Citr -- Arts Report

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.