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Arts & Culture, November 18 – 22, 2024

Arts & Culture

This week, we ask author Andy Weaver about his new book, The Loom. We talk with James Moore, founder of Comedy Monday Night. Andrew Ritchie tells us about Cycle, which combines theatre with a true bicycling experience. Filmmakers Rose Tucker and Matthew Salleh tell us about Slice of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts. This documentary explores all the different ways a recognizable building can be re-purposed.

Monday, November 18 at 10:40am MT on Discoveries

Andy Weaver led a relatively quiet life until, at the age of 42, he became a father. Within three years of that pivotal moment, he had two sons. As he puts it: “two small, relentless disruptions to an existence which had, for a very long time, been self-sustaining and tranquil.” Weaver chronicles this experience of new-found-fatherhood in his latest literary work, The Loom, a book about love and discovering both the joys and challenges of parenthood.

 

Tuesday, November 19 at 5:40pm MT on Traffic Jams

Lisa Wilton is joined by James Moore, the founder of Comedy Monday Night, which is coming up on its 20th year. In fact, it is Western Canada’s longest running comedy open mic! One which sees both amateur and seasoned comics hitting the stage for 5-minute comedy magic. We’ll hear how CMN has proven to be a great training ground for aspiring comedians and the famous names that have visited over the years – Zach Galifianakis and Bob Odenkirk to name a few!

 

Wednesday, November 20 at 1:40pm MT on Thoroughfare

Spin cycle class meets live theatre?? In his latest solo production, Cycle, Edmonton-based theatre artist Andrew Ritchie invites audiences to literally join him on an exhilarating bicycle journey. Billed as “theatre you bike along with”, this new work is inspired by Ritchie’s experiences as a bicycle courier in Toronto. It explores the dangers and exhilarating highs of cycling in urban environments, plus the struggles of getting by in the growing “gig economy” of Canada.

 

Friday, November 22 at 8:40am MT on Alberta Morning

When it was founded by two brothers in 1950s Wichita, Kansas, nobody guessed that Pizza Hut would become one of the pre-dominant food franchises in American history. But the familiar pavilion-style restaurants spread all across the U.S. during the chain’s peak in the 1970s. In their new documentary film, Slice of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts, award-winning Australian filmmakers Rose Tucker and Matthew Salleh travel to decommissioned Pizza Hut locations across the U.S., where the iconic huts are now home to businesses like a Colorado cannabis dispensary, a Texan karaoke bar, and an LGBTQ+ church in Florida! All put together, these fascinating places and people tell a rich, complex story about who America is. The filmmakers join us on Friday’s Alberta Morning, just ahead of the doc’s Canadian premiere on November 23 at the Calgary Underground Film Festival.