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CKCU Arts Listings December 27 2007

2007-12-27T13:57:00.001-05:00

January 3, 2008

IFCO presents REEL THURSDAYS at the Mercury Lounge (56 ByWard Market), from 7pm-10pm. Cover is $3. Further information is available online at www.ifco.ca.

January 4-27, 2008
CUBE Gallery presents Nouvelle Vague (New Wave), an art exhibition of seven emerging Ottawa Artists, including: Lindsay Campbell, Andrew Hind, Rachel Laratta, Alex McMahon, Shaun Motsi, Luis Guillermo Trejo, and Lindsay Watson, CUBE Gallery is located at 7 Hamilton Avenue North, near the Parkdale Market. Further information is available online at www.cubegallery.ca.

January 5, 2008
The Capital Poetry Collective presents musician, dancer, model, and contortionist Sara Banks. This all ages, monthly slam takes place at The Mercury Lounge, located at 56 Byward Street in the Market. Doors open at 6:30pm, and the show starts 7pm. Cover is $7, but entrance is free for performing poets (open mic and slam). Further information is available online at www.capitalslam.com.

January 5, 2008
A Company of Fools presents the Twelfth Night Celebration 2008, their annual fundraiser and season launch. Showtime is 7:00pm, at the National Arts Centre Fourth Stage. Tickets are $20, and are available at NAC Box Office or through Ticketmaster 613-755-1111. Further information is available online at www.fools.ca.

January 6, 2008
The Dusty Owl Reading Series presents Kate Sutherland. The reading takes place at Swizzles Bar & Grill, located 246-B Queen Street, between Bank and Kent, below the Green Papaya Restaurant. The event starts at 5:00pm. No cover. Further information is available online at www.dustyowl.com.

January 8, 2008
Divergence Movie Night presents "100% Woman" documenting the work and mountain-bike career of Michelle Dumaresq, the first openly transgendered woman in the world to be named to a national team in any sport. Screening takes place at Club SAW, located at 67 Nicholas Street in Ottawa. Doors open at 7pm, and the movie starts at 7:30pm. Admission is free, but a donation of $5 is suggested. Further information is available online at: divergencemovienight.com

January 11, 2008
ARTENGINE presents a one-night fundraising screening of Daft Punk's Electroma. Screening at the Mayfair Cinema, located at 1074 Bank Street, starting at 11:30pm. Tickets are $8 in advance and available in person or by phone at the Arts Court Box Office (phone 613.564.7240 or visit Arts Court at 2 Daly Ave.), or online through artengine.ca. Further information is available by emailing everybody<at> artengine.ca .

January 12, 2008
The Ottawa Art Gallery presents Articulation, a critical art writing workshop with Ray Cronin, Senior Curator at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. This workshop will teach you how to enhance your exhibition review writing through the application of critical writing techniques. Sessions will take place from 1-4pm at Arts Court. Participation costs $20, or $15 for OAG members. Further information and registration are available by contacting Amber Yared, Public Programs Coordinator, at 613-233-8699, ext. 228, or by email at public<AT> ottawaartgallery.ca

January 13, 2008
SASQUATCH presents poet and novelist Kevin Dooley. Events take place from 2:00-4:00pm, downstairs at the Royal Oak II pub, located at 171 Laurier Street East. Admission is free. Further information is available online at www.e-sasquatch.ca.

January 15, 2008

The Independent Filmmaker's Cooperative of Ottawa, IFCO, celebrates its 16th birthday party, featuring 9 new 35mm short films by Pascal Aka, Deniz Berkin, Matthew Clark, Ben Hoskyn, Mike Kerr & Tasha Waldron, Pasqual Lessard, Sarah Lussier, Jeff Parenteau, and Ariel Smith. Party to take place at the Mercuryy Lounge, 56 ByWard Market, starting at 7:00pm. Admission is $7 at the door. Further information is available online at www.ifco.ca.

January 15-27, 2008
The New Ottawa Repretory Theatre presents Neal Bell's Operation Midnight Climax. The play will run from January 15-27, 2008, at Club Saw. Further information is available online at: nort.ncf.ca.

January 16 & 23, 2008
The Portrait Gallery of Canada is offering free workshops on Video Portrait Mosaics. Gallery artist-educators will assist participants in making a video portrait, starting with traditional drawing techniques right through to the latest in video software. The end result? A 10-second video portrait published to the Gallery's web site! Bilingual instruction. The courses are offered over two evenings, from 6:00-9:00pm. Both sessions will take place at the "In Your Face' studio", Salon B, at the Library and Archives Canada Building, located at 395 Wellington Street in Ottawa. Registration required! To register, call 613-943-3441 or email amanda.shore <at> lac-bac.gc.ca.

January 17, 2008

Max Middle presents The AB Series #3 with John Lavery and Josh Massey. The Series is delighted to announce that there are to be musical & literary dimensions to Lavery's performance on January 17th. The evening begins with a reading by Josh Massey. Hosted by Max Middle. Reading to take place at the Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery, 110 Laurier Avenue West, on the Main Floor, starting at 7:30pm. Admission is free, and a hat will be passed. Further information is available online at www.maxmiddle.com.

January 23, 2008
The Tree Reading Series presents Susan McMaster. Readings take place downstairs at the Royal Oak II Pub, located at 161 Laurier Avenue East in Ottawa. Doors open at 7:30pm, with a brief open mic set at 8:00pm, followed by the featured reader. Further information is available online at treereadingseries.ca.

January 23 - February 2, 2008
The Ottawa Chamber Theatre Company presents the Ottawa premiere of Tennessee Williams' Confessional, at the Carleton Tavern (233 Armstrong Street in Ottawa). Showtimes vary between 7:30pm and 10:00pm. Tickets are $20.00 and are available at the Carleton Tavern and Character Salon (1099 Wellington Street West). Further information and tickets are available by calling 613-791-4471.

January 25-26, 2008
Le Groupe Dance Lab presents Montreal choreographer Chanti Wadge. Performance will take place in Studio A at Arts Court, located at 67 Nicholas Street in Ottawa, at 7:00pm. Tickets are $20/$15. Further information is available online at www.accesasie.com, or www.legroupe.org.

January 26, 2008
The Ottawa Art Gallery and Canadian Film Institute present a screening of Sato Makoto's documentary Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said. The screening will take place at 7:00 pm, in the Auditorium at Library and Archives Canada, located at 395 Wellington Street in Ottawa.

January 30 & 31, 2008
The Portrait Gallery of Canada is offering a two-evening course on Portraiture 101. Get beyond stick men and happy faces! The courses are offered over two evenings, from 6:00-9:00pm. Both sessions will take place at the "In Your Face" studio, Salon B, at the Library and Archives Canada Building, located at 395 Wellington Street in Ottawa. Instruction is Bilingual. Registration required! To register, call 613 943-3441, or email amanda.shore at lac-bac.gc.ca.

January 30 - February 2, 2008
TotoToo Theatre presents Jigsaw Confession. One of the four plays in David Lohreys "Sex Talk(s)" series, this piece centres around a couple faced with the task of settling the father's estate. They hope to find a manuscript in which the son believes his father has explained his determination many years earlier to leave the family to live with a man. Performances take place at 8pm at Arts Court Theatre, located on the corner of Nicholas and Daly Streets in Ottawa. Further information is available online at www.tototoo.ca.

February 3, 2008
The Dusty Owl Reading Series celebrates Black History Month, with a feature presentation by Ritallin, the Cerebral Stimulant. The reading takes place at Swizzles Bar & Grill, located at 246-B Queen Street, between Bank and Kent, below the Green Papaya Restaurant. The event starts at 5:00pm. No cover. Further information is available online at www.dustyowl.com.

February 8, 2008
Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra presents "ANGELICA", featuring Thomas Annand, guest conductor and Jennifer Swartz, harp. The concert will take place at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, located at 82 Kent St. on the corner of Wellington, at 8:00 pm. Further information is available online at www.thirteenstrings.ca.

February 8-9, 2008
Le Groupe Dance Lab presents Toronto choreographer Michael Trent. Performance will take place in Studio A at Arts Court, located at 67 Nicholas Street in Ottawa, at 7:00pm. Tickets are $20/$15. Further information is available online at www.legroupe.org and www.dancemakers.org.

February 10, 2008
SASQUATCH presents the Wellington Street Poets. Events take place from 2:00-4:00pm, downstairs at the Royal Oak II pub, located at 171 Laurier Street East. Admission is free. Further information is available online at www.e-sasquatch.ca.

February 11, 2008
The Ottawa Symphony Orchestra presents A Perfect Winter Distraction. David Currie will conduct the 100-member Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. The performance will take place in Southam Hall, National Arts Centre, starting at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available from the: OSO Box Office by calling 613-231-2561, as well as at the NAC and Ticketmaster. Further information is available online at www.ottawasymphony.com .

February 12, 2008
Divergence Movie Night and the AIDS Committee of Ottawa present "Inside Boystown", an intimate portrait of the lives of six male prostitutes who work the streets in Vancouver's chic Yaletown district. Screening takes place at Club SAW, located at 67 Nicholas Street in Ottawa. Doors open at 7:00pm, and the movie starts at 7:30pm. Admission is free, though a donation of $5 is suggested. Further information is available online at: divergencemovienight.com.

February 12 & 13, 2008
The Portrait Gallery of Canada presents "Eat Me, Valentine!" Join cake artist Linda Bartlett for a fun-filled evening of icing and art! All participants will go home with a self-portrait in gourmet cake. Presentation in English with bilingual educator. Participants can join for one of the two single sessions, from 7:00-10:00pm. The February 12 session will take place at the Billings Estate Museum (2100 Cabot Street), and the February 13 session at the Nepean Museum (16 Rowley Street). Registration required! To register, call 613-943-3441or email amanda.shore at lac-bac.gc.ca .

February 13, 2008
The Tree Reading Series presents Ronnie R. Brown. Readings take place downstairs at the Royal Oak II pub, located at 161 Laurier Avenue East in Ottawa. Doors open at 7:30pm, with a brief open mic set at 8:00pm, followed by the featured reader. Further information is available online at treereadingseries.ca.

February 16, 2008
The Ottawa Art Gallery presents Articulation with Meeka Walsh. This workshop will teach you how to enhance your exhibition review writing through the application of critical writing techniques. The session takes place from 1:00-4:00 pm at Arts Court. Further information is available by contacting Amber Yared, Public Programs Coordinator, at public AT ottawaartgallery.ca.

March 14-15, 2008
Le Groupe Dance Lab presents solos and duets by Dance Lab artists choreographers. Further information is available online at www.legroupe.org.

Ongoing

Thursday nights

IFCO presents REEL THURSDAYS at the Mercury Lounge (56 ByWard Market), from 7pm-10pm. Cover is $3. Further information is available online at www.ifco.ca.

Ongoing until January 6th, 2008
Parkdale Gallery presents Comic Book Chaos, featuring CSA, Dominic Bercier, James Robinson, KAN-J, Matthew Doddridge, Ronn Sutton, and Von Allan. Parkdale Gallery is located at 229 Armstrong Street in Ottawa. Further information is available online at parkdalegallery.com.

Ongoing until January 16, 2008
The Centrepointe Theatre Gallery presents "Gods and Myths," featuring new paintings by Cristian S. Aluas. A Vernissage will take place on Thursday, January 10 from 7-9 PM. The Centrepointe Theatre Gallery is located at Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive, in Nepean. Further information is available online at ottawa.ca/arts.

Ongoing until January 20, 2008

Gallery 155b presents Exhibit #2, curated by Christopher Healey, and featuring Patrick Bureau, Trevor Laalo, and Margie Puckering. Gallery 155b is located at The Stables, at 155b Loretta Avenue North, in Ottawa. Further information is available online at: www.155b.com

Ongoing until January 27, 2008
The Ottawa Art Gallery Firestone Collection of Canadian Art presents Myths of the Land, curated by Catherine Sinclair. The Ottawa Art Gallery is located at Arts Court, on the corner of Nicholas and Daly Streets in Ottawa. Further information is available online at www.ottawaartgallery.ca.

Ongoing until January 27, 2008
The Karsh-Masson Gallery presents Sharon Van Starkenburg's Girlhood Jag. The Karsh-Masson Gallery is located at 136 St. Patrick Street in Ottawa.

Ongoing until January 31, 2008
Les Saisons Cafe presents Adrienne Herron's TRANSIENT FOREST. Les Saisons is located at 232 Old Chelsea Road, in Chelsea, Quebec. Further information is available online at www.adrienneherron.com.

Ongoing until February 3, 2008
The Ottawa Art Gallery presents two exhibitions. Orientalism and Ephemera, a group show curated by Jamelie Hassan, reflects on our ideas of "east", ane explores the legacy of Edward Said's groundbreaking book Orientalism. A second exhibition, Be/Longing, is curated by Emily Falvey and features the work of local artist Farouk Kaspaules. The Ottawa Art Gallery is located at Arts Court, on the corner of Nicholas and Daly Streets in Ottawa. Further information is available online at www.ottawaartgallery.ca.

Ongoing until February 16, 2008
Galerie SAW Gallery and SAW Video present Then + Then Again: Practices within an artist-run culture 1969 - 2006, A Clive Robertston Retrospective. This exhibition has been organized and circulated by Modern Fuel, Kingston, and presented by Galerie SAW Gallery and SAW Video.Galerie SAW Gallery and SAW Video are located at 67 Nicholas Street in Ottawa. Further information is available at www.galeriesawgallery.com.

CKCU Arts Listings December 28 2007

2007-12-27T13:33:00.001-05:00

January 9, 2008
The Tree Reading Series presents spoken word artist Greg Frankson. Readings take place downstairs at the Royal Oak II Pub, located at 161 Laurier Avenue East, in Ottawa.
Doors open at 7:30pm, with a brief 'open mic' set at 8:00pm, followed by the featured reader. Further information is available online at treereadingseries.ca .

January 10, 2008
The Centrepointe Theatre Gallery presents a vernissage for Christian S. Aluas' exhibit, "Gods and Myths". The vernissage will take place from 7-9pm. The Centrepointe Theatre Gallery is located at Ben Franklin Place , 101 Centrepointe Drive , in Nepean . The exhibition continues until January 16. Further information is available online at ottawa.ca/arts.

January 11, 2008
ARTENGINE presents a one-night fundraising screening of Daft Punk's Electroma. Screening at the Mayfair Cinema, located at 1074 Bank Street, starting at 11:30pm. Tickets are $8 in advance and available in person or by phone at the Arts Court Box Office (phone 613.564.7240 or visit Arts Court at 2 Daly Ave.), or online through artengine.ca. Further information is available by emailing everybody<at> artengine.ca .

January 13, 2008
SASQUATCH presents poet and novelist Kevin Dooley. Events take place from 2:00-4:00pm, downstairs at the Royal Oak II pub, located at 171 Laurier Street East. Admission is free. Further information is available online at www.e-sasquatch.ca.

January 23, 2008
The Tree Reading Series presents Susan McMaster. Readings take place downstairs at the Royal Oak II Pub, located at 161 Laurier Avenue East in Ottawa. Doors open at 7:30pm, with a brief open mic set at 8:00pm, followed by the featured reader. Further information is available online at treereadingseries.ca.

January 10, 2008
CARFAC Ontario is offering a course on "Financial Management for Artists". Sessions will take place on Thursday nights, January 10-24 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, at the Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, at 120 Metcalfe Street. Further information is available online at: www.carfacontario.ca/about/professional_development_courses.

January 11, 2008
Kosmic will be taking place on Friday January 11th at the Arts Court in downtown Ottawa, Canada. The show starts at 9:00pm and ends at 1:30 am. Tickets are $20.00 19+//AA and are available January 7th at Arts Court, EndHits Ottawa, the Carleton UniCentre, and Carleton ResCommons. Further information is available online at: kosmic.ca.

January 12, 2008
The Ottawa Art Gallery presents Articulation, a critical art writing workshop with Ray Cronin, Senior Curator at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. This workshop will teach you how to enhance your exhibition review writing through the application of critical writing techniques. Sessions will take place from 1-4pm at Arts Court. Participation costs $20, or $15 for OAG members. Further information and registration are available by contacting Amber Yared, Public Programs Coordinator, at 613-233-8699, ext. 228, or by email at public<AT> ottawaartgallery.ca

January 15-27, 2008
The New Ottawa Repretory Theatre presents Neal Bell's Operation Midnight Climax. The play will run from January 15-27, 2008, at Club Saw. Further information is available online at: nort.ncf.ca.

January 16 & 23, 2008
The Portrait Gallery of Canada is offering free workshops on Video Portrait Mosaics. Gallery artist-educators will assist participants in making a video portrait, starting with traditional drawing techniques right through to the latest in video software. The end result? A 10-second video portrait published to the Gallery's web site! Bilingual instruction. The courses are offered over two evenings, from 6:00-9:00pm. Both sessions will take place at the "In Your Face' studio", Salon B, at the Library and Archives Canada Building, located at 395 Wellington Street in Ottawa. Registration required! To register, call 613-943-3441 or email amanda.shore <at> lac-bac.gc.ca.

January 17-26, 2008
The Tara Players Theatre presents Smash, a modern stage adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's novel, An Unsocial Socialist. All shows will take place at 8pm at the Arts Court Theatre, located on the corner of Nicholas and Daly in Ottawa. Further information is available online at: TaraPlayers.ncf.ca.

January 20, 2008
The Dusty Owl Reading Series presents Joe Blades. The reading takes place at Swizzles Bar & Grill, located at 246-B Queen Street, between Bank and Kent, below the Green Papaya Restaurant. The event starts at 5:00pm. No cover. Further information is available online at www.dustyowl.com.

January 23 - February 2, 2008
The Ottawa Chamber Theatre Company presents the Ottawa premiere of Tennessee Williams' Confessional, at the Carleton Tavern (233 Armstrong Street in Ottawa). Showtimes vary between 7:30pm and 10:00pm. Tickets are $20.00 and are available at the Carleton Tavern and Character Salon (1099 Wellington Street West). Further information and tickets are available by calling 613-791-4471.

February 8, 2008

Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra presents "ANGELICA", featuring Thomas Annand, guest conductor and Jennifer Swartz, harp. The concert will take place at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, located at 82 Kent St. on the corner of Wellington, at 8:00 pm. Further information is available online at www.thirteenstrings.ca.

February 8-9, 2008
Le Groupe Dance Lab presents Toronto choreographer Michael Trent. Performance will take place in Studio A at Arts Court, located at 67 Nicholas Street in Ottawa, at 7:00pm. Tickets are $20/$15. Further information is available online at www.legroupe.org and www.dancemakers.org.

February 10, 2008
SASQUATCH presents the Wellington Street Poets. Events take place from 2:00-4:00pm, downstairs at the Royal Oak II pub, located at 171 Laurier Street East. Admission is free. Further information is available online at www.e-sasquatch.ca.

February 11, 2008

The Ottawa Symphony Orchestra presents A Perfect Winter Distraction. David Currie will conduct the 100-member Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. The performance will take place in Southam Hall, National Arts Centre, starting at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available from the: OSO Box Office by calling 613-231-2561, as well as at the NAC and Ticketmaster. Further information is available online at www.ottawasymphony.com .

February 12, 2008
Divergence Movie Night and the AIDS Committee of Ottawa present "Inside Boystown", an intimate portrait of the lives of six male prostitutes who work the streets in Vancouver's chic Yaletown district. Screening takes place at Club SAW, located at 67 Nicholas Street in Ottawa. Doors open at 7:00pm, and the movie starts at 7:30pm. Admission is free, though a donation of $5 is suggested. Further information is available online at: divergencemovienight.com.

February 12 & 13, 2008
The Portrait Gallery of Canada presents "Eat Me, Valentine!" Join cake artist Linda Bartlett for a fun-filled evening of icing and art! All participants will go home with a self-portrait in gourmet cake. Presentation in English with bilingual educator. Participants can join for one of the two single sessions, from 7:00-10:00pm. The February 12 session will take place at the Billings Estate Museum (2100 Cabot Street), and the February 13 session at the Nepean Museum (16 Rowley Street). Registration required! To register, call 613-943-3441or email amanda.shore at lac-bac.gc.ca .

Tuesday nights
The Dusty Owl reading series presents Play Dates, every Tuesday night from 8:00-10:00pm at Mother Tongue Books. These are on-the-spot creative writing activities led by the Dusty Owl's own Sean Zio. No previous experience or prep necessary. No registration required - just drop in and bring a pen and paper. Suggested donation of $5 at the door. Further information is available online at www.dustyowl.com.

Ongoing until January 6th, 2008
Parkdale Gallery presents Comic Book Chaos, featuring CSA, Dominic Bercier, James Robinson, KAN-J, Matthew Doddridge, Ronn Sutton, and Von Allan. Parkdale Gallery is located at 229 Armstrong Street in Ottawa. Further information is available online at parkdalegallery.com.

Ongoing until January 16, 2008
The Centrepointe Theatre Gallery presents "Gods and Myths," featuring new paintings by Cristian S. Aluas. A Vernissage will take place on Thursday, January 10 from 7-9 PM. The Centrepointe Theatre Gallery is located at Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive, in Nepean. Further information is available online at ottawa.ca/arts.

Ongoing until January 27, 2008
The Ottawa Art Gallery Firestone Collection of Canadian Art presents Myths of the Land, curated by Catherine Sinclair. The Ottawa Art Gallery is located at Arts Court, on the corner of Nicholas and Daly Streets in Ottawa. Further information is available online at www.ottawaartgallery.ca.

Ongoing until January 27, 2008
The Karsh-Masson Gallery presents Sharon Van Starkenburg's Girlhood Jag. The Karsh-Masson Gallery is located at 136 St. Patrick Street in Ottawa.

Ongoing until January 31, 2008

Les Saisons Cafe presents Adrienne Herron's TRANSIENT FOREST. Les Saisons is located at 232 Old Chelsea Road, in Chelsea, Quebec. Further information is available online at www.adrienneherron.com.

Ongoing until February 16, 2008

Galerie SAW Gallery and SAW Video present Then + Then Again: Practices within an artist-run culture 1969 - 2006, A Clive Robertston Retrospective. This exhibition has been organized and circulated by Modern Fuel, Kingston, and presented by Galerie SAW Gallery and SAW Video.Galerie SAW Gallery and SAW Video are located at 67 Nicholas Street in Ottawa. Further information is available at www.galeriesawgallery.com.

Friday Special Blend on CKCU - Playlist December 7 2007

2007-12-07T09:08:00.000-05:00

Interview
Catherine Sinclair
Curator, Myths of the Land
Firestone Collection @ Ottawa Art Gallery

CanCon
Dave Bidini
Played from Rheostatics.ca/bidini
- Horses

Interview
Dave Bidini
Author, Around the World in 57 1/2 gigs

CanCon
Dave Bidini
Played from Rheostatics.ca/bidini
- Guitars instead of Guns

CanCon
Dave Bidini
Played from Rheostatics.ca/bidini
- Moncton Hellraiser

Interview
Farouk Kaspaules, Artist
Be/Longing, exhibition at the Ottawa Art Gallery

CanCon
Free Will
The House of Words
- The Tame Empire

Interview
Free Will
Spoken word artist and musician re: The House of Words album launch

Arts Report
Barb Gray

Interview
James Robinson, Parkdale Gallery, and Von Allen, Artist re: Comic Book Chaos

CanCon
Andy Swan
Andy Swan's Ottawa
The Sound of Snowflakes Falling

CanCon
The Habit
The Sacred and the Profane
- St. Urbandan St.

CanCon
The New Pornographers
Challengers
- My Rights vs Yours

Playlist -- Friday Special Blend November 16 2007

2007-11-16T08:57:00.001-05:00

Andrea Simms-Karp
Sleeper
- Before I fold
- Silvering

The Acorn
Glory Hope Mountain
- Hold Your Breath
- Flood
- Even while you're sleeping
- Crooked legs

Charles Hodgson
Podictionary: Chocolate

Tokyo Sex whale
Feed the Beast
- The Whale

Interview
Tony Fouhse, Photographer
- User @ La Petite Mort Gallery

Megan Jerome Trio
This Uneven Pace
- UpUpUp

Interview
Propeller Dance
Renata Soutter, Alan Shain, Shara Weaver
- Viewfinder

David Picco
Saturday Night, Sunday
- Beyond Repair
- Didn't take too long

Barb Gray
Arts Report

Derek Olive
Our Passing Nows
- Another Name
- Sorry Road

Coco Love Acorn
Sugar
- For Just One Night
- Sugar

Galitcha
Celebration Blé d'Inde
- Chuk Dhay
- Rabba Tun
- Ik Mela

Friday Special Blend - Playlist

2007-11-09T10:45:00.001-05:00

CanCon
Sultans of String
Luna
- Que Vuda
- Alhambra

CanCon
Mr. Something Something
Deep Sleep
- Dndabp
- di bombs

CanCon
Spiral Beach
Spiral Beach
- Fire Drills
- Stick Figures
- Oh No
- The Moon

CanCon
People Project
Played from Myspace.com
- People
- Segundo Piso

Putomayo
Global Lounge Party
- Hamid Baroudi: Trance Dance
- Pink Martini: Sympathetique

Interview with
Master Storyteller
Chirmine El-Ansary

CanCon
Weakerthans
Reunion Tour
- Civil Twilight
- Hymn of the Medical Oddity

Playlist - Friday Special Blend on CKCU

2007-10-12T10:00:00.001-04:00

CanCon
Phil Jenkins
Out There
- A Song for George

Interview
Phil Jenkins

CanCon
The Acorn
Glory Hope Mountain
- Glory

Interview
Catherine McDonald-Zytveld
Dusty Owl Reading Series presents a tribute to Archibald Lampman

CanCon
The Acorn
Glory Hope Mountain
- Flood
- Even While You're Sleeping

CanCon
Ohbijou
Swift Feet for Troubling Times
- Widths and Curves

Interview
Monique Fuller interviews playwright trey anthony

CanCon
The Butternuts
The Butternuts
- 'Livin for the Weekend

Arts Report
Barb Gray

CanCon
Lindsay Ferguson
Sound
- My Alibi

CanCon
Mr. Something Something
Ikwunga - The Afrobeat Poet
- Dndabp

Podictionary, with Charles Hodgson
Spice

Friday Special Blend on CKCU - Playlist, August 31, 2007

2007-08-31T09:10:00.001-04:00

CanCon
The Dears

Gang of Losers

- Sinthro

- Ticket to Immortality

- Death or Life We Want You

CanCon

The Acorn

Glory Hope Mountain

- Hold Your Breath

- Flood

Poems

Matthew Holmes

CanCon

Julie Doiron

Woke Myself Up

- I woke myself

- You look so alive

- Yer Kids

Interview

Paul Watson

Where War Lives

CanCon

Junior Boys

So this is Goodbye

- Caught in a Wave

- When no one cares

Barb Gray

Arts Report

CanCon

Quarter Life

Hands on Today

- Untouchable

Interview

Natasha Mazurka

Field of View @ Blink Gallery

Interview and *LIVE* performance

The Butternuts

CanCon

Meredith Luce

October

- Black Cats

Friday Special Blend on CKCU - August 17, 2007

2007-08-15T07:47:00.001-04:00

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THIS WEEK'S SHOW...

August 17, 2007

INTERVIEW with Charles Hodgson about his new book Carnal Knowledge; A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia, launching at the Ottawa Bagel Shop on Friday, August 17.

POETRY by Amanda Earl and Marcus McCann, who will read at the Factory Reading Series next Thursday, August 23 at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Earl will introduce her new Eleanor poems, and McCann will read from Heteroskeptical, his newest work.

A farewell serving of FICTION and POETRY by rob mclennan, who will host the Factory Reading Series before heading off to Alberta for a year.

INTERVIEW with poet and zine publisher Matthew Holmes, who will read from his newest work Hitch Friday night at Collected Works.

THEATRE: A discussion with Eleanor Crowder and a few actors from the Salamander Theatre for Young Audiences, performing Shakespeare's Measure for Measure next week at the NAC Fourth Stage.

INTERVIEW with Montreal author and spoken-word artist Catherine Kidd about her newest novel, Missing the Ark.

Barb Gray's ARTS REPORT.

Playlist - Thursday Special Blend, August 2 2007

2007-08-02T08:04:00.000-04:00

Total tracks = 12
Total CanCon = 12
% CanCon = 100

*no internet access, thus no BBC

CanCon
Autorickshaw
So the Journey Goes
- So the Journey Goes
- Manju Nihar

CanCon
Lesbians on Ecstasy
We Know You Know
- Sedition

CanCon
Mighty Popo
Muhazi
- Agasaza
- Imandwa

CanCon
Royal Wood
A Good Enough Day
- A Good Enough Day

CanCon
Feist
The Reminder
- The Limit to your Love
- 1234

CanCon
Elmer Ferrer Band
Elmer Ferrer Band
- Satcharina

CanCon
The Clicks
Snakehouse
- Cry Me a River

CanCon
Parlour Steps
Ambiguoso
- Only Mystery

CanCon
Tokyo Sex Whale
Feed the Beast
- The Whale

Playlist - Friday Special Blend July 27 2007

2007-07-30T13:14:00.000-04:00

CanCon
Meredith Luce
October
- Heading Out
- Sing me back home

Interview
Yves Beauchemin
Years of Fire

CanCon
Ian Foster Band
Through The Wires
- The Consistency of Sound

Charles Hodgson
Podictionary
Horizon

Interview
Liam Durcan
Garcia's Heart

CanCon
Hammerheads
Aquarama
- Steppin' Out

CanCon
Garnett Rogers
Small Victories
- The King of Rome

CanCon
Elmer Ferrer
Fango Dance
- Satcharina
- El Mar no Descansa

Barb Gray
Arts Report

Interview
Matt Rosen
Centretown Movies

Interview
CKCU Radio Camp
Liam and Riley

CanCon
Tokyo Sex Whale
Feed the Beast
- The Whale

Playlist - Friday Special Blend - July 20 2007

2007-07-20T09:16:00.000-04:00

Total tracks = 9
Total CanCon = 8

CanCon
Ndidi Onukwulu
No, I never
- Hey There

Interview
Loudlove
Bed-in for Darfur - Amnesty International benefit

CanCon
Loudlove
Recorded live
- Track title TBC

Interview
David Waltner-Toews
The Chickens Fight Back

CanCon
Tanya Janca
Recreate
- My Pop Song

Charles Hodgson
Podictionary
Ponder

CanCon
Mighty Popo
Muhazi
- Muhazi

CanCon
Tokyo Sex Whale
Feed the Beast
- The Whale

Interview
Stefan St. Laurent
Oil Spill @ Galerie SAW Gallery

Interview
Catherine Sinclair
Tourist @ the Firestone Collection

CanCon
LoudLove
LoudLove
- Beathe

CanCon
The People Project
Played from Myspace.com
- Melancolie

Gogol Bordello
Gypsy Punks

CanCon
Elmer Ferrer
Fango Dance
- Couldn't Stand the Weather

CAT music

2007-06-28T17:21:00.001-04:00

I'm too sexy - catwalk part
I'm too sexy for my cat
Love Cats - Cure

-----Original Message-----
From: Jenny McMaster
To: Johnston, Susan: DIT
Sent: Thu Jun 28 10:32:43 2007
Subject: Re: interview: background music for CAT Walk?

Hi Sue,
What about "Love Cats" by the Cure?
Jenny

"Johnston, Susan: DIT" <Johnston.Susan@ic.gc.ca> wrote:

        Hi all,
        If any of you have music you'd like used to intro or extro our interview on Friday morning, let me know, or better still email an MP3 to: studio1402@gmail.com.
        Looking forward to talking with you,
        Sue

________________________________

        From: Jenny McMaster [mailto:rayemasterjen@yahoo.com]
        Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 7:40 PM
        To: Johnston, Susan: DIT
        Cc: Aaron; akempffer@rogers.com; Dominic Bercier; Tom Evans ca; esloan2066@rogers.com; cynthia obrien; Pamela; remi@remitheriault.com; Genevieve "Sauv
        Subject: Re: CAT Walk: Centretown Art Tour


        Hi Susan,
        I think most of the group can come to an interview at 4pm on Thursday the 28th. Lets go with it.
        Jenny

        "Johnston, Susan: DIT" <Johnston.Susan@ic.gc.ca> wrote:

                Hi, Jenny,
                Sounds great! My preference would be to meet up earlier on the day of the vernissage (once the work is hung). It takes some time to download and edit the interview after we meet, so this way it buys me some time. I work nearby, so name me a time and I'll be there.
                Looking forward to it,
                Susan


                -----Original Message-----
                From: Jenny McMaster
                To: Johnston, Susan: DIT
                Sent: Mon Jun 11 21:19:18 2007
                Subject: Re: CAT Walk: Centretown Art Tour

                Hi Susan,
                Everyone likes the sound of meeting at the Shanghai.
                would it be possible to do the interview on the night of the vernissage, Thursday the 28th. We could do it outside if it is too loud inside. Another idea is earlier the same day after the work has been hung.
                Let me know what you think...
                Jenny


                "Johnston, Susan: DIT" <Johnston.Susan@ic.gc.ca> wrote:

                        Sounds good, Jenny, and stay in touch.
                        We could set up such that we meet @ Shanghai once things are hung but at a point when the restaurant is reasonably quiet.


                        -----Original Message-----
                        From: Jenny McMaster
                        To: Johnston, Susan: DIT
                        Sent: Fri Jun 01 16:09:10 2007
                        Subject: Re: CAT Walk: Centretown Art Tour

                        Hello Susan,
                        I think we would like to do a group interview. It will just take me a little while to get a hold of everyone from the group and find out which time is best.
                        Thanks so much,
                        Jenny

                        "Johnston, Susan: DIT" <Johnston.Susan@ic.gc.ca> wrote:

                                Thanks, Jenny, for writing! Don Kwan at Shanghai had also mentioned this, so I'm doubly glad you got in touch.

                                Would you be interested in doing an interview -- to air on either June 29 or July 4? We could even bring the group of artists together -- for pre-recording or live.

                                Let me know and we can work out details.
                                Thanks again, and do say hi to Karina!


                                -----Original Message-----
                                From: Jenny McMaster
                                To: studio1402@gmail.com
                                Sent: Thu May 31 13:40:01 2007
                                Subject: CAT Walk: Centretown Art Tour

                                Hello Susan,
                                I am an associate of Karina Bergmans. We work together as performance artists in the Cake Show.

                                I just wanted to let you know about an event that a group of local artists and I are oraganizing. The Centre Town Arts Tour or CAT Walk will take place on July 8th. A preview show will be held at the Shanghai Restaurant (651 Somerset) from June 28 to July 4.
                                For more information, see the attached press release and visit the CAT website at www.catwalkottawa.ca <http://www.catwalkottawa.ca/>

                                Cheers!
                                Jenny McMaster

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Playlist - Friday Special Blend on CKCU

2007-06-08T09:11:00.000-04:00

Interview
Mary Vingoe
Artistic Director
Magnetic North Theatre Festival

1. CanCon
Amanda Rheaume
If You Never Live
All That You Are

2. CanCon
Victory
From CRANKED
Magnetic North Theatre Festival

Interview
Kyle Cameron
CRANKED
Magnetic North Theatre Festival

3. CanCon
Festrell
Live at Capital Slam 2006
O

4. CanCon
Nukariik
Played from the web
Love Song from Baker Lake

Word of the Day
Charles Hodgson
Kiss
Podictionary.com

5. CanCon
Danielle Gregoire
Live at Capital Slam 2006
The Perfect Tomato

Interview
Scott Florence
Company of Fools
WESTFest Theatre Curator

6. CanCon
Nathaniel
Live at Capital Slam 2006
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L

7. CanCon
Mackenzie MacBride
Played from the Web
My Only Chance

8. CanCon
John Akpata
Live at Capital Slam 2006
You Can't Catch Me

Barb Gray
Roving Arts Reporter

9. CanCon
Mariana's Trench
Fix Me
Decided to Break It
(With a special birthday shout out for Carlin Long)

10. CanCon
Danielle Gregoire
Live at Capital Salm 2006
Grey Day

11. CanCon
Ritallin feat Nathan Bishop
Live at Capital Slam 2006
Boom Clap

Interview
Danielle Gregoire
Spoken Word Artist
WESTFest & Capital Slam national finals

12. CanCon
Shanneyganock
Fling out the Flag
I'm going to set you free

Total Music tracks: 12
Total CanCon: 12
% CanCon: 100

Friday Special Blend on CKCU...May 25

2007-05-24T22:45:00.001-04:00

Tune in to the Friday Special Blend, from 7:00 to 9:15 a.m., at CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa or 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...

May 25, 2007

07:05 Disciplinary Action: Performance in a time of convergence
INTERVIEW with Judi Pearl with an early look at plans for Performance Creation Canada ( www.artengine.ca/pcc), jointly hosted by the Magnetic North Theatre Festival, Artengine, and SAW Gallery, and taking place in Ottawa June 13-15.

07:20 Breakfast candy
Charles Hodgson's Podictionary ( www.podictionary.com)

07:30 Newfoundland-Finn homo emo indierubbish phenomenon
INTERVIEW with Glen Nuotio and band ( www.myspace.com/glennnuotio, Marie Josee Houle (www.uglysocks.com ), Patrick DeDauw, and Randy Innes), performing at CLUB SAW (SAW Gallery, Arts Court) starting at 8 p.m. Other amazing acts include Laura Barrett (www.myspace.com/laurabarrett), and Woodhands ( www.myspace.com/woodhands).

07:50 Secret Shakespeare Experiment #2
INTERVIEW with Scott Florence of The Company of Fools ( www.fools.ca), about this second performance series of the Secret Shakespeare Experiment, onstage through Saturday May 26.

08:05 Six Ways to Sunday
STORYTELLING and INTERVIEW with author Christian McPherson ( www.nightwoodeditions.com/author/ChristianMcPherson), whose collection of short stories launches at Paddy's Pub in Ottawa South this Sunday night starting at 7pm. Copies are also available online or at Collected Works ( www.collected-works.com).

08:20 Arts Report
Barb Gray's weekly update on happenings around town

08:30 The End of Ignorance
Live INTERVIEW with award-winning playwright and mathematician John Mighton, (www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=John%20Mighton ) about his new book, The End of Ignorance, and unlocking the sources of human potential (www.jumpmath.org). A truly brilliant book - the first time I've cried for joy all the way through a math book..

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Three amazing days in June: Performance Creation Canada

2007-05-23T12:20:00.001-04:00

I had the opportunity to interview Judi Pearl yesterday about her plans for Performance Creation Canada, and am completely blown away by the creative opportunity that's coming up with it - a great mix of performance, panels, and parties...

I now have June 13-15 off, and am looking for company: www.artengine.ca/pcc/events-en.php. There is a decent mix of both daytime and evening events, so still room to participate if you have other daytime commitments. The sign-up process has apparently already started, with more info at the above URL..

-------------------

Artengine's blog entry PCC

This summer Artengine will be co-hosting Performance Creation Canada, an interdisciplinary nationwide network dedicated to the nourishment, management and study of performance creation in Canada, and the ecology in which it flourishes. We're really inspired by PCC's notion of cross-pollination among the disciplines, and we've worked really hard to highlight those synapses that occur when artistic practices converge.

Our very own Artistic Director, Ryan Stec, will be moderating a panel titled Electric Fences: creating and destroying barriers with technology in performance. Ryan had this to say about his panel, and what he hopes to highlight in the discussion:

"The open potential of technological advancement allows for artists to mediate their performances to both unify and fragment the experience. Mandating audience participation, removing the artists' physical presence from the performance act or inextricably connecting the actions of performers are all possible directions for the role of technology in the creative process. This panel will examine the tension that can exist between these different approaches as panelists decide how useful or destructive electric fences can be."

We hope you'll be able to make it to the conference, and to visit our site www.artengine.ca/pcc for more info on all the panels. Panelists bios will be posted shortly as well. Our partnering organizations are Galerie SAW Gallery and the Magnetic North Theatre Festival. There are also links to their respective websites from the PCC site. Check them out too... Happy surfing!

Friday Special Blend on CKCU....May 18, 2007

2007-05-17T14:46:00.001-04:00

THIS WEEK'S SHOW...

May 18, 2007

07:05 Decalogue II: Ten Ottawa Authors - Part One

INTERVIEW with Ottawa author Emily Falvey, whose contribution to Decalogue will premiere as part of the Decalogue II launch Friday night at the Mercury Lounge. (http://chaudierebooks.blogspot.com).

07:25 Friday morning enlightenment

Charles Hodgson's Podictionary (www.podictionary.com ) piece du jour.

07:30 No Humans Involved

INTERVIEW with author and Otherworld specialist Kelley Armstrong ( www.kelleyarmstrong.com) about her new book, a mix of passion, comedy and the supernatural.

07:45 Decalogue II: Ten Ottawa Authors - Part Two

INTERVIEW with Ottawa author John Lavery, whose work is also featured in Decalogue II.

08:05 I Know I'm Not Alone

Michael Franti's conscientious music - engaging the brain, booty and soulstellar documentary, I Know I'm Not Alone (www.iknowimnotalone.com ), to town on Wednesday. INTERVIEW with Tatiana Nemchin, organizer of this event, about Franti, his work and his influence.

08:20 Arts Report

Barb Gray, the Friday Blend's roving arts reporter.

08:30 Images of Lineage

INTERVIEW with visual artist Karina Bergmans (www.kaleidoscopeart.com) about Dutch Courage, an exhibition by first and second generation local Dutch artists exploring this specific duality of culture. (www.lapetitemortgallery.com/events/Dutch.htm)

Playlist - Friday Special Blend

2007-05-11T09:28:00.001-04:00

Total tracks 14
Total CanCon 14
% CanCon 100

CanCon
Hammerheads
Aquarama
Title TBC

CanCon
Hammerheads
Aquarama
Track 2

CanCon
Hammerheads
Aquarama
Track 3

CanCon
The Noble Son
EP
Who Killed Laura Palmer?

CanCon
Shaun Little
Demo
More Beautiful

Word moment
Charles Hodgson
Podictionary
Alphabet

CanCon
Shaun Little
Demo
You Don't Know

CanCon
Katie Workman
Web
I'll go

CanCon
The Noble Son
Demo
Overcast 12C

CanCon
Cliks
SnakeHouse
Complicated

CanCon
Cliks
ShaneHouse
Cry Me A river

CanCon
Flotilla
Played from the web
Beyond Snow

CanCon
Flotilla
Played from the web
Written on Plane

CanCon
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit
In Good We Trust
I'm on Fire

CanCon
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit
In Good We Trust
Sometimes

Friday Special Blend - Playlist 30 March 2007

2007-03-30T09:19:00.001-04:00

THIS WEEK'S SHOW...
March 30, 2007

SoulJazz Orchestra
Freedom no go Die
- Freedom no go die

John Akpata
Kerheb
- Incarnation

INTERVIEW with choreographer and dancer Caroline Barriere (www.schemaproductions.ca <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.schemaproductions.ca> ), whose Chorégraphes d'ICI - featuring 25 dancers, 10 choreographers, musicians, composers, videographers each with a story...(all from HERE) - will be onstage at La Nouvelle Scene April 4 and 5.

07:25 Wake up with words
Featuring Charles Hodgson's Podictionary (www.podictionary.com <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.podictionary.com> ) piece du jour.
=> omitted due to technical difficulties

Kristin Bell-Murray
Played from Myspace.com
- Cat's Meyow
- Somewhere else

07:30 Poetic moment I: Bywords
INTERVIEW with a team of editors and poets involved in the spring issue of Bywords Quarterly Journal (www.Bywords.ca <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.Bywords.ca> ), scheduled to launch this Sunday. Amanda Earl, Christian McPherson, Marcus McCann, and Kelly Clarke will join us to celebrate the start of the 5th year of Bywords, and to share some readings.

Apostle of Hustle
Folkloric Feel
- Folkloric Feel

08:05 Poetic moment II: El Dorado
INTERVIEW and readings with El Dorado's Luciano Diaz and Jorge Etcheverry, celebrating the launch of Iguana: Escribir el exilio/Writing Exile (
www.eldorado-boreal.ca <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.eldorado-boreal.ca> ), along with an evening of homage to Juan O'Neill, tonight at Rasputin's ( www.rasputins.ca <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.rasputins.ca> ).

08:20
Barb Gray, the Friday Blend's roving arts reporter.

Devin Johnstone
Played from the web
- Sideways

Karsh Kale
Milan
- Liberation

KD Lang
Ingenue
- Constant Craving

08:30
INTERVIEW about Is it Alright, an evening of dance and movement that explores our sometimes chaotic yet always intimate relationship with food (
http://healthysensuality.blogspot.com <http://healthysensuality.blogspot.com/> ), taking place this weekend at Ecclesiax. In Is it Alright...?, seven artists - with styles ranging from Middle Eastern dance ("belly dance") to classical Indian dance to performance art - will explore the spirit behind this complex relationship. Ann Cavlovic and Devin Johnstone will join the Blend live in-studio.

Mackenzie MacBride
Played from MySpace.com
- CounterCulture Carnie
- Hollywood
- Rock Star
- Curtain

08:45
INTERVIEW with musician and organizer MacKenzie MacBride about the Counter Culture Carnie (
www.mackenziemacbride.com/counterculturecarnival <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.mackenziemacbride.com/counterculturecarnival> ) taking place this Saturday evening at SAW to support Camp Ten Oaks ( www.camptenoaks.org <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.camptenoaks.org> ).

09:05
INTERVIEW - CKCU reporter Christina Caminiti interviews Fashion 613 - Discover Ottawa's Andre Rodrigues about the charity fashion show that Ottawa's fashion organization (
www.discottawa.com <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.discottawa.com> ) is holding to support UNICEF and MACDA. The show willl take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel this Sunday.

Friday Special Blend on CKCU...March 30 2007

2007-03-28T19:37:00.001-04:00

THIS WEEK'S SHOW...

March 30, 2007

07:05 Chorégraphes d'ICI

INTERVIEW with choreographer and dancer Caroline Barriere (

www.schemaproductions.ca ), whose Chorégraphes d'ICI - featuring 25 dancers, 10 choreographers, musicians, composers, videographers each with a story...(all from HERE) - will be onstage at La Nouvelle Scene April 4 and 5.

07:25 Wake up with words

Featuring Charles Hodgson's Podictionary (

www.podictionary.com ) piece du jour.

07:30 Poetic moment I: Bywords

INTERVIEW with a team of editors and poets involved in the spring issue of Bywords Quarterly Journal (

www.Bywords.ca), scheduled to launch this Sunday. Amanda Earl, Christian McPherson, Marcus McCann, and Kelly Clarke will join us to celebrate the start of the 5th year of Bywords, and to share some readings.

08:05 Poetic moment II: El Dorado

INTERVIEW and readings with El Dorado's Luciano Diaz and Jorge Etcheverry, celebrating the launch of Iguana: Escribir el exilio/Writing Exile (

www.eldorado-boreal.ca), along with an evening of homage to Juan O'Neill, tonight at Rasputin's ( www.rasputins.ca).

08:20

Barb Gray, the Friday Blend's roving arts reporter.

08:30

INTERVIEW about Is it Alright, an evening of dance and movement that explores our sometimes chaotic yet always intimate relationship with food (

http://healthysensuality.blogspot.com), taking place this weekend at Ecclesiax. In Is it Alright...?, seven artists - with styles ranging from Middle Eastern dance ("belly dance") to classical Indian dance to performance art - will explore the spirit behind this complex relationship. Ann Cavlovic and Devin Johnstone will join the Blend live in-studio.

08:45

INTERVIEW with musician and organizer MacKenzie MacBride about the Counter Culture Carnie (

www.mackenziemacbride.com/counterculturecarnival) taking place this Saturday evening at SAW to support Camp Ten Oaks ( www.camptenoaks.org).

09:05

INTERVIEW - CKCU reporter Christina Caminiti interviews Fashion 613 - Discover Ottawa's Andre Rodrigues about the charity fashion show that Ottawa's fashion organization (

www.discottawa.com) is holding to support UNICEF and MACDA. The show willl take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel this Sunday.

Friday Special Blend on CKCU - playlist March 23

2007-03-23T09:10:00.000-04:00

THIS WEEK'S SHOW...
March 23, 2007

Tanya Janca
Recreate
- Expectations

Jim Bryson
Where the Bungalos
- Flowers

Rick Fines & Suzie Vinnick
Nothing Halfway
- We Got a Love Like That

Madagascar Slim
African Guitar Summit
- Sangisangy

Kofi Ackah
African Guitar Summit
- Me Wo Bi

07:30 RECREATE
INTERVIEW with musician Tanya Janca (www.TanyaJanca.com), who will launch her newest CD this Sunday evening at the Rainbow Bistro ( http://ottawa-blues-jazz.ncf.ca/indexbow.html), starting at 7:00pm.

Tanya Janca
Recreate
- My Pop Song
- Secret Admirer
- Unfinished Paintings

Arcade Fire
Funeral
- Neighbourhood

07:55 PODICTIONARY
Charles Hodgson (www.podictionary.com) lends some insight into the word of the day...."Affinity"

BBC News

Stan Rodgers
From Coffee House to Concert Hall
- Evangeline

08:05 OUTPOSTS - EMERGING ART
INTERVIEW with artist Allison McCall, whose exhibition opens today at IPO Gallery ( www.ipogallery.ca).

The Trews
House of Ill Repute
- Tired of Waiting

08:20 HAPPENINGS
Barb Gray, our roving arts reporter, updates us on cultural events.

Fugitives
From Fugitives.ca
- Haunted

08:30 FUGITIVES
INTERVIEW and LIVE ROAD PERFORMANCE with Vancouverites Barbara Adler, Mark Berube, and Brendan McLeod. The Fugitives (www.myspace.com/canadianfugitives) are singer-songwriters, multi-instrumentalists, and award winning performance poets who have merged their diverse styles into one distinct mixture of poetry and song, backed by accordion, guitar, piano, banjo, and melodica. Catch the Fugitives live on Friday night at Shanghai Restaurant ( www.myspace.com/shanghai_restaurant).

Fugitives
Fugitives.ca
- Grafitti Sex

Apostle of Hustle
Folkloric Feel
- Folkloric Feel
- Sleepwalking Ballad

Friday Special Blend on CKCU...March 23 2007

2007-03-22T07:31:00.001-04:00

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...
March 23, 2007

07:05 THE FACTORY READING SERIES
Start your day off with readings from Montreal authors Angela Carr (Ropewalk) and Melissa A. Thompson (Dreadful Paris), taking place Thursday night at this joint small press action network (span-o - www.track0.com/rob_mclennan/) and Ottawa Art Gallery ( www.ottawaartgallery.ca/factoryreadingseries/index-en.php) event.

07:30 RECREATE
INTERVIEW with musician Tanya Janca (www.TanyaJanca.com), who will launch her newest CD this Sunday evening at the Rainbow Bistro ( http://ottawa-blues-jazz.ncf.ca/indexbow.html), starting at 7:00pm.

07:55 PODICTIONARY
Charles Hodgson (http://www.podictionary.com/) lends some insight into the word of the day....

08:05 OUTPOSTS - EMERGING ART
INTERVIEW with artist Allison McCall, whose exhibition opens today at IPO Gallery ( www.ipogallery.ca).

08:20 HAPPENINGS
Barb Gray, our roving arts reporter, updates us on cultural events.

08:30 FUGITIVES
INTERVIEW and LIVE ROAD PERFORMANCE with Vancouverites Barbara Adler, Mark Berube, and Brendan McLeod. The Fugitives ( www.myspace.com/canadianfugitives) are singer-songwriters, multi-instrumentalists, and award winning performance poets who have merged their diverse styles into one distinct mixture of poetry and song, backed by accordion, guitar, piano, banjo, and melodica. Catch the Fugitives live on Friday night at Shanghai Restaurant ( www.myspace.com/shanghai_restaurant).

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Friday Special Blend on CKCU - Playlist March 16 2007

2007-03-16T09:37:00.001-04:00

Interview & reading
Yves Beauchemin
The Years of Fire

Marie-Josée Houle - Our Lady of Broken Souls
Three Red Beads
Marie m'appele

Interview
Marie-Josée Houle

Marie-Josée Houle - Our Lady of Broken Souls
Blasé d'la vie

Feist - Let it Die
Gatekeeper

Kristen Bell Murray
Postcard

Interview
Paul Sharp

Melissa Laveaux
Koudlo
Games of Unrest

Rae Spoon
White Hearse Comes Rolling
Throw Some Dirt on Me

Interview
Rae Spoon

Rae Spoon
I should have danced with you at that party in Harlem

Word moment
Charles Hodgson - Podictionary.com
Amnesty

New Pornographers
Polaris Prize Nominees
Sing Me Spanish Tango

Friday Special Blend - Playlist March 9 2007

2007-03-09T22:03:00.000-05:00

Mighty Popo
Muhazi
Manu

Kobo Town
Abatina

Rae Spoon
White Hearse Come Rollin

Jokko
From myspace.com/jokkomusic

Interview
Usmane, from Jokko

Touré Kunda
Dance of the Seven Leaves
Tracks 1-4

Melissa Laveaux
Camphor & Copper
Tip Toe

NLX
In Your Face
Code Red

Evalyn Parry
Small Theatres
War Dream

Charles Hodgson - Podictionary.com
Enzyme

Live sound performance
Sadaharu Horio

Rae Spoon
- Throw Some Dirt On Me
- I should Have Danced With You at that Party in Harlem
- Oil Rigs
- Virginia

Playlist - Friday Special Blend - March 2

2007-03-02T09:21:00.000-05:00

Autorickshaw - So The Journey Goes
So The Journey Goes

Interview
CS Richardson - The End of the Alphabet

Alex Cuba - Agua del Pozo
Amor Infinito
De Camino

Word break
Charles Hodgson, Podictionary - Panacea

Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere
National Anthem of Nowhere

Rise Ashen & Blissom - Something Wicked
Directions in Rhythm
Something Wicked

Interview
Janine Cocker
Vagina Monologues

Antizario - It's Great to Be Fine
The Devil Theory
Madame Butterfly
Polygamy and Plastic

As the Poets Affirm - Awake
Awake Chaos

Allison Crowe - This Little Bird
Effortless

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
Pitter Patter Goes My Heart

Interview
Neil Yorke-Slader
Capital Region Music Fest

Interview
New Ottawa Repretory Theatre
Studs Terkel's RACE
Paul Dervis + Kate Charles

A Luta Continua

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Friday Special Blend - February 23 Playlist

2007-02-23T09:46:00.000-05:00

Rory Magill - (Demo)
Fra'pokli

Sun Ra - Album TBC
Discipline 33

Interview: Water

Lindsay Ferguson & Roziland MacPhail - Gas Station Sessions
Nice to meet you

Interview: Lumiere Festival

Lindsay Ferguson & Roziland MacPhail - Gas Station Sessions
Breakthrough

Lindsay Ferguson - Live performance
Higher
Sky in Me

Interview

Catherine Sinclair, Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, Ottawa Art Gallery

Coco Love Acorn - Sugar
For Just One Night

Rise Ashen & Blissom - Something Wicked
Chicken

Interview: Natasha Royka, Sanctuary Series

Rise Ashen & Blissom - Something Wicked
Directions in Rhythm

Sarah Hallman - Sarah Hallman
Snowballin'
Take a Flight

CKCU Entertainment Listings

Sons of Colborne - Dig Your Roots - Creative Jazz Creatif
Up v Down

Jesse Zubot - Dig Your Roots - Creative Jazz Creatif
Nootropics

"...Reading is Sexy. Be Sexy Every Day."

2007-02-20T14:29:00.000-05:00

The header on the Dusty Owl Reading Series URL covers off their intention. An intimate, eclectic group of characters (with the dog banished, most unfortunately, upstairs) met up late Sunday afternoon in the "Generator Lounge" (= basement) of the Electric Gallery for one of the Dusty Owl's regular gatherings. This time, instead of a reading, Melissa Laveaux performed a set from her new album. I was glad to hear her, and to meet a number of people who, or whose work, I had only heard of before -- putting faces to the names. These guys are devoted. Thoughtful regulars at their favourite bar, Steve and Catherine also recommend I interview Swizzles' owners, about their patrons' determination to see the bar re-open as soon as possible -- to the point of going in and helping with reconstruction. That, I'd say, is loyalty.

Art appreciation, canine version

2007-02-18T21:24:00.000-05:00

Spotted, at the Electric Gallery on Marier street, blending in with the bench and enjoying art.

Friday Special Blend: 16 February playlist

2007-02-16T10:37:00.000-05:00

Total tracks = 19
Total CanCon = 19
% CanCon = 100

Mighty Popo - Muhazi
Muhazi

Ember Swift - The Dirty Pulse
No Regrets
Affluence Disease

Once Past Silver - Once Past Silver
Frozen Fireworks

Sarah Noni Metzner - Daybreak Mourning
All too well
Blessed Be

My Dad vs Yours - After Winter must Come Spring
Track 1
Track 2

Danny Michel - Valhalla
It's not the end of the world
White Lightening

The Brothers Creegan - Sleepyhead
You Will Be Adored

The Acorn - Tin Fist
Heirlooms
Dents

Melissa Laveaux - Camphor & Copper
Scissors
Les Cendres
Ulysses

Joshua Morin - While You Were Out
While You Were Out

Mike Evin - The January Muse
Goddess of Love

Malajube - Trompe-L'Oeil
Montreal -40C

Thursday Special Blend on CKCU: Hour One Playlist

2007-02-15T10:32:00.000-05:00

The Thursday Special Blend on CKCU 93.1 FM; Sue Johnston filling in.

February 15, 2007

Coco Love Acorn - Sugar

For Just one Night

Sugar

Derek Olive - Our Passing Nows

Another Name

Sorry Road

Nine Days of Wonder

Interview with Jesse Pankhurst on Rebuilding Swizzles

Sarah Hallman - Sarah Hallman

Snowballin'

Take a Flight

Les Respectables - Live @ Centre Bell 22 Sept 2006

On fait c'qu'on aime

Ukrainia - Ukrainia

Track 1. (No cyrrilic on BlackBerry so can't write the name of this song)

Found, while looking for something else

2007-02-13T15:07:00.000-05:00

Jennifer Kimiko Wilson @ IPO Gallery from 22 February

2007-02-09T13:07:00.000-05:00

Jennifer Kimiko Wilson's new exhibit opens February 22 at IPO Gallery.

Friday Special Blend on CKCU - 9 February 2007

2007-02-08T16:22:00.000-05:00

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...
February 9, 2007

07:05 PEPERE'S CHAIRS
Interview with artists and filmmakers Pixie Cram (http://www.artengine.ca/pixiecram) and Maryse Menard about their collaboration, screening as part of the IFCO Gala this Saturday evening at Library and Archives Canada ( www.ifco.ca).

07:30 PODICTIONARY
Charles Hodgson (www.podictionary.com) lends some insight into the word of the day....

08:05 EMERGING ART
Thomas White of the Nomad Gallery (www.NomadGallery.ca), and Paul Brown of the Electric Gallery Cooperative (www.theelectricgallery.ca) join me in-studio to talk about their weekend of participatory art events, featuring a Nomadic Party Friday night, and an Open Poetry Night on Saturday.

08:20 HAPPENINGS
Barb Gray, our roving arts reporter, updates us on cultural events.

08:50 COMMUNITY SPIRIT
Grace Jarrett joins us to tell us about Glebe Goes Global, a initiative whereby group of local high-school students will travel to Ecuador and lend a hand to a community there. Plus...top music from Ecuador this week...

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Ottawa VDAY - March 2 & 3, 2007

2007-02-05T21:20:00.000-05:00

Ottawa VDAY - Home: Thanks again to the cast and crew that let me watch the one rehearsal. You're amazing, and I'm soooo looking forward to the performances!

Pixie Cram @ IFCO Gala February 10

2007-02-05T21:16:00.000-05:00

Pixie Cram and Maryse Maynard will share their views on the making of Pepere's Chairs, their joint (and also mother-daughter) film, screening at the IFCO gala this Saturday, February 10.

Ouch!!!... Stabs in the Air

2007-02-05T21:09:00.001-05:00

Ana Soler's exhibit opens @ SAW Gallery this Thursday..

Bravo, spins & needles

2007-02-05T20:56:00.000-05:00

Friday Special Blend on CKCU, February 2 2007

2007-02-01T09:46:00.000-05:00

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...
Groundhog Day, 2007

07:05 DOLLAR STORE
Interview with artist Colwyn Griffith (http://www.colwyngriffith.com/) about his photographic eplorations of consumer excess, currently on display at the Ottawa Art Gallery ( www.ottawaartgallery.ca).

07:30 NEWS FROM UP THE STREET
Did you catch her on Fuse last weekend? Join us for an interview with composer and violinist Anne Lindsay ( www.anne-lindsay.com) before her CD launch celebration at the NAC Fourth Stage (http://www.nac-cna.ca/), with special guests Ian Tamblyn and Jason Fowler.

07:45 THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES...IMAGINE THE REHEARSAL
The cast and crew of the Vagina Monologues (http://www.ottawavday.ca/ ) will share their ideas about being part of this transformative performance, and getting into character. Stay with us as we follow their preparations for the production, on-stage at the Bronson Centre in early March.

08:05 EMERGING ART
We'll hear more about the Ottawa School of Art Student Showcase, opening tonight at Gallery 7A (http://www.gallery7a.com/). The Vernissage will take place Saturday February 3 between noon and 4pm.

08:20 HAPPENINGS
Barb Gray, our roving arts reporter, updates us on cultural events.

08:30 RESOUNDING SPIRIT
Time to challenge your preconceptions about avant-garde Japanese art? Join us for an interview with professor Ming Tiampo about "Resounding Spirit: Japanese Contemporary Art of the 1960s", opening at the Carleton University Art Gallery on Monday February 5 ( www.carleton.ca/gallery/current.html).

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Friday Special Blend on CKCU: January 25 2007

2007-01-25T23:26:00.000-05:00

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 January 25, 2007

07:30 WINTER/MADNESS I - The VJs
Beat the winter blues with two late-night World Premiere film screenings from SAW Video ( www.sawvideo.com) followed by audio and VJ work at the Mayfair Theatre.
Ryan Stec will tell us about plans for the evening, including audio and VJ work by Stec himself with Christie Watson, Chris Ikonomopoulos with Jacob Hanna, Frederic Arsenault, Kerry Campbell and Michael Caffrey. Screenings start Saturday night at 11:30pm at the Mayfair Theatre.

08:05 - WINTER/MADNESS II - The Accident
Filmmaker and musician Anthony Seck ( www.anthonyseck.com) joins us to discuss The Accident, part of SAW Video's Winter/Madness. See it here first!

08:30 GIRLS WITH GLASSES
Karyn Ellis ( www.karynellis.com) and some of her singer-songwriter counterparts Evalyn Parry ( www.evalynparry.com), Eve Goldberg ( www.evegoldberg.com) and Allison Brown ( www.allisonbrown.ca ) -- will join us. Touring as the Girls with Glasses, they'll be in Perth and Ottawa next weekend, playing house concerts open to the public.

09:05 BABES FOR BREASTS
Amanda Rheaume will fill us in about the fundraiser for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation featuring singer-songwriters Rheaume (www.amandarheaume.com), Ana Miura (www.anamiura.com ), Rhonda Stakich (www.rhondastakich.com), Amy Campbell and NLX: Natasha Alexandra ( www.natashaalexandra.com). Several shows are scheduled at area venues: tickets are a hot commodity: the Saturday evening performance at Rasputin's ( www.rasputins.ca) has sold out; a few matinee tickets are still available.

Friday Special Blend on CKCU: January 19 2007

2007-01-18T09:57:00.000-05:00

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 January 19, 2007

07:05 GHETTOSTOCRACY
Oni the Haitian Sensation (www.mesooni.com) joins us to share some poetry and talk about her new book. Hear Oni live at the Dusty Owl Reading Series ( www.DustyOwl.com) this Sunday at the Lookout (www.TheLookoutBar.com).

07:45 POLAR EXPLORATIONS
Explorer, adventurer and author James Raffan (www.writersunion.ca/r/raffan.htm) joins us to share his experiences on an arctic icebreaker ( www.CanadianGeographic.ca), and learn more about the International Polar Year.

08:05 UGLY SOCKS...WONDERFUL MUSIC
Interview with multi-talented musician Marie-Josee Houle (www.uglysocks.com), performing tonight (Friday) at the Avant-Garde Bar ( www.avantgardebar.com), and whose debut album we can look forward to this spring.

Barb Gray, our roving arts reporter, returns next week.

08:20 CREATIVE ACTIVISM...AND THE 'GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH
Interview with filmmaker and activist Jonathan Culp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Culp), in town for OPIRG Carleton's Activist Training Weekend. His fillms will be featured at Friday's Anarchist Movie Night (http://www.opirg-carleton.org/).

08:45 DANCE: A WORLD PREMIERE
Interview with choreographer and dancer Kate Hilliard, who will tell us about Beside Me - An emotionally compelling dance for two. The World Premiere of Beside me will take place Wednesday January 24 and Thursday January 25 at 8pm, in Le Groupe Dance Lab's Studio A at Arts Court.
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Show Tune Showdown 2007

2007-01-14T09:12:00.000-05:00

I can't think of a better cure for cold January nights:
Tone Cluster - quite a queer choir - Show Tune Showdown 2007

China Doll and the Family Kwan

2007-01-14T09:09:00.000-05:00

Is the film actually done yet? I met Kenneth Matthew McGrath eons ago at a karaoke night at Shanghai, and he'd told me then about getting NFB money for "China Doll and the Family Kwan". (IFILM: china-doll). Atmosphere so good, you couldn't possibly construct it, but so good that it is entirely tempting not to share.

Bitter Chocolate

2007-01-06T14:27:00.000-05:00

Carol Off, author and journalist (presently hosting CBC's As It Happens) came by the studio a while back. The first time I'd been nervous in a very long while. Matt Harrisson did a great review in the XPress, appearing over the Christmas edition: Ottawa XPress - Books - Bitter Chocolate by Carol Off

Meredith Luce

2007-01-06T14:21:00.000-05:00

Stopped at Planet Coffee with Meredith Luce last Wednesday, to do an interview with her ahead of her performance tomorrow at the Black Sheep. I think I've FINALLY convinced the guys to join me for a performance.

Pukka Gallery, Ottawa

2007-01-06T14:17:00.000-05:00

Sharon VanStarkenburg and Meaghan Haughian came by this morning to do an interview for Love Me Goodbye, their exhibit opening next Friday at Pukka Gallery, Ottawa.

Friday Special Blend on CKCU - January 5 2007

2007-01-04T06:02:00.000-05:00

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 January 5, 2007

Tune in for conversations with singer-songwriter Meredith Luce and visual artist Tony Clark, and featuring music you can hear live throughout Ottawa over the weekend.

Tony Clark (www.staffordstudiosart.com/artists/tony/index.html) is an artist, visual arts instructor and Frida Kahlo fan, and one of the featured artists at Mexicana: a collection of distinctly Mexican items, opening this Friday night at CUBE Gallery (http://www.cubegallery.ca).

Meredith Luce (www.meredithluce.com) is an Ottawa-based singer-songwriter who has shared the evolution of her music with Friday Blend listeners since the very beginning. Meredith will tell us about her new works, upcoming album, and performance this Sunday afternoon at the Black Sheep ( http://www.theblacksheepinn.com/).

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The Friday Special Blend on CKCU: December 22, 2006

2006-12-21T11:26:00.000-05:00

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 December 22, 2006

Tune in for:

...a conversation with artist KEVIN BERTRAM, who examines the decline of the fabled Canadian small town in The Urban/Rural Divide, opening at IPO Gallery ( www.ipogallery.ca);

...music by folk trio the FINEST KIND, performing A Christmas Carol with storyteller John Huston at the NAC Fourth Stage ( www.finestkind.ca);

...thoughts about GIFTS THAT MATTER: a discussion with CHF's Leah Geller about holiday shopping that also provides gifts of hope for people around the world ( www.giftsthatmatter.ca).

Plus, as always, great music from bands playing live in town over the next few weeks: Fiftymen, Lynn Miles, Tony D, Melwood Cutlery, HiLoTrons, Kristin McCaig, Melissa Laveaux, Twelve 34, and Joel Plaskett.

Friday Special Blend on CKCU...November 17 2006

2006-11-16T07:59:00.000-05:00

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.

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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Friday Special Blend on CKCU: September 29, 2006

2006-09-28T18:18:00.000-04:00

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"

2006-09-16T22:43:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-14T11:45:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-13T23:27:00.000-04:00

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.

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

2006-09-13T22:35:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-13T22:32:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-13T18:28:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-12T22:56:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-12T22:23:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-12T22:13:00.000-04:00

"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

2006-09-12T11:29:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-12T11:10:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-12T07:59:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-12T07:55:00.000-04:00

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)

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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)

2006-09-12T07:53:00.001-04:00

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..

2006-09-12T07:53:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-12T07:52:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-12T07:48:00.000-04:00

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.

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

2006-09-07T07:47:00.000-04:00

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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Bombay Calling

2006-09-02T22:28:00.000-04:00

John Sekerka's article in the Ottawa Xpress was the first I'd heard about Bombay Calling, an NFB production about telemarketing in India, along with its related opportunities and consequences. Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, writers and directors, are the same two guys who brought us Discordia.
Sekerka hooked me from his first lines: Ever wonder who's on the other end of the line trying to sell you the latest whatever? It may be Charles, a gregarious devout Catholic with a brilliant smile, numerous girlfriends on the go, who just happens to be pitching from across the Atlantic. ... ...In the film Bombay is portrayed as a volcanic melting pot of millionaires and beggars, of Bollywood frivolity and deeply rooted religious traditions, and nowhere is the dichotomy more evident than with the free spirited youth and their separation from the old ways. They eagerly man the mics, treat every sale as an Olympic event, and celebrate raucously in their rock 'n' roll cubicle room. This isn't the doom and gloom most would expect behind the drudgery of phone solicitations.
The film was released on DVD August 22, and we can only hope for a screening in Ottawa, and soon...I'm hearing things about early October.