CiTR -- Arts Report

Today was a bonus episode in which we talk about non-local things, all for Fundrive*!
We started off by hearing from Brandon at Unsigned BC, catch them on Tuesdays and Saturdays for more local music! They are based in Victoria and volunteer run just like us. We then talked about all the events you can attend for Black History Month, ranging from livestreams to guided tours. After we were done with BC, we jumped to Deon in France! They talked about the Cannes Film Festival which they attended and it was such a pretty segment that now I want to go to Cannes to attend the festival. Afterwards we started talking about books. Before we go to Ireland for Normal People, Serra talked about the Storygraph which is a Black-owned, indie Goodreads alternative. 10/10 recommendation if you're a book lover. Our last segment was focused on Sally Rooney's Normal People because it is a beautifully written book that everyone should read and its tv adaptation is just as good as the book!

Happy Black History Month everyone! Make sure you support your Black artists now and always.
Today we started off with Ruby's interview with Kaitly Lee for Vancouver Short Film Festival. We then heard Griffin's review of Haven being put on by the United Players of Vancouver at the Jericho Arts Centre. We then shouted-out the movies being shows at VIFF Connect for Black History Month. Second to last Silvana had her review of Broadcasts from Here and finally Niko's interview with Metis author and poet Conor Kerr on his debut novel Avenue of Champions.

Happy new year folks! Our first show of 2022 was full of interviews. We started off with Ruby's interview with Laura Adamo, writer/director/producer and star of the feature film “The Wishing Tree”. We then had Serra's interview with Laine Gillies who is playing Riff Raff in Studio 58's production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". (Tune in on Feb 9th to hear our review!) Our last interview was one that Deon did all the way from France with Lisa Baldissera who is the curator of Per Diem: The Gerd Metzdorff Collection at Griffin Arts Project until May 8th!

Our last episode of the year was pretty chill. We had Serra's interview with Erick Lichte about Chor Leoni's upcoming Christmas with Chor Leoni performance. The two talked about the projects Chor Leoni has taken on during the pandemic, getting back to performing live and how Erick needs to make sure the back of his head needs to look good because as the conductor that's what the audience sees! Serra also talked about Babel 7.16 which is a dance show inspired by the tale of Babel and was presented within Digidance. That's all, talk to you next year!

We started off today with a shout-out: Shout-out to O Christmas Tea! O Christmas Tea is an all ages spectacular with British comedy legends James & Jamesy. Catch it on December 22nd at 7.30 pm at the Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver! After our shout-out, we had Serra's interview with Jim Smith about Babel 7.16 which is the upcoming performance selected for DigiDance! We then moved on to Serra's review of Trace by Red Sky Performance, a dance company from Toronto, hosted by DanceHouse. After Serra, Olivia talked about Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Exhibition for her review and finally, Lua reviewed Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol.

We promise the episode title makes sense if you listen to the end! Today's episode had a little bit of everything. We listened to Lua's review of Steven Shearer at the Polygon and her interview with Steven Shearer about his exhibition. We also had Alex's review of Farm to Fable and her interview with Curtis Andrews. The last review we had was of Hasalala Danxalax: Marion Newman & Friends at the Chan Centre that Sheila did. We also had a shout-out: Shout-out to Parallel 04: UNION Immersed which is a unique WebXR project!

In today's episode everybody talks, and I say that because this week is filled with interviews. We started off with a ticket giveaway for Red Sky Performance's on Wednesday November 24th. After the announcement, we listened to three interviews: Serra's interviews with Alysha Collie about Virtual Humanity, Phoebe's interview with Christine Nielson and Serra's interview with Montana Lehmann and Kosta Lemermeyer about Studio 58's second show of the season "Everybody". After our three interviews, Lua and Serra talked about the Vancouver Christmas Market because they had a great time drinking mulled wine and listening to The Gingerbread Men perform.

Happy first fall break ever dear UBC students! Hope you enjoy our episode on the first day of your fall break. Today we had Alex's pre-recorded interview with Michelle Mathias. Afterwards we had Lua and Jay talk about MOA together followed by an interview. Lastly, Olivia talked about Imagine Picasso which is currently happening at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

Today's show was VERY packed so hang on tight, this will be a wild ride. We started with four reviews: Ellie's review of DanceHouse's first in-person performance after the lockdown and the first of the season, Rubberband. Sheila's review of Kimmortal's concert that was part of the UBC Artivism festival. Alex's review of Studio 58's first in person performance after the lockdown and the first of the season, Cerulean Blue. Eva's review of Spinning You Home. After the quick ad and psa break we had Alex's interview with Emilia Pelkowski, JJ's review of The Scary on 61st (spoiler alert, he wasn't very pleased with it), Jade's review of Queering the Self which was also part of Artivism. And lastly, we played Alex's interview with Michelle Nguyen to end the show.

We kicked off today's show with Lua's interview with Jim Smith, the artistic director of DanceHouse. Afterwards Silvana and Lua did their reviews of a bunch of VIFF movies; Azor, Spaghetti Called Love, The King of North Sudan, The Siamese Bond and The Worst Person in the World.

Timestamps:
Interview with Jim Smith 3:09
VIFF Reviews 17:03