September 2012
Archives
MONDAY: Director Paul Thomas Anderson on this fall's most buzzed-about film, The Master, a drama starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, and Amy Adams. U.K. indie-rockers...
Last night, Q was in Calgary for a special sold-out live audience show at the MacEwan Centre, on the occasion of Culture Days. The lively,...
Forty years after scoring the "Goal of the Century" in the Summit Series, Paul Henderson drops by Studio Q with his new memoir, The Goal...
Thursday, September 27, 2012 | Categories: Music, Q Blog
The Grammy-nominated performer and producer returns to form with the new Solo Piano II, a follow-up to his influential 2004 record, Solo Piano. Chilly Gonzales performs from...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
Across the continent, getting a spot at the hottest brunch places is practically a competitive sport. But Alexander Nazaryan of the New York Daily News...
The writer and director talks about his new documentary, BAD 25, about Michael Jackson's follow-up to Thriller. Twenty-five years after the release of BAD and...
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As those of you in our audience know, Margaret Wente has served as a regular face and voice on our Q media panel for the...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 | Categories: Music, Q Blog
Last night in Toronto, Feist was crowned winner of the 2012 Polaris Music Prize for her latest record Metals. The annual honour is bestowed for...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
Jian talks to comedian W. Kamau Bell about his Chris Rock produced TV show "Totally Biased" and line between comedy and activism....
Monday, September 24, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
In today's opening essay, Jian remembers the late Sam Sniderman, whose entrepreneurial spirit was a key force in Canadian culture and enriched the lives of...
U.K. singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran stopped by Studio Q to play two songs off his hit debut album +. He also joined Jian to chat about...
MONDAY: Dan Pallotta, author of Charity Case, explains his mission to have non-profits and philanthropic organizations act more like for-profit companies. 21-year-old British singer-songwriter Ed...
The alt-country singer-songwriter covers Johnny Cash and previews her forthcoming album, "Cigarettes & Truckstops."...
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Friday, September 21, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
Director Barry Avrich talks about his new documentary Show Stopper, which explores the theatrical life of fallen theatre impresario Garth Drabinsky, and the motivations behind...
Friday, September 21, 2012 | Categories:
Montreal filmmaker Xavier Dolan speaks to Jian about staying true to artistic vision, his celebrity crushes, and his latest film, Laurence Anyways....
Thursday, September 20, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
The English folk rock quartet Mumford & Sons brought their full set-up to Studio Q to perform from their new album Babel....
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Thursday, September 20, 2012 | Categories: Books, Q Blog
Writer and contributing editor at Vanity Fair, Carol Blue, joined Jian to speak about her late husband, author Christopher Hitchens. His final collection of essays,...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 | Categories: Books, Q Blog
Former New York Times Ethicist columnist Randy Cohen reflects on the principles and discoveries that guided him during his 12-year tenure in the role, as...
Should parents be allowed to use force to discipline their children? Dr John Fletcher, Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal says the law that...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 | Categories: Music, Q Blog
The Stereolab co-founder performs from her new solo record Silencio. Brent Bambury guest hosts....
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The Oscar-winning actor on his directorial debut with the tender new comedy Quartet, a movie about retired opera singers. ...
Monday, September 17, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
Rick Mercer is known as one of Canada's sharpest political satirists. He talks to Jian about the role of anger in politics, and his new book,...
MONDAY: Humourist Rick Mercer on his book, A Nation Worth Ranting About, a collection of his trademark fast-talking, funny and impassioned rants about Canadian politics and...
Pan-Canadian indie rockers STARS perform songs from their new album "The North" live in Studio Q....
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Thursday, September 13, 2012 | Categories: Books, Q Blog
The bestselling-author stops by Studio Q to talk about her memoir "Wild," and what it means to be a "fearless" writer....
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Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem joined Jian in Studio Q to talk about Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony, a documentary look at the plight...
****JUST A FEW HOURS LEFT TO ENTER! CONTEST CLOSES MONDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 11:59 PM***It's no secret that Calgary is shaking off that dusty cowtown image...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
It's been 40 years since Angela Davis, an icon of the black liberation movement, was acquitted on charges of murder, kidnapping and conspiracy. The young...
The highly anticipated film Midnight's Children comes into the world with the strengths -- and perhaps the burdens -- of very impressive parentage. The celebrated...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 | Categories: Contests
Win A Trip To Calgary ("Contest") From 9 a.m. EDT on September 13, 2012 to 11:59 p.m. EDT on September 24, 2012 ("Contest Period") Canadian...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
How does a rising star negotiate collaborating with a seminal figure in modern pop music? Jian talks to legendary Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and celebrated indie singer-songwriter St....
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
Jian talks to legendary actors Christopher Walken and Catherine Keener about their film A Late Quartet and what the interpersonal drama within a classical string quartet...
This season's first installment of the Cultural Hall of Shame. ...
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Halifax rocker Matt Mays took four years off before creating his fifth and latest album -- Coyote -- during which he traveled extensively, entered his...
Thursday, September 6, 2012 | Categories: Music, Q Blog
Divine Fits may be comprised of members of Spoon, Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs and New Bomb Turks, but they're quick to point out this isn't...
Thursday, September 6, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
Rian Johnson stopped by Studio Q just hours before his latest film, Looper, opens the Toronto International Film Festival. It's been described as "mind-bending" and...
MONDAY: Journalist Masha Gessen on the fake news website that has some Russians confusing realistic fantasy with their stranger-than-fiction reality. Director of Operations Nathaniel Raymond...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
Juno and Grammy award-winning artist Nelly Furtado stopped by Studio Q to preview a few songs from her upcoming album "The Spirit Indestructible." The singer-songwriter also sat down with...
***UPDATE: Q in Calgary is now sold out***Q is Alberta bound once again. We will be presenting a special live-audience show in Calgary, as part...
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
Jian's essay on the intersection of voting and violence in the Quebec election....
A few weeks back, the New York Times Book Review published a scathing review of two novels by Canadian writer Alix Ohlin (above) -- one...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 | Categories:
For decades, many educators have been making arguments in favour of single-sex schooling (one of the most common arguments being that separating boys and girls...
Globe and Mail journalist and author Doug Saunders takes on the fear of Muslim immigration in a new book, The Myth of the Muslim Tide:...
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Monday, September 3, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
Chicago food writer Mike Sula on the history, ethics and practical considerations surrounding this abundant source of free range protein. (And how they taste too!)...
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Sunday, September 2, 2012 | Categories: Q Blog
The new season of Q begins Monday, September 3, and we have some exciting guests lined up in the coming days. It all gets started...
Saturday, September 1, 2012 | Categories:
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