This week, soprano Jaclyn Grossman and Executive Director Robin Whiffen tell us about Edmonton Opera’s production of Wagner’s Die Walküre. We learn about The Sprouts New Play Festival for Kids. The Royal Alberta Museum has a exhibition about orcas.
Mark Limacher and Jiajia Li present Quiet, Slow, Boring, a concert celebrating calmness and introspection. Fibre artist Fern Facette uses her art to explore the ramifications of a later-in-life ADHD diagnosis.
Monday, May 26 at 10:40am MT on Discoveries
Wagner’s opera Die Walküre is being staged in Edmonton’s Maclab Theatre. CKUA’s Scott Zielsdorf will chat with Soprano Jaclyn Grossman (who plays the iconic Brünnhilde) and Edmonton Opera Executive Director Robin Whiffen.
Tuesday, May 27 at 5:40pm MT on Traffic Jams
The Sprouts New Play Festival for Kids introduces young children to the joys and thrills of live theatre. CKUA’s Lisa Wilton learns more about this fun introduction with Concrete Theatre Artistic Director Jenna Rodgers.
Wednesday, May 28 at 1:40pm MT on Thoroughfare
For over 20 years Joshua McInnes has been studying orcas and is regarded as one of the foremost experts on transient orcas in the North Pacific. Meaghan Patterson, the Executive Director of the Royal Alberta Museum, joins CKUA’s Tony King to tell us about a new exhibition, on now at the Royal Alberta Museum.
Thursday, May 29 at 12:40pm MT on The Upload
The Kensington Sinfonia presents Quiet, Slow, Boring, a concert celebrating calmness and introspection. CKUA’s Kate Stevens is joined in studio by Calgary composer Mark Limacher and Gai Lan Ensemble’s Jiajia Li.
Friday, May 30 at 8:40am MT on Alberta Morning
In her new Alberta Craft Council Exhibition Symptomology, Edmonton-based fibre artist Fern Facette explores the ramifications of a later-in-life ADHD diagnosis. The artist joins CKUA’s Grant Stovel to share more.
