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Artslink has three guests this month. Teresa Woo-Paw from Asian Heritage Foundation will talk about the Asian Night Market as part of Chinook Blast, Bianca Miranda will talk about her play Kisapmata at Lunchbox Theatre, and Arun Lakra will talk about his play Heist at Vertigo Theatre.

Tune in Monday for Artslink. Braden Griffiths is on to talk about Sleuth at Vertigo Theatre, Then, Nathan plays 'the romance of king creosote' by Bruce McCall, which aired 50 years ago on December 1st 1973 as part of the national lampoon radio hour, and Marley McDonald will be on to talk about film she co-directed, Time Bomb Y2K that is at CUFF Docs Documentary Film Festival

It's all about the Calgary International Film Festival this month, with Jeanne starting the show interviewing Kathleen Jayme, one of the co-directors of the Documentary film 'I'm Just Here For The Riot', about the events following the game seven Stanley Cup loss by the Vancouver Canucks in 2011. https://ciff2023.eventive.org/films/64d2fa6634d2870058d6bd12 Then, Nathan speaks with Omar Mouallem, director of 'The Lebanese Burger Mafia', his documentary about Burger Baron. https://ciff2023.eventive.org/films/64d2fa66d9bbe600899c1b81 https://burgerbaronmovie.com/ To close the show, Jeanne brings us her interview with Kamala Parel-Nuttall, director of the documentary short 'The Gateway', about young Calgary Street Dancers & their teacher, Tara Wilson. https://ciff2023.eventive.org/films/64e3e320472d7000a771eb8f

First, Jeanne speaks with Yuli Carvajal Pereira about her exhibit 'Under Skin', on display in the +15 Galleries at Arts Commons. Then, a quick mention of the India Film Festival of Alberta: https://indiafilmfestival.ca/2023/ The third segment is an interview with Kristine Astop, director of the upcoming 'Carrie: The Musical' from Front Row Centre Players. https://www.artscommons.ca/whats-on/carrie-the-musical

For the July episode, it's all Calgary Fringe Festival! First, Jeanne covers 'Carpool', with an interview featuring the creator & cast, Sarah Gibbs & SueAnne Fu-Joncic. Runs from August 4-12 Get tickets for 'Carpool' here: https://tickets.calgaryfringe.ca/event/366:95/ Then, Nathan speaks with Gail Whiteford, writer & Director of 'Ophelia Rising', which tells about what REALLY happened in Hamlet.. "Never underestimate the men who underestimate women." Runs from August 5-12 Get tickets to 'Ophelia Rising' Here: https://tickets.calgaryfringe.ca/event/366:97/ Song this month: 'Blue Widow's Trail' by Forbidden Dimension, from their latest album 'Midnight Stew' Get your copy here: https://www.wastedwaxrecords.com/product-page/forbidden-dimension-midnight-stew-lp Or here: https://forbiddendimension.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-stew

First, Jeanne interviews Fung Ling Feimo about Historic Places Days in Calgary's Chinatown. https://historicplacesdays.ca/places/%E5%8D%A1%E5%9F%8E%E8%8F%AF%E5%9F%A0-calgary-chinatown/ Then, Nathan does a segment on the life and work of Rod Serling. You can find the full interviews excerpted here: Rod Serling on censorship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQlqjONEsKQ Rod Serling on 'The Dead Authors Podcast' https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-33-rod-serling-featuring-john-ross-bowie Here is the link to 'Columbo' on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/columbo And here is the link for the latest Forbidden Dimension show @ The Palomino: https://thepalomino.ca/events/forbidden-dimension-caveman-banshee-psychic-alliance

Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival celebrates their 25th year in June during Pride Month. Denise Clarke and Maezy Reign are in the studio to talk about their book club theatre production She Sat Down & Wept from One Yellow Rabbit. Documentary filmmaker Weiye Su talks about A Passage Beyond Fortune, a film he made of the Chow Family in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

For the April episode of Artslink, Jeanne speaks with the folks from Design Talks, Shannon Lanigan & Jared Tailfeathers. http://www.dtalks.org/ Then, Nathan interviews Calgary Underground Film Festival Lead Programmer, Cameron Macgowan about the festival, which runs until April 30th. https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/ The films you heard being discussed on the show can be found below: https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2023/cult-hero https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2023/found-footage-festival-vol-10 https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2023/kims-video https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2023/polaris https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2023/stephane

Jeanne talks to artist Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet about her current exhibit, And in spring we'll wait for lilacs @thenewgallery. https://thenewgallery.org/ Nathan returns to https://blackfilmarchive.com/ with a couple of reviews: https://blackfilmarchive.com/Top-of-the-Heap 'The World The Flesh And The Devil': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXQNefaXRss Also mentioned is the 'Every 70's Movie website: http://every70smovie.blogspot.com/ The end of the show features a piece on Jerry Samuels (AKA: Napoleon XIV).

This Month, Jeanne speaks with director Simon Mallett about 'Peter And The Star Catcher' at StoryBook Theatre, which runs until March 11th. https://www.storybooktheatre.org/peter-and-the-starcatcher Then, Nathan speaks with Rory Cory, senior curator of The Military Museums about 'Museum Con' - A weekend-long tabletop wargame gathering taking place on March 4th and 5th. https://www.meetup.com/calgary-historical-strategy-games-events/events/290707941/ The Artslink theme song is 'Fiery Tango' by Anita Mui

Artslink is taking a break to make room for end-of-year best-ofs, so this month is a rebroadcast of Nathan's interview with The Columbophile. Find out more about The Columbo Companion book here: https://columbophile.com/buy-my-book/