Among the Evergreens, Strange Sounds in the Ocean, and Bud Sakamoto's family fishing boatNXNW June 7/8, 2025 | Welcome to the NXNW newsletter! Our upcoming shows are going into historical sights, nautical sounds, the great outdoors and more this weekend. Suzie Ungerleider gives us a slice of her intimate new album, Kirsten Pendreigh plays the sounds of the sea creatures below with her new kids book, and Bud Sakamoto invites us on the long-lived fishing boat of his family. Looking for something from a past show? Check out our CBC Listen page. | | Coming up on NXNW this weekend: | | | Saturday | | Before their company presents a new work at the Dancing on the Edge festival (June 12-21), Method Dance Society founder Shelby Richardson explains why she wanted to bring the art of movement to Prince George and northern B.C. | | | | Fisher, architect and longtime Stevestonite, Bud Sakamoto, introduces us to Crystal S, the wooden fishing boat his father built, which is part of a presentation on the history of Japanese boatbuilding in Steveston for Doors Open Richmond on June 7. | | | | Grant Lawrence returns with the seventh chapter of his series, Whale Tale, following a unique family of West Coast orcas. | | | | Singer-songwriter Suzie Ungerleider takes us on a journey with her new album, Among the Evergreens, chronicling her experiences with adolescence, motherhood, and the Vancouver of days gone by. | | | | | Sunday | | What would you do, as a reporter, if you received a cold call from a serial killer? Arlene Bynon shares her experiences speaking with convicted murderer Clifford Olson, as told in the new CBC Podcast series “Uncover: Calls From A Killer.” | | | | How did the surrealist art world claim Indigenous ceremonial masks from the Yup’ik and Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw nations? Filmmakers Neil Diamond and Joanne Robertson chronicle the journey of bringing these masks home in their new CBC Gem documentary So Surreal: Behind the Masks. | | | | This week on our June Take It Outside series, Stephen Hui takes our travel game a step higher with an updated version of his well-loved guidebook, 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia. | | | | With World Ocean’s Day coming this Sunday, Kirsten Pendreigh welcomes young readers to put an ear to the sea with her new book What Fish Are Saying: Strange Sounds in the Ocean. | | | | | | | Bud Sakamoto and the Crystal S | | Built by Mamoru Sakamoto at Sakamoto Boatworks in 1964, the Crystal S is deeply connected to the history of Steveston's Japanese-Canadian community. The Sakamoto family donated the vessel to the City of Richmond, where it's currently being restored at Richmond Boat Builders workshop at the Britannia Shipyard Historic Site. Bud Sakamoto (Mamoru's son) is a consultant on the restoration project, and he gave NXNW a tour ahead of an open house at the Boat Builders workshop on June 7, as part of Doors Open Richmond. | | | Bud Sakamoto on the deck of the Crystal S. | | | | | Suzie Ungerleider and Among the Evergreens | | Adolescence, motherhood, the Vancouver of days gone by, and a love letter to the West Coast she now calls home again. These are just a few of the subjects explored in Suzie Ungerleider's new album, Among the Evergreens.
If you tune in for the intimate songwriting and want to hear more, Suzie is taking the new record to some shows later this month. You can catch the three-time Juno nominee performing on June 19, 8 p.m. at The Cultch in Vancouver. She'll also be performing on June 20, 8 p.m. at the Bez Arts Hub in Langley. | | | Suzie Ungerleider in the NXNW studio. | | | | | In case you missed it... | | Last week on NXNW, Brian Thomas Isaac spoke about returning to the Okanagan Indian Reserve with his new novel, Bones of a Giant, the much-anticipated sequel to his acclaimed debut novel, All the Quiet Places.
Stream this interview on CBC Listen, or read more about Brian Thomas Isaac on CBC. | | | | Thanks for listening! | Have comments or suggestions you'd like to share? Email us! The NXNW Team | | | | |