Thursday, November 16, 2006

Friday Special Blend on CKCU...November 17 2006

Featuring...Cyril Dabydeen, Matthew Firth, Petra Halkes, Tony Chong, Carol Off, and Ryan Stec

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 November 17, 2006

07:05 RHYTHM AND VERSE: start your day morning coffee and POETRY, featuring award-winning author and poet Cyril Dabydeen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Dabydeen). The Friday Blend brings you highlights from this week's Tree Reading Series ( www.treereadingseries.ca), where Dabydeen was the guest of honour.

07:25 BRUTALLY HONEST AND UNCOMPROMISING: describes author and Black Bile Press founder's Matthew Firth's newest book, Suburban Pornography (www.ardentdreams.com/blackbilepress/home.html). Firth will join me for an INTERVIEW as he gets ready for his launch, scheduled to take place at The Manx Pub on Saturday at 5:00pm.

07:40 REFLECTION: INTERVIEW with Ottawa artist and art historian Petra Halkes about her recent works opening this weekend at Pukka Gallery (www.pukkagallery.ca), exploring the many sides of windows. Halkes' recent book, Aspiring to the Landscape: On Painting and the Subject of Nature , features Canadian artists Susan Feindel, Stephen Hutchings, Eleanor Bond and Wanda Koop.
08:05 MOVEMENT: INTERVIEW with Le Groupe Dance Lab's Co-Artistic Director Tony Chong ( www.legroupe.org) about his New Dance Creation in Progress, on stage through Saturday night at Arts Court.
08:20 ARTS REPORT: local happenings with our roving reporter Barb Gray.

08:30 BITTER CHOCOLATE: investigative journalist and CBC host Carol Off ( www.cbc.ca/aih/) joins us in-studio to talk about her new book, exploring the dark side behind our desires and compulsions for chocolate (http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679313199).

08:50 FORGING AHEAD: Artengine.ca's Ryan Stec will update us on their move, and plans for 2007.

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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