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The Lunchbox Interview: Jared Carney (Demonic Brilliance Film Festival)

My guest today is Jared Carney, founder of the Demonic Brilliance Film Festival. This local festival celebrates the creepy, the odd, the horror movies and shorts. Jared joins me to talk about the appeal of horror movies, the origin and shape of the festival, and some of the featured films coming to screams near you.

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Notable Acts 2024 part 2 (The Lunchbox Interview)

My guests today are all participants in this year’s NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival: Len Falkenstein (festival organizer; director); Alex McAllister (playwright: “Gargoyles”, “Animate Objects”; director: “Predormital”; actor), Cassandra Bullett (actor: Soda Noir), Mimi Martin (actor: Soda Noir).

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Notable Acts 2024 (The Lunchbox Interview)

My guests today are all participants in this year’s NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival: Len Falkenstein (festival organizer; director); Olivia Onalundala (High School Playwright: “Little Rock”); Merrit Johnson (director: “Little Rock”, “Burden of Proof”); and Madeline Savoie (playwright: “Splinter, Winter, Bloom”; director: “Animate Objects”).

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The Lunchbox Interview: A Sea of Gold and Burgundy

My guests today are Aaron Berger, Nathanial Goold and CD Onofrio, who are collectively known as A Sea of Gold and Burgundy. They join me to talk about the origins of the band of three harmonic, lyric-writing friends, how their music is made and what its like to return to the group after a hiatus of over a decade.

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The Lunchbox Interview: “Romeo & Juliet” (Bard In The Barracks)

My guests today are all involved in one of this year’s Bard in the Barracks Shakespearean productions: Len Falkenstein (Grand Poobah of Theatre In Fredericton), Mary Walker (“Juliet”) and Alex Fullerton (“Romeo”). They joined me to talk about staging such an iconic play, and the fun of bringing these characters just over the edge.

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The Lunchbox Interview: The History of Palestine

My guests today are three people with a much better, deeper and more personal understanding of the complicated and terrible history that has lead to the current situation between Palestine and Israel. My guests, in addition to the other organizations they have been involved with, are all organizers with Fredericton Palestine Solidarity as well.

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STU Lunchbox 2024 EP06: “Legends of Newfoundland & Labrador”

Hosts Jonas May and Frey Blake-Pijogge visit the folklore and mythologies of their home province, exploring not only those passed down from the English and Irish, but discovering how the Inuit and Innu draw strength from beliefs that connect the spirit and animal worlds to our own.

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STU Lunchbox 2024 EP04: “Anatomy of a Champion”

With his team primed for the ACAA championship tournament on the weekend, Ben Dool talked to his Tommie teammates, coaches, fans, and trainers to find out what separates a collection of good players from a championship team. (The Tommies lost in overtime to Mount St. Vincent in the final Sunday, March 3.)

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