CiTR -- Arts Report

Today we started our show with a shout-out to Doors Open Richmond, an event taking visitors to behind the scenes of the city's most iconic landmarks. Access the event by searching for the #DoorsOpenRichmond hashtag! After our shout-out, Phoebe had her interview with Todd Forsbloom about Yukon Harvest, followed by Deon's review of His Name is Ray. Deon also talked to the director of the film, Michael Del Monte. To finish off, we had Lua's interview with curator Beth Carter about 'To Speak With a Golden Voice,' which you can visit at the Bill Reid Gallery until September 6, 2021.

Timestamps:
Shout-out 01:30
Interview with Todd Forsbloom 03:43
Review of His Name is Ray 17:54
Interview with Michael Del Monte 23:42
Interview with Beth Carter 45:57

We started off today's episode with some shout-outs. Shout-out to Vancouver Opera and their latest production, Carmen: Up Close and Personal. Did you know that if you get a season's pass on Vancouver Opera, you can access all of the production at any time you would like until the end of the season? Our next shout-out goes to the Vancouver International Dance Festival. They've done a great job with virtual performances and you should not miss any! Up next, shout-out to Boca Del Lupo's Plays2Perform@Home. You can get a box of 4 plays to perform at home with friends and family, the best part is that these plays are brought to you by national theatre companies! Finally, shout-out to Isolation Suite. Previously we spoke with Tim Carlson about Isolation Suite so make sure to check it out if you missed that and also give Isolation Suite a listen, it's pretty great! After our shout-outs, we had Deon's review of Shelter which was followed by Phoebe's interview with Caroline Cox and Tiffany Ayalik about Food For The Rest Of Us. We finished off the show with Niko's interview with Erin Hawkes-Emiru, author of When Neurons Tell Stories.

Timestamps:
Shout-outs 1:50
Review of Shelter 10:34
Interview with Caroline Cox & Tiffany Ayalik 17:24
Interview with Erin Hawkes-Emiru 35:36

Today's episode features two interviews and two reviews. We started off by Henri's review of Red Snow, "a dramatic feature that begins when Dylan, a Gwich’in soldier from the Canadian Arctic, is caught in an ambush in Afghanistan". Check it out at redsnow.ca We then continued with Deon's interview that they had with Derek Chan, playwright and director of yellow objects, a show that is an innovative resistance against tyranny. Deon followed this with their review of The Essentials, presented by the Cultch and to finish off, we had Serra's interview with Jacob Gramit and Kira Fondse. Jacob is the artistic manager of Musica Intima and Kira is one of their sopranos and they talked about The Beginning of the Song.

Timestamps:
Review of Red Snow 6:58
Interview with Derek Chan 17:48
Review of The Essentials 40:02
Interview with Jacob Gramit & Kira Fondse 45:50

Today's show was a little more chill, a little less packed but triple the fun (because we talked to three people!) We started off the show with Serra's interview with Sandra Laronde, the executive and artistic director of Red Sky Performance. They talked about Red Sky's upcoming performance "More Than Dance, We Are a Movement" that's being presented within Digidance starting April 14th. We then continued with our shout-outs of the week. Shout-out to The Essentials, being presented by The Cultch (we're having a review next show!). Shout-out to also The Capture Photo Festival, make sure you check out the wonderful pictures across the city! Also shout-out to Deon, our new correspondent, for doing the shout-outs! To end the show we had Serra's interview with Kiran Bhumber and Nancy Lee about their upcoming exhibition UNION at the Richmond Art Gallery, launching April 24th!

P.S. Drink your chamomile tea kids!

Timestamps:
Interview with Sandra Laronde 02:55
Shout-outs 20:51
Interview with Nancy Lee & Kiran Bhumber 23:06

Today's episode was packed! We started with a shout-out to the artist talk for Inaction presented by the Richmond Art Gallery. We also talked about Inaction with the curator Shaun Dacey in a previous episode so if you want more info on it, make sure to give it a listen! Our first interview of the day was with thisisisobel and played her new single "finally" which you can listen to on bandcamp! Our second interview of the day was right after, with Katie Cassady about Made in BC's 2nd annual creative residency. We then continued with a review of United Players of Vancouver's "Silent Sky", followed up by a review of "Shine True" which is a Canadian-American documentary series that celebrates the trans and gender non-conforming community by helping them overcome dysphoria and anxiety, and getting them to a place where they can freely and finally present the way they feel. Finally we had a review of "Imagine Van Gogh" which is an immersive gallery experience featuring Van Gogh's works.

Links:
https://thisisisobel.bandcamp.com/releases

Timestamps:
Interview with thisisisobel 02:51
Interview with Katie Cassady 20:35
Review of Silent Sky 33:25
Review of Shine True 40:36
Review of Imagine Van Gogh 50:53

Today's episode had a good mix of content, we started with a shout-out. Shout-out to Stories of Kindness is an interview series that is focused on spreading kindness, connection, and storytelling through children. Inspiring youth from across Canada were selected to co-host the series and were paired for these important conversations with celebrity guests and it is premiering on March 27th! After the shout-out, we continued with a review of "Out of Order" which was followed by an interview with Don Keistah. We also played their new single "Dandy on the Liquor" which is also part their upcoming album that'll be released this summer! We then finished off with a review of "Merritt Johnson: Love Song" at the SFU Galleries.

Timestamps:
Review of Out of Order 9:47
Interview with Don Keistah 20:50
Review of Merritt Johnson: Love Song 39:44

Today's episode had so many shout-outs! Shout-out to the annual Julboree Event is a music and art event organized on behalf of different charity organizations! Also shout-out to the Sonic Boom Festival features new music created by composers of British Columbia. The festival is rich in new and unique pieces by a variety of spectacular talent, all available online for free from March 23 – 28, 2021. Our final shout-out goes to Digital Moment at FLUX Media Gallery running from March 26 - May 21, 2021 in Victoria, BC. We also had an interview with Jim Smith about Digidance's second presentation "Joe" and a review of "White Rabbit, Red Rabbit".

Timestamps:
Interview with Jim Smith 3:14
Review of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit 32:32

This week we had three interviews and one review! We started off with an interview with Shaun Dacey about "Inaction", a new exhibition at the Richmond Art Gallery that comes to life with dance! The exhibition is up until April 3rd so you have some time to see it! We continued with a review of Studio58's TomorrowLove, and as Serra mentioned multiple times, she had nothing negative to say about it. Afterwards, we had an interview with Margaret Grenier about the Coastal Dance Festival which will be taking place fully online between March 12th and 18th! We finished off the show with an interview with Tim Carlson about "We Teach Our Objects How To Speak Our Language" which is a stop-motion music video part of a bigger project coming in the near future called "Isolation Suite". Make sure you check it out!

Links:
https://damelahamid.ca/coastal-dance-festival-2021/
https://www.richmondartgallery.org/inaction
https://conspiracy.ca/
https://coldcalculi.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEIKwd6-HPs

Timestamps:
Interview with Shaun Dacey 2:38
Review of TomorrowLove 20:20
Interview with Margaret Grenier 30:57
Interview with Tim Carlson 43:55

Today's episode has so much theatre it's amazing! We started with a shout-out to Studio 58's "TomorrowLove" which we talked about with Ray Koh in an interview right after! Watch TomorrowLove for FREE at langara.ca/studio-58 until March 7th. We continued the show with a review of "Mx", done by our new correspondent Henri! After Henri's review, we had Serra's interview with Jordy Matheson who is the producer of Virtual Humanity, presented by Zee Zee Theatre. Virtual Humanity is the online version of Human Library that Zee Zee Theatre has been holding at VPL up until 2019. Virtual Humanity will be held every weekend of March so get your day passes and enjoy one-on-one time with the "titles"! We finished off the show with a shout-out to the Polygon Gallery's new exhibition, Feast for the Eyes.
Also,Serra talks about her first review on today's show but apparently her first time going to a show for the Arts Report was 3 years ago today! Oh how time passes

Timestamps:
Shout-out to TomorrowLove 02.16
Interview with Ray Koh 03.50
Review of Mx 21.36
Interview with Jordy Matheson 38.33
Shout-out to Feast for the Eyes 56.30

Today's show has a little bit of everything! We started off with Serra's interview with Samantha Wan who is the co-creator and co-star of Second Jen, which you can watch on OMNI. She also directed half of the episodes so listen to find out more about that process and Second Jen overall! We continued with Eva's interview with Switzermaier, a local band from Vancouver and we also played their single "I Know You" which is a great song and you should listen to it!. Before Serra's interview, we had some shout-outs. Shout-out to Studio 58's new production "TomorrowLove" and O.Dela Arts' "Bring Your Own Project". We finished off the show with Serra's interview of Francesca Frewer's "And does it edge closer?", a dance show presented by The Dance Centre.

Timestamps:
Interview with Samantha Wan 05.22
Interview with Switzermaier 20.42
Shout-outs 42.47
Review of And does it edge closer? 47.02