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Q | Feb 28, 2013
Giorgi Gogia, from Human Rights Watch, on how a novel about a friendship between two Azerbaijani men and their Armenian neighbours made the author a target in his own country. Legendary Canadian comedian Martin Short on his life, career and unique role promoting Canadian talent. Writer Peter Frase on defending rude service.
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The Current | Feb 28, 2013
Head to YouTube and you can watch dozens of scenarios to a problem with older or elderly drivers. Statistically,drivers aged 80-plus almost have the accident rate of the most dangerous driving demographic ... the under 24s. And in Sudbury they are the target of a police tip-line urging other drivers to call in to report any seemingly erratic or dangerous elderly driver. Simple public safety in action? Or age discrimination?
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Mainstreet NS | Mar 1, 2013
A team led by our oceans guy, Boris Worm, has found that about 100 million sharks die every year, and the biggest preventable culprit is fishing. He explains the significance of his finding.
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And the Winner Is | Feb 26, 2013
As a boy in pre-war Austria, Georg Tintner played the piano, sang with the Vienna Boys Choir, and composed his own music. By the time World War Two broke out, he was also a conductor. But Georg Tintner was a conductor with Jewish roots. And so, after the Anschluss in 1938, he was fired. By 1942, Mr. Tintner made his way to New Zealand, and for the better part of the next forty-five years of his life, he served as a conductor across New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. But in 1987, he moved to Halifax, where he would leave his mark as the conductor of Symphony Nova Scotia. He died in Halifax on October 2, 1999.
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Tapestry | Feb 22, 2013
We take a look at how doubt and skepticism can be essential ingredients to faith. Mary meets Rabbi Rami Shapiro - a rabbi who says he isn't religious, but rather a curious, holy rascal. She also talks to Michael Shermer, the founder of Skeptic Magazine. He's held his own against Deepak Chopra in a go round on consciousness and quantum physics.
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Mar 2, 2013 | 15:34Cinq a Six Preserving Modern Heritage AudioCinq a Six Preserving Modern Heritage Mar 2, 2013 | 15:34Heritage Montreal has a list of threatened sites in Montreal, and almost half have been built in the last 100 years. Dinu Bumbaru explains why recent designs -like Expo 67 installations-- should be preserved.
Mar 2, 2013 | 14:57Cinq a Six Making the case for new music AudioCinq a Six Making the case for new music Mar 2, 2013 | 14:57New music (aka, contemporary music or modern music) has it's fans, but many people find it hard to understand, or are maybe scared to even try. Composers Walter Boudreau and Casandra Miller make the case for giving it a shot.
Mar 2, 2013 | 6:02Cinq a Six Are we too nostalgic? AudioCinq a Six Are we too nostalgic? Mar 2, 2013 | 6:02Abstract art, clean-lined modern architecture and unconventional music appeal to some. But recent creations seem inaccessible - and even unpleasant - to many others. At the same time, new houses mimic Victorian design and Impressionist paintings attract huge crowds. Do we have a problem with modernism, or are we just nostalgic? Listen to Jeanette's interview with professor Sandeep Bhagwati.
Mar 1, 2013 | 10:53Cinq a Six Martha at Yoko's Berlin birthday party AudioCinq a Six Martha at Yoko's Berlin birthday party Mar 1, 2013 | 10:53Cinq à Six host Jeanette Kelly speaks to Martha Wainwright about her new album, and going to Yoko Ono's 80th birthday party in Berlin.
Feb 23, 2013 | 25:41Cinq a Six Why don't anglophones consume French culture? AudioCinq a Six Why don't anglophones consume French culture? Feb 23, 2013 | 25:41A poll done for CBC shows a majority of Quebec's anglophones speak French, but they seem to have very little interest in French-language media, films and books. Why don't anglophones consume French culture? And does it really matter if they do?
Feb 16, 2013 | 23:33Cinq a Six Rad Hourani, first Canadian invited to do couture show at Paris Fashion Week AudioCinq a Six Rad Hourani, first Canadian invited to do couture show at Paris Fashion Week Feb 16, 2013 | 23:33Rad Hourani is the first Canadian ever to be invited to do a couture show at Paris Fashion Week. He's also the first designer to do a unisex couture show. Listen to his interview with Cinq à Six host Jeanette Kelly.
Feb 16, 2013 | 12:48Cinq a Six "Inch'allah" filmmaker receives Artists for Peace Award AudioCinq a Six "Inch'allah" filmmaker receives Artists for Peace Award Feb 16, 2013 | 12:48Filmmaker Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette has been awarded the 2012 Artists for Peace award. She just returned from presenting her film at the Berlinale Film Festival. Inch'allah is a film about a Quebeciois doctor who gets caught in the real and emotional crossfire while living in Israel and working in Palestine.
Feb 16, 2013 | 8:48Cinq a Six Who were Les Plasticiens? AudioCinq a Six Who were Les Plasticiens? Feb 16, 2013 | 8:48Now until May 12, 2013 the Museum of Fine Arts in Quebec City is showing an exhibition of work by Les Plasticiens. Listen to Jeanette Kelly's interview with curator Roald Nasgard about this group of artists from the 1950s and 60s who used geometric lines and bold colours.
Feb 9, 2013 | 3:29Cinq a Six Montreal in FRAME Magazine AudioCinq a Six Montreal in FRAME Magazine Feb 9, 2013 | 3:29Montreal got a nod from a major international design magazine, FRAME, with a 20-page special in the Jan/Feb issue. The section highlights architecture, art and food in Montreal. But the author of the introductory essay, Sarah Fletcher, questions Montrealers' taste in fashion.
Feb 2, 2013 | 15:04Cinq a Six Cinq à Six Culture Quiz-- Geneviève Borne AudioCinq a Six Cinq à Six Culture Quiz-- Geneviève Borne Feb 2, 2013 | 15:04Homegrown vedette and TV host Geneviève Borne just scored a cool gig-- a connection with Sir Paul McCartney led her to a job as a consultant with his management company. She takes the Cinq à Six Culture Quiz.
Feb 2, 2013 | 11:42Cinq a Six Denys Arcand's first novel AudioCinq a Six Denys Arcand's first novel Feb 2, 2013 | 11:42You know him for films like the Barbarian Invasions, The Decline of the American Empire, and Jesus of Montreal. Now, Denys Arcand has come out with a novel called Euchariste Moisan. Listen to his conversation with Cinq à Six host Jeanette Kelly.
Jan 31, 2013 | 17:12Cinq a Six Artists to discover AudioCinq a Six Artists to discover Jan 31, 2013 | 17:12As a part of its special edition on art and decor, Décormag came up with a list of "15 Artists to Discover". Meet two of those artists, Rodolphe Saint-Gelais and Jon Klassen aka "Clockshovel".
Jan 26, 2013 | 15:41Cinq a Six Public art: 10 Major works in 10 years AudioCinq a Six Public art: 10 Major works in 10 years Jan 26, 2013 | 15:41Alexandre Taillefer is heading up a new committee on public art in Montreal, and he's already causing a stir with his plan to move the Calder statue
Jan 26, 2013 | 8:09Cinq a Six "He's like our guardian" Piknic Électronik organisers vow to fight to keep the Calder statue AudioCinq a Six "He's like our guardian" Piknic Électronik organisers vow to fight to keep the Calder statue Jan 26, 2013 | 8:09Alexandre Taillefer and his committee for Public Art want to move "L'Homme" from Parc Jean Drapeau to somewhere on the Island of Montreal. But the founders of Piknic Électronik say the statue is part of the spirit of their event, and they'll fight to keep "the man" right where he is. Interview with Nicholas Cournoyer.
Jan 26, 2013 | 10:17Cinq a Six Art in home decor AudioCinq a Six Art in home decor Jan 26, 2013 | 10:17For the first time ever, Quebec decorating magazine Décormag has dedicated an issue to art in home decor. An interview with Marie-Hélène Leboeuf, head of content for the magazine.
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