All shows which are special, maybe even indescribable.
BOLD = New to the CHSR Playbox Local AA Wallace – Disambiguation Adam Baldwin – Adam Baldwin Adam Washburn – Beautiful Things Andy Brown – Tinman Anna Janelle – So Long at the Fair Ashley Condon – This Great Compromise Billie Dre and the Poor Boys – Garlic Fingers Caravan – Caravan Carleton Stone –
BOLD = New to the CHSR Playbox Local AA Wallace – Disambiguation Adam Baldwin – Adam Baldwin Adam Washburn – Beautiful Things Andy Brown – Tinman Anna Janelle – So Long at the Fair Ashley Condon – This Great Compromise Billie Dre and the Poor Boys – Garlic Fingers Caravan – Caravan Carleton Stone
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
BOLD = New to the CHSR 97.9FM Playbox Local AA Wallace – Disambiguation Adam Baldwin – Adam Baldwin Adam Washburn – Beautiful Things Andy Brown – Tinman Anna Janelle – So Long at the Fair Ashley Condon – This Great Compromise Billie Dre and the Poor Boys – Garlic Fingers Caravan – Caravan Carleton Stone
BOLD = New to the CHSR 97.9FM Playbox Local AA Wallace – Disambiguation Adam Baldwin – Adam Baldwin Adam Washburn – Beautiful Things Andy Brown – Tinman Anna Janelle – So Long at the Fair Ashley Condon – This Great Compromise Billie Dre and the Poor Boys – Garlic Fingers Caravan – Caravan Carleton Stone
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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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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BOLD = New to the CHSR 97.9FM Playbox Local AA Wallace – Disambiguation Adam Baldwin – Adam Baldwin Adam Washburn – Beautiful Things Andy Brown – Tinman Anna Janelle – So Long at the Fair Ashley Condon – This Great Compromise Billie Dre and the Poor Boys – Garlic Fingers Caravan – Caravan Carleton Stone
Beginning the week of March 30, 2014 CHSR will once again be charting their albums and soon submitting these albums to !earshot (national campus/community charting system that’s printed in Exclaim every month).
Music is open to all — or at least, that’s how we see it these days. It wasn’t always the case in hiphop, but rappers like Eminem inspired a generation to say “that’s like me, I can do that”, just like the original hiphop itself widened the world of so many young men and women.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Infinite in variety, it has been said there is a kind of beer for every individual, for every taste. On the first half of today’s STU Lunchbox, Conrad Palmer investigates the world of the sudsy drink. A last-minute cancellation meant a missing space to fill, so the normally silent-engineer-in-the-room, class teacher Mark Tunney joins a
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Read all about our fundraising efforts and the changes coming to CHSR on theaquinian.net
Please make sure to vote for your favourite shows and hosts in the 2013-2014 Barry Awards! Three of the awards will be determined by popular vote, there are five that will be judged by our panel. Stay tuned for the results! VOTE HERE!
The world is a complicated place. Perhaps it has always been so, and individuals have always had to choose the compromises and integrations of the pressures of society, family, and your own sense of being. We think of ourselves perhaps in an enlightened age, but that only means that we can discuss these conflicts more
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Listen in to hear what was happening in the Fredericton local music scene the weekend on March 14th to March 16th. Sleepy Driver announce they’ll have new music soon Anniversary of Jayde Hunter’s death XWA Brain Bash at The Playhouse The Waking Night announce first show in 4 months Maiden Names now on Instagram (maiden_names)
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Friday brought with it plenty of great music and theatre combined, as well as community-minded groups. First, Roger Jean — beautifully and purply-coifed as “Rosie” — dropped by to tell me about tonight’s rockin’ charity show presented by wrestlers from XWA Pro Wrestling, local comedians and hard rockin’ bands called XWA Brain Bash. That’s happening
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The first half of the show is filled with the regular review of upcoming events (including several opportunities for writers and poets), but the second half features a real treat: an interview with Michelle Lavery, Master’s Student at UNB in Biology. Michelle shares her passion for science through the least likely candidate: a creature known
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It’s a sports-filled week for the STU Lunchbox! Sports play a big part in student life, but the opportunities can be sometimes harder to find. Kelsey Pye reflects on her experiences as the only girl hockey player on the boy’s team, and how hockey is trying to grow leagues for women across the province. In
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