Not every episode of the Lunchbox is an interview with a community member, artist, musician, or newsmaker (although many are!) and they can’t all be filled with the events in your community happening on that day or the next (although we mention as many as we can!). Sometimes, you have to follow the conversation where
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New Brunswick is lucky to be surrounded and filled with great lakes, rivers and ocean sides where many people enjoy getting out in boats, swimming or water-skiing. But part of having fun is being safe, because while it can be a bit awkward to wear a life jacket or personal floatation device (PFD) the first
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It’s time again for the airwaves to turn pure plaid! CHSR is once again becoming “Highland Radio” for the weekend, in celebration of the New Brunswick Highland Games Festival. We’ll be broadcasting everything Scottish, live from under our tarp on the grounds at Government House on Woodstock road. We intend to go live by 9am
Many cultures have come together to make New Brunswick what it is, but we owe the Scots much for their stalwart nature and their culture. We’ll all be coming together to celebrate all things Scottish this weekend at the annual New Brunswick Highland Games Festival, occupying the grounds around the Government House on Woodstock Road
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Fredericton is filled with festivals all summer long, but sometimes it is possible to forget that it’s not all music. Len Falkenstein has been working for a dozen years with the Notable Acts Theatre Company to bring a festival of theatre every year! This year’s festival begins on July 24 and runs until August 4, and
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The Circus is back in town! No, it’s not that kind of circus, it’s the Shifty Bits Circus II: The Bits Is Back, a collection of over 30 bands and artists performing shows (both known and secret) all over Fredericton on the coming weekend. Cedric (aka “Sneaky C”) and I spoke with Penelope (of the Shifty Bits
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On the show this week: Front Page Healthy, Wealthy and Wise Man’s Beast Friends Extras CQ: With the Internet making us globally connected, are we seeing an erosion of the concept of a “day” in favour of a “semi-random moment of synchronicity”? Full list of 36 articles and the podcast at TheWEIRDShow.com!
“Pay What You Can.” It’s a simple concept, but one with some pretty big impacts. Musicians David R Elliot and Mike Trask joined us today to talk about their Affordable Art tour. They’re playing on Friday July 19th at The Capital, and will be playing at Shifty Bits on the July 27th weekend. Podcast: Play
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I’m am always impressed by people with passion in their hobbies — and my friend Julian Christie is definitely that! He stopped by to share with us his lifelong interest in Paintball. If you’re interested, he recommends joining the Facebook group Capital City Paintball. which happens to be same name as the field where Julian
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There are thousands of people in our community — and many of them are creative types, artists in many media. Stefan Westner is a great example, a visual artist producing great public-facing art (the mural near the Capital) as well as more intimate mixed-media collages. He sat down with Cedric and I to talk about
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The musical community in Fredericton (and in many parts of the Maritimes) is as vibrant and collaborative as ever! Singer/songwriter Adam Washburn dropped by to talk to Cedric and I about the gradual release of his new EP, Beautiful Things, the art and practice of music, and magic of music that happens when folks get
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On the show this week: Front Page Old Things It’s All In The Head Extras CQ: Is it right for mankind to control their environment, or should we change ourselves instead? Is biogenetic engineering a better solution than climate engineering? Full list of 32 articles and the podcast at TheWEIRDShow.com!
I’m a huge fan of the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. They are tremendous asset supporting many, many different kinds of arts, from musical performances, dance, circus, photography, film-making, painting and much, much more. Mike Taggart (of local band The Lee Harvey Oswalds and doing his own show of Bravery, Repetition and Noise here every Thursday
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I (Mark) know almost nothing about fashion, being barely able to clothe myself every day. Much to my delight, however, Cedric and I spoke to Kristen, a local blogger who writes about fashion (and life!) at her blog, Doll Parade. Listen as we talk the highs (and lows!) of Fredericton fashion! Podcast: Play in new
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Independent documentary producer David Kattenburg (of the Green Planet Monitor) is travelling to numerous areas of the country, building a series of narrationless documentaries called “12 Canadians”. He stopped by to talk about making documentaries, connecting with people’s stories, and seeing Canada through voices. And in the second half, we played an interview conducted on Tuesday
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On the show this week: Front Page Not of this Earth Grounded Extras CQ: Do you worry about the small bundles of time getting away from you — 5 minutes here, 3 minutes over there — or only about wasting time all at once, say a half-hour at a time? Full list of 30 articles
Cedric Noel, Station Manager Tim and I were host to Will Pacey, local musician and beard-wearer extraordinaire. Will is a regular member of Dub Antenna (found regularly at the Wilser’s Room downtown) as well as three other bands, and his solo project. Join us as we talk music, funk, noodles and composing on a broken
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Robert Johnson joined Cedric Noel and myself to talk about one of the often-overlooked historical fixtures of downtown, the venerable NB Sports Hall of Fame. Robert is working there for the second summer as a guide. In the rest of the hour, Cedric and I talk about the state of sport in the province, and
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What is whimsy? Is it the light wandering of thoughts, like dandelion fluff in a breeze? Or is it the traversing of boundaries, like a butterfly migrating? To me, it is this, and it is darker places to let the mind wonder, free and without limits. This mix is what it sounds like to me.
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On the show this week: Front Page Gap The Mind Relish the Haze Gone By Extras CQ: Name some aspect of human culture that has yet to be remixed, reinvented or otherwise significantly changed or abandoned due to modern technology — and then propose how it could or should be changed. Full list of 38
On the show this week: Front Page Can I Get A Witness? Polly-sigh and Criminology Winventions Extras CQ: Is it important to strive for perfection in your life, or is it more important to reach self-acceptance? Full list of 34 articles and podcast on TheWEIRDShow.com!
A gathering of clouds. A sudden drop of temperature. A few tentative dribbles of water, suddenly a torrent. The power of a sudden storm cannot be understated, but neither can its beauty. This summer, we’ll have many a minor tempest, but one major Tempest: the Shakespeare in the Park this year features the story of
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Trevor, the owner/operator of Fredericton’s community swap shop for digital goods, Digital World, dropped by to talk about this vital economic cog in our neighbourhood. We talk about the nearly 30-year span of the store, the change in the meaning of “digital goods”, and muse about the future. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe:
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In this episode, we spoke with Elizabeth Marshall, an artist originally from Fredericton and now living in Ottawa. She’s back in town with an exhibition current at The Annex Gallery in the Fredericton Playhouse, entitled Détachment. Cedric Noel, summer student and musical artist in his own right joins Tim and myself as we chat about
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On the show this week: Front Page The Limerick of Life By The Numbers (Approximately) Stupid, Funny or Awesome? CQ: How can some humour or knowledge can only be understood in a single language — and will we ever reach a state of “universal language” in which all things can be described? Full list of