On this very fun episode of #CWConversations, I speak with Taneesha J. Warwick-Oliver (@t.j.wo)—longtime friend and wonderful visual artist—about her work, her motivation to create through chronic pain, her latest mushroom creation (Finnigan, who rocks), and more! Neesh takes commissions too so please consider checking out her page and seeing more of her incredible work! - Steve

As part of our #CWConversations episode from September 2nd, I spoke to Dr. Fatimah Williams (@fatimahphd) about pivoting, productivity, and pursuing passions. Dr. Williams has a free, printable Weekly Planning Toolkit that she’s offering over through the link in her bio. If you’re struggling to balance academic demands, goals, or anything else in life, definitely considering checking out her work!

The latest installment of #CWConversations was with Kim Hoyos (@kimhoyos), a wonderful friend, creative powerhouse, and founder of @the_lightleaks (an organization to support, empower, and educate women and GNC filmmakers).

This time around Steve spoke with Luis-Miguel Caraballo (@louieblaka), friend and incredible New Brunswick-based visual artist who fuses contemporary painting with “an edge of street art.” ⁣

In our first official CWConversation on Instagram Live, Steve spoke with longtime friend, producer, and artist John Smythe (@smytheishere, @splice, @wearethelatestofficial) about his musical background, creative process, thoughts on the future of the music industry and music inclusivity, and more! ⁣⁣⁣

We’re planning to hold these conversations several times a month with creators of all mediums as another branch of the CWCollective tree.

The Zoom Open Mic returns with performers new and old of all styles! If you’d like to join (either to perform or be in the audience), send us a message through our website (https://www.coldweathercompany.com/openmic). You can also join our Discord community (http://smarturl.it/CWCDiscord). 

The Zoom Open Mic returns ft. a joint birthday celebration, our first open mic poetry performers, and plenty more! If you’d like to join (either to perform or be in the audience), send us a message through our website (https://www.coldweathercompany.com/openmic). You can also join our Discord community (http://smarturl.it/CWCDiscord).

On May 17th, we were invited by our longtime friends Firewoodisland, a Bristol-based Norwegian/Welsh Duo, to join them for a livestream on Facebook. We chatted, took turns playing songs, and plenty of off-topic conversations ensued throughout. Overall, we felt this would be a good way to kick off an element of the podcast we've been excited about called Cold Weather Conversations where we'll be catching up with friends of all kinds to talk about their areas of expertise and in this case with musicians, we’ll hear a few songs. Stay tuned! Artwork by N. Tuğba (@sogukknevale) / Intro song - From Rest

The Zoom Open Mic returns ft. music, art, pets, a LOTR monologue, dramatic readings, new friends, and a few long overdue virtual reunions! We’ll see you back on Zoom on Sunday, May 24th at 3 PM EST for the next Open Mic! If you’d like to join (either to perform or be in the audience), send us a message through our website (http://coldweathercompany.com). You can also join our Discord community (http://smarturl.it/CWCDiscord). Performers (in order of appearance): Joshua Chase Miller / Steve / Jeff / Brian / Android Dreaming / CharlYe / TJW-O (Visual Artist) / Jesus The Dinosaur / Salma Souror / Amy O'Neil (Visual Artist) / Meghan Pulles / Accidental Seabirds / Jeff / Kate Saylor / Anchorette / Rich Brown - Benjamin Durrant / Firewoodisland / Cold Weather Coppers / Zach Harding / Joseph Miller / Steve / Brian / Podcast artwork created by N. Tuğba / Intro song - Deep Breaths

On April 26th, 2020, we held our first ever Global Open Mic on Zoom! Thank you to everyone who joined either to perform or just hang out in the audience. We had music, art, comedy, a noir reenactment, and overall just a lot of awesome talent and support from this community. Many of these performers are also members of our Discord, which you can join here (http://smarturl.it/CWCDiscord). Performers (in order of appearance): Steve / Brian / Jeff / TJ W-O (Visual artist) / Jen Ho / Bridget Conway / Firewoodisland / Jeff / Zach Harding / Cold Weather Coppers / Charlie DeCarlo / Joseph Miller / Jane Kelley / Alexander Kight / Darcey Graham / Thomas Warwick-Oliver / Brian of CWC / Artwork by N. Tuğba / Intro song - Clover