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Category Archives: Specialty

All shows which are special, maybe even indescribable.

Songwriters Intensive Showcase 2014 at Charlotte Street Arts Center

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“John K. Sampson, front-man for The Weakerthans, is one of Canada’s most beloved songwriters. His partner, Christine Fellows, is an avid interdisciplinary artist, is well known for her ethereal and highly acclaimed works, scores and spectacles.” – FrederictonLocals.com Together over the Shivering Songs weekend Sampson and Fellows mentored 12 local songwriters to help them work in their

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The Lunchbox: Interview: Nick Dean & Jennifer Richard (White Ribbon Campaign Fredericton)

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It is difficult to talk about violence in our society, but we must do so. We must find a way to end the victimization of the less powerful, to address the inequalities of sex and race and class, and give our support to those individuals who are victims. The White Ribbon Campaign seeks to unite

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Against the Mat is Show of the Month for December

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1) What made you start your show? Actually, the show was originally known as Falls Count Anywhere. It was started by a gentleman named Andrew Vaughn back in the spring of 2006. Drew joined as a co-host in August 2006. Travis soon followed in the spring of 2007. Fred made some sporadic appearances during 2007 to officially become part

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The Lunchbox: Interview: Talking Radon with Rashini Kassie (NB Lung Association)

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You might think that the NB Lung Association is just about lungs, right? Well, their mandate extends to everything that goes into your lungs, too! This includes cancer-causing gases like radon. You may have heard the word “radon” before and, like me, thought it sounded like some sort of alien zap gun. It’s an odorless, colourless gas

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The Lunchbox: Interview: Carl Berger (Cadence)

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One of the most fundamental forms of music that mankind has is the human voice. Something so simple as people harmonizing well is still a great entertainment, as the a capella musical group Cadence can demonstrate. They recently played a show at Memorial Hall here on UNBF campus, and I was lucky enough to catch

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The Lunchbox: Interview: Gilles Roger (2Dogs Productions)

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At CHSR, we love sound, in all its forms! So the people responsible for making things sound great are always of great interest. Gilles Roger founded 2Dogs Productions just a few years ago be he, too, likes making good sound. He dropped by and we talked about how he came to make 2Dogs Productions, the

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The Lunchbox: Interview: Matthew Belyea and Amanda Gallant (Students for Democracy in NB)

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As a collection of people, we seek to build systems of rules and government to make it more clear how we should get along with each other, in the fairest and most equitable way we can. Sometimes, those rules can get embedded for a long time, and it starts to feel like they are unchangeable,

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The Lunchbox: Interviews with Dennis Reid (painter) and Peter Gross (photographer)

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We all seek to capture the moments of our life, make sense of them. Dennis Reid captures landscapes in oil on canvas to create snapshots of his past, walking around Newfoundland. Peter Gross captures moments in time with his camera, then carefully edits those moments to tell the story he needs them to tell —

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The Lunchbox: Interview with Ryan O’Toole on “Pop”

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Kickstarter opened up its service to allow Canadians to create projects earlier this year, and it’s been an impressive lot so far. Local filmmaker Ryan O’Toole joins myself and Tim Rayne to talk about his currently active Kickstarter to support his next short film project, “Pop”. The second half of the hour is a repeat

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The Lunchbox: Interview with Gia Milani & Tony Whalen on “All The Wrong Reasons”

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Filmmaking is a growing industry in New Brunswick, with more and more successes every year. Just after winning an award at the Toronto International Film Festival, and showing their film as the opening gala of the recent Silver Wave Film Festival, local Director/Writer Gia Milani and Producer Tony Whalen are pleased to announce that their

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The Lunchbox: Discussion: The Youth Music Scene

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Music is often said to be universal, but when it comes to live music performances, those who are younger than 19 often have a hard time finding a venue — either to play in, or to go to. Station Manager Tim and younger member Sigur join me as we talk about the strength of the

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The Lunchbox: Interview: Doug Sutherland (Dead Anyway)

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I had the day off, but the Lunchbox goes on! Tim Rayne (Station Manager, host of East Coast Stream, Instant Breakfast) and Bondo (Volunteer Coordinator, host of Homemade Jams, Anything Goes, Paraphrasing) are joined by local filmmaker Doug Sutherland. Doug’s full-length feature film Dead Anyway is going to be the featured film to cap off

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