Arts Report brings you a very special Just For Laughs Comedy Festival episode! Vancouver's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival is happening from February 16th-25th at theatres all over the city. You can get your tickets at jflvancouver.com. Ruby interviews comedians Becky Robinson performing at the Rio Theatre on February 19th, Gianmarco Soresci performing at the Biltmore Cabaret on February 16th, and Sasha Mark performing at China Cloud Studios on February 22nd and the Projection Room @ Fox Cabaret on February 23rd. As you'll hear, these comedians are so dynamic and hilarious you'll want to see them live!

IT’S FUNDRIVE this week on Arts Report! We are trying to raise $20,000 for a new radio transmitter. We love CiTR so much, any amount helps. In this episode Evan interviews the director of The Wolves. Lua reviews Artclub’s Forgiveness. She also reviews Studio 58’s A Chorus line and interview’s Diane Speirs, the production's Musical Director, and Terrence Zhou, who is played Mike. We wrap up with Kimara’s interview with Dave Merheje.

Arts Report comes to you on a Thursday morning for a special fill in featuring all PuSH Festival content! Zoie and Izzy interviewed the people behind the show Lotano+Istante. They also speak with Tom Arthur Davis, the interim Director of Programming for PuSH. Plus Ruby lists the shows playing during the last few days of the festival!

On today’s show Kimara and Phoebe joined Ruby to talk about some recent shows they saw. Kimara was entertained by Little Willy at the Cultch and Phoebe was touched by Leaving and Waving at the Polygon. We also heard a review of Amnesia at the Vancouver Playhouse from Lua, and Zoie’s interview with Fay Nas, co-creator and producer of The Cafe, showing at the PuSH festival! We are also releasing a special episode with all our PuSh coverage in one place. Check out our sound cloud link below for Zoie and Izzy’s interview with Maria Marinoni and Juan Ignacio Tula, the performers of PuSH’s feature Lontano+Instante; Zoie’s interview with Tom Arthur, the Director of Programming for PuSH this year, and Zoie’s interview with Fay Nas, co-creator and producer of The Cafe; all in one place! https://soundcloud.com/arts-citr/push-festival-special-feature

The first episode of 2023! Ruby interviewed Ingrid Hansen, who is one third of the comedy troupe The Merkin Sisters. The Merkin Sister’s new musical comedy album is out now! Lua interviewed Joshua Beamish of MOVETHECOMPANY whose dance show, Source Amnesia, premiered in Vancouver on January 13th. Then we wrap up with some exciting upcoming events happening in the city.

Arts Report is Back Baby! Kicking off the first episode of the new school year, Ruby Interviews the cast of CBC/Netflix's Fakes. We talk to the organizers and performers of the Vancouver Improv Festival. And get excited, because we announce CiTR and Arts Report's partnership with the Vancouver International Film Festival, specifically with the Norwegian Film, "Sick of Myself," dir. by Kristoffer Borgli.

Today's show features two interviews, a review and some songs to change it up! We heard from Jacob Baldwin about the Eh! Comedy Festival for one of the interviews. Next up was with UBC Alum Daniel Curalli who is currently playing Shakespeare in Theatre Under The Stars' "Something Rotten!", he also will be understudying Farren Timoteo as Francesco Mantini in The Arts Club's "Made in Italy" which will overlap with his run on Something Rotten!. We learned if it really is hard to be the bard and what it's like to prepare for two shows at once! Our review of the day was Winter Guests' "Story, Story, Die" hosted by DanceHouse at the Vancouver Playhouse.

We started off today with an in-studio interview with Brandon Yan about the Queer Film Festival which was followed by an interview with Nicole Spinola that Dave Campbell from Eclectic Lunch (Fridays 12 pm!) did about Campcue, a theatre camp! Thank you to Dave for sharing this interview with us! We played Lua's review of White Girls in Moccasins which was recorded at the airport so excuse the background noise but hey, content creation never stops. Finally we talked to Danny Malena who plays Galileo in Theatre Under The Stars' "We Will Rock You".

Today's episode is filled with interviews! We kicked off with one with Anthony Lee, who told us more about Selfie which is being presented fully online. (Fun fact, this interviewed was shared on our soundcloud ahead of time so go check out our account to get interviews and reviews ahead of time!) Afterwards we had our only review of the week, Polygon Gallery's new exhibition called Ghosts of The Machine. Next up was our interview with Chris Lam followed by our last interview of the week, with Cameron Mackenzie.

Today's episode was kicked off with a review of the new exhibition at MOA, Xicanx: Dreamers/Soñadores + Changemakers/Creadores del cambio. We followed it with a shout-out to NFB and the seven shorts that celebrate the 2022 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) laureates. Afterwards we had our review of Chor Leoni's A Sound Like This and and interview with resident curator Kayleigh Sandomirsky about rEvolver Festival 2022. We finished off the show talking about Capture Photo Festival!

Today's episode had a little bit of everything: gallery, theatre, dance. We started off with an interview with Greta de León, co-curator of the new exhibition at MOA, Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers / Xicanx: Soñadores + Creadores del Cambio. After the interview we had a review of The Invisible by The Cultch, 'a musical that people who don't like musicals will like' and LA's BODYTRAFFIC's performance hosted by DanceHouse.

We started today with a shout-out to Bad Parent which now has been moved to the 2022/23 season so keep an eye out! We then had an interview with Theland Kicknosway about the Coastal Dance Festival. After the interview, we did a couple reviews, first one being that of White Noise. After White Noise we covered the movie Edge of the Knife and finally, How the World Began.

We kicked off today's episode with a live interview! We haven't had one of those in years and couldn't be happier to have had 2021/22 Dance West Network Re-Centering/Margins creative residency artist Sophie Dow to talk about their experience in the residency and as a dancer in general! After our interview we had some shout-outs. Shout-out to Same Difference and Himmat by Theatre Conspiracy, CJSW 90.9 FM’s Survivors, Drag at the Improv Centre, Chor Leoni's upcoming concerts and Vancouver Opera’s Opera Classes for adults.

We have so many reviews today! First up was All Bodies Dance which was followed by a quick listen of Mojo Jojo by Turunesh who also performed at Arts Night Out, creating the perfect transition into the review of Arts Night Out at MOA. We then heard a review of Made in Italy by the Arts Club Theatre Company as well as Program B of Six of One: New Play Festival by Studio 58. Finally we talked about Kidd Pivot's Revisor presented by DanceHouse.

Lua hosted today's episode! Thank you Lua

Today's episode started off with a review of Beautiful Man which was followed by an interview with Cameron Mackenzie about Zee Zee Theatre's Men Express Their Feelings. We then talked about the new exhibition at The Polygon, Cloud Album which included snippets from the curator led tour!

This episode has it all, dance, theatre, interviews! We started off today's episode with a shout-out to Clean/Espejos, a bilingual play being presented by The Cultch! We then moved on to our reviews and interviews. Ruby talked with Debby Friday and Cecillia with Geoff D'Eon! Our reviews included that of Kim's Convenience by The Arts Club, Albatross which is part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival and Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer by The Cultch.

We had so many shout-outs today! Shout out to the Fox Cabaret, GVPTA 2022 Unified General Auditions & Designers' Spotlight, Inside Chor Leoni, Swimming Home, The Cultch’s Femme Festival, VIDF and The National Film Board of Canada's Focus on Black Filmmakers section! Besides our many shout-outs we also had Lua's interview with Lisa Mennel about The Cultch's RE/PLAY season!

Today's episode was kicked off with a shout-out to Talent MATCH Arts and Culture Industry Chat. Afterwards we had Cecillia's interview with Jim Smith, artistic director of DanceHouse. We also had two reviews, Ruby and Cecillia talked about SEA SICK and Lua about TM, both from The Cultch. We also spent the rest of the show talking about how amazing The Cultch is, we love and appreciate all that they're giving us! Links: DanceHouse: https://dancehouse.ca/The Cultch: https://thecultch.com/whats-on/Ontroerend Goed's TM: http://www.ontroerendgoed.be/en/agenda/

IT'S FUNDRIVE* STILL!We started off with a shout-out to MOA because throughout Black History Month (February) they are admitting Black and African community members for free! We also shouted-out Farhaven, a local Vancouver band, because they are playing a gig on February 17th at the Koerner's Pub on UBC's campus. You also heard their latest single It's My Life so you get a taste of what their gig will be like! After the shout-outs Serra had her interview with Olivia C. Davies, the artistic director of O. Dela Arts and they talked about Matriarch Uprising. A dance festival happening February 14th to 19th! Our last shout-out of the day was for RE/PLAY, the digital platform of The Cultch on which they have different productions on demand and livestreamed. Finally, Lua and Serra talked about Rocky Horror Show, being put on by Studio 58. Spoiler alert: everything about it was amazing.*Fundrive is CiTR's annual fundraising week. If you would like to support us and CiTR & help us keep local and alternative voices on air! Donate at citr.ca/donateLinks: https://oliviacdavies.ca/matriarchsuprising/https://thecultch.com/replay-online-theatre/

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 3:09VIFF Reviews 17:03

Today's show started with a shout-out. Shout-out to White Fortress which follows Faruk, an orphan in a rundown Sarajevo suburb of Alipasino Polje who spends his days foraging for scrap metal and dabbling in petty crime. Watch White Fortress at the Vancity Theatre on October 9 at 9:00pm and at the Hollywood Theatre on October 11 at 3:30pm. You can also stream it digitally for the duration of the festival! Right after we had Olivia's interview with Natalie Holt. And then on with the reviews. Lua and Silvana reviewed (in order) Girlfriends, Strawberry Mansion, Quickening, Godavari, Him, Behind the Headlines and Money Has 4 Legs.

Today's episode was only interviews. We started off with Serra's interview with Nightingale and Andy Wong about BIPOC Credits. (This time it played the whole thing woo!) This was followed by Silvana's interview with Brendan Prost about his movie "Heavy Petting". Lastly, we had Jade's interview with Rebecca Wang. Timestamps: Interview with Nightingale and Andy Wong 3:54Interview with Brendan Prost 18:48Interview with Rebecca Wang 41:30

Today's episode kicked off with two interviews. One with Alyssa and August, two of the ambassaors picked for BC Culture Days' ambassador program. We talked about the program and the events they are hosting, make sure to check them out! The second interview was with Nightingale and Andy Wong about their new podcast, BIPOC Credits. They have a guest each week and they talk about their own experiences as BIPOC in the industry to show that there is a place for you! Unfortunately the interview was cut short due to a technical difficulty so check back next week for the full interview. After the interviews we had a Silvana did her review of SAINT-NARCISSE. Lua talked all about Fringe with the shows Something in the Water, Practice Round and Neverland Night Circus. Phoebe also did a review of a Fringe show, Big League. Finally, we finished today's episode with Lua's review of Revelations.

Today we started with a shout-out, of course. Shout-out to the Capture Photo Fest because their submissions are open until October 15th! Definitely apply if you are a lens based visual artist (link will be below). After our shout-out, we had Serra's interview with Anjalica, Chantal and Sarvin about their Fringe play, Wings over Water which has already opened! This interview was followed by three reviews. Lua's review of So Damn Proud (Holy Crow Arts) and Serra's reviews of Amphitruo (United Players of Vancouver) and A Coveted Wife of East Van (Fringe 2021). Links: Capture Photo Fest - https://capturephotofestival-exhibitions2022.artcall.org/Amphitruo - https://unitedplayers.com/amphitruo/Timestamps: Interview with Anjalica, Chantal and Sarvin 03:24Review of So Damn Proud 22:33Review of Amphitruo 35:04Review of A Coveted Wife of East Van 45:12

Today we started with two shout-outs. Shout-out to the Fringe Festival! They are back and better than ever. You should also check out Wings Over Water (and tune in next week for an interview with the creators behind it). Our second shout-out went to "A Dream of A Woman" which is a new short story collection by Casey Plett. We continued our show with Serra's interview with Diane Currie Sam about a new musical in development, Olivia O. This was followed by an interview Deon did with Jesse Brown about the White Saviors podcast. Our last interview of the day was with Toph Marshall, artistic director of United Players of Vancouver and the director of Amphitruo. Amphitruo will be playing at the Jericho Arts Centre until October 3rd. Lastly, we had Jade's quick review of the Access Gallery's current exhibition.

This week's show is very special because it's our first live show from the studio in over a year! We started off this very special day with Jade's interview with Lisa Wolfin about the Vancouver Visual Art Foundation. We continued our show with some shout-outs. Shout-out to the Arts Club's subscription series. They are coming back in the fall with a new season and you can get a season's subscription to see all five plays! Our next shout-out goes to the VIFF Talent Accelerator Program. If you're an emergin creative from across Canada, BIPOC and other underrepresented communities, apply until August 8th! Lastly, shout-out to Music on Main. They are coming back with live shows and you shouldn't miss it! Get your tickets online. After our shout-outs, we finished off the show with Serra and Lua's reviews of Arts Clubs's I, Claudia as well as the current exhibitions at the Polygon Gallery including Meydan, Interior Infinite and A Lingering Shadow!Timestamps: Interview with Lisa Wolfin 01:19Shout-outs 12:25Review of I, Claudia 25:47Review of The Polygon Gallery 52:07

We started off today's show with a couple shout-outs. Shout-out to Arts Club's first show back in person! I, Claudia is on at the Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre until August 15th! (Also check out our next episode for a review of the play!) Shout-out to the Steveston Heritage Sites. You can experience these heritage sites and their fascinating history complete with costumed guides, engaging exhibits, kid-friendly programs and an on-site food truck! Our next shout-out goes to the Queer Arts Festival! QAF will take place between July 24th and August 13th, get your tickets or festival passes online! Our last shout-out goes to the Pride installation at Nelson Park! It is beautiful and you should check it out! After our shout-outs, we moved on to Jade's review of Art Downtown which was followed by a review Silvana did of Or Gallery's 'Curating While Black'. We finished off the show with Lua's review of the docuseries "HoldFast/StayGold" and interview with Dave Allen, a Kelowna based tattoo artist who has been filming interviews with Canadian tattoo artists to document the hihstory of custom tattoo work over the past seven years!Timestamps: Shout-outs 01:48Review of Art Downtown 04:57Review of Curating While Black 15:03Review of "HoldFast/StayGold" & Interview with Dave Allen 32:34

Today's show started with two shout-outs. First shout-out goes to the Whistler Film Festival. They are now acception applications for their Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship. Our second shout-out goes to The Winter Lake, Phil Sheerin's directorial feature debut. After the shout-outs, Phoebe did a review on The Holy Game which is a movie that offers an exclusive look at an officially sanctioned Vatican soccer tournament for priests. We continued with Serra's interview with Esther Rausenberg about the Eastside Arts Society (EAS) from their name change to upcoming events such as the CREATE! Arts Festival. We finished off the show with Eva's review of D.O.A's livestreamed performance from the Rickshaw and played two of their songs. Timestamps: Shout-outs 02:00Review of The Holy Game 03:50Interview with Esther Rausenberg 13:54Review of D.O.A at the Rickshaw

Today's episode was full of interviews! We started off with a quick shout-out to Interior Infinite, current exhibition at the Polygon which you can visit until September 5th, 2021. Right after we talked to curator Justin Ramsey about Interior Infinite. Afterwards Serra had her interview with Brian Postalian, producer of HIVE. We talked about HIVE 2021: Flight Paths which is a collection of twelve micro-performances that take place digitally between you and an artist from your own home, phone, or neighbourhood. Last interview on this week's episode was Serra's interview with Nightingale and Joshua Lam. We talked about Quarantine Qapsule, a Toronto based initiative that is now in BC, documenting the diverse Asian Canadian experience during COVID-19 through artistic mediums. Check out QQ at https://ecuad.arcabc.ca/quarantine-qapsuleTimestamps: Shout-out 02:19Interview with Justin Ramsey 04:18Interview with Brian Postalian 25:57Interview with Nightingale & Joshua Lam 44:27

We kicked off today with Serra's segment on Fire Followers, an exhibition by artist Megan Majewski in collaboration with writer Sharon Roberts. You can catch it at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum until October 17th, 2021! We continued with Henri's review of Good Girls Don't, a comedic short-film. This review was followed by Eva's interview with Max Maier for Marmalade Wake and we played their new song Coconut Crackers. To end the show Serra did her reviews of Goh Ballet's performance as part of The Dance Centre's Discover Dance Series as well as TWObigsteps Collective: Marissa Wong/Katie Cassady. PS. Check out Serra's interview with Megan from November 4th, Eva's interview with Switzermaier from February 24th and Serra's interview with Katie from March 31st after this episode! Timestamps: Fire Followers 03:42Review of Good Girls Don't 09:15Interview with Marmalade Wake 19:00Review of Goh Ballet 36:47Review of TWObigsteps Collective: Marissa Wong/Katie Cassady 43:13

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 01:30Interview with Todd Forsbloom 03:43Review of His Name is Ray 17:54Interview with Michael Del Monte 23:42Interview 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 1:50Review of Shelter 10:34Interview with Caroline Cox & Tiffany Ayalik 17:24Interview 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 6:58Interview with Derek Chan 17:48Review of The Essentials 40:02Interview 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 02:55Shout-outs 20:51Interview 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/releasesTimestamps:Interview with thisisisobel 02:51Interview with Katie Cassady 20:35Review of Silent Sky 33:25Review of Shine True 40:36Review 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 9:47Interview with Don Keistah 20:50Review 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 3:14Review 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/inactionhttps://conspiracy.ca/https://coldcalculi.bandcamp.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEIKwd6-HPsTimestamps: Interview with Shaun Dacey 2:38Review of TomorrowLove 20:20Interview with Margaret Grenier 30:57Interview 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 passesTimestamps: Shout-out to TomorrowLove 02.16Interview with Ray Koh 03.50Review of Mx 21.36Interview with Jordy Matheson 38.33Shout-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 05.22Interview with Switzermaier 20.42Shout-outs 42.47Review of And does it edge closer? 47.02

...Myriam Steinberg, Farhaven and Fuyubi Nakamura...So many interviews in this episode! We started off with Serra's interview with Myriam Steinberg about her graphic novel "Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)fertility" which is about Myriam's journey trying to have her rainbow babies! You can buy the book at cataloguebabynovel.com We continued the show with Eva's interview with Farhaven who is a local band from Vancouver and they have a new album called Matchstick. We also played their song Hypothetical Girl before the interview so that should give you an idea of how cool their music is! Afterwards, we had a shout-out to Pi Theatre. They have 2 productions coming up in February and March and you should check them out at pitheatre.com! We finished off today's show with Phoebe's interview with Fuyubi Nakamura who is the curator of MOA's new exhibition "A Future for Memory", this interview/segment is structured differently than the others so make sure to listen to it! Timestamps: Interview with Myriam Steinberg 5:59Interview with Farhaven 21:18Shout-out 43:20Interview with Fuyubi Nakamura 45:59

Today's show is our Fundrive episode! Fundrive is the one week every year we ask for your donations so that we can keep CiTR local and be able to provide a platform for alternative and independent voices! If you can, please donate at citr.ca/donate , no donation is too small! Also, we're having silent auctions so check them out on CiTR's instagram account! Today's show began with a shout-out to a new exhibition at MOA, "A Future for Memory". We continued with Silvana's review of "I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron". Afterwards, Serra had her interview with Jim Smith, the artistic and executive director of DanceHouse about Digidance. We finished off the show with Niko's review of "Mansfield Park".Timestamps: Shout-out to A Future for Memory 4:14Review of I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron 6:34Interview with Jim Smith 20:26Review of Mansfield Park 40:50

This week's show was filled with music! We started off with our shout-outs to Inter- Multi- Trans- Call for Video Submissions and Arts Club Theatre Company's audio productions. The audio productions will be releasing periodically until April so check them out! We then continued the show with Silvana's review of Rumba Calzada, presented by the Shadbolt Centre, Silvana said she was dancing while watching it so you might want to hear this one! After an ad and psa break we were back with a song from Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata which is written by Veda Hille, Bill Richardson, and Amiel Gladstone and Serra was lucky enough to talk to Veda Hille about it. After the interview, we were back with more songs from the Craigslist Cantata! If you like these songs, you might want to hear the rest, you can buy the album Do You Want What I Have Got? Songs from A Craigslist Cantata at vedahille.com or at bandcamp! Also keep an eye out next week for a review :)Timestamps: Shout-outs 2:19Review of Rumba Calzada 10:28300 Stuffed Penguins 20:51Interview with Veda Hille 25:54Noodles 49:19Bus Boyfriend 52:33

Today's episode started with an interview Eva did with Amy Kazymerchyk who is the curator of the Western Front's exhibition "Thought, Outside". Besides the exhibition, they also talked about podcasts Amy has been on so give them a listen after ours! After this interview, Silvana did her review of Polygon Gallery's "Alternative Gazes". We continued with another review, Serra talked about "She Sells Sea Shells" that's being put on by the United Players of Vancouver, watch at unitedplayers.com until February 14th! Lastly Serra talked a little bit about West Coast Chamber Music's latest concert "Trio of Trios". They were kind enough to let us play two of the pieces played at the concert, Wolf Moon and Thunder Moon by the Canadian composer Heather Schmidt. They are planning on having more concerts so keep an eye out at westcoastchambermusic.comLinks: https://soundcloud.com/western-front-archive/podcast-1-laiwan-and-melinda-molineaux-in-conversation-with-amy-kazymerchykhttps://soundcloud.com/western-front-archive/podcast-2-craig-berggold-and-susan-stewart-in-conversation-with-amy-kazymerchykhttps://unitedplayers.com/watch-online/https://westcoastchambermusic.com/programs-2020-2021/Timestamps: Interview with Amy Kazymerchyk 2:22Review of Alternative Gazes 20:10Review of She Sells Sea Shells 34:55Review of Trio of Trios 43:33Wolf Moon 47:37Thunder Moon 53:28

We started off today's show with an interview with Sarah Rodgers who is the director of "She Sells Sea Shells", a play being put on by the United Players of Vancouver. All performances are available to watch online between January 22nd and February 14th! Buy tickets online at unitedplayers.com We continued with a couple of shout-outs: Shout out to Trio of Trios, The Polygon's Curator Talk, STRIDE Burnaby Arts Festival and Vancouver Opera's podcat "Offstage". To finish off the show, we had another interview! We spoke with Dr. Amy Parent about her project (RNL) that aims to revitalize Nisga'a language. You can get more information and contribute at amyparent.ca if you would like to! Timestapms: Interview with Sarah Rodgers 3:28Shout-outs 28:46Interview with Amy Parent 36:27

Happy 2021 and welcome back! On the first show of 2021 we had 2 interviews and a review. We started off today's show with Niko's review of Amahl and the Night Visitors that's produced by Vancouver Opera. Afterwards Phoebe had her interview with Norman Yeung who is the playwright and performer of I Know I'm Supposed to Love You. We ended the show with Serra's interview with Suzie LeBlanc who recently started in her position as the new artistic and executive director of Early Music Vancouver. Fun fact: Suzie is the first female artistic and executive director at EMV!Timestamps:Review of Amahl and the Night Visitors 4:44Interview with Norman Yeung 20:50Interview with Suzie LeBlanc 42:45

Today's show is our last episode until 2021! We started off with two shout-outs: Shout-out to Toque Craft Fair which is fully online this year! Check it out at toquecraftfair.com until December 6th! Also shout-out to the Vancouver Turkish Film Festival that will be happening fully online from December 16th until the 21st this year! They have 4 feature films and 10 shorts as well as a Q&A with the makers of the features, check it out at vtff.ca ! Our first review of the day was Olivia's review of RoundUp. Second and third review came from Eva, she talked about a feature film called 18 to Party and the Pack Ad concert. After Eva, Serra did her 2 reviews, both of which coincidentally have something to do with "The Scottish Play". She talked about Studio 58's hilarious Theatre: The Play and the Arts Club Theatre Company's The Twelve Dates of Christmas. You can watch both of them online! Go watch them, what are you waiting for? And with that, we are saying goodbye to 2020 and hoping you will be with us in 2021 too! Time Stamps: Shout-outs 3:31Review of RoundUp 9:48Review of 18 to Party 18:02Review of the Pack Ad Concert 23:30Review of Theatre: The Play 43:18Review of The Twelve Dates of Christmas 51:55

Today's show had 2 reviews and 2 interviews! (and some shout-outs) We started off with the first interview for the new podcast "Art Heals". Serra talked with musician and composer Elaine Jo who is hosting and interviewing different artists for Art Heals. After this interview we had Olivia's review of a short film called "Old Dog". This review was followed by the second interview of the day that Niko did with Paul Pearson about Lunatic Engine. The last portion of today's show was Serra's review and the shout-outs. The review was of Mary-Louise Albert: Solo Dances/Past into Present that is part of The Dance Centre's Global Dance Series. You can stream the dance show from December 3rd until the 17th, tickets are only 10 dollars! Our shout-outs to the Whistler Film Festival, they have over 89 films and it's all online! WFF will be held through the whole month of December! Second shout-out to Wajd-Songs of Separation. You can stream this film until December 9th and join their live Q&A on December 5th at 11 am. Our last shout-out goes to Studio 58's audio play showcase! Listen to short audio plays on Studio 58's website until December 11th!Time Stamps: Interview with Elaine Jo 7:56Review of Old Dog 21:55Interview with Paul Pearson 27:00Review of Mary-Louise Albert: Solo Dances 45:05Shout-outs 55:27

We started with some shout-outs; shout out to Why Art? Why Now?, the VIDF Open Call for Submissions (apply until November 22nd!) and The Third Annual Podcast Festival (festival passes are 25 dollars!). Right after the shout-outs Serra did her review of The Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye) that is being put on by United Players of Vancouver at Jericho Arts Center until December 6th! After a quick break we were back with Serra's review of LUNGS by Duncan Macmillan that is produced by Mitch and Murray Productions at Studio 16 until the 22nd of November! After Serra, Silvana reviewed Ridge which you can watch on the Chan Centre's website! To finish off, we had Serra's interview with Chelsea Goodman about her fantasy video gamed themes pilot "Epic Quest" which you can watch on the Fantasy Network's website for free.Time Stamps: Shout-outs 1:00Review of The Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye) 6:50Review of LUNGS by Duncan Macmillan 21:42Review of Ridge 30:00Interview with Chelsea Goodman 42:50

This show was an interview sandwich! We started and finished off with an interview. First off was Serra's interview with Shelby Wyminga and Kerri Norris about the audio play Little Women which is an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's book, it's produced by Far From The Tree Productions which is actually the production company of Shelby and her sister Joelle! Its debut is on November 14, 2020 and the ew episodes are every Saturday until December 19, 2020. You can listen on all podcasting platforms! In the middle of our sandwich was two reviews! Our new correspondant Olivia did her review of the short film Come To Your Senses and Eva reviewed Dee Daniles' performance at The Shadbolt. We finished off our show with Serra's interview with Michael Scholar Jr. who is the director of LUNGS, produced by Mitch and Murray Productions. You can catch LUNGS between November 13th and 22nd 2020.Time Stamps: Interview with Shelby Wyminga and Kerri Norris 2.35Review of Come To Your Senses 21.00Review of Dee Daniels 28.32Interview with Michael Scholar Jr. 41.48

We started off today's show with an interview Serra did with Megan Majewski about her upcoming exhibition "Fire Followers" at the UBC Beaty Biodiversity museum and her artist participation in the Annual Eastside Culture Crawl. After this interview, we had a bunch of reviews! First up was Eva's review of Heart of the City Festival, she even gave some of her picks of upcoming events in the festival you can check out! Right after was Serra's review of Studio 58's Risky Nights-Fort, specifically the two rooms The Shame Spiral and Political Party. We continued our show with Niko's review of Vancouver Opera's La Voix Humaine. Finally, we finished off with a review that Serra did of The Arts Club Theatre Company's Buffoon. Time Stamps:Interview with Megan Majewski 2.40Review of Heart of the City Festival 16.20Review of Studio 58 Risky Nights 29.40Review of La Voix Humaine 42.15Review of Buffoon 52.50

This week's show featured 2 interviews! We started with Niko's interview with Sarah Klassen. After a quick ad and psa break, our new correspondent Eva had her interview with Black Pontiac! Their new single "Soda Pop Rock" is out and you can listen to it on spotify and apple music. We finished our show with Serra's quick review of Farouche which was part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival. Links for Black Pontiac!https://open.spotify.com/track/5xk44WyUBBj1rMZvXBTGxo?si=gawPKa1FRumFX85D38-eTw https://music.apple.com/ca/album/soda-pop-rock-single/1532103471

Today's show is a little calmer, a little slower. Life has been hectic so we thought we could slow it down for this week a bit. We started off Serra's interview with Donna Giraud about her new art show "Together is Always Better". We took a quick ad and psa break and continued with Niko's review of "Suitcase Stories" (going on until the 25th!) and Serra gave some information about the Museum of Vancouver's discounted rates until the end of 2020. After our second quick ad and psa break, Silvana did her review of The Polygon Gallery's "The Third Realm". Serra finished the show by letting everyone know that WIFTV submissions are open until November 20th and talked about the Vancouver Art Gallery's media preview that she attended which was about their current exhibition of Victor Vasarely.

We started off this week's show with an interview that Niko did with Paul Armstrong who is the executive director of Crazy8s. After that, we had two very positive reviews. First one being Serra's review on Studio 58's "The Doll's House Project". Serra actually interviewed one of the actors in this production, Sierra Haynes, so make sure to check out last week's episode for that! After Serra, Silvana did her review on "Brother, I Cry" which was part of VIFF. Fun fact, Serra also did an interview with Jessie Anthony who is the writer, producer and director of Brother, I Cry. If you want to listen to that interview, it's on the episode of September 30th! We finished off the show with some shout-outs to the Discover Dance Series, to VIDF Livestreams and lastly to VSFF Call for submissions. Submit your short film until the 16th!

This week's episode was filled with reviews! We started off the show with an interview with Sierra Haynes about The Doll's House Project that's being put on by Studio 58. Register online for free and get the viewing link on October 10th! After the interview, our new correspondents Niko and Phoebe did their review of Emerge: Studio Visit with Tania Willard that was done over zoom. Right after our new correspondents, our returning correspondent Silvana reviewed the documentary "My Name is Pedro". During the last 20 minutes of the show, Serra had her reviews of Fakeknot-HINKYPUNK that was part of VIDF and also The Arts Club Theatre Company's "No Child..."

Welcome back everyone! We had a great summer break but now it's time to report on some local art. We kicked off today's episode with an interview with Jessie Anthony who is the writer, director and producer of the movie "Brother, I Cry" which you can catch on VIFF until October 7th. After this incredible interview, Serra reviewed Kokoro Dance's "Reading the Bones" which was livestreamed as part of VIDF. The rest of today's show was filled with shout-outs. We mentioned the festivals VIDF, Vancouver Improv Festical and VIFF. We also talked about Crazy8s for which submissions are now open! Last but not least, we finished off today's show by letting you know that "This Beautiful Day" by Kristin McIver returned to Squamish as part of the Vancouver Biennale and also that the Polygon Gallery has tours for "Third Realm" every Saturday!

We started today's episode with an amazing interview with the lovely Sloan Thompson. She is the director of Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. and she gave us a sneak peak into this modern play that is opening tomorrow night at the Frederick Wood Theatre. We will also be doing a ticket giveaway for this show so keep an eye out for that! We followed that with another great interview with one of the cast members, Samantha Symington, of Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women. This award-winning work stars seven local transgender powerhouses, and is compiled from interviews with more than 70 transgender women in six different countries. We also had Sophie Mueler's debut as one of our new reporters with a review of The Grunt Gallery. This was a packed show, but I promise it is worth a listen. To end the show we had two reviews of two very different performances. First The Wedding Party, a comedy being put on by the Arts Club, and then Ballet BC's Romeo and Juliet.

We started our show by talking about Inheritance: a choose-your-adventure ( a pick-the-path) experience and we also had the chance to talk with Eugene Crain about it. After listening to this amazing interview, we introduced Riot Girls, a feature film that will be screening in the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival. Continued with an interview with Lauren Grant who is the producer of Riot Girls, we found out that she will be holding a Script to Screen workshop for the festival! After a quick ad and psa break, we came back with a shout-out to Broken Tailbone which is being featured in Boca del Lupo. In Broken Tailbone, Carmen Aguirre leads a public Latin American dance lesson, woven with hilarious stories of her experiences in the hidden world of dance halls in Canada. We finished the show with talking about even more dance, the Vancouver International Dance Festival that's coming up this weekend!

We started the show with an interview with Tom Whalen the curator of Lucky's Lounge. They are still accepting submissions until March 4th so this is your chance to display your self-published zine. We followed that by a few dance shout-outs to Coast Dance Festival and Grupo Corpo, which we will be reviewing next week. After our ad and PSA break we had Serra's review of Gruesome Playground Injuries with Niklas, one of our new members! The review was followed by Lua's review of Cipher. We concluded the show with a preview of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.

Today's show was a special one because we are promoting our annual fundraiser, Fundrive! This year's theme is Crush. Do you have a crush on CiTR? You can show your love by donating so that we can keep doing what we're doing for you with the same great and even better quality! We started out our show today by talking about Fundrive and the amazing prizes you can win if you pledge to our show when donating. After Fundrive, we listened to an interview with one of the creators of CLEO-A giant clitoris puppet learning to love herself. After hearing about the hilarious Cleo, we shouted out some cool events that are happening: The Talking Stick Festival and then The Coastal Dance Festival and lastly Gruesome Playground Injuries. After the shout-outs we listened to a pre-recorded interview that Serra did with Jaime Piercy who is playing Shelby in Boone Dog Production's Steel Magnolias. Last but not least, Lua did a review of Anywhere but Here and we finished off by reminding you of Fundrive!

Today's show was hosted by Serra. She started the show with interview with the director and cast of the shows we later reviewed (or are going to review)! First Serra talked to the director of Urinetown: The Musical, Courtenay Dobbie, who gave us a cool insight into why Urinetown is such a cool and important musical. Then we heard from Christine Quintana, who is part of the cast of Anywhere but Here. This is a show about immigration that we are going to talk more about on the following week. Gruesome Playground Injuries received a shout-out for its cool approach to theatre, and we followed that with the actual review of Urinetown: The Musical and Noises Off ( a comedy put on by the Arts Club - it was HILARIOUS). The show ended with Serra's review of FRONTERA, which is a beautiful dance spectacle part of the PuSH festival.

We started the show with an interview with the lovely Luciana Silvestre Fernandes who is the Director of The Changeling now on at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. The play discussed has mentions of sexual violence, among other things. It is definitely not suitable for younger audiences. We talked a little more about set design, costume, and overall effect of the play after the interview. Then, listened to a pre-recorded interview with the bassist of Fly Pan Am who are playing live for FRONTERA. After a quick break, we reminded everyone of FUNDRIVE and we finally revealed all the prizes you can receive when donating if you mention our show! To end the show on a high note we reviewed Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story.

Welcome back to the Arts Report. On today's show we talked a little about what the PuSh Festival is and what we will be covering. We then heard an interview with one of the actors of Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, Ben Caplan. After some ads and PSAs we highlighted the importance of Fundrive and some cool stuff that you can get when you donate certain amounts! We then talked about MOA and its importance, but better yet about their new-ish/current exhibition Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary. Spoiler alert: it is extraordinary! We then did an overview of a few different shows happening this and next week including: BERLIN: The Last Cabaret, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the Reel Causes presents Dosed at SFU Woodward's, and the super fin SMASH Comedy Festival. We finished the show with a reminder that the 3rd Annual Siloam Theatre Festival has open calls for artists until March.

We started the show with a few shout-outs to Shiny Fuzzy Muddy ( a crafts market happening Dec 14-15), Graham Clark's 24hr Stand-up Comedy Show (happening Nov 29-30), and It's a Wonderful Christmas-ish Holiday Miracle (starting tonight). We followed that with a review of Hedda Gabler, and interviews. One with the cast of O Christmas Tea, a comedy show happening next week, and Cariboo Magi, a genre bending style play. We ended the show with our farewells, and a review of the opera Gianni Schicchi produced by Opera Mariposa.

We started the show talking about a number of cool events happening all over the city including, the Vancouver Christmas Market, Hedda Gabler, Toque, FUSE x CURRENT Art Bar, and a number of events relating to Trans Day of Remembrance. We then had a review of Orquesta Akokan by Silvana, the play Anon(ymous) by Lua and the Sound of Music by Lua and Serra.

We started the show with an interview with Sevan Kochkarian who is one of the lead in the opera GIANNI SCHICCHI being put on by Opera Mariposa. We then had a review of Timothy Findley’s The Wars adapted by Dennis Garnhum, followed by two reviews of Certified, an amazing one-woman show, and Turn of the Screw, a great example of horror theatre. We ended the show with an interview Made in BC dancer Leah 'McFly' McKesey and a review of The Price being put on be the United Players Club.

Hello! On today's show we started with an interview that was meant to be aired the week before with the director of the documentary Be Afraid: The Science of Fear. It is a very cool film and it can be found on the CBC's free streaming service. We then an interview with the director of The Turn of the Screw. We are also going to be reviewing this spooky play on our next show. We did a bunch of shout-outs including, to VTFF (which we are doing a tickets giveaway for!), Certified, Vancouver Tap Dance Society. We ended the show with a review of the Paco de Lucia tribute and of the Out of Concealment exhibition at the Bill Reid Gallery.

We started the show with an interview with Connor Riopel who is part of the cast for Timothy Findley’s The Wars adapted by Dennis Garnhum playing at the Frederic Wood Theatre. We are also doing a ticket give-away for "The Wars". Like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and message us to win a pair of tickets! First come, first serve! We then had two interviews by Silvana with two amazing authors, Laisha Rosnau and Stephen Chbosky (author of Perks of Being a Wallflower). We ended the show with a review of Bangara Dance and a few shout-outs to the Vancouver Turkish Film Festival (which we will also be doing a ticket give-away for) and Blaze, a Federation and Firefighter Fundraiser

In today's show we started with a review by Serra of the dance performance Spooky Action. We then had an interview with the Artistic Director of DanceHouse, Jim Smith. Serena followed that with a review of La Traviata, and we ended the show with a review of The Cost of Living, and a few shout-outs to First Pick Home Decor Event, Out of Concealment gallery exhibition at the Bill Reid Gallery and Hold These Truths, a single men show.

We started teh show with Serra's review of the VIFF film Marriage Story and a few shoutouts to First Pick Handmade Home Decor, and the dance show Spooky Action. We then had an interview with Sarah Leavitt about her new graphic novel: Agnes, Murderess which was a fascinating read. And we ended the show with a number of film reviews recapping VIFF, including Mr Jones, The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao, Extra Ordinary. And right before we ended we reminded everyone that Vancouver Opera's promotion of $40 under 40 is still going with a few tickets left so make sure to get yours!

We started the show with a review of the film Staff Only, and then we had a review of the incredibly funny comedy Birds and Bees. Silvana then talked about the really cool event Sound House which happened at MOA and will have more editions in the future. We then had a few reviews for two other VIFF films: Bacurau, Blood Quantum, and Divine Love. We ended the show with a shout-out to Vancouver Opera's special promotion of $40 under 40!

This was Serra's first show hosting, and we are so excited to have her on board! We started the show with a shout-out to “Herringbone” which is having some amazing student discounts. We then had a review by Serra of Studio 58's rendition of Antony and Cleopatra, followed by an interview with Aaron Alexander the creator of the Fringe show CONNECT which explores our natural human connections in a mix of magic and TED talk. We then had three different reviews of three very different events and plays: A Thousand Splendid Suns (excellent!), a talk on ‘Black’ as a Cultural Modality (fascinating!), and Hysteria (incredibly thought provoking).

This was a show full of shout-outs for so many amazing books and launches by Arsenal Pulp we are excited about including: Major Misconduct, The Cure for Hate, I Hope We Choose Love, The Blue Road, Yarn Bombing, Hustling Verse. We also talked about a few different graphic novels coming out including Agnes, Murderess, and the the anthology Against Death. We had a review of A Tender Thing and Mother of the Maid as well as an interview with the writer and director of the documentary Assholes: A Theory. Taking about the film, we didn't miss the opportunity of mentioning VIFF and all the cool things we are going to cover!

Unfortunately we had a technical glitch on this show and it ended up being a short one. We had so much to talk about, but we did have a chance to air an incredible interview with the cast of Hysteria!

We talked a lot about so many different Fringe shows today! We started the show with a review of Alice in Glitterland, How to Really...Really? Really! Love a Woman, and the The Robber Bridegroom. We then had an interview with Eleanor O'Brien who is the producer, writer, and cast of How to Really...Really? Really! Love a Woman. We ended the show with more reviews, including: Love Songs for Future Girl, The Moaning Yoni, and Pretty Beast.

We started the show with an interview with the cast of "The Most Massive Woman Wins." We then had a review of the preview show of SpinS and THE GREAT CANADIAN P-RNO: THE MUSICAL, followed by an interview with the artistic Director of "The Robber Bridegroom by the Brothers Grimm." And we ended the show with a shoutout to the Fringe show "Inescapable"

We started the show with an interview with Ilana Zackon the director of "THE GREAT CANADIAN P-RNO: THE MUSICAL" which will be having its premier at this year's Vancouver Fringe Festival. We then did a shout-out to the Vancouver Soundwalk Collective Archive which will be having a soundwalk this weekend on Sept 1. Then we had another interview with Jill Lockley who is the writer, producer and is acting on the short comedy "Those Who Can't." The show is an absurdist comedy about trying to find a substitute teacher and will be shown at the Fringe this year. We ended the show with a review of "Coriolanus" which is the last show happening at Bard on the Beach this year. We ended the show with a preview of what is coming for the Bard's 2020 season, and a farewell to this amazing summer!

We started the show with a live interview with Linnea Ritland, the director and producer of the shorts "Everything's Great!" and "Ameteur Dramatics" that will be showing in the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, starting tomorrow. We then had an interview with Angela George, an indigenous artist who is focused on weaving and will have her residency in the Blue Cabin Artistic Residency. We concluded with a shout-out to UBC Theater and Film 2019-2020 season and an interview with Venay Felton who is the executive director of the Reel to Reel Vancouver Film Festival, talking about their short film program happening in August.

We started the show with an interview with Myles Anderson about his new album “Myles from Home.” We had several shoutouts, including:the Vancouver Mural Festival, Pride in Chinatown, Twisted Disney Cabaret, and Lenoir. After that we had a review of "Silence! The musical", and an interview with Laura Carly Miller and Sydney Doberstein about Deep into Darkness: An Immersive Theatre Experience. We ended the show with an interview with Nancy Lee and Brian Tiger who were part of CURRENT: Feminist Electronic Art Symposium - Mentorship Program

We started the show with a review of Rock of Ages. We followed that with an interview with Collete Berg who is the stage manager for Newsies. We had a little technical difficulty, but we worked through it and did an event roundup of the Vancouver Bach Festival followed by interview with Lan Tung the Artistic Director of the Orchid Ensemble. We ended the show with a review by Margarita and Lua of Mama Mia.

Today we started the show with an interview with Paisley Eva who is one of the founders of Dame Vinyl, an amazing organization that trains female identifying persons on vinyl DJing. They are performing this weekend at the Indian Summer Festival event: Conjuring the Future! Then we had an interview conducted by Margarita Galper of the Alt-Rock Band CIVILIANA, and we played one of their songs: Carry a Light! We followed these interviews with a review of Shakespeare in Love being put up by Bard on the Beach throughout the summer. Blind Tiger Comedy is offering free comedy courses throughout the summer for women-femme-trans people which we were sure to give a shout-out to. Another shout-out we gave was about how The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and imagineNATIVE Film+Media Arts Festival are partnering to launch a call for Indigenous voice artists to apply for a Digital Project Prize. And last but not least, another shout-out to the documentary Because We Are Girls which is coming back to VIFF. We ended the show with an interview with Thomas Chan who is part of the ensemble of Mama Mia being produced by TUTS.

We had a lot of reviews this show because there is just so much going on! We started the show with a review of The Taming of the Shrew at Bard on the Beach. Then we talked about the film The Extraordinary Journey of Fakir, which is a great feel-good summer film that is coming out soon. We had several shout-outs to: comedian Sophie Buddle, An ASL Opera, the documentary about art forgery There Are No Fakes, the play The Queen in Me, and the opening of a new exhibit at the Belkin Art Gallery called “Surrounded: Skeena Reece”. We ended the show with a review of Mom's the Word: Nest 1/2 Empty and a quick talk about the play Hosanna.

Today we started the show with an interview with Joyce Hilton, the co-managing director of th Chan Centre, to talk about the upcoming show in 2019-20 season. Some very exciting stuff is coming and we will be here to review it for you! We also had a review of Matilda: the Musical being put on by the Arts Club until July 14th, and a review of the 43rd edition of the dance performance 12 Minutes Max.

And the Arts Report is back for the summer with biweekly shows! Today we had the pleasure of interviewing Frank Zotter the lead of play “Hosanna”. Then we had an interview with Warren Dean Flandez who is performing with the Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir as a Guest artist on March 25th, followed by an interview with Katrina Bois the Artistic Director of Coastal City Ballet talking about their production of Swan Lake. We also did a review for Shadows, Strings, and Other Things a puppet exhibition currently happening at MOA. And ending the show with a few shoutouts to: Early Music Vancouver, and the Chan Center Concert Series 19/20.

We kick off by interviewing Johnny MacRae about the coming Verses festival. We then segue into a diverting review of Coastal City ballet's Bedroom Folk, shoutouts for Pi Theatre's 4 1/2 Ignoble Truths and Pacific's upcoming season, and finish with segments on Mariza's recent Chan Centre performance and the Cinematheque's Down and Dirty in Gower Gulch features Damaged Lives and False Faces.

We open with an interview with Dide Su Bilgin regarding the UBC Film Production program's Persistence of Vision film festival. In between song plays from Anoushka Shankar and Mariza's newest albums, we play an interview with Al Lafrance of Hunch Festival, shout out the Bill Reid Gallery's Womxn and Waterways, and review Momix's Dance House, the Arts Club's Bed and Breakfast, and the Cinematheque's Andrew Bujalski and Poverty Row features.

We open with an interview with Jenn Stewart, UBC alumnus and set designer for ZeeZee Theatre's Dead People's Things, with a segue into the Bill Reid Gallery's Womxn and Waterways exhibit. We then segue into a prerecorded interview with MoMix's Jason Dubois and an intriguing segment regarding LGBT tabletop gaming. We close with features on DOXA and Pacific Theatre's Cherry Docs.

We start by interviewing Jenna Brown, panelist on the Reel 2 Reel Film Festival's Inside the Industry panel, on the life of a Technical Lead. We follow that up by interviewing Melissa Ferriera on the local fashion and craft extravaganza Nifty For Fifty. We close with reviews of the Arts Club's The Orchard (After Chekov), Elee Kraljii Gardiner's Trauma Head and Melissa Bull's The Knockoff Eclipse, plus shoutouts for Pacific Baroque Orchestra's Handel Coronation Anthems at the Chan Centre and the Kits Classics Concert at Mel Lehan Hall.

We started the show with a pre-recorded interview with Kenton Klassen about Cherry Docs. We had a few shout outs to Mariza performing at the Chan Center, the University Singers at St. James, and Christina Pato that is offering student rush tickets! After we had and interview with Marco Cornejo about MTT's Legally Blonde.

We started today's show with a review of the play Goldrausch playing here at UBC; followed by a review of Redpatch produced by Hardline Productions a company in residence at the Arts Club, and a review of the film Birds of Passage. We also did shout out for: Nosferatu, and Merideth Kaye Clark performing Joni Mitchell’s BLUE album.

We had an interview with Camilo the Magician about his show Magik. We talked about the AR game East of the Rockies written by Joy Kowaga, and we ended the show with a discussion of Hot House, which will be on Studio 58 next week, and some features at Cinematheque!

We feature quite a smorgasboard of interviews today, including Matthew Rhodes (UBC Theatre's GOLDRAUSCH), Carly Pokoradi (Monster Theatre's Jesus Christ: The Lost Years), Angelica Poversky (Turn it Up and Disrupt) and Ana Valine (There was a Winter at Vancity Theatre). In closing, we run through an array of shoutouts, including Firehall's The Good Bride, Level 16 at the Vancity Theatre, Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, St. James Swuare's Classic Rock Concert, and Pacific Theatre's Jesus Freak.

We kick of with two interviews - Meghan Bell for the Growing Room literary festival, and Olivia Davies for Vancouver International Dance Festival. To taper off, we play a lovely tune, review Manual Cinema's No Blue Memories, and shoutout the Coastal Dance Festival and our own Fundrive Prizes.

We open with Margarita Gal's interview with Renaud Doucet, for Vancouver Opera's production of La Boheme, and run our giveaway for the Chan Centre's No Blue Memories. Afterwards, we discuss Jacob Boehme's Blood on the Dance Floor, the Cinematheque's Derek Jarman Feature and the Arts Club's True Crime. We close with a review of MOA's Sound House, including a song from one of the performing groups, local Afro-Cuban jazz outfit Kutapira.

We start this extra-length show with an interview with Professor Norman Cornett and Ms. Linda Naiman, and run a series of giveaways for the Kings Singers, the Chan Centre's Gwendolyn Brooks retrospective No Blue memories, and SFU Goldcorp's Blood on the Dance Floor. Moving on to reviews, correspondents Leah Siegel and Will Alvarez tell us about the Arts Club's The Matchmaker and Vancity's showing of Rafiki. We touch briefly on the Rickshaw's Comedy Shocker, the coming concert from the Toasters, and Vancouver Opera's production of LA Boheme.

We open the show with a ticket giveaway for the Kings' Singers impending appearance at the Chan Centre, as well as correspondent Leah Siegel's review of United Players' Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet. We then proceed to anticipate the coming interview with Professor Norman Cornett and the coming review of the Cinematheque's screening of Narcissister Organ Player, and end with some Oscar-related conjectures.

We open by interviewing Daniel Curalli regarding Align Theatre's production of Annie. Our reviews include Pacific's A Prayer for Owen Meany, UBC Theatre's Lion in the Streets, the Audain's Visual Art Undergraduate Exhibition and Firehall's Circle Game.

We start with Lua Presidio and Silvana Martinez reviewing the Belkin Gallery's Hexsa'am and Allison Chisholm's On the Count of None. We then chat with Margarita Gal and Leah Siegel about the future of VR and the current situation of theatre, specifically Mrs. Krishnan's Party at the Cultch. We end with a segue into the religious, interviewing Ian Farthing (director of Pacific Theatre's Prayer for Owen Meany) and reviewing Travis Bernhardt's Unscriptured.

We start by interviewing Sophia Paskaledes, the star of UBC Theatre's upcoming production of Judith Thompson's Lion in the Streets. After a brief break, we cue up an interview from our friends in the Accessibility Collective, for the PuSh festival. We conclude with a shoutout to the Langley Players' Drama Club's production of John Mighton's Half Life, and a stirring review of Alfonso Cuaron's Roma from longtime correspondent Lua Presidio

We open 2019 with a boatload of the shoutouts and digressions you've come to love, including Travis Bernhard's Unscriptured, Electric Company Theatre's Full Light of Day, the Rio's 2019 features, Vancity Theatre's Italian Film Festival, and the Cinematheque's Japan On Screen.Content warning: Language, and (semi-acknowledged) generalizations.

We open by interviewing Jason Karman on his short film, Lions in Waiting. After a review of the XXXmas Holiday Cabaret at the Revue Stage, we run through a whirlwind of holiday shoutouts, including Tokyo Godfather and Michael van den Bos' holidays cartoon feature, the Arts Club's Beauty and the Beast, Matthew Binder's novel The Absolved, and Pack Animals' A Very Campy Christmas at the Havana.Content warning - profanity.

We begin by interviewing Nancy Lee about the musical VR experience Telepresence. We follow that with a round of theatre reviews, including the Arts Club's Blind Date, Pi Theatre's Hir (trigger warning for rape, domestic violence, transphobia), and Pacific Theatre's the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, with shoutouts for Bach Collegium Japan, Red Gate's XXXMas Holiday Cabaret, Opera Mariposa's Cosa fan tutte, and Shiny Fuzzy Muddy's Heritage Hall collection.

We start the show off with our Jawbone segment with Jake Clark as he interviews Derek Hayes as they talk about railroads with Hayes' book, "Iron Road West", and reviews the play, "Pieces of Eight". We then continue the review train with one concerning the dance performance, "Chotto Desh" and the art exhibit "Indigenous Law" at the Uvic’s Legacy Art Gallery in downtown Victoria. We then end our show with a shout out to the fun Christmas event here, the Christmas Market at downtown Vancouver!

We start the show off with an interview that will get you chewing as we talk to Hannah Jickling about her and her partner's, Helen Reed, gum artwork, "QA Chew's Bubble Trouble". After a little music, we go into our Jawbone segment with Jake Clark where he interviews Patrick Rizzotti about his work on the play "Hir". We talks more about "QA Chew's Bubble Trouble"'s gum and set up camps on which is the best piece of the gum! We end with shout-outs to Chotto Desh and Kit's Music Concert, as well as reviews for plays, "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Mortified".

We start the show off with a review for "Aquarela do Brasil" with an in depth look into the culture and music culture of Brazil. A poem by Al Purdy starts the Jawbone Segment which then goes into a shout out to Rodney DeCroo and a review for "Much Ado About Nothing". We spend a good rest of the time talking about our continued love with "Much Ado About Nothing" along with a shout out to Dawn Pemberton, who is singing at the Labyrinth of St. Paul's Anglican Church, and bands we love, such as Dear Rouge, Modern Space, and The Escapes.

We start the show off with an interview with opera singer Matthew Kim about his part in the opera, "Silent Night". We then go into the Jawbone segment with Jake Clark talking with Annahis Basmadjian, Liam Lazenby, and Colton Fyfe about the show, "Albireo". Our last segment is filled with shout out's to events, "Still Dreaming" at the Chan Center and "Good Tidings! A Good Noise Gospel Christmas" at the Christ Church Cathedral, and reviews on "Marking the Infinite" and "The Black Piece".

We start the show off with our Jawbone segment, hosted by Jake Clark, interviewing Selina Crammond on the Podcast Festival coming to Vancouver. We, also, talk about some of our favorite spooky podcasts for viewers to check out. We then go in depth with organizer Carol E. Mayer about the new exhibition coming to the Museum of Anthropology, "Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia". Our end is, of course, about Halloween with talks about Pokemon costumes and a Masquerade Party to check out!

We start the show off with an interview with Daelyn about her role as Beatrice in the play "Much Ado About Nothing" and our personal love for the play. We then dance into an interview with Jim Smith about the contemporary dance performance "Borderline." Spark Festival, an animation film festival, takes the stage with an interview of Marina Antunes, in our Jawbone segment, telling us all about it. We then end the show with excitement for the VR "Fake Ghost Tour" experience and Halloween love!

We start the show off with Celina Martin talking about her role in the movie, Level 16 as Sophia. We then move into the Jawbone segment with Jake Clark as he interviews Michael Markoswky and his chance to go to the moon! Jawbone ends with some lightening reviews from VIFF ( Vancouver International Film Festival). We then end the show with even more hype for Halloween as we discuss events that we are thinking of going to and Halloween costumes.

We start the show off with a review on the Vancouver International Film Festival dystopian film, Level 16 directed by David Barlow-Krelina. We then go to our Jawbone segment with an interview with Rachel Park about her involvement in the play "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" and some Vancouver International Film Festival Reviews. We then talk about halloween traditions we do with some spooky shout-out's to Phantom Signal, VIFF gala award winner, and, not so spooky, Vancouver Bach Choir.

We start the show off with an interview with the director of a new type of romantic movie, "The New Romantic", Carly Stone. We then quickly stumble into a call with Bill Pozzobon about the spookiest funniest improve themed events, Spooktober, at the Vancouver TheatreSports. Afterwards we focus on reviews on Incognito Mode: A Play About Porn and the Vancouver Film Festival movies, such as "Woman at War".

We start the show off just like our title with giveaways galore for Kealoha, I'm With Her, and INCOGNITO MODE: A Play About Porn. We talk a little about the Vancouver International Film Festival and go straight to our re-branded segment, Jawbone with Jake Clark, with interviews with artists Sola Fiedler about her tapestry art show, Leap and The Loom Will Appear, and Laura Harris with her work in the Cascadia Project. We come back again to VIFF and talk about the many movies we can't wait to see!

We start the show off with a review on "The Curious Incident of the Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Simon Stephens as well as a slew of reviews on different Fringe shows, such as "Dyck Spacee- A spy-fi Improvised Radio Play", "The Cockwhisperer" by Colette Kendall, "The Brief History of Beer" performed by Trish Parry and William Glen. We then talk about the upcoming VIFF movies with interviews with Alan Franey and Bruce Sweeney in our new segment Derailed with Jake Clark. We end the show with a giveaway to a performance by Aida Cuevas and her band Mariachi Juvenil Tecalitilan and our last review with Fringe, "The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant".

We start the show off with reviews on The Night is Short, Walk on Girl by Masaaki Yuasa and The Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht and Hanns Eisler directed by David Hare. Fringey Life presents an interview with actress and writer Keara Barnes about her play, Almost A Stepmom, with reviews on shows, such as Hip.Bang. We then end the show with an excited conversation about the play, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

We start the show off with Anni Ramsay talking about her role as an actress and the many plays coming to UBC. We then have a short review of the poetry book, "Bolt", by Hilary Peach with a launch of our new segment, Fringey Life, that focuses on the many art events going on at the Fringe Festival. Fringey Life interviews Jill Raymond about her dark humor show, HYSTERIA and Tom Hill talking about his comedy show Hip.Bang! We sign off with one last review on the movie "We, The Animals" by Jeremiah Zagar that premiered at Vancouver International Film Festival.

Jake Clark returns to host a live show that meanders between Post Malone, Bard on the Beach's Operas and Arias, ancient Greek theatre, Heathers, and the upcoming VIFF and Fringe features.

We start off with a deep dive into co-director, Beau Han Bridge's and actress, Nadya Debogorski's involvement in and feelings about their play, The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant. We then discuss our mixed feelings on the poem books Slinky Naive by Caroline Szpak and After The Hatching Oven by David Alexander. We finish off with a review of the Vine Festival, rambling, and what is to come next for The Arts Report!

The show starts with the listing of different festivals ending, continuing, and coming up, with an especially interest in the Vancouver Mural Festival. After we come back, we talk about "What Can You Do" by Cynthia Flood and it's many short stories dealing with conflicting feelings with ourselves and what we can do for social issues. We end our time with our signature rambling and shout outs to many festivals going on still with Hannah Georgas "Evelyn" rocking us out.

We start of the show with Eve Joseph's poem book, "Quarrels" which tackles memories and how we remember those memories long ago. Heather Lamoureux comes in to the show with her amazing Vines Art Festival, talking about the desire for creating a space to talk about the environment politically through the many artists both young and new. We end the show with a last shout out to those amazing pieces and, like always, a rambling monologue from your host, Ileana.

We start the show off with an interview with Alex Fisher about his group, Cappella Borealis, involvement with the Vancouver Bach Festival. Then, we review the novel "Chalk" by Doug Diaczuk and our thoughts on the writing style. The ending leads to a excited rambling on games, pride, and shout outs to many different artists.

We start the show off with Cloudscape Comics new graphic novel, "Swan Song", that shows the relationship individuals and communities have with music through different colorful comics. We then drop into the serious topics of women's choices through the poems of Laisha Rosnau in her book, "Our Familiar Hunger". We end the show off with a hopeful message of being present in our daily life thanks to the poems from "I Heard Something" by Jaime Forsythe.

With a rough start, we talk to Vincent McCurley about his VR video game, Cardboard Crash, and the morality questions that the game imposes onto the gamer. The experience will be able for the public to enjoy at Granville Island on July 13 along with other VR experiences. Other experiences, such as Carnaval del Sol and and Timon of Athens, are given reviews on. The ending leads into a rambling narrative of video games, Bard on the Beach, and Once, the musical, announcement!

We open by interviewing UBC alumnus Julia UIlrich on her role in Theatre Under the Stars' production of 42nd Street. After a short break, we talk with Luisa Jojic on the upcoming Bard on the Beach features, including Macbeth, Timon of Athens, As You Like it and a remixed Lysistrata. We end with a conversation on American Animals, the problem of college debt in the United States, and free screenings of Sita Sings the Blues and Khalil Gibran's The Prophet.

We begin with a segment from correspondent Ileana Soza, interviewing Paola Murillo on Latincouver's Carnaval del Sol. Next, we interview Caroline Sniatynski on her show Acceleration, currently playing at the Pacific courtesy of Stone's Throw Productions. We finish with a review of the Vagrant Players' Kill All Politicians and the Arts Club's Once with assorted musings on the political history of the Czech Republic.

In honour of World Refugee Day, we begin the show by interviewing John Michael Koffi on his recent book, Refuge-E: The Journey Much Desired. We then touch on Soulful Productions' Sweet Bubbling Nights and the Vancouver Irish Film Festival, specifically the Vancity Theatre's showing of The Drummer and the Keeper, including several digressions on Samuel Beckett and Michael 'Iron Mike' Malloy

We kick off with correspondent Ileana Soza giving us the skinny on Vancouver indie-funksters the Escapes, with a brief digression into horror games. After a musical break, we interview UBC professor Daniel Heath Justice on his Lay of the Land readings. After a short break, we talk about Boom For Real at Vancity and Theatre Conspiracy's Victim Impact at the Cultch. Assorted musings on jazz throughout.

We start by interviewing Celeste Snowber on her upcoming show Perfect Imperfections. We then interview Andrea Fehnsenfeld on her book, Completion. We close with correspondent Ileana Soza's review of Lucrecia Martel's film Zama, as well as segments on Vancity's showing of Leaning Into the Wind, Jericho's Nell Gwynn, and a shoutout to the Bill Reid Galler's Body Art exhibit.

We start off by interviewing Gail Suderman about Good Noise Choir's upcoming event, fusing jazz and gospel, with some digressions and examples of these genres in the following segment. We close with a review of Arts Umbrella's Expressions Fest features The Phoenician Women and Missing, and a shoutout to the Andy Goldsworthy documentary Leaning Into The Wind, coming soon to VIFF Vancity Theatre.

We begin by interviewing Michelle Kim about her new book, Running Through Sprinklers. Next we interview Laura Carey about Terminal City Glass's Spark Fire and Light. We close with Christine Kim's review of Coastal City Ballet's Midsummer Night's Dream and a shoutout to Aeriosa's show, Second Nature.

We start off by interviewing the team behind MOA's Arts of Resistance exhibit, followed by an interview with Felicia Wu of Coastal City Ballet on their production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. We close with reviews of ITSAZOO's Wet and Pacific's Tolkien.

We start by interviewing Corey Payette on his new trilingual musical, Les Filles du Roi. We finish off with the undebut of our Ask a Smart Aleck segment, a plug for Staggers and Jaggs upcoming show at the Fox, and a personal recap on a certain series of happenings across Toronto, Santa Barbara, and Washington, DC.

Interview with Charles Demers, author of Property Values; and reviews of Havana Theatre's Cashless by Nathan Narusis, Arts Club's Me & You by Melody Anderson, Vancouver Theatresports' Improv on the Murder Express, the Vancouver Art Gallery's Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, and BOMBHEAD.

We open with a series of pop cultural digressions vaguely related to Stephanie Morin-Robert's Blindside. We progress to an interview with Roundhouse Youth Theatre Action Group's Valerie Methot and Latisha Wadhams, and we end with shoutouts to David C. Jones' production of Neil Labute's The Money Shot and Circa's Opus show, coming soon to the Chan Center.

Interviews with Jillian Christmas, Artistic Director of Verses Festival of Words; filmmaker Natalia Andrea of UBC's Persistence of Vision Festival. Reviews of Che Malambo, and shout outs to Pacific Theatre's Love/Sick, Lori Anderson, Expressions Festival, Cherry Blossom Festival, and Vancouver TheatreSports' Murder on the Improv Express. Hosted by Ashley Park, Jake Clark, and Lua Presidio.

We see how things change in Vancouver with author, historian, and all-around cool guy Aaron Chapman, and review Take 6 in Concert, talk poetry in Shut up And Say Something, Little Mountain Lion Productions' Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

We've got 3 interviews for you today: Valerie Easton on the Massey Theatre's production of Cabaret, Madelyn Osborne on Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play at Studio 1398, and Alli MacKay about their short film Flash Flood. We end this plus-size show with conversation with correspondent Lua Presidio regarding Firehall's Chelsea Hotel and UBC Musical Theatre Troupe's Heathers.

In a restoration of a nearly-vanished podcast, we discuss MOV's Haida Now exhibit with director Vivianne Gosselin, as well as discuss UBC Theatre with reviews of UBC Players' Festival Dionysia and the BFA Acting program's year-end production of The Crucible.

We kick off the show by interviewing Jessica Nelson, director of UBC Theatre's currently-running production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. After the break, correspondent Monique Rodriguez gives us an interview with film director Mayumi Yoshida. We finish off with a shoutout to Anne Cormier's free Robson Square lecture, reviews of Too Fly's Little Miss Glitz and Studio 58's FOURPLAY, and a whole lot of puns.

We open with an interview with designer Janna Hurtzig, who gives us a rundown on Vancouver's indie fashion outing at First Pick Handmade. An interview with Robin Brunet introduces us to the grandiose personality of Frank Palmer, the Vancouver ad man whose biography hit the shelves in February, while Christine Kim's discussion with Matthew White explores the performance of Early Music Vancouver's Goldberg Variations. We close with correspondent Ileana Soza recapping the Out at the Inn comedy show and Lila Downs' recent performance at the Chan Centre.

We kick off the show by interviewing Wendy D on her VWiFF feature Mind Stories. A chat with Laura Harris on her Brave New Play Rites feature Gridlock brings us the finer points of clowning and the conceptual ramifications of staging a show in Bangkok. We go retrospective with a brief review of the Cinematheque's screening of Bob Fosse's Star 80, and finish things off with correspondent Lua Presidio giving us the skinny on Vancouver International Dance Festival.

With three interviews dealing with everything from the commodification of oxygen to UBC improv, we've got a packed show today! We start by chatting with Andrey Summers and Fiona Revill about their Brave New Play Rites show, mOXY, then chew the fat with Megan Fass and Alain Tahir regarding the Eternal Theatre Collective's production of Seven Minutes in Heaven. We close with a review of Arthur Holden's The Past, a technically-slanted interview with comedy duo Hip!Bang regarding their upcoming Just for Laughs debut, At Home, and close with a shoutout to the Growing Room feminist literary festival.

We look at various iterations of the Theatre of Depression as we interview Arthur Holden about the world premier of his play The Past, then proceed to discuss Fun Home with correspondent Shivangi Sikri. We end with a review of the ABB Collective's production of Fool for love, including an acknowledgement of the eclectic doings and prodigious legacy of the late playwright, Sam Shepard.

We open the show today with a Black History Month feature on VPL's Where Are You Really From? colloquium and the oft-overlooked cultural impact of Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers. Burlesque C&W balladeer Shirley Gnome swings by to tell us about her coming Valentine's variety show at the Rickshaw, and we end with an up-to-date history of awkward February 14th double-features.

To open the show, actor-director Frank Zotter and playwright Peter Takach swing by to fill us in on this year's Brave New Play Rites. Courtesy of Christine Kim, we have an interview with Julia Ullrich on Align Entertainment's production of Legally Blonde, as well as an interview with Deborah Pearson, the creator of the PuSh Festival's history history history. We close the show with correspondents Ileana De Soza and Lua Presidio, discussing the Arts Club's production of Jitters, the film Brasilia, the StoryHive webseries Luchador, Studio 58's The Skin of Our Teeth, and UBC Opera's La Cenerentola.

We open by interviewing playwright Dave Deveau on the tragic context of his play, My Funny Valentine. Correspondent Aaron Kenney debuts with a segment on some classic Vancouver films, and we announce the Flashback Film Festival Giveaway for the nostalgic theatregoers out there. We close the show with our dance correspondent Lua Presidio as we discuss MOA's excellent array of events, including the upcoming burlesque event Untamed, as well as a review of the Arts Club's Topdog/Underdog, a shoutout to Shari Ulrich's Songbird North, and a digression into the performing mannerisms of John Lee Hooker.

An interview triple-header gives us an interview with Lawrence Lam, Jerome Loo and Mary Galloway for Vancouver Short Film Festival, Marcus Youssef for PuSh Festival feature King Arthur's Night, and Aidan Wright for UBC Theatre's She Kills Monsters, followed by a discussion on the same show with Correspondents Ileana De Soza and Shivangi Sikri.

We're joined by first-time correspondent Shivangi Sikri discuss the Musical Theatre Troupe's 24-Hour Musical, with various digressions into the filmography of John Hughes and the mental state of Vincent Van Gogh, plus a couple of shout-outs to UBC Theatre's She Kills Monsters and the upcoming PuSh Festival.Hosted by Jake Clark.

It's our special hour and a half episode! Content Warning for strong language. The Arts Report interviews Gail Suderman of Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir's "Good Tidings!"; DJ A Slam talks about EDM and representation; reviews of Better Watch Out, directed by Chris Peckover; and Arts Club's Onegin by Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille; shout outs to The Disaster Artist, the MOA's Night Shift: Supernatural Vibes, and the Arts Club's Beauty and the Beast. We then talk about our picks of the year and the ever-changing sphere of what it means to be artists, view art, and consume media. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

We kick off the show by interviewing Brandon Taylor, UBC alumnus and televised embodier of Superman creator Jerry Seigel. Next we welcome Tatiana Povoroznyuk on to talk about Germaine Koh and Aaron Louis Cohen's Aferlives art installation, review last week's guests, Wendy Cheung and Rod Chau's show Seasons and Pacific Theatre's Almost Maine, as well as shout-out the Arts Club's Onegin, Global Party Starters' sophomore album Tonight and our friends at the UBC Dance Club's Holiday Ball. Hosted by Jake Clark and Ashley Park.

We talk to Wendy Cheung and Rod Chow about Seasons: A Magical Musical, a delightful mixture of musical concert, stage play, and magic show. Next, Jake reviews Kaveh Sabbaghzade's romantic-comedy Italia, Italia; Studio 58's production of The Wilderness; and UBC Musical Theatre Troupe's Before We Go. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

First time correspondent Ileana Soza comes in to talk about Craft Circle Market and the Texas Troubadours' outing at the Chan. We also review UBC Theatre's Wives and Daughters, ramble a little on Streets of Fire, conduct an interview with the Musical Theatre Troupe's Anne Arandia regarding the upcoming production of Sebastian Ochoa Mendoza's Before We Go, and conclude with a review of Alley Theatre's The Ridiculous Darkness.

In this episode, the Arts Report reviews and critiques (eviscerates) the Arts Club Theatre's King Charles III, interviews UBC Associate Professor of Theatre and Film, Jacqueline Firkins, the playwright for the upcoming UBC Theatre Production of Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters, and after a brief tour into Halloween shenanigans, we end with a shout out to multi-lingual comedian Gad Elmaleh's show at the Chan Centre on November 4, 2017. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

In this episode, the Arts Report covers the spooky and the scintillating with horrifying events both real and imagined. Check out the Foreclosure Follies, a Brechtian cabaret about the 2008 worldwide economic crisis; The Rio's screenings of Rocky Horror and Phantom of the Paradise; local UBC events including UBC AMS' #SCREAM party; Early Music Vancouver (EMV) presents Monteverdi's Orfeo, an opera about Orpheus and Eurydice, and Pacific Theatre's The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

John joins us to discuss the good, the bad and the problematic of VIFF's last (official) week. Then, we commemorate the season with a discussion of Kevin Loring's Thanks for Giving at the Arts Club Stage and Erich Rohmer's out-of-order seasonal quartet at the Cinematheque. We come to a close with the earwormy 'Strawberry Vanilla Iced Tea' by Ekke, featuring Nya and produced by last week's guests Sound of Kalima.

The Arts Report does a round of interviews with UBC Studio Sessions by UBC Arts and Culture District and Musical Theatre Troupe. Angelica, Hannah, Jacob, and Noah tell us about this awesome event. Later on, Sound of Kalima, a local music group talks about upcoming show at the Biltmore as well as their artistic ethos. We discuss the VIFF features, Mina Shum's Meditation Park, Jason James' Entanglement, Xu Bing's Dragonfly Eyes, and Kogonoda's Columbus. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

We start off with a review of Bringing on Tomorrow's 13: The Musical, check out some VIFF features (including Elena Psikou's Son of Sofia), and bring our listeners up to UBC Theatre's Beckett 17 and the Arts Club's Angels in America: Perestroika. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

We start off with an interview with Beckett 17's Gerald Vanderwoude (director of Happy Days), discuss mental illness with Jason James' Entanglement and Megan Andres' Behind the Door, review Jericho Arts Center's staging of Mr. Foote's Other Leg, shout-out Angels in America, MOA Soul Night and Drop the Mic at the Audain Art Centre, and close with a ticket giveaway from Kate Evans (at the Chan Center with Threads), and an interview with Kate Bird (City on Edge). Hosted by Jake Clark and Ashley Park.

We interview director Chris Adams and actress Kyra Leroux from Bring on Tomorrow Co.'s 13: The Musical, talk a little about Vancouver Fringe -- Katharine Ferns is in Stitches, interview UBC MFA Theatre and Creative Writing graduate Megan Andres and her thesis play workshop Behind the Door, and hang out with the three cool brunettes from Word Vancouver 2017: Dina Del Bucchia, Leanne Dunic, and Shazia Hafiz Ramji. Content warning is advised for mentions of drug use, domestic violence, and depression. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

A smorgasboard of radio goodness to kick off the 2017 academic year, including an interview with Fringe actress Radika Aggarwal and comedian Katharine Ferns, a review of Hip! Bang's semi-improv show Fringe show Fin, a round table with UBC Slam, and some notes on the screening of Jeff Kopas' thriller Blood Honey, MOA's Night Shift event, and Benjamin Booker (with She Keeps Bees) at the Biltmore Cabaret. Content warning if you can actually make out what Benny is singing about on 'Violent Shiver'.

CONTENT WARNING. We review The Arts Club's Angels in America: The Millennium Approaches (not the Millennium Falcon!) and talk about the historical, socioeconomical circumstances around this complex play. We also shout out Pi Theatre's Long Division, Coastal City Ballet's Giselle, Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra (VAMSO)'s A John Williams Tribute. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

We review the entirety of Brave New Play Rites's 2017 Full Productions as well as Musical Theatre Troupe's Curtains! Hosted by Ashley Park, Jake Clark, and Andy Ta.

The Arts Report has leurs yeyx (their eyes) on UBC Theatre's Les Belles-Soeurs, speaking with Set Designers Sarah Sako and Nikolai Kuchin. We then review the show, speaking about Michel Tremblay's work on the height of the Quiet Revolution in 1960s Quebec. Musical Theatre Troupe's Curtains, and Brave New Play Rites were featured briefly. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

WARNINGS FOR COARSE LANGUAGE. It's a theatre packed ninety minute show! The Arts Report talks to Brave New Play Rites playwrights Olivia Etey, Kyle Schoenfeld, Karla Lenina Comanda and their experiences with the festival, their writing process, and their amazing plays. Next we get right into our in-depth review of UBC Players' Club's Festival Dionysia. We do run out a bit of time, but it's also Fundrive! So if you haven't donated yet, please do! http://citr.ca/donate!

We talk with Brave New Play Rites Creative Writing Faculty Advisor Sara Graefe and Brave New Play Rites Festival Founder Bryan Wade about the 31st year of Brave New Play Rites Festival and its changes throughout the years; Danika Enad from UBC Players Club and Festival Dionysia's impact on local school theatre; the Oscars (we gotta!), and a little on Fundrive. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

***Sexual Content Warning***Today is February the 15th and on today's show, Arts Report show host, Christine Kim, says goodbye. Also, featured in this episode is an interview with the Executive Director of the Vancouver International Dance Festival by Carolina Duque, a review of the Sinophone Play Reading Series by Jake Clark and Ashley Park, a novel review (Vital Signs) by Jess Lin, and finally, an interview with Canadian author, Robert J. Sawyer, by Christine.Full versions of both interviews can be heard at: https://www.mixcloud.com/ArtsReport_CiTR/

Content warning, for anybody offended by 'dick message' at the station that also brings you Discorder and Nardwuar the Human Serviette. Vancouver Mountain Film Festival, DDP, Kubrick Red, Corleone, The Audience, 42nd Street, and a brief tangent on the Breakfast Club.

Two LIVE interviews are featured on this episode! Hosts, Christine Kim and Jake Clark, interview the Artistic Director of Early Music Vancouver about Le Mozart Noir and two UBC Faculty of Medicine students about MedPlay. Curious to find out more about both of these fabulous productions? Listen in!

We talk to Dr. Steven Liu and Face Drama director Jaylon Han for the upcoming staged reading and performances for the World Sinophone Drama Competition for Young Playwrights, featuring Holy Crab!; Dirty Paws, or How to Make a Great Documentary Film; and Fallacy of the Fist. Lightning Designers for Brave New Play Rites, Michael Methot and Nicole Weissman talk about lighting and stage; UBC student, and Volunteer Coordinator for the Vancouver Short Film Festival, Emily Weldon invites the audience to check out the awesome short film fest. And we then finish with Love and Information from UBC Theatre. Christine Kim interviews investigative journalist Christopher Pollon and Site C dam. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

On today's show, we cover three main topics: Brave New Playwrights, the World Sinophone Drama Competition for Young Playwrights, and UBC Theater's Love and Information. Also, on the episode, we feature contributions from two new Arts Reporters, Jess and Zack! Link to the Arts Report Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/ArtsReport_CiTR/

Kicking off our first show of 2017 with Brave New Play Rites coverage, with guests Megan Andres and Liesl Lafferty as they introduce us to the iconic UBC-integrated play festival. Today, they discuss producing play festivals for stage and readings. Our wonderful Theatre Correspondent Jake Clark talks to us about 24-Hour Musical, the UBC Players Club's Festival Dionysia, and Christine Kim reviews the book The Performance, written by Ann Eriksson. We also wax poetic about superhero movies, Zack Snyder, and portrayals of villains from Batman. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

Trigger Warning: Drugs (i.e. weed, heroin). We digress straight off the bat into all things pop culture which is quite unlike us but that is why our show today can be described as a mixed bag! After an in-depth review of the Arts Club's Mary Poppins the Musical, we do a shout-out for a returning production in Vancouver, STOMP! And follow-up with a review by one of our newest Arts Reporters who went to go see the accredited film, Old Stone (SPOILER ALERT). Taking a look back at this year's Fringe Festival, we get even more excited about what's ahead (pssst, it's PUSH Festival)! A mixed bag of fun for our listeners until we come back with fresh new material in 2017!Correction: 'Happy Birthday Guadeloupe' was a song that premiered back in 2011 but was only uploaded to YouTube many years later.

On today's show, it's all about Christmas productions. Some that are happening now and some that are about to happen. Jake and Christine do a review of Pacific Theater's Holy Mo, Theater Obscura's Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, and Arts Club's The Day Before Christmas. These feel good holiday plays will get you right in the Christmas Spirit!

The Arts Report is getting personal by sharing the exclusive list of events we plan to go review between now and Christmas LIVE on-air! We invite all of our listeners to come find us at any of the performances and productions we list, take a picture, tag the Arts Report (@artsreportcitr), and win a chance to be featured on our very last show of 2016. We will be taking a winter break from December 15 to January 10 but for our last 2016 show on December 14th, we want to feature the highlights of the year and have a voice from our very own radio audience with us to do that! So, take a listen, get a notepad ready, and... Come Find Us!

Listener discretion is advised for content. In this episode, the Arts Report talks about UBC Film Society's upcoming line up, the Museum of Anthropology's Layers of Influence exhibit, the documentaries Yellowing (dir. Chan Tze Woon) involving the 2014 Umbrella Movement, and The Apology (dir. Tiffany Hsiung) concerning World War II comfort women. Discussions include historical government rebellions and matters of reconciliation. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

Here we go again, another episode of the Arts Report that really milks every second for what's its got. We've got two ticket giveaways, three interviews, and another load of new reviews. Get your weekly dose of all things arts and culture in Vancouver by listening and as always, you can find out more about anything we've talked about by following us on our Facebook and Instagram: @artsreportcitr.

We talk Beckett 16, The Student, and start "Day One of the political vaudeville show we will be living for in the next four years." - Jake Clark. We tie in the 2016 US President Election Results with Absurdism, Canadian politics, media communication, and how satire and jokes help or hinder our understanding of politics. Hosted by Ashley Park, Andy Ta, Jake Clark, and Josh Gabert-Doyon.

Welcome to another edition of the Arts Report. On this week's episode, we feature two fabulous interviews with Brendan McLeod and Norman Young. Brendan McLeod is the creator and performer of Fringe Fest show, Brain, back for a one night performance at the Telus Studio Theatres on Nov 17th. Norman Young is a UBC Professor Emeritus participating in this year's run of Beckett 16. Beckett 16 is a fundraising variety performance put on by a number of different theatre alumni in support of current UBC Theatre and Film students. This year Beckett 16 runs from Nov 3 to Nov 5 at the Freddy Wood Theatre.

We talk about ITSAZOO's Hidden, the International Vancouver Writer's Festival panels, Shakespeare & Cervantes, Writer as Citizen, Circo Aereo's The Pianist at the Cultch York Theatre, The Girl with All the Gifts (yes, again!), and don't forget to go watch Beckett 16 at UBC! Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

Welcome Arts Report Listeners to another fabulous edition of the Arts Report! We do so appreciate all of our listeners new and old, week in, week out. On today's show we do a review of two past productions: James and Jamesy In the Dark and Concerto Extravaganza. Host, Christine Kim, also does a preview of three special performances all at the Chan Centre: one by UBC Symphony Orchestra, another by pianist Denis Matsuev, and finally, one by Fado singer Mariza. Check it out!

We talk VIFF! Reviews of Patterson, Neruda, The Student, Hemia & Helena, The Love Witch, The Real Youth Shorts, The Architect, Let's Compare Mythologies, Chocolat, The Girl with All the Gifts, with music Tick by Weaves. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark. Warnings for strong language.

On today's show, Arts Report host, Christine Kim mainly talks about all things VIFF. For reviews and exclusive interviews regarding films featured at this year's festival do check out both the Arts Report blog (http://www.citr.ca/radio/arts-report/) and Mixcloud (https://www.mixcloud.com/ArtsReport_CiTR/). Also on the show, Christine features her interview with the wacky and fun theatrical duo, James and Jamesy! Along the same lines of notable theatrical productions, UBC Theatre has officially kicked off opening night of Edward II and the Arts Report features a special interview with the cast and crew.

In this show, we connect with local Vancouver events through Studio 58's Angels In America Part One: Millennium Falcon, The Vancouver Writers Festival, UBC Theatre's Edward II, The Virtual Stage's The Zombie Syndrome: Dead In The Water, UBC's The Mueseum of Anthropology, and Pacific Theatre's A Good Way Out. Interviews with Dr. Anthony Shelton, Director of the Museum of Anthropology; Cara Norrish, playwright; and Anthony F. Ingram, director of A Good Way Out. Hosted by Ashley Park.

On today's show we feature a variety of different guests. First, is author of best selling Canadian book, Pacific Seaweeds, Louis Druehl. Next up, is interview with Arts Report friend, Deb Pickman, to talk about the 2016/17 season for the UBC Arts and Culture District. Finally, we end of the show with a review of Toque Flamenco featured in the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival this year by yours truly, Christine Kim!

We jam pack a lot of Fringe for your listening pleasure! We review the 2016 Vancouver Fringe Festival, spotlighting a few of the wonderful shows at the Fringe. With varying eclectic tastes, we witness clowning and physical comedy with Bella Culpa, zahgidiwin/love, Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert, Tragedy + Time Served = Comedy, Advice to Love/Hate (and everything in between), The After After Party, Curious Contagious, Wild/Society, Love is a Battlefield, The Dance Teacher, and Not Enough. Hosted by Ashley Park, Jake Clark, Andy Ta, and special cameos from Christine Kim and Helen Martin.

After four months of summer hiatus, the Arts Report is officially back in business! Host, Christine Kim, shares two brand spanking new This Fringey Life 2016 podcasts exclusively available on the Arts Report Mixcloud (https://www.mixcloud.com/ArtsReport_CiTR/).

It is the Arts Report’s last show before a 4 month summer break but fear not! We will still be keeping you up to date about arts and culture events in Vancouver through our social media feeds (Facebook: The Arts Report on CiTR 101.9 FM, Twitter: @CiTR_ArtsReport). Also, you can bet that we will be back in the fall with new re-vamped content September 2016. As a farewell gift, on today’s show, we do 3 ticket giveaways for Coastal Ballet’s performance of Swan Lake, the Verses Word Festival, and Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Gorgeous Gershwin. We also catch up with Wendy Atkinson, Programming Manager at the Chan Centre, who talked about upcoming performance at the Chan by Cécile McLorin Salvant.

We make a big announcement on todays show about the Arts Report and that is: The Arts Report will be taking a summer hiatus! Listen to the podcast for full details. Also, on todays show, we talk about the upcoming Verses Festival of Words and speak to the Artistic Director, Jillian Christmas. Ashley Park talks about the past Persistence of Vision Film Festival. We also talk about two theatrical productions: The Valley and 5@50.

*VULGAR LANGUAGE WARNING* Todays show is all about the reviews of productions the Arts Report did not get to sharing with you all this past month. We have reviews of Memory Wax (http://vidf.ca/performance/retazosmemory-wax-cuba/), The Out Vigil (http://firehallartscentre.ca/onstage/the-out-vigil/), Vancouver’s Improvised Music Meeting (http://www.barkingsphinx.com/2016/02/20/vancouver-improvised-music-meeting-2016-march-24-25-26/), Going Home Star (https://rwb.org/whats-on/show/going-home-star), and UBC’s 100 Film Festival (http://theatrefilm.ubc.ca/motion-picture-innovators-ubc-next-100-film-festival-2/). Coupled with our reviews is a special plug for two events happening on our very own UBC campus at the Chan Center (chancentre.com) and the Museum of Anthropology (moa.ubc.ca). Acclaimed Canadian Artist, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, speaks with us live on the show about his new pieces featured in a new exhibition at MOA called Unceded Territories. Play our podcast to hear more about each event!

Today's show is all about avant-garde fashion. Host, Christine Kim, spoke with Joseph Benjamin, founder of a fashion PR company called Revolt based in LA California who spoke on the ways in which he wants to change the marketing tactics of the fashion industry (http://www.fashioninrevolt.com). A ticket giveaway for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's performance of Going Home Star was given and our listener, Kevin, won them (http://www.rwb.org)! Finally, on the show, there was a review of Vancouver Fashion Week 2016. Interviews with fashion designers and photographers participating in VFW 2016 was aired (http://vanfashionweek.com). Check out this fashion-filled show!

Interviews with Shannon Kohil, UBC Film Grad and featured director/writer for "A Family of Ghosts" for Crazy8s Film Festival, and Ashley Park about "The Bus", a play from The Brave New Play Rites festival, and reviews of UBC Theatre's The Arabian Nights. Upcoming local films at the Norn Theatre. Hosted by Ashley Park, Tintin Yang, Andy Ta, and Jake Clark.

Review of Brave New Play Rites' 2016 Program I on Opening Night, interview with Patricia Mendes from UBC Improv's Impulse Festival, and review of Storyhive, a Vancouver Web Festival. Hosted by Ashley Park with Jake Clark and Andy Ta.

On this week's show the Arts Report was lucky enough to host a number of fantastic guests who shared about upcoming events such as the Sonic Boom Music Festival (http://vancouverpromusica.ca/about/sonic-boom/), Ogema: I Am Woman Art Exhibition (http://www.winsorgallery.com/exhibitDetails.asp?tid=Exhibit_UBC2016&eid=f), and the Brave New Play Rites Festival (http://bravenew.ca).

Interview with lead actress Elizabeth Willow UBC Theatre's The Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman, reviews of The Arts Club's Pride and Prejudice, and Vancouver International Dance Festival performances of The Longing Courtesan by Sujit Vaidya and Like Smoke Like Ash by Natsu Nakajima. Discussion about upcoming shows The Birdwatcher, UBC Players Centennial, and Brave New Play Rites. Hosted by Ashley Park.

On today's show everything is about the Fundrive, an annual week-long fundraiser for CiTR! We had guests, Matthew White (Artistic Director of Early Music Vancouver) and Margaret Grenier (Coastal First Nations Dance Festival Artistic Director), who BOTH explained their appreciation for community radio. On the show was also Arts Report volunteers, Jake Clark and Andy Ta, who shared their testimonials about volunteering for the Arts Report. We gave away fantastic prizes included chocolate chip cookies, books, and tickets. This is one show that keeps on giving!

Interview with Opera Mariposa's Stage Director Adam Da Ros for MASTER CLASS and discussions with newly minted Arts Report Theatre Correspondent Jake Clark on the upcoming Arts Club Pride & Prejudice show, VIDF, CiTR's Fundrive, Pink Shirt 2016, and UBC's community on anti-bullying and support. Hosted by Ashley Park.

We did TWO ticket giveaways on today's show for two different jazz concerts: Branford Marsalis, Eldest of Famed Jazz Family and For A Night in New Orleans with Jazz Giants Bridgewater & Mayfield. Congrats to the winners! Interviews with Kokoro Dance's Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi; and UBC Theatre & Film's Eurydice Costume Designer Alix Miller. Upcoming shows at the Norn Theatre and review of Cliff Cardinal's Huff, as well as talks about Reading Break and Valentines. Hosted by Ashley Park and Christine Kim. joined by Arts Reporters Jake Clark and Andy Ta.

On today's show (duration: 1 h 30 min), we talk with Michael Markowsky and Sam Davidson about the inter-arts ensemble Spacemelt (https://www.facebook.com/events/1091196950910724/). Then, we have a live phone interview with Howard Blank, the President of the Variety Board of Directors, who talks to us about Global TV's Variety Telethon. The highlight of our show is with Paul and Cassandra, two new Arts Reporters, who debut with a review of the emotional performance, Songs of the Wasteland. Finally, CiTR station director, Brenda Grunau reviews the Push show, Leftovers. You can find her interview with Leftovers director, Charles Demer, on our Facebook page: The Arts Report on CiTR 101.9 FM. We also have Jake Clark and Ashley Park to do their usual; reviews, interviews, and hilarious banter! Listen in!

Our first guest was Lesley Telford. She is the recent winner of the 2015 Mayor’s Arts Award for an emerging dance artist. Lesley has worked with such esteemed choreographers as Jiri Kylian, Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon. She came to speak about her dance piece in the upcoming Dances For a Small Stage - The Valentine’s Edition running from February 11 to the 14th at the Anza Club. More information at http://www.anzaclub.org/. Our second guest was Jeremy Berkman, UBC Music Lecturer, who came to talk about Downing’s Phantom of the Opera. On February 20 at 8pm, the Vancouver Bach Choir will perform composer Andrew Downing’s composition at the Orpheum. More information at http://www.vancouverbachchoir.com/. Also featured on this episode is Ashley Park's interview with Push Festival performer Gabriel Dahmoo (http://pushfestival.ca). Finally, we end off the show with a review of the production Boom and Eurydice by our very own Arts Reporters, Jake Clark and Brent Holmes.

Interview with Shauna Johannesen about her upcoming show "Common Grace" at Pacific Theatre, and reviews of the 2016 International Performing Arts Festival--featuring Aakash Odedra Company's "Inked" and "Murmur". Arts Report Jake Clark reviews the Cultch's production of "The Rivals" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. We also provide information for upcoming UBC shows--Sarah Ruhl's "Eurydice" by UBC's Theatre and Film Department, and the "UBC Arts & Culture Night with Blank Vinyl Project, UBC Improv, and UBC Slam Poetry." Hosted by Ashley Park.

As always, the Arts Report gets you the latest on the notable arts events happening in Vancouver and elsewhere in Canada. This week's show is an especially diverse combination of guests from backgrounds ranging from music, the culinary arts, and the visual arts. It's a show depicting the wonderful combination of various fields of art in tackling real world topics such as the Holocaust and Vancouver housing prices. Live guests for this show include, violinist Mark Ferris, Show One Productions Founder Svetlana Dvoretskaia, and Lead Curator for MOV Gregory Dreicer. Listen to this week's show for a healthy dose of arts and culture knowledge in your day! ***Content Warning: Vulgar Language***

Today's show features the one-of-a-kind performance by Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble of Shanxi Academy of Arts--Opera Warriors, presented by Image China and the China Arts Entertainment Group. Our guest speaker was Dr. Siyuan Steven Liu, Assistant Professor in UBC's Department of Theatre and Film. Arts Reporter Andy reviews Quentin Taratino's The Hateful Eight in 70mm, and Arts Reporter Jake Clark talks My Winnipeg by Guy Madden. Hosted by Ashley Park.

We have an experimental trumpet player, a comedy radio show host, a seasoned improv performer, the star of the sitcom Young Drunk Punk, and finally, the organizer of #SingitFwd, on our show today. It is a show full of unexpected laughs, heart felt conversations, and most importantly, much needed publicity for under publicized arts and culture events in Vancouver and other parts of Canada!

Interviews with Christine Quintana, Jessie Richardson Award-winning Actress, who will be starring in Frolicking Divas' Heathers: The Musical, coming to Vancouver on January 6th, 2016; Gail Suderman, Artistic Director of Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir's "CELEBRATE! A Good Noise Christmas" concert. Reviews of Electrical Theatre Company's FLEE by Arts Reporter Jake Clark. Hosted by Ashley Park.

Interview with Jonathan Girard, director for the UBC Symphony about the upcoming Hans Zegner interpretation of Franz Schubert's Winterrise. Reviews by Arts Reporters Andy Ta and Jake Clark. Reviews include The Room, Dude Bro Party Massacre III, talkback with Greg Sestero, 52 Pickup by TJ Dawe, and Carminho and Sara Tavares. Later, we speak about UBC and the freedom of speech, especially with the upcoming Centennial. Spoiler and content warnings.

The Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra (VAMSO) welcomes the start of the holiday season with a soaring program of Tchaikovsky masterworks, We talk to Kathleen Allan, internationally renowned conductor, composer, and soprano, who is featured in this program. Live in studio, we then talk with artist, Julie Van Oyen, who is participating in the 19th Annual Eastside Culture Crawl, running November 19-22, 2015. We have diversity and anti-racism expert and activist Shakil Choudhury here to talk about his recently published book, Deep Diversity! Arts Reporter, Jake, talks about a few upcoming Vancouver arts events everyone should check out. Finally. we do a ticket giveaway for a Chan Centre performance called Carminho. Tune in again next week!

Intriguing interviews with Lucid AfterLife's lead singer and principal lyricist Nat Jack about an upcoming concert; Coastal Ballet's ballerina Kaela Willey with the 5th anniversary showcase; Twentysomething Theatre's Artistic Director Sabrina Evertt and Tender Napalm; and Curator of Asia at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura, about the upcoming exhibit, (In)visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan Through Contemporary Art, at the Museum of Anthropology. A quick update at the Norn Theatre from Arts Reporter Jake Clark. Hosted by Ashley Park.

Paul Snider, creator of Music of Junk talks to us about his resourceful project. Philippe Castagner, opera singer in the upcoming UBC opera performance Manon, talks to us about the technicalities of projecting one's singing voice. Brad Ladouceur from Cineplex talks about the encore of live performances they are showing on the big screen. Finally, TJ Dawe talks about the eccentric production 52 Pick Up.

This week, The Arts Report heralds an interview with Vancouver Chamber Choir's Director Jon Washburn and the power of Baroque with the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, there are reviews of stage performances of Shakespeare on the big screen with Arts Correspondent Jake Clark, as well as cool upcoming shows!

This week Ashley and Christine interview Burgundy Brixx, dancer with the upcoming Dances for a Small Stage. Also, they interview the creator of the stand up comedy show, "Comedians for Canada", and Andrew Laurenson, the Artistic Producer of TBD. Finally, they interview Kyle Rideout, the film director of Eadward. It was a show with a great variety of different guests.

Talks about marginalization, environment, mental health, and the zombie fascination. Talk interviews with Ali from UBC Students for Climate Action, and Andy Thompson and Eva Butterly from Virtual Stage's Alien Contagion: Zombie Syndrome.

On this show, we play an interview with film director of Nephew, David Findlay, host an interview with the producer of the musical, Best Laid Plans, Katie Wright, and conduct yet another interview with the performers in the upcoming rendition of Romeo and Juliet. Additionally, we had VIFF 2015 film reviews by Ashley and Andy. Take a listen!

As Arts Report co-hosts Rohit and Jake struggle against the monstrous creature known as End-Of-School Term Obligations, it is up to plucky part-time adventurer and full-time Arts Report Host Ashley to hold down the fort. With cameos from Dave Radio from Radio Dave on the Radio, Arts Reporters Akira Xu and Sophia Niewerth, topics include Arts Club's "Farewell, My Lovely", Firehall Arts Centre's "PROUD", an interview with Matthew Robert, as well as briefs about Mexican-American songstress Lila Downs, the Voice to Voice art song concert, Cinema Spectacular II, and the controversial Canadian Bill C-51.Thanks to Jon Kew for boards!

Seher and Rohit on: The Arts Report

Blank Verse is a webseries about William Shakespeare and the great writers of his time, re-imagined as modern day university students. Featuring famous names like Chris Marlowe, Ben Jonson and Thomas Kyd, the series takes the historical events and context in which Shakespeare produced his famous works and throws them into the contemporary world.

Blank Verse is a webseries about William Shakespeare and the great writers of his time, re-imagined as modern day university students. Featuring famous names like Chris Marlowe, Ben Jonson and Thomas Kyd, the series takes the historical events and context in which Shakespeare produced his famous works and throws them into the contemporary world.

Blank Verse is a webseries about William Shakespeare and the great writers of his time, re-imagined as modern day university students. Featuring famous names like Chris Marlowe, Ben Jonson and Thomas Kyd, the series takes the historical events and context in which Shakespeare produced his famous works and throws them into the contemporary world.

Blank Verse is a webseries about William Shakespeare and the great writers of his time, re-imagined as modern day university students. Featuring famous names like Chris Marlowe, Ben Jonson and Thomas Kyd, the series takes the historical events and context in which Shakespeare produced his famous works and throws them into the contemporary world.

Blank Verse is a webseries about William Shakespeare and the great writers of his time, re-imagined as modern day university students. Featuring famous names like Chris Marlowe, Ben Jonson and Thomas Kyd, the series takes the historical events and context in which Shakespeare produced his famous works and throws them into the contemporary world.

Blank Verse is a webseries about William Shakespeare and the great writers of his time, re-imagined as modern day university students. Featuring famous names like Chris Marlowe, Ben Jonson and Thomas Kyd, the series takes the historical events and context in which Shakespeare produced his famous works and throws them into the contemporary world.

Blank Verse is a webseries about William Shakespeare and the great writers of his time, re-imagined as modern day university students. Featuring famous names like Chris Marlowe, Ben Jonson and Thomas Kyd, the series takes the historical events and context in which Shakespeare produced his famous works and throws them into the contemporary world.

Jessica Bruhn talks about Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at the Old Surrey Restaurant. Set, lighting, and sound designer Pegah Behbehani on the current production of the Frank Theatre Company "All In".

Arts Reporter Rohit Joseph reviews Agatha Christie's play "The Hollow" at the Metro Theatre; Director Brian Cochrane and Actor Scott Button chat about "Speech and Debate", the new production from Twenty Something Theatre Company. Lots of Vancouver Film Festival reviews!

Brief Encounters curator Flick Harrison is in-studio to fill us in on all the great collaborations. Part 2 of my interview with big-time NYC comedian Todd Barry!

Some issues with sound cut off at beginning and end. Line Up here - http://www.citr.ca/index.php/vancouver-fringe-festival-lb-2013/

Part 1 of our interview with NYC comedian Todd Barry; Dr. Marv Westwood talks about veterans with PTSD--the subject of "In Our Name", an upcoming film at the Frames of Mind Film Series; Christy Garland, director of "The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song", tells us about her screening at the Vancouver Latin Film Festival.

Mavreen David on her documentary short: A Little Elbow Room and Denise Kenney talks about her film Chainsaw Ballet as part of the Queer Film Festival.

Arts aficionado Kristin Cheung tells us about the 24-hour Drawing Party coming up August 10-11th at the Project Space in China Town; Three's Company: A Collaboration with Ray Hsu, Leanne Dunnic & David Spenst Aug 12 at Hogan's Alley; A tribute to animator Paul Boyd.

Flora from the Queer Arts Festival fills us in on upcoming events including the lesbian opera, "When the Sun Comes Out", & Yamantaka//SONIC TITAN. Sara reviews the Transgression Now art exhibit at the Roundhouse Community Centre and talks about "Beyond the Labyrinth: In Search of John Dowland", an event featured in the Early Music Society's Summer Festival.

Sara talks about "Crazy Wisdom", a documentary in the International Buddhist Film Festival and plays her interview with scholar Dr. Robert Thurman who sits on the Board of the Festival. The Queer Arts Festival opens tonight! We talked with Chris Morrisey of the Rainbow Refugee Committee and Mark Bentley Cohen about his one man play "Bi, Hung, Fit, and Married."

www.indiansummerfestival.cawww.hotartwetcity.comwww.vancouvermaritimemuseum.ca

Tom Anselmi of the Arrival Agency talks about the renovation at the new Fox Theatre; Curator Cate Rimmer fills us in about the erotic art featured in "Tatoos & Scrimshaw: The Art of the Sailor" at the Vancouver Maritime Museum; Arts Reporter Rohit Jospeh tells us abut the Indian Summer Festival!

Review of You are Very Star at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre: Patricia Gruben on her installation "Veil of Nature: Museum of Liminal Science" and play "The Secret Doctrine" at SFU Woodwards; Arts Report attends 31rst Annual Jessie Awards

Patrick Kennedy--nephew of JFK-talks at the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Conference in Miami Florida; Jen Kovac talks about the Summer Sparkle Dance Party, a hot and sweaty fundraiser for the Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre; Writer Kevin Kerr talks about the transmedia production of "You Are Very Star" currently playing at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.

Peggy, co organizer, talks abou tthe Van Taiwanese Film Festival from UBC Literature Etc. June 14-16Mike talks to Jesse Birch about Properties at the Western Front, celebrating its 40th Anniversary and open house June 16th.And Sylvanna and Katayoon join us to talk about Art Waste June 6-9th (with music from White Poppy, Lie and Zoo).

Host Sara Lapsley talks with Manveet Virk of Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration Society about the HSBC City of Bhangra Festival. Artist Connie Kuhns explores the concept of the open road in her photography exhibition at Chernoff Fine Art; Adrian Sinclair tells us about the Liberate your Party at the Museum of Vancouver party May 31rst.

Andrea Creamer talks about the use of space and community at the Toast Collective and the current exhibition: Scott Malin's, "Weavings Stainings,and Paintings. Artist Liz Knox, the valedictorian of the Emily Carr graduating class, speaks about their end of year show "You Are Here" running until May 19th.

http://front.bc.ca/events/radio-free-stein/ International Roundtable Discussion "A Biocultural Hinge: Theorizing Affect and Emotion Across Disciplines," hosted by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies May 1-4th 2013. More info on that can be found here: http://internationalroundtabletheorizingemotionacrossdiscipline.pwias.ubc.ca/

Vancouver Opera's production of "Tea: A Mirror of Soul"; DOXA film festival; Cranfield and Slade talk about the Music Appreciation Society's upcoming event "Revolution".