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The Lunchbox: Interview with Lisa Ross on “Rabbit-Town”

Fredericton has plenty of history, and Frederictonians have a strange way of relating to it. We often talk about a place in this city by what it used to be, more than what it is. We hold fast on rules about appearance of buildings, and yet find ways to innovate. Lisa Ross and Solo Chicken

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The Lunchbox: Interview: Ryan Griffith & Jean-Michel Cliche on “Disintegrate Me”

Theatre is magic: you can recreate the entire world or a small slice of it, from any time period or moving between them. Ryan Griffith (co-writer, director) and Jean-Michel Cliché (producer, actor) from The Next Folding Theatre Company dropped by today to discuss their currently staged play, “Disintegrate Me”. We talk collaboration, the challenge of theatre and

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2013-2014 Barry Award Winners

The 2014 (for the 2013-2014 year) winners are: Favourite Music Show: The Growl Favourite Spoken Word Show: Voice of Persians Favourite Host: Jack Antonio Critic’s Choice Best New Show: Acid Therapy Critic’s Choice Best Locally Focused Show: Homemade Jams Critic’s Choice Best Live Show: The Lunchbox Critic’s Choice Best PreRecorded Show: The Porridge Hour Critic’s Choice Best Promo: Diversions Carmen Kilburn Award: Adam Williams Director’s Choice Award: (Uncle) Rob Pinnock

STU Lunchbox: Exporting Acadian Art + NB Creative Class

Modern Acadian culture is thriving, but how far and wide does it’s impact spread? In the first half of today’s STU Lunchbox, Andrea Silverthorne explores our province’s treasure while demonstrating the great music on offer. In the second half of the hour, Peter Johnston looks into a broader question: can New Brunswick cities support a

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STU Lunchbox: Alternative Medicine + Pet Rats

The first half of the STU Lunchbox this week talks all about alternative medicine. Mary Fahey presents interviews about extreme diets, acupuncture, chi gong and other points of view. In the second half, Karmen McGarvey explores the idea that rats might be the next dogs — after all, it’s an apartment-sized pet.   Podcast: Play in

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The Lunchbox: Rossum’s Universal Robots

The play Rossum’s Universal Robots (RUR) is nearly a century old, but its cautionary vision still rings true to this very day. A new production of RUR is being staged at Memorial Hall from April 9th through 12th, with a preview performance on April 8. Director and professor Len Falkenstein joined me along with two

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The Lunchbox: Jeff Richardson & Jessica Hughes of United Way

There are a lot of great volunteer and non-profit organizations which create opportunities and solve problems within the community. Sometimes, however, problems are bigger than any single organization, or more accurately, the solutions to some problems isn’t just in one area, but in several at the same time. In times like those, it is organizations

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STU Lunchbox: Startups + Reality TV

Growth in business is a great sign for the economy, and Fredericton has been displaying some impressive kinds of growth, particularly in the independent startups. In the first half of today’s STU Lunchbox, Pat McCollough talks to some of the mover and shakers behind much of that motion, from Planet Hatch to Gerry Pond. In

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The Lunchbox: Discussion: Music, Memory, Mixtape

No guest today, but Station Manager “They Call Him” Tim joins me and we muse about memories of Nirvana, the notion of curated music in an age of information overload as the answer to why vinyl is so popular, and the international, instantaneous nature of all forms of music (which defeats ageism). Podcast: Play in

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The Lunchbox: Richard Gage of ReThink911

September 11, 2001. So many things changed that day, but are we really aware of all the changes? And what if we could tell that some of the changes weren’t real? The narrative is well-known to most, but is it correct? Many have proposed theories around what happened, but a group of scientists are making

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The Lunchbox: Caleb Marshall of RED

I believe in theatre. It is not just 3D television, nor is it a book being read to you. It is it’s own medium, unique and powerful. Caleb Marshall, Director and Co-Producer of the new production of RED, joined me to talk about the challenges of a bi-located play (produced, practiced and performed in Fredericton

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The Lunchbox: Marianne Glover (Tay Creek Folk Festival) + Christine Leblanc (ReThink911)

It doesn’t get more diverse than today’s combination of guests! First up, Marianne Glover from the Tay Creek Folk Festival dropped by to tell us about their upcoming fundraiser for the Festival, as well as shared some of this history of the event and some of the performers coming at this summer’s edition. The fundraiser

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