Arts Connection

Arts Connection for Monday, November 10, 2014 - Kathleen Sheehy - "Boiler Room Suite"

In the latest offering of Lost & Found Theatre (http://www.lostandfoundtheatre.com) tonight’s guest plays a former actress, who, along with a failed poet climb into the boiler room of an abandoned hotel on the Prairies to seek refuge from winter and the world. Kathleen Sheehy is also a founding member of the ensemble and it’s artistic director and is on the phone to talk to us about Boiler Room Suite and a concept called Radical Hospitality.
 

Interview date: 
November 10, 2014 - 21:30
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Arts Connection for Monday, October 20, 2014 - Cliff McDowell - "The Masked Saint" film

What prompts a pastor to return to his roots as a professional wrestler and become a masked vigilante? The Masked Saint, (http://themaskedsaintmovie.com) a new film produced by Sault St. Marie native Cliff McDowell, is based on the journey of Chris Samuels was celebrated at the Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival in September.
 

Interview date: 
October 20, 2014 - 21:30
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Arts Connection for Monday, October 13, 2014 - Steve Bell - "Pilgrimage" 25 years of recording

It’s been 25 years since Steve Bell (http://stevebell.com) recorded and released Comfort My People, his first album. To celebrate the occasion, Bell has released Pilgrimage, a box-set with four CDs and a mini-biography. Also recently released has been the documentary Burning Ember: the Steve Bell journey chronicles the life of one of Canada’s enduring Christian troubadours.
 

Interview date: 
October 13, 2014 - 21:30
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Arts Connection for Monday, October 6, 2014 - David Vandas - "We Makes Stuff Volume 2"

We Make Stuff Volume 1 was a stunning book—both the print and e-book versions—and a spectacular showcase that explores the collision of faith and creativity of 100 artists and innovators from Vancouver. David Vandas, one of the originators of the We Make Stuff Volume 1 (http://wemakestuff.ca/), is now working on We Make Stuff Volume 2.
 

Interview date: 
October 6, 2014 - 21:30
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Arts Connection for Monday, September 29, 2014 - Susan Fish - "Ithaca"

Tonight’s guest has worked as a journalist and a communications specialist. And her first novel, Seeker of Stars¸ has become a perennial Christmas favourite. Now Susan Fish (http://storywell.ca/) takes a look at fractured relationships, fractured lives and fractured geology in her latest novel, Ithaca. Susan gives us the story behind the book.
 

Interview date: 
September 29, 2014
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Arts Connection for Monday, September 22, 2014 - Linda Hall - "Strange Faces"

Tonight’s guest spent the early years of her writing career in the fields of journalism, freelance writing and adult literacy. In the early 1990s Linda Hall (http://writerhall.com/) decided to take the plunge into fiction and her first novel: a science fiction effort titled The Josiah Files was published in 1992. Since then the award-winning author has penned close to 20 novels and a number of short stories.

Interview date: 
September 22, 2014 - 21:30
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Arts Connection for Monday, September 8, 2014 - Barrie Doyle - The Excalibur Parchment

Tonight’s guest has spent his working life telling stories about people or helping people to tell their own story—whether that’s been as a journalist or a public relations/public affairs professional. He even wrote The Media and the Message a few years ago to help churches and Christian organizations to tap into the good side of the mass media. Now Barrie Doyle (http://www.barriedoyle.com/) is telling another story in his first novel The Excalibur Parchment which will be published this fall.

Interview date: 
September 8, 2014 - 21:30
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Arts Connection for Monday, September 1, 2014 - Dan Steeves - Award-winning printmaker

Tonight’s guest is an award-winning printmaker whose work has been exhibited in galleries in Canada, the U.S., Holland, China, England, Korea, Russia, Scotland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Taiwan and the Ukraine. Dan Steeves (http://dansteeves.com/) is also a printmaking technician/lecturer at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick and was recently the first prize winner in The Open Studio’s annual National Printmaking Awards.
 

Interview date: 
September 1, 2014 - 21:30
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Arts Connection for Monday, August 25, 2014 - Bonnie Grove - Mental health

The recent suicide of actor and comedian Robin Williams once again brought the topic of mental illness out of the shadows where it became trending topic on Twitter, Facebook and other social media forums. Even Christians, and artists who are Christian have struggled with these challenges. On this show I’ve interviewed people who have openly discussed their struggles with depression, anxiety and body image.

Interview date: 
August 25, 2014 - 21:30
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Arts Connection for Monday, August 18, 2014 - Sharlene Olson - "Misfits & Moonbeams" CD

In the introduction to her debut CD, today’s guest writes: “So far life has not gon according to my five-year plan, my ten-year plan, or my life plan for that matter… In spite of great disappointment, loneliness, loss and pain, beauty has been there…So I give these songs away. They are part of my story.

Interview date: 
August 18, 2014 - 21:30
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