Arts Rational: Recent Episodes
Vancouver Co-op Radio
Interviews and commentary on the local arts scene. Including theatre, art house and commercial cinema, serious music, dance and movement. What's on at galleries and festivals of all kinds.
www.burnaby.ca/recreation-and-arts/arts-and-culture-facilities/shadbolt-centre-for-the-arts/live-performances
She is giving a weekend workshop during The Chutzpah! Festival as well has presenting a night of storytelling
https://chutzpahfestival.com/chutzpah-2025/the-flame-workshop - Nov 15-16
https://chutzpahfestival.com/chutzpah-2025/the-flame - Nov 17
https://www.theflame.live/
https://touchstonetheatre.com/shows-2025-2026-gertrude-and-alice/
Touchstone Theatre - Until November 23
www.vancouverfringe.com/events/escaping-from-benzo-oz-a-comedic-drug-withdrawal-romance/
www.vancouverfringe.com/vancouver-fringe-appoints-duncan-watts-grant-as-executive-director/
https://upintheairtheatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/rEvolver_festival_program_2025.pdf
https://upintheairtheatre.com/presentation/camp-goneaway/
https://upintheairtheatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/rEvolver_festival_program_2025.pdf
www.burnaby.ca/recreation-and-arts/arts-and-culture-facilities/shadbolt-centre-for-the-arts
www.gabriellemartinaerialist.com/biography
https://pushfestival.ca/about-the-festival/staff/
www.burnaby.ca/recreation-and-arts/arts-and-culture-facilities/shadbolt-centre-for-the-arts/live-performances
www.tickettailor.com/events/deltastageworkstheatresociety
https://invisiblewomen.ca/credits/patti-allan/
www.burnaby.ca/recreation-and-arts/arts-and-culture-facilities/shadbolt-centre-for-the-arts/live-performances
www.vancouverfringe.com/vancouver-fringe-appoints-duncan-watts-grant-as-executive-director/
www.vancouverfringe.com/vancouver-fringe-appoints-duncan-watts-grant-as-executive-director/
https://ccfvancouver.com/directory/#!biz/id/5588472f678121550ba71f62
https://ccfvancouver.com/events/#!event-list
https://alexanderweimann.com/
www.earlymusic.bc.ca/tickets/2024-summer-festival-bach-untamed/
www.burnaby.ca/recreation-and-arts/arts-and-culture-facilities/shadbolt-centre-for-the-arts/live-performances
https://www.ticketsnw.ca/
https://www.ticketsnw.ca/event/massey-presents-over-the-ridge/
www.burnaby.ca/recreation-and-arts/arts-and-culture-facilities/shadbolt-centre-for-the-arts/live-performances
www.createastir.ca/articles/touchstone-theatre-2023-24-season-announcement-roy-surette-retirement
www.burnaby.ca/recreation-and-arts/arts-and-culture-facilities/shadbolt-centre-for-the-arts
www.heartofthecityfestival.com/50-years-of-creative-collaboration-terry-hunter-savannah-walling/
https://viff.org/whats-on/viff23-our-grandmother-the-inlet/
http://jaimegianopoulos.com/ourgrandmothertheinlet
www.riceandbeanstheatre.com/peace-country
www.firehallartscentre.ca/event/peace-country/
www.burnaby.ca/recreation-and-arts/arts-and-culture-facilities/shadbolt-centre-for-the-arts
https://thedancecentre.ca/event/lamondance-discover-dance/
https://www.lamondance.com/v
https://tickets.shadboltcentre.com/TheatreManager/1/tmEvent/tmEvent1544.html
https://www.rubysingh.ca/
https://pushfestival.ca/shows/soldiers-of-tomorrow/
https://www.itaierdal.com/portfolio-2/project-one-f9a7l-x34y8-x56wj-lywzm
Arts Rational Co-producer, James Mainguy, talks to Sunny Nestler (megaspora.space), a first-time participant in the Eastside Culture Crawl. Among other things, they discuss precisely what creating "art...using a process that mimics DNA replication and mutation" means.
Arts Rational Co-producer, James Mainguy, talks to Nico Gruzling (gruzling.com) about being a first-time Crawl artist and about her work creating fashions by hand using laser-cutting to create a modern take on classic elegance.
Arts Rational Co-producer, James Mainguy, talks to Easther Rausenberg, Artistic and Executive Director of the Eastside Arts Society, organizers of the Eastside Culture Crawl. The 26th annual Eastside Culture Crawl takes place this year from November 17-20. culturecrawl.ca/
https://riotheatre.ca/event/kitty-nights-presents-a-live-band-burlesque-tribute-to-kate-bush/
mascalldance.ca
Sarah Bild and Susanna Hood, Montreal based dancers dance educators and choreographers present Frying Pan.
www.vancouverfringe.com/60-seconds-with-how-i-murdered-my-mother/
www.tomosuruplayers.com/
https://chancentre.com/news/jarrett-martineau-on-chan-presents-25th-anniversary-season/
In the fall of 2018, a team of creative people came together under a partnership between Skwah First Nation and the Artist Response Team (ART) to create school curriculum merging the importance of environmental awareness with Stó:lō language, songs and stories. Thus was born Good Medicine Songs / Éy St’elmexw St’elt’ílém.
The band will be at the Mission Folk Music Festival on Saturday, July 24, at 6 pm on the main stage.
MORE INFO
Folk Mission Festival:
http://missionfolkmusicfestival.ca/
Artist profile:
http://missionfolkmusicfestival.ca/artist/good-medicine-songs-ey-stelmexw-steltilem/
Artist Response Team:
https://www.artistresponseteam.com/goodmedicinesongs
Gerry Kowalenko talks with Rachel Peake, the director of Something Rotten, one of the musicals presented at this year Theatre Under the Star.
“ In the streets of Elizabethan England, William Shakespeare is a Renaissance rock star while playwright siblings Nick and Nigel Bottom are stuck in his shadow.
Desperate to write a hit show, the Bottom brothers enlist the aid of a mysterious soothsayer who foresees they can beat the Bard’s success by creating a brand new form of theatre… the musical!”
The show runs until August 26 at the Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park.
MORE INFO
TUTS:
https://tuts.ca/show/something-rotten/
Rachel Peake:
https://www.rachelpeake.com/
Arts Rational’s Gerry Kowalenko talks with Michelle Demers Shaevitz, Artistic and Executive Director of the Mission Folk Music Festival. She travels nationally and internationally to hear bands and participate in showcases.
The 35th Mission Folk Music Festival runs from July 22 to 24 at the Fraser River Heritage Park.
More info:
https://missionfolkmusicfestival.ca/
“Rebecca Margolick is a Canadian dancer and choreographer living in New York. Her multi-disciplinary and solo works have been presented in Costa Rica, France, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Israel, and across the U.S and Canada. She was named one of Dance Magazines Top 25 to Watch in 2021. Her solo Bunker + Vault won the Jury Prize for “best indoor choreographic work” at the 2019 Festival Quartiers Danse in Montreal.”
Bunker + Vault Is presented at Dancing on the Edge on July 15 and 16 at the Firehall Arts Centre.
For more info:
Dancing on the Edge:
http://www.dancingontheedge.org/program/rebecca-margolick-kate-franklin-jeremy-oneill/
Rebecca Margolick:
https://www.rebeccamargolick.com/
Arts Rational Gerry Kowalenko talks with Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg about the presentation of her piece “Pants” at Dance on the Edge on July 15 and 16.
MORE INFO
Dancing on the Edge
http://www.dancingontheedge.org/program/calder-white-tara-cheyenne-performance/
Tara Cheyenne Performance:
https://www.taracheyenne.com/
Lisa Mennell - Publicist for Vancouver Cultural Centre
For more information on upcoming season: thecultch.com
Friend of the Arts Rational, Rudi Leibek, gives us some tips on how to enjoy the Vancouver Folk Music Festival that runs from July 14-16 at Jericho Beach.
More info:
http://www.thefestival.bc.ca/
Alvin Tolentino, dancer participating in Dancing on the Edge
JULY 13 & 14, 2022 / 8:00 PM / Firehall Arts Centre
For more information: www.dancingontheedge.org
www.companyerasgadance.ca
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks to Steffanie Davis who plays The Killer Queen in We Will Rock You. One of the two musicals at TUTS.
Playing until August 27 at Malkin Bowl at Stanley park.
For information: https://tuts.ca/show/we-will-rock-you/
Starr Muranko - Co-Artistic Director
Raven Spirit Dance Society - sharing an Indigenous worldview through the medium of contemporary dance.
For more information: ravenspiritdance.com
Robert Albanese, Executive and Artistic Director of the Vancouver Jewish Film Centre, and Harriet Frost, talk to Arts Rational host Gerry kowalenko about this year's Jewish Film Festival, set to open on March 3. [www.vjff.org]
Host Gerry Kowalenko speaks with dancers and choreographers Arash Khakpour and Kelly McInnes about their double bill of personal, bold solo works, Melon Piece + Blue Space. The event will take place at the Roundhouse Community Centre, March 3-5.
"The two dance solos, Melon Piece + Blue Space , offer a balance of light and dark, evoking a timely reflection on our current struggle to exist in harmony with one another and the planet."
For more information and tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/double-bill-melon-piece-blue-space-tickets-251575969497
Gerry speaks with Sherry J. Yoon, Artistic Director of Boca del Lupo Theatre, regarding the current and upcoming programming.
More info: https://bocadellupo.com/
Gerry Kowalenko speaks with Janice Morris, Founder and Festival Director of KDocsFF, Metro Vancouver’s Premier Social Justice Film Festival. The festival runs Feb 18 to 27.
More info:
http://www.kdocsff.com/upcoming-events/2022/2/18/kdocsff-2022
Gerry Kowalenko talks with Paul Armstrong, Co-Executive Director and Head of Development at Crazy8s, about the latest edition, in advance of talking with the winners.
More info: https://crazy8s.film/
Gerry Kowalenko speaks with Ian Merkel, Founder and Head of the Vancouver Foreign Film Society, about the Pedro Almodovar retrospective running at the VIFF Feb 11-March 10 and 28th RENDEZ-VOUS French Film Festival running Feb 18 to Mar 31 2022.
More info:
https://van4film.org/
https://www.facebook.com/vanforfilmclub/
Pedro Almodovar restrospective: https://bit.ly/3H5uObl
Rendez-vous: https://rendez-vousvancouver.com/
Gerry Kowalenko talks with Lisa Mennell, Communications and Outreach Manager at the Cultch about their upcoming programming.
More info: https://thecultch.com/
Host Gerry Kowalenko talks with dancer and choreographer Arash Khakpour about his performance, Orangutang, part of Dance In Vancouver 2021. The show runs November 24-27 & December 1-4, 2021
"The Biting School draws on history, literature and philosophy to interrogate challenging social and political issues. The company’s work translates the anxiety, trauma and beauty of our time into the language of the body in no-holds-barred theatrical works full of physicality, daring ideas and dark humour. Orangutang (Malay for ‘the man of the forest’) is a provocative new solo choreographed and performed by Arash Khakpour."
More info and tickets:
https://thedancecentre.ca/event/dance-in-vancouver-the-biting-school/2021-11-24/
The Biting School:
http://www.bitingschool.com/
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko is interviewing choreographer Lesley Telford, who, through Inverso, presents “1:1:1” (phase one) at this year Dancing on the Edge.
From the DOTE's website:
Work-in-progress
Inverso is in its first stages of research for our new work: “1:1:1”, which explores perception distortion and the neurological effects of living through a screen. How does our mind play tricks on us in the digital realm? Where can we find harmony in a space that imposes the unreal as real? The dancers are stuck in a set perpendicular relationship as a means to investigate displacement, illusion, and ultimately, the importance of real human contact after a prolonged sense of lack.
Choreographer | Creator: Lesley Telford
Composer: Ferrari, Purcell
Performers: Stéphanie Cyr+ Kiera Hill
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July 10, 2021
Info and tickets:
http://www.dancingontheedge.org/program/inverso-productions-lesley-telford-kirsten-wicklund-peter-smida/
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Ziyian Kwan and Rianne Svelnis, from Dumb Instrument Dance, two of the co-creators and performers of "Dreaming of Koi" presented this year at "Dancing on the Edge"
"Dreaming of Koi is a faux-pastoral urban romance, a declaration of wonder for the flora and fauna that exists within and without. Set in the botanical maze of Dr. Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, a performance of sonic energy and kinetic glow brings art and imagining into relationship with an urban oasis. Here, where inside and outside are poetically merged as one, Dreaming of Koi traverses textures of whimsy and play.
With their performance ticket, audiences will also be able to see Rivers Have Mouths, a new exhibit in the gallery of Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, that aims to highlight and honour the stories of Chinese -Indigenous relations and connections to land both past and present."
From July 8 to 15, 2021.
Info and tickets:
http://www.dancingontheedge.org/program/dumb-instrument-dance/
Arts Rational host Gerry Kowalenko talks to Donna Spencer, Artistic Director of both the Firehall Arts Centre and the Dancing On the Edge Festival, which this year runs from July 8-17.
Vancouver playwright Tetsuro Shigematsu talks to Arts Rational host James Mainguy about the new production of his play '1 Hour Photo,' streaming online at The Cultch May 28-30. You can get tickets at thecultch.ca.
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Fuyubi Nakamura, curator of Future For Memory, Art and Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake, currently on display at the MOA.
"In the 10th anniversary year of the Great East Japan Earthquake, or 3.11, A Future for Memory addresses how we deal with memory when our physical surroundings are drastically altered. It focuses on the changing physical and psychological landscapes in the aftermath of 3.11 and shows that regional disasters have global relevance. Events such as 3.11 force us to rethink our ways of life in relation to nature. Even in the midst of disasters, people have the desire to create and to express themselves—as does nature."
More info and booking: https://moa.ubc.ca/exhibition/a-future-for-memory/
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Jordy Matheson, producer of Virtual Humanity, a Zee Zee Theatre production.
"In Virtual Humanity audience members select a title from the collection of 30+ “Virtual Humans” in the collection – something that intrigues them, confuses them. They will then proceed into a one-one-one digital face to face conversation with their “Virtual Human”, a person who will share the true personal story that is reflected in their title, over the course of 20 minutes. This is a project designed to shatter preconceived notions about otherhood, to challenge our biases and misunderstandings and put a human face to difference as a means to foster empathy."
Saturdays & Sundays in March, 12 pm – 3pm via Zoom
More info and booking: https://zeezeetheatre.ca/production/virtual-humanity/
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Jay Hirabayashi, co-producer of the Vancouver International Dance Festival and the Executive Director of Kokoro Dance.
The Vancouver International Dance Festival runs from March 4 to June 19.
More info: https://www.vidf.ca/
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Robert Albanese, Executive et Artistic Director of the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival. Part 2 of the discussion.
The festival runs March 4 to 14. More info: https://www.vjff.org/
Arts Rational Gerry Kowalenko talks with Robert Albanese, Executive et Artistic Director of the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival.
The festival runs March 4 to 14. More info: https://www.vjff.org/
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Myriam Steinberg about her graphic memoir 'Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)fertility', illustrated by Christache.
"A deeply moving, tragicomic graphic memoir about a single woman’s efforts to conceive. A few months after Myriam turned forty, she decided she couldn’t wait any longer to become a mother and made the difficult decision to begin the process of conceiving a child without a partner, with her family and friends to support her."
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Bonnie Sherr Klein about her latest book: Beep Beep Bubbie. A refreshing and upbeat look at the role of perceived disability in one’s life.
Gerry in conversation with Elaine Carol, Artistic Director of Miscellaneous Productions, about their upcoming lecture, called ‘Resurrecting Dead Fairy Tales’ which is on Wednesday, February 17th. https://miscellaneousproductions.ca/productions/pandemic-projects/
Gerry talks to Dana Camil Hewitt, about this year's Jewish Book Festival, which starts on February 20th. https://www.jccgv.com/jewish-book-festival/
Gerry talks to local Vancouver actor Douglas Ennenberg about young actors, the pandemic, and massage therapy.
Gerry Kowalenko talks to Jim Smith, Artistic Director of Dancehouse, about their upcoming show, 'Body and Soul,' featuring the Paris Opera Ballet, which opens on February 17th. https://dancehouse.ca/
This week, Gerry talks to Lisa Mennell, The Cultch's Communications and Outreach Manager. The two discuss, among other things, 'A Craigslist Cantata,' from last Fall, back again for a limited run. It opens Friday, Feb 5.
Gerry talks to Sandy and Russ Rosen about their Black History Month music series at the BEZ Arts Hub in Langley.
Gerry talks to Paul Armstrong, film enthusiast and Friend of the Show (FoS) about this year's Crazy 8s film competition, as well as his Celluloid Social Club.
Gerry talks to Indigenous artist Luke Parnell about his new solo show, called 'Indigenous History in Colour,' which opens this week at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art.
Performer and composer Kong Kie talks to Gerry Kowalenko about I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron, a song cycle based on the poetry of Xu Lizhi, a Chinese factory worker. The show is from February 4-6th as part of this year's PuSH International Performing Arts Festival.
The journalist and filmmaker Damien Gillis talks to Gerry Kowalenko about his participation in SANCTUARY: The Dakota Bear Ancient Forest Experience, from February 3-7th as part of this year's PuSH International Performing Arts Festival.
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Sarah Rodgers about the North American premiere of Helen Eastman's play 'She Sells Seashells' that she is directing for United Players.
~ ALL PERFORMANCES ONLINE ONLY ~
Dates: January 22 – February 14, 2021
Opening: January 22
Matinées: All Sundays (January 24, 31, February 7, 14)
Tickets:
https://unitedplayers.com/season-plays-and-tickets/
"Here’s a working-class lass, wandering the Dorset shore in southern England, looking, looking. Meet the world’s youngest paleontologist. At 12 she discovers the first ichthyosaur; by 30, her discoveries have transformed our understanding of the universe. Her findings are celebrated amongst the most august in her field – but not her. Almost a century will pass before The Royal Society allows women to even attend their meetings. Apart from a tongue-twister, she is written out of history… almost! Here she, Mary Anning, rises: strong, sharp, and determined."
Today, Arts Rational host Gerry Kowalenko talks to Mirna Zagar, Managing Director of Vancouver's Scotiabank Dance Centre.
Today, Arts Rational host Gerry Kowalenko talks to Owen Underhill, conductor and creative director of Turning Point Ensemble, about their upcoming season.
Today, Arts Rational host Gerry Kowalenko talks to Jason Dubois, Managing Director of the PuSH International Performing Arts Festival.
Recent years have brought an increased demand for more diversity in front of, and behind, the camera. Industry insiders are starting to meet that demand. One such service is Collective Bunch, formed just this year. Collective Bunch puts together the talent with the producers who need them. Arts Rational member James Mainguy recently spoke with Collective Bunch's founder Jason Mackay.
Arts Rational Gerry Kowalenko talks with contemporary dance company Co.ERASGA's artistic director and choreographer Alvin Tolentino.
"In honour and celebration of Co.ERASGA's 20th anniversary season, the company presents Offering, created by acclaimed choreographer and Artistic Director Alvin Erasga Tolentino. This collection of solo works, performed by 6 of Vancouver's finest and diverse dancers, aspires to honour the living practice of Dance and Dancing and the challenges of keeping this art-form alive during this extraordinary time of the pandemic crisis and isolation."
More information:
https://companyerasgadance.ca/
Arts Rational Gerry Kowalenko talks with Vancouver comedian, Kyle Berger (co-producer of Rise of the Comics and last seen by Chutzpah! audiences with Shticks & Giggles).
He opens the Closing Night Comedy show as he hosts local stand-up comedy favourites including, Joey Commisso and Julie Kim. Following by a hilarious second half hosted by Iris Bahr and headliners, The El-Salomons.
More info:
https://www.chutzpahfestival.com/event/closing-night-comedy
Arts Rational Gerry Kowalenko talks with Idan Cohen about his new contemporary dance piece 'Hourglass' created as part of the Chutzpah! Festival's Creative Residency Program at the Rothstein Theatre. The premiere will take place on November 25th, online or at the Norman Rothstein Theatre.
More info:
https://www.chutzpahfestival.com/event/hourglass
Chutzpah! Festival of international Jewish performing arts returns in 2020 with an exciting lineup of performances and stimulating conversations.
Programming is available online with select performances available to attend in person at the in a special, intimate setting.
Chutzpah! Festival of international Jewish performing arts returns in 2020 with an exciting lineup of performances and stimulating conversations.
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Artistic Managing Director Jessica Mann Gutteridge.
Programming is available online with select performances available to attend in person at the in a special, intimate setting.
https://www.chutzpahfestival.com/
Arts Rational Gerry Kowalenko talks with Shaun Inouye, Operations & Programming Associate
at the Cinematheque, about the 2020's European Union Film Festival.
27 films. 27 countries. One virtual festival.
"For years we’ve tagged the European Union Film Festival in Vancouver as “Europe without the jet lag.” And now film lovers don’t even have to take off from the couch or fly out the front door! In response to the ongoing realities of COVID-19, The Cinematheque, in partnership with festival presenters in Ottawa and Toronto, has moved the 2020 edition of the EUFF online! From November 13 to 29, join us (virtually) for the first-ever Canada-wide European Union Film Festival, featuring 27 recent films from 27 EU member states. Each film will be “live” online for a 48-hour period; some will be supplemented with exclusive filmmaker interviews and introductions. All films will be presented in their original languages, with English (and, in some cases, French) subtitles available."
For more info:
https://thecinematheque.ca/series/european-union-film-festival-2020
Co-op Radio's James Mainguy talks with sculptor Tanis Saxby who participates in this year's Eastside Culture Crawl.
"Smooth and sensitive, Saxby's sculptures evoke sensuality, a burning desire, a flame, which will go on for eternity." Angie kordic. Widewalls Art Magazine, Italy/U.K.
For more info:
https://culturecrawl.ca/artist/2373
https://www.tanissaxby.com/
Co-op Radio James Mainguy talks with drawer and painter Victor Goertz who participates in this year's Eastside Culture Crawl.
A lifetime love of the wild places of the world has taken Victor on trips to explore the land with camera, pastels and sketchbook, traveling to the Clayoquot, Carmanah, Walbran, Stein Valley, Okanagan and other unique places and ancient forests. and then returning to his studio to develop those explorations into paintings.
More info:
https://culturecrawl.ca/artist/1436
https://victorgoertz.com/
Co-op Radio James Mainguy talks with painter David Tycho who is participating in this year's Eastside Culture Crawl.
Since graduating from UBC -- where is studied under renowned Canadian artist Gordon Smith -- in 1983, David has explored numerous styles and themes, and his work has straddled the genres of abstraction and representation, at times more experimental and intuitive and at other times more reflective of his surroundings. His inspiration and subjects are varied, ranging from urban sprawl and pristine wilderness areas, to the people he encounters along the way.
More info:
https://culturecrawl.ca/artist/2782
https://www.tychoart.com/
Arts Rational Gerry Kowalenko talks with Janice Beck about Ukrainian Kitchen:Borshch Making 101 at the Heart of the City Festival
You don’t have to be Ukrainian to like Ukrainian borshch. People of all nationalities enjoy a good bowl of Ukrainian beet soup. There are as many different recipes for borshch as there are cooks who make it – everyone has their own personal touch.
For more information: http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com/
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Libby Griffen about Ukrainian Day at this year Heart of the City Festival.
Traditionally, the Heart of the City’s final day of celebration is a concert and delicious Ukrainian dinner at the Ukrainian Hall. This year, however, the celebration will take a whole new format as the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians Vancouver (AUUC) would still like to share their beautiful Ukrainian Culture on the festival’s special Ukrainian Day.
The AUUC invites us to join them online as they share their recipes and history through thought-provoking reflections and discussion, and timeless traditional crafts handed down through generations. The day’s events will culminate at the Festival Closing Ceremony, which will include a mini-concert of recordings that showcase the AUUC performing arts groups demonstrating the rich and diverse culture of the beautiful Ukrainian heritage.
More info: http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com/
Arts Rational Gerry Kowalenko talks with Steve Frost about the Heart of the City event "Nihon Machi Kotoba Forest Lounge".
Nihon Machi Kotoba (words),explores Nikkei history, culture, and identity. A short poetic film was created to mark the 20th Anniversary of Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, which incorporates poems submitted by the general public.
For more information:
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com/
Shary Bartlett mixed media body of work includes encaustic, acrylic, fibre arts, prints, sculptural assemblage, collage and altered photographs. She teaches mixed media art and encaustic workshops in Vancouver and internationally.
She participates this year in her first Eastside Culture Crawl:
https://culturecrawl.ca/artist/7452
To get an inside view into the fascinating art of encaustic, watch Shary’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EKb5rZJIL0
More info:
https://www.facebook.com/SharyBartlettArtist
https://www.instagram.com/SharyBartlett/
Desirée Patterson is a Canadian photographic artist, currently living on the unceded territory of the Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam and Squamish Nations, in Vancouver, BC.
Her career began with photographic documentation of her extensive travels throughout more than thirty-seven countries. It was upon witnessing many exhausted environments and impoverished situations that Patterson dedicated her practice to creating visual art that cultivates awareness of the environmental issues that threaten a sustainable future and social justice.
Desirée takes part in this year Eastside Culture Crawl: https://culturecrawl.ca/artist/4705
More info:
https://www.facebook.com/desireepattersonart/
https://www.instagram.com/desireepatterson_/
Kate MacDonald is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist based in Vancouver, BC. Her paintings, digital collages and video art have been exhibited throughout North America and Europe, and her paintings have been featured in Wired and international editions of GQ.
She takes part in this year's Eastside Culture Crawl: https://culturecrawl.ca/artist/3983
For more information visit www.KateMacDonald.com and www.K8L35.com.
Arts Rational's Jim Mainguy talks with storyteller Rosemary Georgeson about Heart Of The City Festival's event 'In the Beginning'.
"This is a wonderful opportunity, over five events, to listen and learn from Indigneous elders, knowledge keepers and artists from the nations who have lived, fished and worked here for thousands of years; and from other Indigenous people who have come to this place by travelling down the rivers, across the waters and from over the mountains. Listen to stories of the land, told by people of the land, with images projected of the land and waters, and historic and personal photos."
In The Beginning: Over the Mountains
Wednesday November 4, 7:30pm
Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova
$20 (incl. s/c & GST)
Also November 5, 6 & 7
More details:
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com/in-the-beginning-november-4-to-7-2020/
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Savannah Walling, Associate Director of the Heart of the City Festival about this year's event 'Ground for Goodness'
'Grounds for Goodness Downtown Eastside' artfully explores why and how people sometimes do good things toward each other.
GROUNDS FOR GOODNESS DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE:
Adventures in digital community art making
A virtual residency with Jumblies Theatre & Arts
October 30 - November 12
Online & Window Displays
Free, donations appreciated
More details:
http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com/grounds-for-goodness-october-30-to-november-12-2020/
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Thule van den Dam and Jenifer Brousseau about Heart of the City Festival's event 'Jenifer Reads'.
'Jenifer Reads' stars APTN TV personality Jenifer Brousseau (Wild Archeology) and special guests reading heroic coming-of-age stories, with the participation of youth exploring related themes.
Thule van den Dam is in charge of the Program Production.
More information:
https://jeniferreads.com/
Arts Rational's James Mainguy talks with Erin Frizzell, Eastside Culture Crawl Managing Director, about this year's edition. This year Crawl is spread out over 3 weeks in November.
EXTENDED 2020 DATES!
NOVEMBER 2–9, 12–15 & 19–22
Open studio dates:
November 12-15 + November 19-22 Thu/Fri: 5pm-10pm, Sat/Sun: 11am-6pm
For more details: https://culturecrawl.ca/
Arts Rational Jacques Lalonde talks with Vancouver Asian Film Festival Director about this year programming.
VAFF is the longest running Asian film festival in Canada. It was founded in 1995 and debuted in September 1997. Since then, tens of thousands of film lovers have experienced a diverse selection of North American-Asian and international films.
VAFF 2020:
October 31st - November 9
https://festival.vaff.org/2020/
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Heart of the City Festival Associate Director Savannah Walling about this year programming.
Arts Rational's Gerry Kowalenko talks with Heart of the City program director Teresa Vandertuin about this year offering.
For more information about Heart of the City: heartofthecityfestival.com
Arts Rational host James Mainguy talks to filmmaker Chelsea Goodman about her new series, Epic Quest, which debuted this week on the new streaming platform, The Fantasy Network. (thefantasy.network)
'Culture Days' is a nation-wide celebration of culture and art. This year's events will take place between September 25th and October 25th. Edwards Fu-Chen Juan is an artist, printmaker, and one of the BC Culture Days' ambassadors. He talks about Culture Days and his own work as an artist.
Arts Rational host James Mainguy talks to Yuri Arajs, about his new gallery, Outsiders And Others, and about 'outsider art.'
Arts Rational regular, James Irvine, returns with his Opinionated Bookseller column. Along with a few book recommendations for August and September, James talks to host James Mainguy about 'The Fire Next Time,' by James Baldwin. (Too damn many people named James on this show)
Heather Redfern, The Cultch's Executive Director, talks with Arts Rational host James Mainguy about their new fall season.
Gwaai Edenshaw spoke with Arts Rational host James Mainguy about the new exhibit, 'To Speak With a Golden Voice,' in honour of Bill Reid's 100th birthday. The exhibit is on now until April 11, 2021, at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art.
In this extended, podcast-only, interview, Arts Rational host Jay Hamburger talks to Steve Vogler. He's the Artistic Director of The Point Artist-Run Centre in Whistler, BC. The two discuss this weekend's 9th annual Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival under the stars! With a floating stage on Lake Alta in Whistler, BC, this August 7th & 8th.
'Underneath the Harlem Moon Cabaret' is an Instagram Live performance by Krystle Dos Santos with guests Jackie Nguyen And Susana Williams. The free show will take place Tuesday evening, from 7 to 8:30 pm on Krystle Instagram account: instagram.com/krystledossantosmusic
South African-Canadian spoken word poet, writer, TEDx speaker, and educator, Lindi Nolte. We're listening to an excerpt from her recent TEDx talk, recorded earlier this year. Her website is, lindinolte.com
In this inaugural edition of 'Art Bites,' the Arts Rational looks at what's playing this week at Vancouver's independent cinemas; reviews the documentary 'The Booksellers;' and sends out an invitation to sing with fan-favorite Coco Love Alcorn.
Arts Rational talks with Chris Brayshaw, owner of Pulpfiction Books, Vancouver's legendary new and used bookstore, about life in a pandemic and keeping well-read. You can find their website, perfect as is, at pulpfictionbooksvancouver.com/