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Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020: Regina King, Rich Aucoin and more
Today on q: actor Regina King, CBC arts and entertainment reporter Eli Glasner, dancer and choreographer Marie Chouinard, musician Rich Aucoin.
New film confronts the Oka Crisis through the eyes of a 12-year-old girl
Beans, which just premiered at TIFF, is partly based on the childhood experience of filmmaker Tracey Deer.
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020: Cynthia Nixon, Antony Starr and more
Today on q: actor Cynthia Nixon, editor-in-chief of ELLE Canada Vanessa Craft, film and culture critic Jesse Wente, actor Antony Starr.
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020: Reba McEntire, Unjoo Moon and more
Today on q: country star Reba McEntire, director Unjoo Moon, freelance writer and artist Frankie Huang, illustrator Sydney Smith.
Young kids are more empathetic than they get credit for, says Canadian illustrator Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith joins q's Tom Power live in studio to talk about writing and illustrating his latest project, a children's book called Small in the City.
Monday, Sept. 14, 2020: Anthony Hopkins, Tracey Deer and more
Today on q: actor Anthony Hopkins, reggae musician Jay Douglas on the late Toots Hibbert, director Tracey Deer.
Friday, Sept. 11, 2020: Lucy Liu, Stuart Semple and more
Today on q: actress Lucy Liu, q This music panel with A. Harmony and Lisa Christiansen, producer and songwriter David Bendeth and songwriter and sound designer CVRE, artist Stuart Semple.
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020: Viggo Mortensen, Jean Smith and more
Today on q: actor Viggo Mortensen, artist and musician Jean Smith, author Emma Donoghue, Akilla's Escape director Charles Officer and co-writer Motion.
Vancouver artist ditches part-time job, sells over 1,500 paintings
Mecca Normal's Jean Smith started selling portraits of women’s faces for $100 US apiece; now they’re in high demand.
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020: Shania Twain, Iain Reid and more
Today on q: singer-songwriter Shania Twain, author Iain Reid, cartoonist Seth, No Ordinary Man directors Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt.
The Woman in Me at 25: Shania Twain reflects on one of the biggest country albums of all time
The Canadian icon was in Nashville struggling to pay her bills and feeling alone when the album skyrocketed.
In his sprawling comic Clyde Fans, cartooning legend Seth gives the mundane a 'mystic significance'
Seth is a Canadian cartoonist who's a legend in his field. Following the release of his new comic Clyde Fans, he describes what it was like being on the leading edge of the graphic novel movement.
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020: Jane Fonda, Stephan Moccio, Koffee
Today on q: actor and activist Jane Fonda, composer Stephan Moccio, singer and rapper Koffee.
Monday, Sept. 7, 2020: Jim Carrey, Alicia Keys and more
Today on q: actor Jim Carrey and author Dana Vachon, choreographer Tanisha Scott, singer-songwriter Alicia Keys.
Friday, Sept. 4, 2020: Priyanka, Kaveh Akbar and more
Today on q: Canada's Drag Race winner Priyanka, q This music panel with A. Harmony and Lisa Christiansen, Alana Bridgewater’s gateway to blues singer Ma Rainey, poet Kaveh Akbar.
Gateway to the music of blues singer Ma Rainey
Canadian singer Alana Bridgewater sheds some light on Ma Rainey's life and music in this q gateway.
'Art is where what we survive survives': Kaveh Akbar on the power of poetry
Award-winning poet Kaveh Akbar talks about why he's so passionate poetry and what it's like to be an Iranian-American poet working in America during such a divisive time.
Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020: David Byrne, Tantoo Cardinal and more
Today on q: Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, indie pop duo Tegan and Sara, director Ang Lee, actress Tantoo Cardinal.
'A major mistake': David Byrne apologizes for wearing blackface in 1984 Talking Heads promo video
'I thought I was this sort of enlightened guy, as we all do,' said Byrne in a new q interview.
Tegan and Sara on coming out, twin sisterhood and hitting the big time
Tegan and Sara joined q's Tom Power to talk about their new book, High School, and their new album, Hey, I'm Just Like You, which revisits early demos.
Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee on his groundbreaking new film Gemini Man
Ang Lee shares why he's using technology in his new film as a tool to tell deeply human, emotional stories.
Tantoo Cardinal on getting her first starring role in a feature film
Tantoo Cardinal is one of the most recognisable and prolific Indigenous actors in Canada. Even if you don't know her by name, chances are you've seen her on screen: she's been in more than 120 films and television shows over her 40-year career.
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020: Holland Taylor, Kathleen Newman-Bremang and more
Today on q: actress Holland Taylor, senior writer at Refinery29 Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Nick Ferraro and Milo Johnson of the Montreal band Busty and the Bass, tech and culture journalist Alyssa Bereznak, hip hop veteran Sophia Chang.
Hip hop veteran Sophia Chang on being embraced by the Wu-Tang Clan
Sophia Chang worked with the Wu-Tang Clan on a number of projects, including running record labels and managing members RZA, GZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard (ODB). She tells the whole story in her new memoir, The Baddest Bitch in the Room.
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020: Bettye LaVette, Catherine MacLellan and more
Today on q: singer-songwriter Bettye LaVette, author Ibi Zoboi and activist Yusef Salaam, singer-songwriter Catherine MacLellan.
