Weekend Arts Magazine
with Mack Furlong
Friday February 10, 2012
WAM February 11-12 Tom Gordon and Rob Greenwood
Memorial University, through both its Office of Engagement and the Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development, has established an initiative they call an Engagement Framework, hoping to create an atmosphere where the people who live and work inside Memorial become more closely involved with the people who live and work outside the University.
MUN has been holding these Engagment Framework sessions on particular themes for the past several months and last week they convened a session on Engaging in Creative Arts and Culture. You can see my interest was piqued.
Tom Gordon and Danielle Irvine co-chaired the event. Rob Greenwood is the executive director for the Office of Engagement and the Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development.
I asked Rob to describe the engagement frameworks, why they were established and what they were designed to accomplish.
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Friday February 10, 2012
WAM February 11-12 Liner Notes: Albedo
When Christiana Bishop signed up for a few guitar lesson with Ches Marsh it’s a good bet she didn’t see herself performing bluegrass and country style music live on stage with three guys appropiately named,” Albedo”.
They’ve been around music all thier lives and Albedo’s debut CD,” Warm Summer Night” perfectly combines that musical experience.
Categories: Liner Notes, episodes
Wednesday February 8, 2012
February 11-12 on Weekend Arts Magazine
You can put on your dancing shoes AND support Neighbourhood Dance Works with their upcoming fundraiser Do You Think You Can Dance? The Canadian Conference of the Arts and the Association of Cultural Industries are concerned about the future of arts advocacy in the country, we’ll hear why and what they plan to do about it. Plus Valentine’s Day fast approaches - we’ll find out about what books you should consider for your sweety … or not, and what you can whip up as a day-long foody celebration of your love. Our Liner Notes guests are Albedo.
The Weekend Arts Magazine with Mack Furlong airs from 6 to 9:30 island time - 5:30 to 9:00 in parts of Labrador - on Saturday and Sunday mornings on CBC Radio 1.
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Friday February 3, 2012
WAM February 4-5 Jessica Williams
Annex, costume designer, carpenter, textiles major and props provider on the hit CBC television program Republic of Doyle, Jessica Waterman opens Light & Shadow, Wood & Cloth.
I visited the Annex and asked Jessica how she puts together all these influences into her work.
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Friday February 3, 2012
WAM February 4-5 Michael Flaherty
Michael Flaherty is a ceramicist who is currently the sculpture technician at the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University.
A couple years ago, Michael lived alone on the Gray Islands creating and documenting a location-specific art piece. But the islands enamored him and they still travel with him. His show Rangifer Sapiens reflects two histories of the islands. I asked him about the effect of the islands on Rangifer Sapiens.
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Thursday February 2, 2012
WAM February 4-5 Liner Notes:Harvey Klok and the Second Hands
This week our special guest on Liner Notes is Harvey Klok and the Second Hands.
Categories: Liner Notes, episodes
Wednesday February 1, 2012
February 4-5 on Weekend Arts Magazine
We remember our dear friend and colleague, Suzanne Woolridge, who passed away this week. Her death is a loss to our arts, culture and people. We also hear from the organizers of this year’s Lawnya Vawnya festival - bigger and better than ever, they say! Sylvie Proulx talks guitar and baroque music. Liner Notes features Harvey Klok and the Second Hands.
The Weekend Arts Magazine with Mack Furlong airs from 6 to 9:30 island time - 5:30 to 9:00 in parts of Labrador - on Saturday and Sunday mornings on CBC Radio 1.
If you miss an interview or a show, then check our podcasts and streaming interviews, available at www.cbc.ca/wam. Or follow @CBCWam on Twitter. Or listen live from anywhere in the world. Go to cbc.ca/nl and choose the Listen Live to Radio One button.
If you’d like to comment on the show or anything you hear on the show, email us; our address is wam@cbc.ca; or visit CBC WAM on Facebook and join the conversation there; or call us at 576.5245, 1.877.576.5245 toll-free from anywhere in the telephonic universe.
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Sunday January 29, 2012
Trudy Morgan-Cole: That Forgettful Shore
Trudy Morgan-Cole is an award winning writer and teacher. Her writing generally falls in the historical fiction category, and her new work, That Forgetful Shore, certainly meets all the requirements - set at the turn of the last century, it involves two great friends, the children of their friends, the Great War and its impact on a small Newfoundland community, and how these friends grow apart, grow up, and grow together again.
Friday January 27, 2012
WAM January 28-29 Kerri Cull
Book Fridge is a blog about all things books - like, librarian’s tattoos, or what book Alison Pick wished she’d written - or their new project, Newfoundland Reads, where you get to choose the book from this province that everybody should dive into.
Kerri Cull is the writer of Book Fridge, she lives in Labrador City.
I called Kerri this week and asked her to describe Book Fridge for us.
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Friday January 27, 2012
WAM January 28-29 Telefilm
Telefilm Canada, one of the crucial funding agencies for films made in this country, is coming to St. John’s on Monday for what they’re billing as a client consultation / information meeting.
Telefilm says the meetings will outline changes in their programs that have come about through other regular meetings with stakeholders in the country’s film industry.
Dave Forget is a Director of Business Affairs and certification for Telefilm Canada, he is one of the representatives who will be presenting at Monday night’s meeting. I called him earlier this week and asked him what Telefilm will be doing in St. John’s.
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