 Talking paintings and pucks with Canucks legend Richard Brodeur, building from the ground up with Cortes Island Museum & Archives, and cedar weaving for Mother's DayNXNW May 11/12, 2024 | The NXNW Team is wishing you a lovely Mother's Day weekend! Whether you're with friends, family, or you're doing nice things for yourself, we hope you'll find good laughter and vibes this Saturday and Sunday. You can also find those things in our show this weekend!
Musqueam artist Rita Point Kompst continues our May Trees series with some cedar weaving for Mother's Day, we get a sneak peek of a new children's play that celebrates queer families, and we visit Canucks legend Richard Brodeur as he displays new paintings at Vancouver's Arts Off Main Gallery!
Looking for something from a previous show? Be sure to stop by our CBC Listen page. | | | Coming up on the show this weekend: | | | Saturday |  | Author Erin Silver lends some pointers on what the sports industry (and amateur sports enthusiasts) can do to reduce their carbon footprint in her new book In It To Win It, Sports and the Climate Crisis. | | | | | Curators Melanie Boyle and Monika Hoffman chronicle Cortes Island's past and present housing in the new exhibit From the Ground Up: Cortes Island dwellings and their histories, which runs at the Cortes Island Museum & Archives until December 2024. | | | | | | Musqueam artist Rita Point Kompst shares the importance of cedar weaving, as she gets ready to teach a celebratory Mother's Day workshop on May 11 at the Museum of Vancouver. | | | | | We take a tour of Lund's Tidal Art Centre with founder Nancy Jeakins, who converted Finn Bay's former forestry station into a vibrant arts hub bustling with classes, events, and artists-in-residence. | | | | | Sunday | | | Over the decades, there has been a substantial increase in the use of single-use plastics. CBC's Emily Chung gives us the breakdown on what Canada is doing to reduce plastic waste. | | | | | Kayli VanderMeer of Books & Company in Prince George offers us some new book recommendations, which we've listed below for your next summer read. | | | | | Playwright Dave Deveau and director Cameron Mackenzie draw from their parenting experience to celebrate queer families in the new Carousel Theatre production The Papa Penguin Play (May 15 - June 2). | | | | | Former Canucks goalie Richard Brodeur (a.k.a. King Richard) goes from goalie to guest artist as he displays his paintings at Vancouver's Arts Off Main Gallery, which will present his work until July. | | | | | | | | | Trees - Cedar weaving with Rita Point Kompst | | | In the latest entry of our May Trees series, Musqueam artist Rita Point Kompst previews her new Mother's Day workshop at the Museum of Vancouver where she'll guide participants through the creation of a cedar bracelet for your mom.
We'll hear about Rita's experience with weaving, visit her studio space, and more. Mother's Day: Weaving Cedar Bracelets with Rita Point Kompst is at the Museum of Vancouver on May 11, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. PT. | | |  | Rita Point Kompst with various projects in her studio. | | | | | | | Celebrating queer family love with The Papa Penguin Play | | | NXNW's Jeremy Ratt visited the Carousel Theatre for Young People to get a sneak peek of The Papa Penguin Play. Written by playwright Dave Deveau, the show follows two male penguins who have their dream to start a family come true when they're gifted their own egg, which hatches their first baby chick, Hedgie. We'll hear from Deveau as well as Cameron Mackenzie, Deveau's husband and the play's director, about their parenting experience that inspired the production.
Co-presented by Carousel Theatre for Young People, Vancouver International Children's Festival, and Zee Zee Theatre, The Papa Penguin Play runs at The Waterfront Theatre May 17-June 2. Children ages three and up are welcome! | | |  | The Papa Penguin Play cast and crew at rehearsal. | | | | | | | Touring the Tidal Art Centre | | | This week on NXNW, Margaret Gallagher took a tour of Lund's Tidal Art Centre with founder Nancy Jeakins, who converted Finn Bay's former forestry station into a vibrant arts hub bustling with classes, events, and artists-in-residence.
We'll also meet musician and writer C.R. Avery, as well as visual artist Prashant Miranda. | | |  | Nancy Jeakins outside the Tidal Arts Centre. | | | | | | | Bookstore Check-In - Books & Company | | | From time to time, we like to check in on some of the province's independent booksellers for their five reading recommendations. Kayli VanderMeer, manager of Books & Company in Prince George, B.C., gave us some great reading picks, which we've listed below.
We hope you give them a try!
Kayli's Reading Recs: - This Place Is Who We Are by Katherine Palmer Gordon (Harbour Publishing, 2023)
- The City of Rainbows by Blair Mirau (Heritage House, 2024)
- Cascade Failure by L.M. Sagas (Published by Tor Books, 2024)
- Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne (Bramble, 2024)
- Godkiller by Hannah Kaner (Harper Voyager, 2023)
- Ocean's Godori by Elaine U. Cho (Zando - Hillman Grad Books, 2024)
| | | | | | | In case you missed it ... | | | Last week on NXNW, Kevin Spenst took us on a stroll through Vancouver's West End, the site of his poetry-themed Jane's Walk. He read us some poems from his new book, A Bouquet Brought Back From Space, and told us about the places and people that inspired his work.
Stream this interview via CBC Listen.
Spenst is currently touring B.C. with readings from his new collection. Here's just a few show dates for To Weather A Bouquet: A Road Trip With Rob Taylor And Friends.
May 11 - Enderby's Cardiff Miller Art Warehouse (507 Granville Ave.) with Rob Taylor at 5:15 p.m.
May 14 Nelson's Notably, a Book Lover’s Emporium with Rob Taylor at 7 p.m.
May 15 Rossland's Gold Rush Bookstore with Rob Taylor at 6:30 p.m.
May 16 Kelowna's “woodshed” at the Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre with Matt Rader, Dallas Hunt, Rob Taylor and Cole Nash.
(For more info, visit Spenst's website) | | | | | Thanks for listening! | Have comments or suggestions you'd like to share? Email us!
Jeremy Ratt, editor | | | | | |
