Wax Poetic along with all the other programs on Co Op Radio are now broadcasting on the frequency at 100.5 FM. The flip happened on Monday Sept 10th at 1:02pm.
You will still be getting all of our eclectic radio programming and spoken word guests dropping by just at the spot on the dial.
Out first show at 100.5 is Wed Sept 12th with Jayson McDonald. Jayson is currently peforming his new play UNDERBELLY at the Vancouver Fringe Festival and luckily for us he's going to visit on his day off. Underbelly is an exploration of the life of William S. Burroughs written in the voice of WSB but with all new text created by Jayson. It's a brilliant show and he'll be telling us all about it.
We continue to have a great mix of "page" and "stage" poets drop by our studios. Pam has done an excellent job getting folks as guests. This year has seen the likes of Billeh Nickerson, Elizabeth Bachinsky, Heidi Greco, Bill Bisset, Jason Sunder, Raoul Hernandez, Alberto Cristoffanini, Missie Peters, Julie Peters, Jillian Christmas, Sonja Littlejohn, The Vancouver Poetry Slam Team, Evelyn Lau and tons of others as our guests.
Upcoming guests include Rene Saklikar and hopefully Sandy Shreve
If U would like to be a guest on our show feel free to email RC at rcarcee@yahoo.ca to check and see if we are booked.
If you have a spoken word CD you would like us to play on the air please snail mail it to the address attached to this link c/o Wax Poetic www.coopradio.org
Or you can send MP3s as well to the email address above.
Thanks so much for listening. We're excited to be on our new frequency.
RCW
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
What's up
I can't believe it's been two and half months since we last checked in and said hello.
Poetry month was super busy. RC was away in Banff for a week at the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Spoken Word program created by Sheri-D Wilson.
The 2nd annual BC Youth Poetry Slam Championships aka Hullabaloo took place with South Delta Secondary coming out on top. We had one of the featured poets of the festival, Mary Pinkoski on as our guests.
The next week Sean McGarragle and Sonya Littlejohn joined us to promote the Vancouver International Poetry Festival and Charles Hamilton joined RC in studio the following week to also talk about the festival and share some poems.
The month wrapped up with us digging in to the CD Tickle Trunk and playing some tracks from Jamie DeWolf, Janet Rogers and Shauntay Grant.
The next two weeks of May are booked with Billeh Nickerson coming on the show May 9th and Heidi Greco joining us on the 16th. We also have Bill Bissett confirmed for later in the summer as well as Sylvia Taylor.
Also congrats to Pam on getting her new job which allows for some cash flow and for her to still be part of the broadcasts. And congrats to RC Weslowski for winning the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Championships at VIP.
As always are shows are archived online at http://www.coopradio.org/ and you can downloads podcasts for free on Itunes under WaxPoetic Radio.
Poetry month was super busy. RC was away in Banff for a week at the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Spoken Word program created by Sheri-D Wilson.
The 2nd annual BC Youth Poetry Slam Championships aka Hullabaloo took place with South Delta Secondary coming out on top. We had one of the featured poets of the festival, Mary Pinkoski on as our guests.
The next week Sean McGarragle and Sonya Littlejohn joined us to promote the Vancouver International Poetry Festival and Charles Hamilton joined RC in studio the following week to also talk about the festival and share some poems.
The month wrapped up with us digging in to the CD Tickle Trunk and playing some tracks from Jamie DeWolf, Janet Rogers and Shauntay Grant.
The next two weeks of May are booked with Billeh Nickerson coming on the show May 9th and Heidi Greco joining us on the 16th. We also have Bill Bissett confirmed for later in the summer as well as Sylvia Taylor.
Also congrats to Pam on getting her new job which allows for some cash flow and for her to still be part of the broadcasts. And congrats to RC Weslowski for winning the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Championships at VIP.
As always are shows are archived online at http://www.coopradio.org/ and you can downloads podcasts for free on Itunes under WaxPoetic Radio.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Poetry! Cake! Auction!
Congratulations to Pandora's Collective on their 10th anniversary.
About 65 people gathered at the Prophouse Cafe on Venables Street in Vancouver to celebrate Pandora's Collective, a writer's group that began with Bonnie Nish, Sita Carboni and Heather Neal.
These days Heather is on Vancouver Island, Sita is on a boat in North Vancouver and Bonnie is heading up the collective and board. 10 years goes by fast and in that rush you never know who you are going to impress upon and inspire. However with the stories told last night of inspiration and dedication it's easy to see how Pandora's DIY poetic grass roots activism has touched the lives of many people.
The show was a hoot. Jess Hill, CR Avery and Geoff Berner were the musical headliners while there was a list of guest readers about 20 people deep. 3 1/2 hours later everyone was smiling and reminising and enjoying the great vibes and energy. Personally it was great to see old friends Johnny Frem and SR Duncan get up and do their thing and I also really enjoyed Ruth Kozak's insights into Greek culture past and present. Ruth will be joining us on the airwaves in the next couple of weeks.
There was also an auction led by auctioneer SR Duncan and later on a chocolate Pandoras Box cake was brought out and eaten up while Geoff Berner sang about keeping the rent down low.
All in all a sweet night.
Coming up are a some key festivals...The Talking Stick Festival and the Poetry Gabriola Festival is happening this week through until Sunday with folks like George Bowering, Tanya Davis, Barbara Adler, CR Avery and Drek Daa participating. Congrats to Hilary Peach and her volunteers for another eclectic and excellent mix of programming.
About 65 people gathered at the Prophouse Cafe on Venables Street in Vancouver to celebrate Pandora's Collective, a writer's group that began with Bonnie Nish, Sita Carboni and Heather Neal.
These days Heather is on Vancouver Island, Sita is on a boat in North Vancouver and Bonnie is heading up the collective and board. 10 years goes by fast and in that rush you never know who you are going to impress upon and inspire. However with the stories told last night of inspiration and dedication it's easy to see how Pandora's DIY poetic grass roots activism has touched the lives of many people.
The show was a hoot. Jess Hill, CR Avery and Geoff Berner were the musical headliners while there was a list of guest readers about 20 people deep. 3 1/2 hours later everyone was smiling and reminising and enjoying the great vibes and energy. Personally it was great to see old friends Johnny Frem and SR Duncan get up and do their thing and I also really enjoyed Ruth Kozak's insights into Greek culture past and present. Ruth will be joining us on the airwaves in the next couple of weeks.
There was also an auction led by auctioneer SR Duncan and later on a chocolate Pandoras Box cake was brought out and eaten up while Geoff Berner sang about keeping the rent down low.
All in all a sweet night.
Coming up are a some key festivals...The Talking Stick Festival and the Poetry Gabriola Festival is happening this week through until Sunday with folks like George Bowering, Tanya Davis, Barbara Adler, CR Avery and Drek Daa participating. Congrats to Hilary Peach and her volunteers for another eclectic and excellent mix of programming.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Hello Again
Well it's taken quite a while but we're back up and running on the Wax Poetic blog. Thanks for your patience as we try and get your readership back.
First off I want to let you know that since last report Pam Bentley has joined me as co host of Wax Poetic now that SR and Dianne have retired from the show. We worked together for about 10 years and now the show shifts into a new era. I also wanted to thank Mark Steinberg for jumping on board as a co host for a few months last year. However Mark's acting career has skyrocketed and unfortunately he doesn't have enough time to dedicate to the show.
I want to also thank all the cool guests we've had over the past year including Christine Lowther, Wilhelmina Salmi, George Bowering, Sonja Littlejohn, Jillian Christmas, and Vancouver's latest poet laureate, Evelyn Lau.
We'll work to keep you up to date on poetry events happening here in Vancouver and around the Lower Mainland.
Along those lines I really want to let you know about a couple of cool events...The Pandora's Collective 10th anniversary show at the Prophouse Cafe. It happens on Thursday February 16th with performances by Jess Hill, CR Avery and Geoff Berner plus a whole slew of invited guests sharing stories and other words. 7pm. $10. The Prophouse is located on Venables Street across the road from The Uprising Breads bakery.
Also, this weekend, performance poet extraordinairre, Derrick Brown is performing at the Chutzpah Festival. Spoken word and dance mash it up. You can find out more behind this link.
Just google chutzpah festival to find out more.
As always go to http://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/ for more event info on select shows happening in the area.
First off I want to let you know that since last report Pam Bentley has joined me as co host of Wax Poetic now that SR and Dianne have retired from the show. We worked together for about 10 years and now the show shifts into a new era. I also wanted to thank Mark Steinberg for jumping on board as a co host for a few months last year. However Mark's acting career has skyrocketed and unfortunately he doesn't have enough time to dedicate to the show.
I want to also thank all the cool guests we've had over the past year including Christine Lowther, Wilhelmina Salmi, George Bowering, Sonja Littlejohn, Jillian Christmas, and Vancouver's latest poet laureate, Evelyn Lau.
We'll work to keep you up to date on poetry events happening here in Vancouver and around the Lower Mainland.
Along those lines I really want to let you know about a couple of cool events...The Pandora's Collective 10th anniversary show at the Prophouse Cafe. It happens on Thursday February 16th with performances by Jess Hill, CR Avery and Geoff Berner plus a whole slew of invited guests sharing stories and other words. 7pm. $10. The Prophouse is located on Venables Street across the road from The Uprising Breads bakery.
Also, this weekend, performance poet extraordinairre, Derrick Brown is performing at the Chutzpah Festival. Spoken word and dance mash it up. You can find out more behind this link.
Just google chutzpah festival to find out more.
As always go to http://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/ for more event info on select shows happening in the area.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Libby Davies Sounds Out Slam Poetry-Style
Our local NDP candidate Libby Davies does a pretty decent ode to East Vancouver and still manages to get the message across of how important voting is.
By the way, did anyone get any good pics or video of the flash mob at Brit yesterday? If so, feel free to drop me a line at srduncan@shaw.ca and let me know.
By the way, did anyone get any good pics or video of the flash mob at Brit yesterday? If so, feel free to drop me a line at srduncan@shaw.ca and let me know.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Special Event: George Bowering and Sasha Langford
Press Release
Thursday January 6th 2010
Features: George Bowering & Sasha Langford
1st and 3rd Thursday of every month
Pandora's Collective Presents
TWISTED POETS LITERARY SALON
Share in an evening of literary surprises while wrapped in a warm and encouraging environment. Connect, read and enjoy. In the spirit of Vancouver all are welcome.
Suggested Donation: $5.00 at the door.
January Features: George Bowering & Sasha Langford
Hosts: Bonnie Nish, Sita Carboni and Warren Dean Fulton.
Time: 7pm-10pm
Location: The Prophouse Cafe, 1636 Venables Street
Vancouver , BCContact: blinsh_pandoras@yahoo.ca
www.pandorascollective.com
George Bowering, Canada’s first Poet Laureate, was born in the Okanagan Valley .
After serving as an aerial photographer in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Bowering earned a BA in English and an MA in History at the University of British Columbia, where he became one of the co-founders of the avant-garde poetry magazine TISH. He has taught literature at the University of Calgary , the University of Western Ontario and Simon Fraser University , and he continues to act as a Canadian literary ambassador at international conferences and readings.
A distinguished novelist, poet, editor, professor, historian and tireless supporter of fellow writers, Bowering has authored more than eighty books, including works of poetry, fiction, autobiography, biography and youth fiction. His writing has also been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese and Romanian. In 2002, Bowering was recognized by the Vancouver Sun as one of the most influential people in British Columbia .
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Sasha Langford was just 18 years old when she was one of five poets selected to represent Vancouver at the 2008 CBC Poetry Face-Off. Since then, she has served as a Canadian representative at the 2009 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Detroit , and recently won a coveted spot on the Vancouver Poetry Slam Team. A trained improviser and musician, Langford uses her passion for storytelling to offer moving and humorous character narratives by way of performance poetry.
Press Release
Thursday January 20th 2010
Features: Dennis E. Bolen and Soressa Gardner
1st and 3rd Thursday of every month
Pandora's Collective Presents
TWISTED POETS LITERARY SALON
Share in an evening of literary surprises while wrapped in a warm and encouraging environment. Connect, read and enjoy. In the spirit of Vancouver all are welcome.
Suggested Donation: $5.00 at the door.
January Features: Dennis E. Bolen and Soressa Gardner
Hosts: Bonnie Nish, Sita Carboni and Warren Dean Fulton.
Time: 7pm-10pm
Location: The Prophouse Cafe, 1636 Venables Street
Vancouver , BCContact: blinsh_pandoras@yahoo.ca
www.pandorascollective.com
Dennis E. Bolen is a novelist, editor, teacher and journalist, first published in 1975 (Canadian Fiction Magazine). He holds a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria (1977) and an MFA (Writing) from the University of British Columbia (1989), and taught introductory Creative Writing at UBC from 1995 to 1997.
In 1989 Mr. Bolen helped establish the international literary journal sub-TERRAIN, and served there as fiction editor for ten years. He has acted as a community editorial board member of The Vancouver Sun newspaper, and on the boards of a literacy advocacy organization, a literary collective and a theatre company and has written criticism, social commentary, arts advocacy and editorial opinion for numerous journals and newspapers in Canada .
Major Publications: Kaspoit!, novel, Anvil Press, Vancouver , 2009.
Toy Gun, novel, Anvil Press, Vancouver, 2005. Gas Tank and Other Stories, short fiction, Anvil Press, Vancouver, 1998.Krekshuns, novel, Random House, Toronto , 1997. Stand In Hell, novel, Random House, Toronto , 1995. Stupid Crimes (revised), novel, Vintage, Toronto , 1995. Stupid Crimes, novel, Anvil Press, Vancouver, 1992.
Soressa Gardner is a vocalist, improviser, songwriter and electronic music composer who strives to expose the soul of any given project. She holds a music degree and diploma in classical voice from Vancouver Community College . Her collaborations with writers seek out darkness and humour, and her improvisation skills and sense of movement bring ease and grace to her collaborations with dancers. Soressa’s collaborations with Canadian authors include Dennis E. Bolen and Evie Christie. In movement and voice, she has worked with Mascall Dance, Voxy Vocal Lab (with singers Kate Hammett-Vaughan and Carol Sawyer), Bugs Black Blood (under the direction of Coat Cooke) and others. Her compositions have been showcased at Video Inn’s Signal and Noise Festival, the Western Front, and on independent radio. She has studied with composer Peter Hannan, extended technique vocalists Richard Armstrong, Katherine Duncanson and DB Boyco, and classical vocalist Marisa
Gaetanne.
www.soressa.com
http://www.playhut.bandcamp.com
http://www.myspace.com/soressagardner
http://soressa.bandcamp.com
http://gyrebc.bandcamp.com/album/4-25-10
Bonnie Nish
Executive Director
Pandora's Collective
"Promoting The Arts That Inspire The World To Take Notice Of Itself"
www.pandorascollective.com
Thursday January 6th 2010
Features: George Bowering & Sasha Langford
1st and 3rd Thursday of every month
Pandora's Collective Presents
TWISTED POETS LITERARY SALON
Share in an evening of literary surprises while wrapped in a warm and encouraging environment. Connect, read and enjoy. In the spirit of Vancouver all are welcome.
Suggested Donation: $5.00 at the door.
January Features: George Bowering & Sasha Langford
Hosts: Bonnie Nish, Sita Carboni and Warren Dean Fulton.
Time: 7pm-10pm
Location: The Prophouse Cafe, 1636 Venables Street
Vancouver , BCContact: blinsh_pandoras@yahoo.ca
www.pandorascollective.com
George Bowering, Canada’s first Poet Laureate, was born in the Okanagan Valley .
After serving as an aerial photographer in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Bowering earned a BA in English and an MA in History at the University of British Columbia, where he became one of the co-founders of the avant-garde poetry magazine TISH. He has taught literature at the University of Calgary , the University of Western Ontario and Simon Fraser University , and he continues to act as a Canadian literary ambassador at international conferences and readings.
A distinguished novelist, poet, editor, professor, historian and tireless supporter of fellow writers, Bowering has authored more than eighty books, including works of poetry, fiction, autobiography, biography and youth fiction. His writing has also been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese and Romanian. In 2002, Bowering was recognized by the Vancouver Sun as one of the most influential people in British Columbia .
.
Sasha Langford was just 18 years old when she was one of five poets selected to represent Vancouver at the 2008 CBC Poetry Face-Off. Since then, she has served as a Canadian representative at the 2009 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Detroit , and recently won a coveted spot on the Vancouver Poetry Slam Team. A trained improviser and musician, Langford uses her passion for storytelling to offer moving and humorous character narratives by way of performance poetry.
Press Release
Thursday January 20th 2010
Features: Dennis E. Bolen and Soressa Gardner
1st and 3rd Thursday of every month
Pandora's Collective Presents
TWISTED POETS LITERARY SALON
Share in an evening of literary surprises while wrapped in a warm and encouraging environment. Connect, read and enjoy. In the spirit of Vancouver all are welcome.
Suggested Donation: $5.00 at the door.
January Features: Dennis E. Bolen and Soressa Gardner
Hosts: Bonnie Nish, Sita Carboni and Warren Dean Fulton.
Time: 7pm-10pm
Location: The Prophouse Cafe, 1636 Venables Street
Vancouver , BCContact: blinsh_pandoras@yahoo.ca
www.pandorascollective.com
Dennis E. Bolen is a novelist, editor, teacher and journalist, first published in 1975 (Canadian Fiction Magazine). He holds a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria (1977) and an MFA (Writing) from the University of British Columbia (1989), and taught introductory Creative Writing at UBC from 1995 to 1997.
In 1989 Mr. Bolen helped establish the international literary journal sub-TERRAIN, and served there as fiction editor for ten years. He has acted as a community editorial board member of The Vancouver Sun newspaper, and on the boards of a literacy advocacy organization, a literary collective and a theatre company and has written criticism, social commentary, arts advocacy and editorial opinion for numerous journals and newspapers in Canada .
Major Publications: Kaspoit!, novel, Anvil Press, Vancouver , 2009.
Toy Gun, novel, Anvil Press, Vancouver, 2005. Gas Tank and Other Stories, short fiction, Anvil Press, Vancouver, 1998.Krekshuns, novel, Random House, Toronto , 1997. Stand In Hell, novel, Random House, Toronto , 1995. Stupid Crimes (revised), novel, Vintage, Toronto , 1995. Stupid Crimes, novel, Anvil Press, Vancouver, 1992.
Soressa Gardner is a vocalist, improviser, songwriter and electronic music composer who strives to expose the soul of any given project. She holds a music degree and diploma in classical voice from Vancouver Community College . Her collaborations with writers seek out darkness and humour, and her improvisation skills and sense of movement bring ease and grace to her collaborations with dancers. Soressa’s collaborations with Canadian authors include Dennis E. Bolen and Evie Christie. In movement and voice, she has worked with Mascall Dance, Voxy Vocal Lab (with singers Kate Hammett-Vaughan and Carol Sawyer), Bugs Black Blood (under the direction of Coat Cooke) and others. Her compositions have been showcased at Video Inn’s Signal and Noise Festival, the Western Front, and on independent radio. She has studied with composer Peter Hannan, extended technique vocalists Richard Armstrong, Katherine Duncanson and DB Boyco, and classical vocalist Marisa
Gaetanne.
www.soressa.com
http://www.playhut.bandcamp.com
http://www.myspace.com/soressagardner
http://soressa.bandcamp.com
http://gyrebc.bandcamp.com/album/4-25-10
Bonnie Nish
Executive Director
Pandora's Collective
"Promoting The Arts That Inspire The World To Take Notice Of Itself"
www.pandorascollective.com
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Craig Spence, President Fed. of BC Writers in Studio
Craig Spence current president of the Federation of BC Writers joins us in studio. He talks about different services and initiatives the Federation offers in the wake of massive BC Arts cuts. Currently, Craig is working on a fiction work called Stained Glass. In this work, a church in Barkerville, BC needs new stained glass windows, but cannot afford them. Things get hairy when the town's prostitutes offer to pay for the windows. For more information about Craig visit his website here.
Craig also offers a unique stance on art, suggesting that artist organizations should do more to partner with corporations, and not rely solely on the government. He states that there is a place for business-minded people in arts to help manage organizations better; where sometimes artists themselves aren't the best managers. In addition, our guest criticizes superficial festivals the BC government has substituted for long term support of artists.
More info about Federation about BC Writers here.
Click below to list to the show.
Craig also offers a unique stance on art, suggesting that artist organizations should do more to partner with corporations, and not rely solely on the government. He states that there is a place for business-minded people in arts to help manage organizations better; where sometimes artists themselves aren't the best managers. In addition, our guest criticizes superficial festivals the BC government has substituted for long term support of artists.
More info about Federation about BC Writers here.
Click below to list to the show.
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