Friday Special Blend on CKCU: September 29, 2006

The Friday Special Blend ... is a friendly, laid-back mixture of great music, live performances, interviews with filmmakers, musicians, artists and creators of all kinds. It's about the people and events of Ottawa-Gatineau. It's about the human spirit. Add to that some local and world news about social justice and the environment, and you're sure to find something of interest. Plus - as always - BBC News on the Hour.

Tune in to the Friday Special Blend, from 7:00 to 9:15 a.m., at CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa or http://www.ckcufm.com/ from anywhere. Tuning in from far away? We'll add you to our listener map -- simply send a note to info@ckcufm.com. Il nous fera un grand plaisir de recevoir vos commentaires, suggestions et idées.

THIS WEEK'S SHOW...

Friday September 29, 2006

07:05 ADVENTURE: INTERVIEW with author, publisher, pilot and adventurer Scott Griffin about his two-year adventure in Africa as a pilot with the Flying Doctors. My Heart is Africa starts with his incredible journey, flying his own plane to Kenya.

07:20 AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP: INTERVIEW with thinker, journalist and minster, the Rev. Christopher White his new book "Seismic Shifts - Leading in Times of Change".

07:40 FREEDOM'S FURY: INTERVIEW with Ottawa filmmakers Colin K. Gray and Megan Graney about their documentary detailing the riveting 1956 waterpolo match between Hungary and Russia - in the face of the Hungarian Revolution. Freedom's Fury will screen at the National Gallery Friday night as a benefit for Waterpolo Canada. Further information is available at www.waterpolo.ca.

08:05 SCULPTURE: INTERVIEW Ottawa sculptor Bruce Garner ( www.sculptorbrucegarner.com) about his life and works. Garner will be giving a talk Friday at 12:30 at the Ottawa Art Gallery (www.ottawaartgallery.ca).

08:20 ARTS REPORT: Barb Gray will report on the local arts scene.

08:30 LADYFEST SPECIAL: Preview of the music, and some other special activities, scheduled as part of Ladyfest Ottawa ( www.ladyfestottawa.com) this weekend.

08:45: INTERVIEW with playwright Emily Kisko , whose Cellar Door Productions is staging three staged readings, FAITH, HOPE, and CLARITY, as part of the Ottawa International Writers Festival ( www.writersfest.com) opening Sunday at Library and Archives Canada.

Then stay tuned for A Luta Continua at 9:15 a.m., followed by Friday Morning Cartunes with John Westhaver from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. -- enjoy!

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"laugh so hard you’ll split your panties"

So with a tagline like this, Suze, Heather and I headed out for dinner at Shanghai (again) lastnight. Without a camera (again), despite China Doll having personally brought Suze her cake last week. Chicks and Giggles? Well, five different comedians, each with different acts.
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Trailblazers Ladyfest Ottawa present their first ever comedy night “Chicks and Giggles” featuring the talents of Rebecca Kohler, bringing the laughs from the Big Smoke, and locals Kamal Pandya, Wendi Reed and Carrie Gaetz. The fun takes place Friday, September 15, 2006, 9 p.m. at Shanghai Restaurant with the fabulous China Doll as mistress of ceremonies.
Comedy, like many art forms, tends to be a male-dominated field...but chicks dig it too! Ladyfest Ottawa continues to make feminism fun by breaking down barriers for women artists. We’re bringing together four funny comedians, who just happen to be female, for an evening of fun to put an end to the debate and to bring on the laughs.

Rebecca Kohler (Toronto)– Born the daughter of a Canadian Diplomat, Rebecca Kohler has lived in many places. From Brazil to Thailand, Rebecca learned that the one thing that tied people together was their love of laughter -- and pointing at her. After moving to Montreal she took the stage for the first time and was met with great success. The laughter remained, but the pointing stopped. Her credits include: the Just For Laughs Homegrown Competition, The Broad Appeal Show, The Young Guns of Stand Up Comedy, and The New Voices of Comedy. Rebecca takes her experiences of different lands and her own skewed point of view to create a hilarious show that’s not to be missed.

Kamal Pandya (Ottawa)– Kamal Pandya is a proud lifeguard and swim coach for the City of Ottawa. She's performed stand-up comedy around town and appears regularly at Yuk Yuk's comedy cabaret. She's from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and that's why she's so funny.

Wendi Reed (Ottawa)– Wendi's a veteran of the Women of Comedy show, and is a gifted comedienne/comedian? (Oh, shit, what's non-gender specific proper usage these days?) on the rise and a good friend of Ottawa comics and comedy. She is a close personal friend of Tracey MacDonald, and many others, but not Tom Green.

Carrie Gaetz (Ottawa) – Carrie was destined to be a comedienne—and that becomes very clear the moment she steps on stage. A style not lacking in confidence, Carrie spins her tales of everyday life into the comedic fabric that surrounds you with laughter. A matter-of-fact approach, whipped up along with a side order of take-no-prisoners—Carrie does not disappoint.

Iraq for Sale, November 17

Sarah Lussier writes:

Hi everyone,

I am hosting a screening of a revolutionary new documentary, Iraq For Sale, by Robert Greenwald (director of the Wal-Mart movie), that is already stirring up a lot of controversy and opposition in the U.S. by the war profiteers! That can only mean good things.

Please come see this movie if you're in Ottawa, or if not, find a screening in your town to go to, or even better, HOST ONE! The link to RSVP is below.

WHAT: Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
WHEN: Friday, November 17 07:30 PM
WHERE: Ecclesiax
2 Monk Street
Ottawa, Ontario Canada

HOSTED BY: Visual Arts for the Deep Thinker, Ottawa Community Action Network.
Tickets are FREE

For more details and to RSVP, please visit:
http://iraqforsale.bravenewtheaters.com/screening/show/6239

To find or host another screening of this film, please visit:
http://iraqforsale.bravenewtheaters.com/

www.iraqforsale.org

Friday Special Blend on CKCU: September 15, 2006

The Friday Special Blend ... is a friendly, laid-back mixture of great music, live performances, interviews with filmmakers, musicians, artists and creators of all kinds. It's about the people and events of Ottawa-Gatineau. It's about the human spirit. Add to that some local-world news about social justice and the environment and you're sure to find something of interest.

Tune in to the Friday Special Blend, from 7:00 to 9:15 a.m., at CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa or http://www.ckcufm.com/ from anywhere. Tuning in from far away? We'll add you to our listener map -- simply send a note to info@ckcufm.com. Il nous fera un grand plaisir de recevoir vos commentaires, suggestions et idées.

THIS WEEK'S SHOW...

Friday September 15, 2006

Join Susan Johnston for an exploration of artistic fantasy, art forms exploring new relationships between creator and participant, local film - and a festival looking at media that matters, a visit to Artengine, talking portraits, and morning tea with Anita Rau Badami. Plus - as always - BBC News on the hour.

07:05 DEGREES OF FANTASY
INTERVIEW with curator Catherine Sinclair, who will walk us through Degress of Fantasy, currently on display as part of the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art. Exhibition runs through October 15. ( www.ottawaartgallery.ca)

07:20 YOU APPEAR IN ART

INTERVIEW with Dipna Horra (http://www.dipnahorra.com/) and Jory Kruspe (www.analogue.ca) about their most recent collaboration. Grab a webcam, go in with an open mind and have a look at youappearinart.dipnahorra.com. If you like, capture the moment, share it with their blog, and see where the possibilities take you.

07:40 (Hate) Machine

INTERVIEW with local filmmaker Phil Caron about his newest release. (Hate) Machine will be part of the Sixth Canadian Premiere of the Media That Matters Film Festival ( www.mediathatmattersfest.org), brought to Ottawa with the support of iSpy Productions ( www.ispyproductions.ca). Screening to take place at SAW Video (www.sawvideo.com) at 7pm on Sunday, September 17. Free admission.

08:05 ARTENGINE, MOVING FORWARD

INTERVIEW with Artengine.ca's new Artistic Director, Ryan Stec . Ryan will also fill us in on Arts + Parts, Artengine's newest effort to reach out to the Ottawa community. Join Ryan and his Artengine Counterparts on Sunday September 17 from noon-8pm for an open house, BBQ, and garage sale. 233 Argyle Avenue

08:20 ARTS REPORT
Barb Gray will report on the local arts scene.

08:30 TALKING PORTRAITS
INTERVIEW with local artists Sherry Tompalski ( www.sherry.ws) and Graham Thompson (http://www.graham.gs/). Sherry and Graham will share their visuals - and their podcasts - with us. Talking Portraits, their multifaceted visual and audio exhibition, opens tonight at the Cumberland Gallery ( http://www.ottawa.ca/city_services/culture/arts/gallery/cumberland_en.shtml) - 255 Centrum Blvd, 2nd Floor. A more detailed explanation of the exhibit is included in the May 2006 issue of GetGuerrilla.ca ( www.sherry.ws/ottawa_canada_artist_shows/z_getguerilla_magazine_ottawa_canada_may_2006.htm )

08:45 CAN YOU HEAR THE NIGHTBIRD CALL?

INTERVIEW with Montreal author Anita Rau Badami ( www.anitaraubadami.ca) about her most recent novel. Anita Rau Badami will join the Ottawa International Writer's Festival ( www.writersfest.com), giving a talk on Monday, October 2 at 8:30pm.

Then stay tuned for A Luta Continua at 9:15 a.m., followed by Friday Morning Cartunes with John Westhaver from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. -- enjoy!

Return of Le Hibou

LE HIBOU BENEFIT CONCERT
with Sneezy Waters, Vince Halfhide and many special guests.
Hosted by SAW Co-Founder Pierre-Paul Lafrenihre and SAW Founding Chair Trevor Tolley.
Saturday, September 16, 2006, 8PM to midnight Galerie SAW Gallery

Admission: $15 ($10 for members). For $30, you get a year's membership and free admission to the concert!

Come meet and party with Café Le Hibou and Galerie SAW Gallery's founders, past members, artists and musicians. The gallery space will be transformed into a giant scrapbook: attendees are invited to bring old snapshots, slides, ephemera and letters to supplement our archive from the 1970s onward. Our existing archive will also be on view for your perusal, with some video documentation of wild performances that took place at SAW over the years. All proceeds raised at the event will support Galerie SAW Gallery's programming and activities. We will also be launching our centre's first poster edition, Museum, Parliament and Police by Toronto artist Diane Borsato.

From its inception in 1973, the artist-run centre Galerie SAW Gallery has supported politically and socially engaged art, focusing on the performance and media arts. Many of the world's best-known artists, including Joseph Beuys, Stelarc and Mona Hatoum, have exhibited at SAW in the early stages of their careers. Begun by a group of local artists, the gallery was originally part of the legendary cafi Le Hibou on Sussex Drive, hence the name SAW, an acronym for Sussex Annex Works.

For more information, or to purchase advance tickets, please contact Tam-Ca Vo-Van or Stefan St-Laurent at Galerie SAW Gallery.

Gein Wong - "Thousand Mile Voice" CD launch

GEIN WONG
Sat Sep 23, 2006
7:30pm - 11:00pm



Presented by Agitate! Queer Women of Colour

CD Release Party/Performance by Gein Wong of her debut album " Thousand Mile Voice"

Gein Wong is a spoken word artist and electronic musician who throws emotion and power through the mic. Her works focus on obvious things like gender class and race....as well as things a little less obvious, like gender, class and race. Gein's work strives to capture the stories that have not been fully told, voices that have not been heard and histories/herstories that were never recorded. These stories focus on the lives and experiences of Asians, as well as people of colour and the working class, living in North America. "If we don't tell our stories, they'll become invisible…..and when something's invisible…… we soon forget"

$6 (tickets available at the door)

Gein's debut CD "Thousand Mile Voice" is a mixture of spoken word poetry, traditional east asian acoustic instruments and electronic music. Her words and music have been heard in her home town of Toronto as well as across Canada and internationally in Europe, the Caribbean, and the United States. She has received numerous professional arts grants including a 2004 Canada Council for the Arts Spoken Word Poetry Fellowship, as well as a 2005 Ontario Arts Council Word of Mouth Spoken Word Fellowship. Her poetry has been broadcast across Canada by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the National Campus and Community Radio Association, and on radio stations in South Korea. Her words have been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including Strike the Wok: Chinese Canadian Prose, Fireweed, Rice Paper, and Bamboo Girl. Also, she is a featured artist on the Dig Your Roots Canadian spoken word CD.

Agitate is a queer, Ottawa-based organization for Aboriginal, mixed-race and women of colour. Agitate's aim is to provide queer visibility within racialized and ethnic communities; outreach; social programming; education; transnational perspectives; and anti-racist activism. Agitate will also forge links with other organizations who share a similar vision of social justice. Agitate was borne out of recognition of the intersecting nature of the oppressions and experiences we face as women, as queer persons and as First Nations and persons of colour.

Co-Sponsored by SAW Video

Shades of the Evening

Every village has its mysteries and legends...

Vintage Stock Theatre presents
Shades of the Evening 2006

Nothing But My Heart
A play by lamplight
by John Cook and Susan M. Flemming
directed by Susan M. Flemming

Nothing But My Heart was inspired by the memoirs of long time resident Hattie Dunning whose ancestors were amongst the first settlers in Cumberland Township. In 1947 she wrote the following rather curious entry:

"Louis Riel was once brought into the Dunning House when he was being taken through the place....Mother said they were warned to keep away from the dining room and not let on they knew he was there...."

Fascinated by this rather cryptic anecdote, playwrights Susan M. Flemming and John Cook have created a compelling story around the possibility that Louis Riel may have passed through Cumberland in April 1874, as he tried to stay one step ahead of the police who carried a warrant for his arrest for the murder of Orangeman Thomas Scott.
The story is seen through the eyes of Michael O’Meara, Navan’s first postmaster who immigrated to Cumberland Township from Ireland in 1837. Each of the six dramatizations reflect how different Cumberland residents may have reacted to news that Riel might be in their midst-- from the parish priest, to the storekeeper, to the Grand Master of the Orange Lodge in Bearbrook.

Performances
Friday, September 22
Saturday, September 23
Friday, September 29
Saturday, September 30

Beginning at 8 pm

Cumberland Heritage Village Museum
2940 Old Montreal Road, Cumberland Village

Tickets $10 (members) $12 (non-members)

Available online at www.vintagestock.on.ca <http://www.vintagestock.on.ca>
or at the door
For reservations, call 613-860-0603

Note: The performance is held out of doors.
Please dress according to the weather and wear comfortable shoes.

Vintage Stock gratefully acknowledges the City of Ottawa and the Cumberland Museum
for their support of this production.

Ottawa elections 2005: Arts Ottawa East on the Candidates

Arts Ottawa East's update about its activites relating to the elections:

As we approach the November Municipal elections, Arts Ottawa East is partnering with the Council for the Arts in Ottawa in a concerted effort to inform the community about City of Ottawa candidate’s views on local arts issues.
A questionnaire was sent to all registered candidates the results of which will be posted on our website by September 25th. Our Advocacy Bulletin will be posted to the website by the end of September and hopefully it will help you in determining your vote.
On November 13th, you will be heading to the polls to elect your representatives for Mayor and City Council. Our elected officials need to represent you and your vision for the City…make sure to ask questions, find out about your local candidate and get involved in making an informed decision.

"My Ottawa includes Culture": Memories of 'the issues, 2004

In her GetGuerrilla article, Ottawa writer and arts activist Suki Lee outlined the issues moving the local arts community and spurring action:

Imagine the great capitals of the world such as London or Paris without art. Their economies would collapse in the absence of culture as a central pillar. In the same way, without thriving local culture, Ottawa, the capital city of what is widely considered one of the greatest nations on the planet, would disappear into economic oblivion.
On February 11 [2004], a draft of the City of Ottawa Budget for 2004 proposed an 80% cut to funding for the arts and the elimination of all funding for festivals. Due to growth and added budget pressures, the City was seeking $101.5-million—an amount that would pave the way for a 0% tax increase. By way of solution, City staff proposed the drastic reduction of a local arts budget that was already one of the smallest per capita in Canada.

The Globe and Mail characterized the debate as "a nasty civic uprising" over its sweeping cuts and opposition to Mayor Bob Chiarelli's call for a three-per-cent tax hike. Hundreds of angry citizens calling for a third consecutive tax freeze stormed the city's chamber councils earlier this week to boo down councillors."

Suki Lee's article continues on, reiterating views from the business community - someone had been calculating their Bohemian Index: Among the many letters that resonated with Ottawa’s business-minded Councillors was the one sent by top executives representing the employees of Alcatel (North America and Canada), Telesat, BCE & Bell Canada, Mitel Networks, and TELUS. The letter extrapolated on the direct link between culture and economic development, and the necessary relationship between the arts and a thriving city: “Attracting and retaining precious business resources, gaining access to an enriched pool of intellectual and creative talent, and building robust relationships that lead to new opportunities—these are the reasons why our companies support the arts. And that's why we believe the City of Ottawa—both as an investor and a partner—must continue to support the arts in our community. It is not simply a nice gesture or a righteous obligation, but an intelligent and enduring investment in Ottawa's future prosperity.”

Actor and blogger Kris Joseph's blog reminds me of the sentiments du jour: … of course, the Sun Media editors always put in the “last word” on the letters they publish. In this case they said “We don’t see how - plenty of people manage to enjoy themselves without the government picking up part of the tab“. I guess they wither didn’t read my letter, or I didn’t make myself clear. Arts funding is an investment, the sum total of which generally makes up only a small fraction of the cost of creating arts events… and the returns on that investment are huge, though somewhat hard to pin down. Businesses get government subsidies because businesses bring universal benefits to communities; the arts are no different. Culture creates quality of life. A society without culture is a society like the old East Germany: utterly devoid of appeal; a sausage factory where people spend their days planning an escape.

Following a strong campaign, the final 2004 budget did not include the same level of cuts.

Suki Lee's article continues, foreshadowing the 2006 campaign:
Instead of waiting for this situation to arise again, lobbying efforts among arts supporters must be ongoing. This year, supporters lobbied newly elected politicians, many of whom were steadfastly against supporting the arts. Over the next few years, however, there just may be a paradigm shift. Ottawa City Councillors will start fundraising for their re-election campaigns as early as fall of 2004, and campaigning will begin in earnest by spring 2005. Many City Councillors may choose to include clear support for the arts in their campaign platforms. When it comes to arts funding, the people will have the power in the next municipal election. To ensure this, our arts community must create a dialogue with the public to instill an understanding of who comprises the arts community, what we do, and where we stand. This education could go a long way towards stopping proposed cuts slated to reappear in upcoming budget decisions—the next as early as October 2004.

September 2006: what are we in for?

"My Ottawa includes Culture": accounting for the 2004 campaign

"My Ottawa includes Culture" - Adrian Gollner's final -- post-campaign -- accounting posted to Artengine:

Monetary Donations:
Monies donated throughout the campaign: $4764.89
Monies raised at the Art Attack fundraiser: $4717.90
Total donations: $9482.79

Expenditures and reimbursements:
Signs: 3200 signs printed (400 French; 2800 English) $4025.00
Stickers: 6500 stickers printed (2000 French; 4500 English) $701.50
Reimbursements for expenses incurred during sign distribution: $331.11
Cost incurred in preparation for the Art Attack event: $452.49
Reimbursement of start-up funding: Artengine $500.00
Letter and Press Kit initiative: (postage, stationary and photocopying) $1569.35

Remaining Funds:
There is $1903.34 remaining after the campaign. It was thought prudent by the committee to retain these monies in the event that the arts are againthreatened in the 2005 City of Ottawa Budget. The monies will bedeposited in a bank account for the remainder of the year. If the fundsare not required to fight another campaign, then the "Our Culture Includes Ottawa Committee" will consider putting the money towards the bettermentof the Ottawa arts community. The exact application of the funds will bedetermined at a later date.

Businesses Who Donated Materials or Services:
Bright Brush Studios donated two large banners for the rally at City Hall
Mercury Lounge donated the use of their space for the Art Attack Event
ArtZone Fine Art Services delivered signs

The Course of the "Our Ottawa Includes Culture" Campaign
Within a few days of the release of the 2004 City of Ottawa Draft Budget afew artists and art professionals met and decided that an election-stylesign campaign should be launched. Donations for the campaign were accepted through Gallery 101 and a fundraising/publicity event was planned. The Art Attack event not only raised funds to continue the campaign, it created a forum through which signs were distributed, volunteers were recruited, and politicians and artists could speak to theimportance of the arts. The event garnered local, provincial and nationalmedia coverage and signaled to City Council that we were a force to bereckoned with. A larger committee was then formed to oversee the use of the funds and toplan the next steps in the campaign. At this time it seemed that agrowing number of councillors were leaning towards a small tax increaseand the protection of arts funding. With funds at the ready more signs were printed and stickers and bannerswere prepared for the rally at City Hall. The "March Forth on March F ourth" event, organized by CUPE, was another show of force andresolve, but momentum had to be maintained. With the publishing of anarticle in the Globe and Mail, in which the Mayor expressed his views, it became apparent that the campaign needed to be directed squarely atindividual council members. A letter campaign designed to deluge thecouncillors was then undertaken and each councillor was sent a press kitincluding copies of all of the coverage the cause had attracted. Further,a letter, organized by the Ottawa Art Gallery and signed by the heads ofOttawa's corporate elite in support of the arts, was sent to council andis said to have had a great impact.All of these efforts helped prepare the ground for the vote. Together with lobbying by other individuals and groups and a forceful statement insupport of the arts by the mayor, arts and culture funding was maintained. It should be noted that the "City Council decision to approve $719,000 infunding to art, heritage, and festivals is one-time" and we may well haveto fight the fight again this fall.

Ottawa elections and the state of the arts

Jacky and I spoke yesterday about city elections. How to be sure the nominees for council and the school board are questioned on the full spectrum of questions from citizens. I'm going to seek out interviews with three or so arts advocates in town, and get their take on the issues. That should help cook up a good list of questions to raise with potential candidates - who hopefully reflect a range of perspectives -- and did we mention thoughtful solutions -- as divergent as possible. Ditto the school board, and their take on arts (broadly speaking) education. Creative City has a good overview of what can be possible, and I'm hopeful about the Imagine Ottawa sessions coming up later in the month. I'm starting out on this as little more than a keen enthusiast, newbie taxpayer who is painfully, painfully aware of the costs of living downtown.

OAG: Le jeudi 14 septembre, 19 h 30 : Perte de Signal : Visite commentée et projection

 

IMAGE TIREE DE HYDR(O), UNE OEUVRE DE JASON ARSENAULT, REMIX 2005 | IMAGE STILL FROM HYDR(O), BY JASON ARSENAULT, REMIX 2005 LA GALERIE D'ART D'OTTAWA CUBICULES Du 25 août au 22 octobre 2006 Organisée par Perte de Signal (Montréal) Jason Arsenault, Alexis Bellavance, Myriam Bessette, Robin Dupuis, Claudette Lemay La Galerie d'art d'Ottawa et Perte de Signal ont le plaisir de vous inviter à une visite commentée de l'exposition Cubicules, ainsi qu'à la projection du DVD Incidences, le jeudi 14 septembre. Au programme : Visite commentée de Cubicules en compagnie d'artistes de l'exposition à La Galerie d'Ottawa, 2 avenue Daly à 19 h 30. Projection de Incidences, au Club SAW, 67 rue Nicholas, à 20h. Incidences Incidences regroupe le travail d'artistes montréalais qui ont marqué le paysage de la vidéo numérique au Canada par leurs pratiques novatrices. Ce DVD témoigne de démarches émergentes où les artistes développent une méthode de création qui assimile l'utilisation des nouvelles technologies. La démocratisation et le développement d'outils de production d'images et de son numériques portent une nouvelle génération d'artistes, ayant une pratique qui amalgame recherches artistiques et intuitions esthétiques, vers un autre imaginaire de l'image en mouvement. Les oeuvres choisies et remixées retracent des procédés qui oscillent entre un plan de travail défini et l'aléatoire que génère l'utilisation de ces outils numériques. De là, naît une zone de création où l'incidence nourrit l'artiste et son travail. Nutation | Myriam Bessette | 2:33 | 2000 | Remix 2005 | Pulse | Ariane De Blois | 3 :30 | 2002 | Remix 2005 | hydr(o) | Jason Arsenault | 2 :30 | 2003 | Remix 2005 | Suite | Robin Dupuis | 3 :08 | 2001 | Remix 2005 | Rentre chez toi II | Claudette Lemay | 3 :00 | 2002 | Remix 2005 | Commotion | Sébastien Pesot | 3 :30 | 2001 | Remix 2005 | Jason Arsenault détient un baccalauréat ainsi qu'une maîtrise en études cinématographiques de l'Université de Montréal. Il devient membre de Perte de Signal en 2001 et assure depuis 2003 la présidence. Son travail a été présenté dans différents festivals dont le Microwave International Media Art Festival (Hong Kong), le Hamburg International Short Film Festival (Allemagne) et au Antimatter Underground Film Festival (Canada). Ses oeuvres ont également été exposées à travers le Canada, en France et au Mexique. Détentrice d'un baccalauréat de l'École des arts visuels et médiatiques de Montréal (UQAM), Myriam Bessette s'est jointe à Perte de Signal en 2001. Son travail s'oriente principalement vers l'installation et la monobande vidéonumériques où elle explore le dessin et l'échantillonnage sonore. Ses bandes ont été diffusées dans de nombreux festivals, dont Sonar (Barcelone), le New Zealand International Film Festival (Auckland), Avanto (Helsinki) et Images du Nouveau Monde (Québec). Ariane De Blois est titulaire d'une maîtrise en étude des arts réalisée à l'UQAM. Elle est membre de l'organisme Perte de Signal depuis 2003 et elle y est en outre chargée de projets nouveaux médias. Son travail vidéographique est constitué de très courtes séquences vidéo qu'elle revisite afin de créer des petits mémentos en mouvement. Sa première oeuvres, Pulse, a été présentée au VAD-Festival Internacional de Video y Artes Digitales de Girona, à AlgoRythm(e)s à Montréal et dans plusieurs centres d'artistes du Québec dans le cadre de la circulation de l'événement Vidéos de Femmes dans le Parc. Membre fondateur de Perte de Signal, Robin Dupuis détient un baccalauréat en beaux-arts de l'Université Concordia ainsi qu'une maîtrise en arts médiatiques de l'École des arts visuels et médiatiques de Montréal (UQAM). Ses bandes vidéo ont été présentées dans de nombreux festivals un peu partout dans le monde, dont le International Film Festival de Rotterdam, le Avanto Helsinki Media Art Festival, Videoex à Zurich ainsi que Mutek à Montréal. Membre de Perte de Signal depuis 1999, Claudette Lemay détient un baccalauréat en littérature et en cinéma ainsi qu'un certificat en journalisme réalisés à l'Université Laval, en plus d'un baccalauréat en arts visuels de l'UQAM. Ses oeuvres installatives et ses monobandes proposent des incursions dans l'imaginaire par l'intermédiaire d'images manipulées du corps humain. Son travail a également été exposé au Québec, en Ontario, au Nouveau-Brunswick, en France et au Mexique. Membre fondateur de Perte de Signal, Sébastien Pesot est titulaire d'un baccalauréat en histoire de l'art de l'Université de Montréal et d'une maîtrise réalisée à l'École des arts visuels et médiatiques (UQAM). Son travail propose un univers électroniquement altéré où la représentation du réel use du procédé de la métaphore. Son travail a été présenté au Tampere International Short Film Festival, au Dallas Video Festival, et à Wro 01 et 03, ainsi qu'à la biennale des arts médiatiques de Pologne et Chroma, au Mexique et où il a reçu le prix du public pour la meilleure vidéo. www.perte-de-signal.org Également au programme, le lancement de esse arts + opinions numéro 58 Dossier : Extimité ou le désir de s'exposer esse offre un contenu riche en réflexions contextualisées des pratiques artistiques, nationales et internationales. Arts visuels, performance, vidéo, musique et danse actuelle, théâtre expérimental, cinéma d'auteur. Dossiers thématiques, articles de fond, analyses, opinions, paroles d'artistes. www.esse.ca La Galerie d'art d'Ottawa La Cour des arts, 2 av Daly, Ottawa (Ontario) K1N 6E2 (613) 233-8699 téléc 569-7660 info@ottawaartgallery.ca  www.ottawaartgallery.ca THE OTTAWA ART GALLERY    CUBICULES 25 August to 22 October 2006 Organized by Perte de Signal (Montreal) Jason Arsenault, Alexis Bellavance, Myriam Bessette, Robin Dupuis, Claudette Lemay The Ottawa Art Gallery and Perte de Signal cordially invite you to a casual discussion and walkthrough of the exhibit Cubicules and to the screening of Incidences, on Thursday 14 September, at 7:30 pm. Program of the evening: Walkthrough of Cubicules with artists from the exhibition at the Ottawa Art Gallery, 2 Daly Avenue at 7:30 pm. Screening of the Incidences DVD, Club SAW, 67 Nicholas, at 8 pm. Incidences Incidences, a media arts DVD by Perte de Signal, 2005 (20 min.) brings together the work of Montreal artists who have marked the Canadian video art landscape with their innovative practice. Generated through the use of digital tools, the selected works and remixes recount processes that oscillate between a defined program and the accidental. From here, a zone of creation is born in which the incidental nourishes the artist and their work. Nutation | Myriam Bessette | 2:33 | 2000 | Remix 2005 | Pulse | Ariane De Blois | 3 :30 | 2002 | Remix 2005 | hydr(o) | Jason Arsenault | 2 :30 | 2003 | Remix 2005 | Suite | Robin Dupuis | 3 :08 | 2001 | Remix 2005 | Rentre chez toi II | Claudette Lemay | 3 :00 | 2002 | Remix 2005 | Commotion | Sébastien Pesot | 3 :30 | 2001 | Remix 2005 | Jason Arsenault holds bachelor's and master's degrees in film studies from Université de Montréal. He joined Perte de Signal in 2001, and became its chairman in 2003. His work, has been shown in different festivals, including Microwave International Media Art Festival (Hong Kong), the Hamburg International Short Film Festival, and the Antimatter Underground Film Festival (Victoria). His works have also been exhibited throughout Canada, in France, and in Mexico. Myriam Bessette received a bachelor's degree from L'Université du Québec à Montréal's École des arts visuels et médiatiques in 2000. Her work includes digital audio, digital video installation and single channel digital video. Her videos have been exhibited throughout Canada, New Zealand and Europe. Ariane De Blois received her MFA from L'Université du Québec à Montréal. A member of Perte de Signal since 2003, she has taken up the role of new media project manager. Her video work is composed of many short video cuts that she revises to create small moving moments. Her first production, Pulse, has been shown at the VAD-Festival Internacional de Video y Artes Digitales in Gerona, at AlgoRythm(e)s in Montreal and in many artist-run-centers across the province of Quebec. Founding member of Perte de Signal, Robin Dupuis obtained a BFA in film at Concordia University in 1997, and a Master's in Media Arts at the École des arts visuels et médiatiques de Montréal (L'Université du Québec à Montréal) in 2001. His videos and installation works have been exhibited throughout Canada, the United States, Latin America and Europe. Member of Perte de Signal since 1999, Claudette Lemay received a Bachelor's degree from L'Université du Québec à Montréal and combines studies in literature, cinema, and journalism. Her work often combines processed images of the body with the sound of her own voice. Her works have been exhibited throughout Canada, Latin America and Europe. Sébastien Pesot, founding member of Perte de Signal, received a BFA in art history at Université de Montréal in 1996, and an MFA at the École des arts visuels et médiatiques de Montréal (UQAM) in 1999. His work presents an electronically transformed universe in which the real is represented through visual metaphors. His productions have appeared at the Tampere International Short Film Festival (Finland), Wro 01 and 03, media arts biennial (Poland) and Chroma (Mexico) where he was awarded the public prize for best video.  www.perte-de-signal.org Also planned for the evening is the launch of the magazine esse arts + opinions no 58. esse arts + opinions, a French-language magazine, focuses on multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary practices, such as visual art, performance, video, urban music and dance, experimental theatre and all forms of social interventions, in situ or performance art. www.esse.ca The Ottawa Art Gallery Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1N 6E2 (613) 233-8699 fax 569-7660 info@ottawaartgallery.ca  www.ottawaartgallery.ca

Municipal arts advocacy: Council for the Arts in Ottawa

The Council for the Arts in Ottawa is holding a meet-and-greet at the end of this month. Come together with mayoral and councillor candidates to hear their views on what matters to you. The evenings' agenda will provide ample opportunity for candidates to mingle with community leaders and constituents and to talk to them directly. It will also provide candidates and community leaders an opportunity to put their views to invited media.
Municipal Election 2006 - Meet and Greet
Wednesday September 27, 2006 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.RA Centre, Clark Hall2451 Riverside Drive
For more information contact the CAO at 613-569-1387, council@arts-ottawa.on.ca

This evening is one of several advocacy the events the CAO has planned. CAO will also have a presence at Imagine Ottawa's City Social Forum through a workshop looking at "Culture on the Move". Presenters include Peter Honeywell, Executive Director Council for the Arts in Ottawa, and Meg Hamilton, Executive Director, Council of Heritage Organizations in Ottawa. The official workshop blurb reads as follows: This session examines the unique challenges for arts and heritage in Ottawa. Funding, support services, the need for facilities, preservation of heritage buildings, presenting our past and our future, are some of the issues that will be explored. Recent community and municipal developments are providing some optimism for artists, cultural workers and the public. A short video tells the remarkable story of how the Shubert Theatre in Minneapolis was saved. Great inspiration for imaging culture in Ottawa in the future.

...A Singularly Static Roadshow...Perpetual Motion Roadshow #36

Mingus Tourette was my first lesson in the Perpetual Motion Roadshow, and it was only later that I learned about Megan Butcher's hand in bringing the Perpetual Motion Roadshow back to Ottawa, this time with a date at Venus Envy... Local punk poet Zachary Houle will join the group. (I googled for more on Houle to add to this...one of the first listings came up for Death Hags Anonymous, so I'm pretty sure he'll at least make for an interesting conversation. Better still, he blogs, so maybe he'll fill me in.)

Perpetual Motion Roadshow #36
September 22, Venus Envy
8:30pm PWYC
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The Next Roadshow...PMR #36, Sept. 16-23
...Perpetual Motion Roadshow #36...featuring:
troubled troubadour TROY CURTIS from San Jose!
zinestress extraordinaire CHINA MARTENS from Baltimore!
faithful urban scribe ERIC LAB RAT from Chicago!

Troy Curtis has settled in San Jose, California after years as a rambling poet and musician. Born in the small blue-collar town of Rockville, Connecticut, Troy's desire to perform stems from his parents' sacrifice of their artistic dreams. With a voice that perilously floats, Troy's titanic lyrics sink into one's heart like stolen treasure. Recorded in an abandoned church, Troy's first album Songs for Girls Who Don't Deserve Them is presented live and unedited. The album was created to replace mixed tapes and CDs as the preeminent way to express loss at the unfortunate endings to romantic relationships. www.myspace.com/troycurtis

China Martens is the editor of The Future Generation: A Zine for Subculture Parents, Kids, Friends & Others, and is expecting her first book out this winter -- an anthology of the last 16 years of The Future Generation -- with Atomic Book Company. She also writes a column for Slug and Lettuce and puts out numerous other one-shot zines and chapbooks like Dustbunny, SuperMarket SuperModel, and the Baltimore City Paper "Best Zine" award-winning I Was... a Student Nurse!

Eric Lab Rat traverses his native Chicago on a blue Schwinn tricycle, meeting interesting people and collecting curios from dumpsters. He splits time between stints as a DJ, math tutor, and landscaper. On Tuesdays, he hosts a soul show on WLUW; on Fridays he throws down on the legendary freeform station WZRD. His set may include letters written to concepts, God, and government; poems about ghosts; and songs about celebrity vaginas. His work can be found under a variety of aliases in Gapers Block, the Banana King, and The 2nd Hand. A couple of times a month, he unloads on http://reverendlabrat.blogspot.com.

VERNISSAGE / OPENING: « Dessins » - Jean-Francois Provost (05-09-2006)

 

L'Alliance française de la Région de la Capitale Nationale
vous invite au vernissage de l'exposition

 

The Alliance française of the National Capital Region

invite you to the opening of the exhibition

« Dessins »
par / by Jean-François Provost

Le mardi 5 septembre 2006 de 18 h. à 20 h.
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006, from 6 to 8 pm

jusqu'au 29 septembre 2006 / Until September 29th, 2006
Galerie de l'Alliance française d'Ottawa
352, rue MacLaren,  Ottawa
Entrée libre / Free admission

Horaires d'ouverture de la galerie / Opening hours of the gallery
Du lundi au jeudi: 8 h 30 - 19 h 30
Vendredi: 8 h 30 -16 h
Samedi (fermé durant l'été): 9 h - 13 h

Pour plus d'informations / For further information

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Alliance française - Délégation générale
352 rue MacLaren, Ottawa (ON), K2P0M6
Tel: (613) 234 9470 ext 226
Fax: (613) 233 1559
http://www.af.ca/ottawa

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UNIVERCINE: Le Lait de la tendresse humaine de Dominique Cabrera (07-09-2006)

 

L'Alliance française de la Région de la Capitale Nationale,
en collaboration avec le service culturel de l'Ambassade de France,
est heureuse de vous inviter à un nouveau rendez-vous cinéma Universciné.

 

The Alliance française of the National Capital Region,

in cooperation with the French Embassy in Canada,
invites you to the French film club Universciné.

Le Lait de la tendresse humaine
de Dominique Cabréra
avec/with:
Marilyne Canto, Patrick Bruel, Dominique Blanc, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Claude Brasseur, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner, Sergi Lopez, Yolande Moreau

 

Date de sortie : 2001. Durée : 1h35
French movie with English subtitles

Jeudi 7 septembre 2006 à 18 h.
Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 6 PM

Galerie de l'Alliance française
352 MacLaren St., Ottawa
Entrée libre / Free admission

RSVP - (613) 234 9470 # 226, or com@af.ca

Pour en savoir plus / For further information

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352 rue MacLaren, Ottawa (ON), K2P0M6
Tel: (613) 234 9470 poste 226
Fax: (613) 233 1559
http://www.af.ca/ottawa

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Chickens, SufiGirl, MO Diarra,Abou Mane, & Dr Lee..

End of summer blues? Well Sufi Girl 's got some news:

This fall is going to be hotter than ever!!!

With three different Sufi Girl dance class options, djembe and doundoun classes with Guinea's Mohamed Diarra, and guest dance teacher Aboubacar Mané from Cote D'Ivoire coming to town...all Sufi Girl needs is a live chicken in the dance studio and she will think she's back in Africa!

***(Please read on for class descriptions, bios, and for a post script of breaking news from Dr Lee) ***

 

Feel the Heat and Dance with Sufi Girl:

  

A)Tuesdays: Sept 19 to Dec 5 (11 weeks) from 6pm to 8pm/Cost:$240

(Prerequisite: Previously studied with Sufi Girl, or contact Lainie to discuss further )  

*no class October 31*

*Workshop on Oct 29 with Aboubacar Mané included in session*

Experience the circular relationship between rhythm and dance. Discover how form is not only physical, but a cultural characteristic in Guinean ballet. Partake in a creative collaboration where we will develop a contemporary choreography inspired by some Guinean dances: Yankadi, Makru, Tribaa, Kuku, Kassa, Sorsonet, and Soco.

  

B)Sundays: Sept 17 to Dec 3 (11 weeks) from 6pm to 7pm /Cost: $175  

(Prerequisite: This class is geared towards beginners)

*no class Oct 9/Thanksgiving*

*Workshop on Oct 29 with Aboubacar Mané included in session*

Experience the energy of Guinea West Africa. Following the beats of the djembe drum, you will learn traditional and contemporary steps from the Malinke dance Soco. You will also develop your ability to choose from different movement options and discover your body's potential as a vehicle for self expression.

  

C)Sundays: Sept 17 to Dec 3 (11 weeks) from 7:15 to 8:15pm/Cost $175

(Prerequisite: willingness to come out and have fun, this class is open to all those who are open)

*no class Oct 9/Thanksgiving*

*Workshop on Oct 29 with Aboubacar Mané included in session*

A Sufi Girl favorite...this fall we will dance Sinte, a rhythm from the Soso people of Guinea, and a choreography from Lainie's beloved master in Conakry...Fodé Bamba Camara. Prepare to be introduced to new  vocabulary, new friends you have not yet met, and the inexplicable way in which your energy will be renewed through rhythm and dance, sending you to work on Monday morning with a smile on your face that most people only achieve after a few cups of coffee.

  

SPECIAL EVENT !!!

Feel the Heat and Dance with Aboubacar Mané:

  

Sunday October 29 from 6pm to 7:30pm/ Cost $35

Special Dance Workshop with Guest teacher Aboubacar Mané.

Originally from Cote D'Ivoire, Aboubacar began dancing in 1989 with the company N'zraman in Abidjan. In 1996 he joined the Ballet Nationale de la Côte-D'ivoire where he spent 3 years touring before arriving in Canada. Aboubacar dances with Oumar N'Diaye's Guinean troupe Tribaa, and some of you may have seen him dance with the group in Ottawa, with Sufi Girl as his guest in 2005. Aboubacar is now based in Montreal. He teaches dance at Afrique en Mouvement and performs regularly.

*This workshop is included at no extra cost for registered Sufi Girl dance students*

  

  

Feel the Rhythm and Play with Mohamed Diarra:

  

A)Friday Sep 22 to December 1 (11 weeks) from 6:30 to 8pm/Cost $185

Prerequisite: Some experience on djembé or other drums. (Call Lainie to discuss).

Taught by Guinean djembéfola Mohamed Diarra, this session is devoted entirely to doundounba rhythms, played on dundun drums. Some doundoun drums will be provided, however please bring a djembe as well as you will be learning many parts. 

  

  

B)Sunday Sept 17 to Dec 3 (10 weeks) from 3:45pm to 5:00pm/Cost $175

*No Class Oct 9/Thanksgiving*

Prerequisite: Some experience on djembé or other drums. (Call Lainie to discuss)

Explore the richness and beauty of traditional drum rhythms from West Africa with Ottawa's only djembéfola from The Republic of Guinea, Mohamed Diarra.

BIOGRAPHIES:

Lainie Towell is The Sufi Girl. Based in Ottawa Canada, she works as an independent dance artist, teacher and presenter. Lainie is captivated with Guinean Ballet and has traveled to Guineé Conakry to study dance on several occasions with Le Troupe Gbassikolo de Kaloum under Fodé Bamba Camara.  Along with her interest in Guinean dance, Lainie choreographs and presents contemporary performance pieces. Her works has been shown in Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal.  

  

  

Mohamed Diarra was a djembé soloist for the Republic of Guinea's National Ballet Djoliba before relocating to Canada. He has performed worldwide with Ballet Djoliba and the all female percussion group Les Amazones.  Diarra competed with Djoliba for Les Jeux de la Francophonie in Ottawa/Hull 2000.  Six years later, Mohamed is here to stay in Canada's capital sharing with us his expertise in djembé and dunun rhythms.    

  

Registration/Info

Call: 613-276-SUFI (7834)

Email: gosufigirl@hotmail.com

Visit: www.sufigirl.com

*Please note: Lainie teaches her classes in both English and French. Mohamed and Aboubacar teach in French, however translation is available.*

AND NOW OVER TO THE EMERGENCY PERCUSSION RESPONSE UNIT OF DR LEE FOR BREAKING NEWS...

"Hello to all djembe/dunun enthusiasts!

I have a new series of djembe sessions starting up in the fall.

Register soon, limited space available

Here is all the info"
WHAT-   Beginner and intermediate djembe sessions

WHEN -   Beginner Sun Aug 27th-Sun Oct 29th 12:30pm-2:00PM

               Intermediate Sun Aug 27th-Sun Oct 29th  2:00-3:30pm

WHERE - 2 Daly Ave, Arts Court, studio B, 2nd floor

COST-    $180 per 10 week session

To register email or call me :

djembe_drummer@hotmail.com

613 263-0712

thanks from the one and only mindblowing djembe/percussionist

DOCTA LEE!!!

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OTTAWA ART OPENING: Portraiture & New Media - Cumberland Gallery SEPTEMBER 15th 7-9PM

 

 

Portraiture & New Media Talking Portraits at the Cumberland Gallery Opening September 15th 7-9PM  Sherry Tompalski's "Talking Portrait" series ( click here for Windows Media or QuickTime) at the Cumberland Gallery from September 14 to October 17, 2006 at 255 Centrum Boulevard, Ottawa. The opening reception is on Friday September 15th from 7 - 9 PM. REVIEW: Tony Martins reviews this series in GetGuerilla Magazine Issue #8  and features Talking Portraits Graham, Garry and Tony in QuickTime.  PODCAST: Click here for JULY 2006 MP3, Click here for AUGUST 2006 MP3.

PORTRAITS: The show will feature 27 portraits, i nscribed with bold brush strokes and adventurous colours, that

capture the psychological experience of Ottawa's leading psychotherapists and artists, as Tompalski's work is concerned with intuition, interpretation and the unconscious dialogue experienced during the portrait sitting.

SOUND TRACKS: The sound tracks, developed by videographer Graham Thompson, splice together unscripted comments with originial computer music, and the sounds of birds, roller coasters,		and bagpipes . This dialogue allows for a glimpse into the developmental process of the painting through the tri-construction of the model, the painter and the videographer.
	TIME-LAPSE VIDEOS: In addition to the portable CDROM audio tracks that accompany 12 of the 27 portraits, there will also be  time-lapse videos of 12 portraits presented on video monitors and projectors.

HOURS: The multimedia elements of the series will be presented only at the opening, September 15th 7 - 9 PM. For more information call 613-601-3470.  Hours are Monday - Wednesday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Thursday - Friday 8:30 AM - 9 PM, Saturday - Sunday 11AM to 5PM. Tompalski's work has been shown in Brazil's Scientific American Mente Cerebro Magazine, GetGuerilla Online Magazine, Institute for New Media Germany, Centro Cultural Recoleta Buenos Aires Argentina, Galeri Seni Selangor Malaysia, ARKO Ni APO Gallery in Baguio Philippines, ParkHearst Exchange Magazine of Montreal, Artists Space Gallery of New York, Ontario Psychiatric Association in Toronto, 401 Richmond of Toronto and The Mayor's Art Festival of Ottawa. Tompalski will show at the ARC Gallery of Chicago later this year.

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MEDIA THAT MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL

 

Ottawa, ON – Imagine a festival of activist films traveling like a caravan, from town to town, all over North America.  Artists and speakers and the public come together for a feast of provocative ideas, anything from gay rights, to the war in Iraq, to racial issues.  Films are viewed, information shared, and a sense of community action is built.  Well that is exactly what happens in the Media That Matters Festival out of New York City.  And this year's crop of winning films is coming to Ottawa's SAW Gallery on September 17.  The only Canadian entry is (Hate) Machine by local director and writer, Phil Caron.

 

"As the sole Canadian winner, it's an honour," said Mr. Caron, who also won the Media Literacy Prize.   Produced in reaction to media inspired xenophobia, (Hate) Machine explores the boundaries of manipulating harmless raw footage, and challenges the notion that media can ever portray truth. "I want the audience to consider elements of media that often go unnoticed and unquestioned, like direction and editing -- the things left out. I want to create a dialogue between the consumers of media and the creators of media. Ultimately, with society's growing reliance on mediated second-hand experience, this dialogue is more important than ever."

 

Members of the festival's jury included famed activist Frances Moore Lappé, The New Yorker's deputy fiction editor Cressida Leyshon, and Reporters Without Borders' Todd Lester. The festival was launched in New York in June, and the 16 award winning short films will be on tour for one year.  Ottawa is the only Canadian stop booked.

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For More Information: 

 

Monique Fuller (613) 325-7935 email: ispy@ispyproductions.ca

Phil Caron, (613) 565-2355, email: philcar@sympatico.ca

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Friday Special Blend: September 8, 2006

The Friday Special Blend ... is a friendly, laid-back mixture of great music, live performances, interviews with filmmakers, musicians, artists and creators of all kinds. It's about the people and events of Ottawa-Gatineau. It's about the human spirit. Add to that some local-world news about social justice and the environment and you're sure to find something of interest.

Tune in to the Friday Special Blend, from 7:00 to 9:15 a.m., at CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa or http://www.ckcufm.com/ from anywhere. Tuning in from far away? We'll add you to our listener map -- simply send a note to info@ckcufm.com. Il nous fera un grand plaisir de recevoir vos commentaires, suggestions et idées.

THIS WEEK'S SHOW...

Friday September 8, 2006

Join Susan Johnston for a whirlwind studio tour, new music, a conversation about wine and another about manga and mongrels, capped off with some interpretations of art and sculpture. Plus - as always - BBC News on the hour.

07:10 TRANSFORMING FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
INTERVIEW with Lorraine Peirce to discuss her newest clay works, as well as the Westboro Artists Studio Tour ( www.westendstudiotour.ca ), starting this weekend.

07:30 MUSIC

INTERVIEW with Lynne Hanson (http://www.lynnehanson.com/) about her new CD, Things I Miss, and its launch this Saturday night at the NAC 4th Stage

08:05 Red, White, and Drunk all Over

INTERVIEW with celebrated wine writer and judge Natalie MacLean ( www.nataliemaclean.com) about her "wine-soaked journey from grape to glass". Red, White and Drunk all Over spans a wide range of geographies, history and wine themes, and Natalie will also share some insights from her newsletter, Nat Decants, with listeners.

08:20 ARTS REPORT
Barb Gray will report on the local arts scene.

08:30 OF MANGA AND MONGRELS
INTERVIEW with Ottawa artist and musician Howie Tsui (http://www.howietsui.com/ ) about his new exhibition opening at Gallery 101 ( www.gallery101.org) and his work with The Acorn ( www.kelprecords.com/bands/acorn/index.htm). Howie gave me a tour of his work during the installation process, and we'll walk you through the set-up at Gallery 101.

08:45 THE FALL OF THE DAMNED
INTERVIEW with Vancouver-based artist Damian Moppett about his exhibition The Fall of the Damned, opening next week at the Carleton University Art Gallery ( www.carleton.ca/gallery).

Then stay tuned for A Luta Continua at 9:15 a.m., followed by Friday Morning Cartunes with John Westhaver from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. -- enjoy!

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