 Spotlighting overlooked women in the arts, a body-positive walking community, and 2024 book picksNXNW Jan. 6/7, 2023 | Good evening, and welcome to the latest edition of the NXNW newsletter! Margaret Gallagher is away this week, but she'll be back for the next show.
Lisa Christiansen is your guest host this weekend, with a great show to usher in 2024! We're looking at some upcoming books to look forward to, checking out a new exhibit that spotlights overlooked women in the arts, and launching our January Walk This Way series.
Looking for something from a previous show? Be sure to check out our archive, or stop by our CBC Listen page. | | | Coming up on the show this weekend: | | | Saturday |  | Author Deborah MacNamara shares how to foster a healthy relationship with food at an early age with her book, Nourished: Connection, Food, and Caring for Our Kids. | | | | | Vancouver's Rio Theatre is hosting a Lord of the Rings trilogy marathon this weekend. UBC English professor Siân Echard shares what the iconic fantasy films — and books — mean to her. | | | | | As Victoria band 3 Inches of Blood hosts their much-anticipated reunion shows this weekend, band members Ash Pearson and Shane Clark stop by the NXNW studio to do some Record Keeping. | | | | | Artist Lynda Gammon and curator Carolyn Butler Palmer honour the many women who remain hidden in the University of Victoria's art collection with the new exhibit, Latent, running Jan. 6 to April 6. | | | | | Sunday | | | In the first entry of our Walk This Way series, we share a path with Maryam Marissen, entrepreneur and founder of VanCity Girls Who Walk. | | | | | Artist David Mesiha deconstructs identity, sameness, and being, in the mixed media installation Same Difference at Vancouver's PuSh Festival. | | | | | The 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse entered the public domain in the US this year. UBC adjunct professor Jon Festinger unpacks what artists can and can't do with the copyright-free version of the character. | | | | | Terrace, B.C., is home to Misty River Books — and the bookstore's Brittany Laird joins us to share her most anticipated books of the year. | | | | | | | | | Walk This Way - VanCity Girls Who Walk | | | We're kicking off a new January series called Walk This Way — and it's all about getting out and about! In our first entry, we catch up with Maryam Marissen, a Vancouver entrepreneur, mother, and founder of the VanCity Girls Who Walk. The community hosts body-positive walks throughout the week, helping build community and prioritize health. | | |  | Maryam Marissen, founder of VanCity Girls Who Walk | | | | | | | Exhibit spotlights hidden work of women in the arts | | | Artist Lynda Gammon and curator Carolyn Butler Palmer join us to talk about their new art exhibition, Latent, which opens at Legacy Downtown in Victoria and runs Jan. 6 to April 6.
The show emerged from many conversations between the artist and curator, about how artists who identify as women are often overlooked and ignored. Latent honours those voices by bringing forward their work from the University of Victoria's art collection. | | |  | | |  | The exhibit, Latent, at Legacy Art Gallery in downtown Victoria. | | | | | | | Steamboat Willie enters public domain in the US | | | In 1928, Disney released the animated short film, Steamboat Willie, often regarded as the world's introduction to the characters of Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Ninety-five years later, on Jan. 1, 2024, the cartoon officially entered the public domain in the United States (it's been in Canada's public domain since 2017) — meaning any artist can use these specific versions of the characters without permission from Disney.
Jeremy Ratt connected with Jon Festinger, an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia's Allard School of Law, about the do's and don'ts around the characters' usage following the public domain change. | | |  | Mickey Mouse featured in Steamboat Willie (1928) | | | | | | | Record Keeping with 3 Inches of Blood | | | Back in 2015, heavy metal fans bid a tearful goodbye to the band 3 Inches of Blood, after they concluded a 16-year career of touring.
In late 2023, the band reunited and announced a series of reunion shows at Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom this weekend — all of which are sold out!
But before the busy days ahead, band members Ash Pearson and Shane Clark stopped by to do some Record Keeping.
Here's what Ash and Shane have spinning:
A song from your youth?
Ash: Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses.
Shane: I Love Rock n' Roll by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.
A song, artist, or album you keep coming back to?
Ash: Limelight by Rush.
Shane: Gone Shootin' by AC/DC.
Something you're listening to right now?
Ash: I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a 'Rap' Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time by Andre 3000.
Shane: Feel by Ty Segall. | | |  | Ash Pearson and Shane Clark in the NXNW studio | | | | | | | Most anticipated books of 2024 with Misty River Books | | | With the start of the new year comes new reading goals! And this week on NXNW, we checked in with Brittany Laird of Misty River Books in Terrace, B.C., who shared some of her most anticipated books of 2024.
Consider giving these a try when they hit your local bookstore shelves:
Brittany's picks: - House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
- Sanctuary of the Shadow by Aurora Ascher
- The Phoenix Crown by Janie Chang and Kate Quinn
- One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
- The Women by Kristin Hannah
|  | | |  | Misty River Books in Terrace, B.C. | | | | | | | In case you missed it... | | | Last week on NXNW, we closed out our December Holiday Baking series with a look at the Dutch New Year's tradition: oliebollen. Benanna Bakery's Rebecca Neels joined us to unpack the history and celebration of the deep-fried, sugary treat.
Stream this interview via CBC Listen. | | | | | Thanks for listening! | Have comments or suggestions you'd like to share? Email us!
Jeremy Ratt, editor | | | | | |
