This week, an enormous cultural event in Ontario, as the combined city of Kitchener-Waterloo, hosts its annual Oktoberfest. Huge crowds fill the various halls, for beer, food, music in the biggest Oktoberfest outside of Germany Now in its’ 44th edition,… »
Highlights / Arts, Culture, Lifestyle
Arts-editorial cartoonist Michael deAdder- You might be from Nova Scotia if…
This week on our look at arts, culture, and lifestyle in Canada, an inside look at Nova Scotians Nova Scotia, one of Canada’s east coast maritime provinces, is virtually surrounded by the sea. It’s certainly a part of their lives… »
Arts-Celtic Harmonies International festival in Quebec.
This week, we have word of a wonderful celebration of Celtic tradition in Canada. Certainly the celtic heritage and presence is strong in east-coast Canada, where there are schools of piping, kilts sometimes seen as daily garb, and gaelic can… »
ARTS- Multi-city “Word on the Street” literary festival
This week on the show we hear about the biggest literary festival in Canada. Big crowds mill about at the “marketplace” area of the immensely popular Word on the Street, in Toronto © Magdalene Cooper It’s a multi-city event taking place… »
Arts-Cowboy Poetry gathering Saskatchewan
This week on the show, a conversation about an art form that’s been slowly growing in popularity for years, cowboy poetry. Doris Bircham, poet and former organizer of the event Ed Brown of Manitoba, singer songwriter, wood craftsman at a… »
Arts: The Governor-General’s Pierre Berton award for promoting history in the media
Welcome to this weeks presentation. Prolific author of historical works, the award is named after Pierre Berton, shown here in 1994 © Chuck Stoody- CP Today’s show is a mix of literature, and culture, that is culture in the… »
Arts – Ryan Van Horne, playwright, “The Department of Common Sense”
Welcome to our spotlight on arts, culture, and lifestyle in Canada Playwright Ryan Van Horne On this edition, we go to the theatre..or rather the Atlantic Fringe Festival in Halifax which is currently celebrating its 25th year and getting bigger… »
Arts-Culture 60- preserving old ways, Saskatchewan Muzzle Loaders Club
Hello, and welcome to another spotlight on Canadian arts, culture, and lifestyle. While noisy, black powder muzzle loaders don’t have the very loud sharp crack of modern high velocity firearms. They do produce a lot more smoke (and fun and… »
Arts, Culture, Lifestyle 59- Sultans of String- “Symphony”
This week, a taste of some lovely music from the Canadian, gypsy jazz, world beat- folk ensemble Sutlans of STring. Album cover for “Symphony” © Sultnas of String In several highly successful CDs, and in hundreds of concerts around the world… »
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