On today’s show:
- Today is International Tiger Day, so… have some tiger stripe ice cream! It’s Canadian!
- It’s also Rain Day, but that doesn’t feel particularly special recently..
- And for supper? It’s International Chicken Wing Day and Lasagna Day. Yum!
- This New Brunswick Day you’ll get a chance to celebrate online with the rest of the province in a big concert. Starting on Monday at 7pm and running until 9pm, the show will include performances by: Chloé Breault, Sacred Wolf Singers, Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth, Bleum ,The Hypochondriacs, Les Hay Babies and David Myles. Watch this unique show, August 3rd, from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., on www.YouTube.com/AREA506; www.Facebook.com/Area506Fest or www.Area506.ca.
- The Charlotte Street Arts Centre invites you to join them on August 6 at 7:30pm for a performance by Catherine Kennedy. Their second fundraising music event of the season will feature the incredible Folk/Indie artist Catherine Kennedy! Enjoy the event from our outdoor venue in the beautiful Culture Garden at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. Tickets can be purchased over at Eventbrite for $11.75 per person (1-4 person bubbles available). See the Facebook event for more details.
- Don’t forget to check out chillteens w/ DenMother at The Cap Patio at 7pm, or catch some theatre at The Barracks at 7:30pm with the Taking It To The Streets performances of The NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival.
- One of the advantages of writing, is you can do it anywhere! So why not do it at the Botanic Garden? I spoke with Riel Nason about her residency last week at the Botanic Gardens. She’s working on a new picture book, but has her first one coming out this fall: The Little Ghost Who Was A Quilt.
- I went back to 2018 for my interview with touring musician Shawn William Clarke. From his then-current album, we also hear In Conversation and Autumn In New Brunswick.
News updates:
- Public health officials across Atlantic Canada reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
- The federal government has given in to public pressure to expand a review into April’s mass shooting in Portapique, Nova Scotia.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a delay in the selection process for this year’s Order of New Brunswick.
- The border with Quebec for communities bordering Campbellton and Edmundston could open as early as August 1.
- A Fredericton man has been denied bail for fleeing the scene after hitting a pedestrian with his car on July 21.
- The Oromocto RCMP says it has identified the suspects who broke into a local McDonalds last month.
- Black Lives Matter Fredericton is teaming up with the University of New Brunswick to bring more Black history to New Brunswick public schools.
- And Dr. Theresa Tam says she’s keeping a very close eye on the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Ontario and the west.
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