What’s it take for you to get up and really move? Are you looking for an exercise which is really just a fun activity? Swing dance is amazing. It’s energetic, fun and social. It’s a gas, man, a real jive mood. I had the chance to speak to Kelsey and Nicole, two of the members of
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Well, we’re all bracing for another round of New Brunswick Vs Nature. Maybe a good bracing round of music for Techno Day will help you shake the water/ice/whatever off. Or planning the fun thing you’ll do over the holidays.. Music today: From the album 7 Years, Shaky Knees brings us People; To honour Techno Day,
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On the sad occasion of John Lennon’s murder, I’m ready to turn to brownie for emotional support. It’s also been a true Monday, where everything goes wrong despite good intentions. Nonetheless, it’s almost over, and a few events to look forward to! Check out our calendar at http://chsrfm.ca/calendar , and submit your own events via
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When was the last time you took a luxurious bath in an actual tub? For me, it’s been ages, but since this is Bathtub Day, I might just indulge myself. Music Today: Caribou by Tanya Tagaq, from her Polaris-prize-winning album, Animism. Rich Aucoin with Yelling In Sleep from his album, Ephemeral; And from the album Drowning In
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Do you know what you’re selling? Do you know what it’s worth? These might seem like obvious questions, but sometimes they are overlooked. My guest today is Jeremy Demerchant, a local Startup Sales Strategist. His company, “Permission To Sell“, works with sales persons and companies to help them realize the answer to those two questions,
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Hold on to your hats — the weather is about to get significantly more wacky! To celebrate, I really want to make fritters.. On a more serious note: today is the day to remember that not all people are yet free, that slavery — in various forms, from the literal and brutal to the subtle
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Merry December! The month is off to a confusing start, and it’s clear I don’t know what day it is, or if I have a guest (I do not). At least it’s not a Monday! … Oh, wait.. Music today: The Meds, with Be Right Back from their new album South Africa, Mission Bell by
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Have you every had to stop doing something you love, because life circumstances change? I think a lot of people go through this, especially when they are in their twenties. But, if we’re lucky, we’ll get a chance to get back to it. All it takes is heart. Chris Waddell joins me on the show
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I’m another victim of the latest storm: my power was flickering for about two hours before it finally went out around midnight. So, a sleepy Thursday, but for some it’s the day to remember Pins and Needles. It sounds like what happens when you fall asleep on your arm and it wakes up, but it’s
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Happy Wednesday! It happens to be Cake Day today, and that raises an interesting conundrum: if you serve cake for special days, do you serve cake on Cake’s special day? Cuz cake IS cake, and would it be special for cake to get cake? Alright, maybe that’s a bit too philosophical for a day about cake,
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It may feel just like every other Tuesday, but it’s an important day to remember, to decide to act and improve. In particular, it’s the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We need to work together, and keep ever vigilant, and provide support to those victims and the supporters of victims. On
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This is the first of a new experiment: podcasting the Lunchbox every day! We cover a lot of events and play some great music on The Lunchbox, but I know that not everyone can experience it live each day. To fix that, I’m going to start podcasting the show every day for a while. Let
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Traditional theatre follows a process (I imagine) something like this: Playwright writes a play. Director gets play, casts play. Actors perform play. But what if you took that process and compressed it to: People get together, write the script, act in the script and direct each other. That the process behind the Creative Collaboration series
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Games are fun. That’s really the point: to enjoy your time, with friends, while playing at something. Of course, they can be much more than that: they can be educational; they can be challenging; they can be inspirational; they can be expressive; they can be… Well, they can be a whole lot of cool things. This
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Human beings are complicated. This is true in so many ways, but one of the ways that the world is coming to understand more and more is in the area of sexual identity. The binary concept of “male” and “female” has been inadequate to describe the full range of identities, not least of which because it combines
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Movies have soundtracks. It’s something we often take for granted these days, but as a soundtrack collector, I’m still immediately aware of the dramatic effect a good soundtrack can have — and the detrimental distraction a missing or bad soundtrack can create. But once upon a time, moving pictures and music were just getting to know
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The world of films is the land of make believe. At 20+ frames per second, we are shown the illusion of motion, tied to the accomplice of sound, and then transplanted into a story, sometimes for 5 minutes, sometimes for several hours. Done well, and with the other willing accomplice — our own minds — the
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There’s something to be said for live music, for experiencing an artist who’s playing right in front of you, for you. Today, I had the good fortune to have a front-row studio seat to a delightful performer with a pearled accordion, a young woman from BC who goes by the stage name of Shelder The Electric Clamfish.
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Ah, the power of the stage! We are surrounded by drama, but most of it is disconnected, flat, prerecorded, editted, pre-processed and, in a way, dead. Give me the stage, with performers mere feet away, real humans who are dressing up in clothes and emotions, delivering speech and movement to convey a story far bigger than what
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I am constantly amazed by the level and breadth of artistic talent in and around this city. We often get a chance to celebrate the great music, from regular performances at venues like The Capital Complex, The Cellar and The Playhouse. This weekend, we celebrate drama, both in cinema and in theatre. Opening today are two
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It’s November, and for a great many people around the world, it’s time to write. NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month is a challenge to produce a novel-length work (50,000 words) in the month of November. If you do the math, that’s about 1,500 words a day! Not everybody can write that fast. Most, like my
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I have always loved stories, whether they are in a book, spoken aloud, acted on stage or screened on TV or the movies. One of my favourite ways to experience them is acted in audio form, what is often called audio drama. This past Thursday was World Audio Drama Day, an expansion of the National Audio Drama Day,
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The world is a complicated place — or is it? Fundamentally, love and kindness — as well as knowledge and communication — make the world a better place. That is very evident in the pair of interviews I had today. First, Jennifer Richard and Barry MacKnight join me to talk about the White Ribbon Campaign,
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I love good theatre. It moves you in a way that a movie can’t touch, engages you like a book made manifest. It transcends language and place, yet can be just as rooted in it. Les Belles-soeurs is a celebrated French play by Quebec playwright Michel Tremblay. Theatre UNB, under the direction and leadership of
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Almost everyone knows someone who has gone through cancer — and many people have gone through it themselves. Worse yet, a lot of people have to endure the process multiple times. But how much do we know about that experience? Dr Krista Wilkins is no stranger to cancer herself, having battled and triumphed over the disease. It
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