-drama X-Mas show: 'It's An Okay Life, Considering'..

Featuring audience-suggested advertisements, live music with Mandy Morris and Her Jazz Quartet, plus the wonderful addition of sound effects performed with cool analogue devices, this interview covers the yuletide effort of Calgary's improv lab.

Holiday Radio Play

Nathan speaks with Jennifer Ewen, Executive Director of The Marda Loop Justice Film Festival, which runs from November 12 to November 17th.

It's all free (first-come, first-seated)! Visit www.justicefilmfestival.ca for all the details.

October is here. Time for something scary.

On the first half is an interview with Making Treaty 7 about their 2019/2020 Season opener. 509 is a new work and Justin Many Fingers, the artistic director, is on Artslink to talk about a show about passing on to the afterlife.

On the second half, Alberta Ballet talks Frankenstein, their new show with performance dates in Calgary and Edmonton during the Halloween season. Artistic director Jean-Grand Maitre joins us on the phone.

Celebrating the start of the 4th year on CJSW 90.9 FM. Artslink in September 2019 welcomes Chris Gamble from the Calgary Clown Festival, Sept 18-21 at Pumphouse Theatre.

On the second half, co-host Nathan Taylor's discussion of two films from the 1960s, Lord Love a Duck and The Warped Ones (a.k.a. The Weird Lovermakers).

For the August Artslink, Jeanne Kwong talks to Aditya Chaudhuri, a sitar player, who will perform as part of a group, at the Chinatown Street Festival on Saturday, August 17th. The festival is on 3rd Avenue SE from 11 am to 7 pm.

Then, in celebration of the sweltering summer months, Nathan covers a couple of strange 1960's Juvenile Delinquent movies:

'Lord Love A Duck', & 'The Warped Ones' (AKA: 'The Weird Lovemakers')

-Both are available to watch for free on Youtube!

On the July episode of Artslink, Jeanne talks to photographer Brittany Nickerson about her three-month artist residency at Untitled Art Society that begins July 6th.

Then, Nathan speaks with Bruce Zawalsky of the Boreal Wilderness Institute, author of the book 'Canadian Wilderness Survival', and creator of The 'Canadian Outdoor Survival Podcast'.

They discuss concepts from his book, as well as some specifics Nathan found interesting.

There is also a digression into The Mors Kohanski Super Shelter & the use of 'space blankets'.

You can learn more about Bruce, his work, & YOUR Alberta wilderness by visiting:

Boreal

Canadian Survival

The musical interlude this month is a cover of 'Fireball XL5' by Showbusiness Giants

This month, Nathan speaks with Jennifer Howse, Education Specialist at The Rothney Astrophysical Observatory. (210 Avenue W, Hwy 22 S -Near Priddis, Ab).

They talk about the upcoming 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing & the event being held at The Rothney in its celebration. Light pollution is also discussed. For tickets to the 50th anniversary event visit this link.

Check out this link for details on free monthly events!

This week, the musical interlude is the song "Fettucheen' by Brandon Dicamillo from his album of freestyle raps called 'Pizza Pasta Pizzelle'. It's about the proper pronunciation of Italian food..It's awesome!

Then, Jeanne talks to actors Justine Westby and Kaitlyn Semple in the musical noir thriller The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which will be performed in Calgary at Vertigo Theatre until June 9th.