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Arts & Culture April 7 – 11, 2025

Arts & Culture

This week, Stafford Arima tells us about Theatre Calgary’s new season. Nanton-based author Lise Mayne tells us about her new historical novel, Time Enough.

Visual artist Eric Louie describes his new exhibition, Come to Life, Life to Come. We meet American-Canadian rock band Jolie Laide, just announced as part of Calgary Folk Fest’s 2025 lineup. We also learn about the Ukrainian Film Festival In Alberta.

Monday, April 7 at 10:40am MT on Discoveries

Theatre Calgary’s Artistic Director, Stafford Arima, will chat with CKUA’s Leo Cripps about their upcoming slate of productions.

Tuesday, April 8 at 5:40pm MT on Traffic Jams

Nanton-based author Lise Mayne recently published her latest historical fiction novel, Time Enough, which is a family saga of immigration to Alberta in the early 1900s. Before Mayne is set to talk about the new novel at Owl’s Nest Books in Calgary, she will chat with CKUA’s Lisa Wilton.

Wednesday, April 9 at 1:40pm MT on Thoroughfare

Eric Louie is a Vancouver-based painter whose sculptural, organic abstracts allude to landscapes, still life and portraiture. His signature style will soon appear at Calgary’s Herringer Kiss Gallery. The artist joins CKUA’s Tony King to chat about his collection Come to Life, Life to Come.

Thursday,  April 10 at 12:40pm MT on The Upload

The band Jolie Liade is coming to the 2025 Calgary Folk Festival! CKUA’s Kate Stevens catches up with members of the band to talk about what festival goers can expect.

 

Friday, April 11 at 8:40am MT on Alberta Morning

The Ukrainian Film Festival will feature the film Horizons of Belonging which depicts the lives of four Ukrainian families who have had to flee the war in their home country. CKUA’s Grant Stovel will learn more about the festival and this powerful film.