Cream Pony's North Vancouver doughnuts, The Witness Blanket at Nelson Museum, and Kamloops horror movie funNXNW August 17/18, 2024 | Welcome to the latest edition of the NXNW newsletter! Margaret Gallagher will be back in September. Lisa Christiansen will be your guest host for the next three weeks, and we've got a great program lined up for you!
Looking for something from a previous show? Be sure to stop by our CBC Listen page. | | Coming up on the show this weekend: | | | Saturday | | Anishinaabe graphic novelist and Indigenous language teacher James Corbiere translates Indigenous history into a board game with "The TRUTH in Truth and Reconciliation." | | | | Skid Dogs is shortlisted for the 40th annual B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll revisit Margaret Gallagher's conversation with author Emilia Symington-Fedy about her unflinching memoir and its B.C. roots. | | | | Kamloops Film Society and Kamloops-based podcast Drunk In A Graveyard are running their Summer Screams horror film series at the Paramount Theatre. Podcast co-host Robin Goodfellow joins us for a chat about building community with horror movies and more. | | | | In the latest entry of August's Donuts Series, we'll pay a visit to North Vancouver's Cream Pony, where Erin Smith and her daughter Ali Finn sell doughnuts and fried chicken. | | | | | Sunday | | Nelson Museum Archives & Gallery curator Arin Fay gives us a sneak peek of The Witness Blanket (Aug. 9 - Sept. 20), a touring reproduction of Carey Newman's exhibit, which compiles reclaimed items from residential schools, churches, and more. | | | | Throughout August, CBC Victoria's Kathryn Marlow brings us a slice of island life with episodes of the CBC podcast This Is Vancouver Island. This week, we'll learn about a Comox Valley project that aimed to turn an old mill site back into a natural landscape. | | | | ParticipACTION Scientific Director Leigh Vanderloo joins us to dispel some of the longstanding myths revolving around exercise and weight loss, as well as to emphasize the importance of rest days. | | | | You ever see a word that doesn't sound or look like what it really means? NXNW Word Guy Jonathan Berkowitz weighs in on some words that have a mismatch of looks and meanings. | | | | | | | Saddling up for a trip to North Van's Cream Pony | | Our August Donuts series rolls forward with a visit to Cream Pony, where Erin Smith and her daughter Ali Finn have served doughnuts and fried chicken to North Vancouverites since 2021. | | | Cream Pony's lovely alleyway storefront | | | | | In case you missed it... | | Last week on NXNW, Leah Abramson and Samantha Parton joined us to reflect on what makes a great song, ahead of their songwriting retreat at Hollyhock Retreat Center on Cortes Island (Sept. 27 - Aug. 2).
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