Mainstreet PEI
with Karen Mair
Friday May 25, 2012
Spin Time - Kelly Caseley
Spintime is going retro this week. Kelly Caseley our guest DJ will take us back to the days of Vinyl, and Velvet... with a couple of Spiders and Dinosaurs on the side.
Track 1 - David Bowie, Life On Mars
Track 2 - T.Rex, Mambo Sun
Track 3 - Velvet Underground, Foggy Notion
Categories: Spin Time Segment
Friday May 25, 2012
2012 Festival of Wines
The 2012 Festival of Wines is an annual opportunity for wine lovers and Island restaurants to explore the world of wine and taste from more than 200 limited-quantity wines. Both Monica Ralphs from Wines of Argentina and Sommelier Jean-Sébastien Morin joined Karen Mair in the studio.
Categories: episodes
Friday May 25, 2012
One Book-One Island - Grace Dawson
The island wide book club is back for a second year. The novel chosen for "One Book-One Island" is "Burma Chronicles". It's actually a non fiction graphic novel that tells the story of the author's time living in Myanmar in 2005 with his wife and young child. Grace Dawson of the PEI Public Library Service will tell us why it's this years pick.
Categories: episodes
Friday May 25, 2012
Darren Peters - Schizophrenia Society of PEI
Changing directions, changing lives: is the name of a new mental health strategy for Canada. It identifies areas of mental health care that are lacking in the country and makes recommendations for change. Darren Peter's of the Schzophrenia Society of PEI dropped by the studio to tell us how this strategy could make a real difference.
Categories: episodes
Thursday May 24, 2012
Dutch Thompson - Farming From the By-gone Days
This is the time of year farmers and gardeners love... up to their elbows in compost... planting vegetables and flowers. Dutch Thompson dropped by the studio recently to tell Karen stories about farming from the by-gone days.
Categories: Dutch Thompson
Thursday May 24, 2012
Confederation Centre - Dean Constable
The Countdown to the Charlottetown Festival has began. The sets are pretty much done, flights and accomodations for the cast are in place, and the performers begin rehearsals on Monday. Confederation Centre Theatre Manager Dean Constable will tell us about some of the pre-season rush.
Thursday May 24, 2012
Mainstreet on the Map - Lindsay Michael
CBC Journalist Lindsay Michael grew up in Stratford, PE and now lives in Montreal, Quebec. She talked with Karen Mair in this version of Mainstreet on the Map.
Categories: episodes
Thursday May 24, 2012
Island Trails - Deborah Apps and Barb Trainor
Many Islander's enjoy exploring the trails of PEI - they connect us to our environment and to each other. Trans Canada Trail president and CEO, Deborah Apps and Barb Trainor dropped by the studio to discuss Island Trails and their goals with Karen Mair.
Thursday May 24, 2012
Jeff McCourt - PEI Savour Food and Wine Show
PEI Savour Food and Wine Show is your chance to experience some of PEI's finest food and beverages - presented by our most talented chefs. The show also is the launchpad for the spring and summer food season and the annual Festival of Wines. Chef Jeff McCourt is the chair of PEI's Culinary Alliance and joined Karen Mair on Mainstreet.
Categories: episodes
Wednesday May 23, 2012
Richard Raiswell - Political Columnist
Disturbances in the gallery, facebooking on the floor, and MLA expense accounts - here's our political columnist Richard Raiswell with his weekly look at the goings on in the Prince Edward Island Legislature.
