All in a Weekend
with Sonali Karnick
Sunday June 16, 2013
Single Black Female at Fringe Festival
Last weekend, we heard about single male dating angst as portrayed in two shows in the Montreal Fringe Festival. Today, we get the other side of the equation.
Single Black Female is a two-woman show by Nu Spyce Productions. Letitia Brookes and Gara Nlandu play two smart, middle class single women in their 30s searching for love and respect. Along the way, they morph into meddling aunts and ex-lovers as they air their views on internet dating, marriage, careers, kids, and racial biases.
An early review of Single Black Female says it's a witty, must-see production at the Fringe.
Letitia Brookes not only plays different parts, she's also the director and producer. She and her co-star Gara Nlandu join Sonali Karnick in-studio. (Photo courtesy of Nu Spyce Productions.)
Categories: Comedy, Theatre
Sunday June 16, 2013
Bowser and Blue pay tribute to allophones
Turbans, pasta, corruption. . . .there's a lot to talk about in Quebec in recent months. It's just fuel for fire for Bowser and Blue.
They've spent 35 years singing about Quebec's controversies and peculiarities - and they can't very well slow down now. With songs like "It ain't easy being white", "Les Deux Guidounes" and "We Are Townshippers", they make taboos into comic songs.
The duo has just released a new one about one of Quebec's three linguistic groups -- allophones. (See their new video, with cartoons and graphics by Aislin.) They join Sonali Karnick in-studio.
(Bowser and Blue by Aislin; courtesy of Bowser and Blue)
Categories: Comedy
Sunday June 16, 2013
"Chuck's Day Off" cookbook
Categories: Food
Sunday June 16, 2013
Taking Back Time 3: Health
Patience and relaxation are essential for good health, according to the unofficial ambassador of the Slow Movement, Carl Honoré. He is a Canadian journalist and the author of a series of books on the Slow Movement including The Slow Fix. Categories: Health, Mini-series
Sunday June 16, 2013
Tourism Quebec: Sunday Update
Categories: Science, Tourism Quebec, Tourism Quebec: Sunday
Saturday June 15, 2013
Four Rooms: buyers and sellers of family treasures
The upcoming reality series Four Rooms is described as a cross between Dragons' Den and Antiques Roadshow. Boiled down to its essentials, it's this: "four rooms, four buyers,four chances to make the deal of a lifetime."
The show is coming to CBC TV this winter. It's the Canadian version of a British series that's had a 2-year run on Channel 4.
CBC show producers are crossing the country right now looking for participants - and they're in Quebec this weekend and early July.
If you have a family heirloom - art or memorabilia - you're looking to sell, this may be the opportunity for you (see below).
Tracie Tighe is the executive producer of Four Rooms - as well as Dragon's Den on CBC TV.
She joins Sonali Karnick on the line from Montreal.
In-person auditions in Quebec:
Montreal: June 16th 10AM-3PM Hotel Place D'Armes, 55 Rue St. Jacques, Tango Ballroom
North Hatley, QC: July 6th 10AM-5PM North Hatley Antique Show, 3245 Capelton Road
Online auditions: Click here
(Above, Four Rooms does auditions in Toronto.)
Categories: Television
Saturday June 15, 2013
Tales from Odessa, the musical
One of the most popular anti-heroes in Jewish literature is coming to the stage at the Segal Centre.
The mob boss known as "The King" is a recurring character in a collection of short stories by Isaak Babel. Now he's also part of an original musical based on the stories called Tales from Odessa.
The story takes place just before the Russian Revolution. Benya "The King" Krik rules a gang of thugs and smugglers in the Jewish ghetto in Odessa. But the Revolution changes the direction of their lives.
The musical version, Tales From Odessa, was written by producer and rapper Josh Dolgin, better known as Socalled. Josh joins Sonali Karnick in studio.
(Click here to read more about Josh Dolgin's trip to Ukraine and his notes on the play.)
(Above,Jonathan Eidelman and Gab Desmond in Tales from Odessa; photo by Andrée Lanthier, courtesy of Segal Centre)
Categories: Music, Theatre
Saturday June 15, 2013
Jersey heirlooms in Percé
About 125 architecture buffs have been in the Gaspé this week, admiring the structural details of homes and buildings in the area. It's the first time the international Vernacular Architecture Forum has been held in Quebec.
Marian Kirkbride's home is on the tour. She's actually from the island of Jersey, the Channel Island that has ties with the region from way back.
She bought the historical Maison LePage in Percé 9 years ago - an instant decision based on what was inside the house, not the architecture. Marian Kirkbride collects Jersey-made mahogany furniture. She joins Sonali Karnick on the line from her Percé home.
(Photo of Maison LePage courtesy of The Canadian Register of Historic Places)
Categories: History
Saturday June 15, 2013
Ladies of the Canyon
Maia Davies is a singer and songwriter with the Montreal country-rock band Ladies of the Canyon.
Tomorrow afternoon, the Ladies are coming to the Folk Festival on the Canal - and Sonali Karnick will have the pleasure of introducing them there.
But first, she called up Maia Davies to talk about the band, as Maia prepared for their show in Toronto:
Categories: Music
Saturday June 15, 2013
Tourism Quebec: Saturday Update
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