Citr -- Arts Report

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

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.