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“No St. Patrick’s Day during Genocide” places focus on Palestine
MP Holmes
Kitchener, ON
A group of local Irish community members is asking the public to support and advocate for Palestinians this St Patrick’s Day. The group hopes to draw attention to the current deteriorating situation in Palestine.
Justine Rogers Basan, an organizer of the event, explains how the day will highlight the genocide in Gaza and the historical solidarity between the Irish and Palestinian people and draw parallels between the oppression experienced by both communities. The organizers of the event have called for a ceasefire, a Canadian arms embargo, and an end to the occupation in Palestine.
“No St. Patrick’s Day during Genocide” will take place at Waterloo Town Square on March 17 at 11 am.
Through the Static 29 – 13/03/24
Shameless self-promotion time! Playing a nice selection of tunes today, many of which are themed around the exhibits from this years Knowledge Integration Exhibition! Running from Monday March 18-Saturday March 23 at the St Jeromes Gymnasium on the University of Waterloo campus, check it out and learn more here!
Check out the podcast!
KIX 2024: Knowledge Integration Exhibition at University of Waterloo, March 18-23
Knowledge Integration Exhibition 2024
Visit from Monday & Tuesday, March 18, 19, Thursday & Friday Mrch 21, & 22: 11 am-6pm, Wednesday, March 20: 11am-4:30pm, Saturday, March 23: 10am-4pm
St. Jerome’s University, Siegfried Hall
Residence Wellness Centre Gym,
290 Westmount Rd N, Waterloo, ON N2L
Songs played today per request:
Sarah McLachlan, Rarities, B-sides and Other Stuff. Vol. 2: Time after Time, Composer Lyricist: C. Lauper and R. Hyman (Duet with Cyndi and Sarah).
Gordon Lightfoot, The Way I feel: Song For A Winter’s Night
Bruce Cockburn, Stealing Fire: Lovers In A Dangerous Time
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic:Under the Bridge
Radiohead, In Rainbows: Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Irish Real Live Festival focuses on alternative ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
MP Holmes
Kitchener, ON
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up — and with it, a whole bunch of stereotypes about Irish culture. The organizers of the Irish Real Life Festival in Kitchener wants to move beyond the usual narrative towards a deeper understanding of Irish culture in the broader world.
The eight-day festival is in its 9th year and celebrates all elements of Irish culture and not just those which, in 2019, led to a party that at its peak saw 33,000 students converge on Ezra St in Waterloo.
The Festival kicked off last weekend in Kitchener amidst local and international tensions. Organizers of the Irish Life Festival spoke with CKMS News about how they are working to expand people’s understanding of the Irish story by, if not detaching it from the association with heavy drinking, at least showcasing another side of Irish culture.
Within this year’s program, various events draw on Irish storytelling, spirituality and history to demonstrate similarities between different cultures and how, even in the face of war, peace is possible.
FROM THE VOID #89 March 12th
Welcome to Episode #89 of From the Void
Tonight is all about the Pieces and my 40th Birthday!
My new podcast with Co – Host Peri Urban is on YouTube, it’s called The Listening Eyebrow and its about deep listening to good music.
ALSO!!! I released a new album. Taste the Future. You Tube, Bandcamp or where ever you stream your music!
Radio Nowhere Episode 53, 3/9/24 (Pre-Empted, Replay on 3/14 only)
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/RadioNowhere240309Episode53.mp3, 58m04s, 80.0 MBytes
| El Pescador | Los Super Seven |
| Que te parece | Los Tigres del Norte |
| Poder Vivir | The Mavericks |
| Los Laureles | Linda Ronstadt |
| She’s not there | Santana |
| Someday Baby | B.B. King |
| The House That Jack Built | Aretha Franklin |
| Telegram Sam | T Rex |
| Gypsy Eyes | The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| Deserted Cities of the Heart | Cream |
| It Serve You Right to Suffer | John Lee Hooker |
| Light Of The Morning | Band Of Skulls |
| Faded | Ben Harper |
| River of Blood | The Black Angels |
New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #21
What’s up, y’all? Hopefully you’re enjoying the live-to-air Golden MP3 awards right now. If you’re still hungry for more afterwards, here is the Horizon Broadening Hour a day early. First, though, here is what I have added to Libretime in the last week:
| Sound of Lions | 11:44 | Pop | CanCon | |
| Sightlines | “Summer” EP | Punk | Indeterminable | |
| Divine Pocket Bouncers | Divine Pocket Bouncers | R&B | No | |
| Curbside Sofa | Curbside Sofa | Rock | CanCon | |
| Joel LeBlanc & Ken Aldcroft | The Long and the Short of It | Jazz | CanCon | |
| The Shiitake Project | 5 Days in Bath | Pop | CanCon | |
| Mike Janzen | Carols | Christmas/Holiday | CanCon | |
| Acres & Acres | Truth & Sky | Pop | CanCon | |
| Manafest | Fighter | Religious | CanCon | |
| Tough Mitts | Tough Mitts EP | Electronica | Indeterminable | |
| J. Eygenraam | Cheap Talk | Alternative | No | |
| Yes Nice | Warm Gun | Indie Rock | CanCon | |
| Snake River (Mountain Gospel Youth Band | Songs No One’ll Hear | Alternative | CanCon | |
| The Occupational Side Effects | Not Your Dealer’s Friend | Rock | CanCon | |
| Parallels | XII | Alternative | CanCon | |
| Michael Wood | Occupy This | Rock | CanCon | |
| The Beladeans | E.P. | R&B | No | |
| Catgut | Fightpicker | Indie Rock | Indeterminable | |
| Lioness | The Golden Killer | Rap | NSFR (presumed) | CanCon |
| Woods of Ypres | Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light | Metal | No | |
| Divine Fits | A Thing Called Divine Fits | Alternative | Indeterminable | |
| Souls Rest | Better Weapon | Other | CanCon | |
| The Trews | …Thank You And I’m Sorry | Alternative | CanCon | |
| The Veer Union | Divide the Blackened Sky | Alternative | CanCon | |
| Richard Underhill | Tales from the Blue Lounge | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Lucky Widmore | Long Time Coming | Unknown | NSFR (potentially) | Indeterminable |
| Stefan Christoff | Temps Libre | Jazz | CanCon | |
The good news — I believe the entirety of our in-studio CD shelf will have been uploaded to the system by this time next week!
Here is the Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Protosequence – Parasitic
Van Halst – World of Make Believe
Monarch Woods – Nets in the Night
Fayne – Nomad’s Land
Black Crown Initiate – Shape’s Collapse
Kolony – The Trial
Woods of Ypres – Career Suicide (Is Not Real Suicide)
Cannons – State of Emergency
Sal Lima – Goin Rockin
Supermoon – Witching Hour
James Kasper – Old Hearts of Rust
DJ Champion – Julio’s Holy Rodeo
Sam Weber – Buddy
Look Vibrant – Cauliflower
Duotang – That’s What Keeps us Alive
Child’s Play – Love Walmart
Karen Potje – Too Late Too Long Too Old
The Goatbox Rebels – Black Tooth Grin
Matt Patershuk – Little Guitar
Nick Dehod – Death of a Cynic
Rant Maggie Rant – Southwestern Ontario Town
Government Town – Godforsaken Town
Chucky Macdonald – Our Little Friend the Sun
Ron Beer – Hawaii Bound
Emily Millard – Where is God
Velvet Vice – Urban Instinct
See y’all next week!
Mixtape Monopoly – March 9 2024
Tune in to the hottest beats in town at 10AM-Noon!
Mixtape Monopoly is here to shake your speakers 
If you can’t tune in at 10AM that’s ok! Because Mixtape Monopoly now available as a podcast though your favorite podcast app!
81 82 83 84 Season 3 Episode 19: Lunch, Anyone?
There’s no point in asking, you’ll get no reply Oh just remember I don’t decide I got no reason it’s all too much You’ll always find me Out to lunch
Waterloo Region Paramedic Services exceed response time targets, but off-load delays remain a challenge
MP Holmes
Kitchener, ON
High patient volumes and staffing shortages within local hospital emergency rooms are impacting the ability of local paramedics in the Waterloo Region to respond to critical calls.
The preliminary Paramedic Services Annual Report was presented to the Community and Health Services Committee at Regional Council (item 8.2 on the regular agenda) this week reporting response statistics, off-load delay mitigation, and changes to the categorization of system alerts and patient acuity.
Although call volumes requesting paramedic help increased only by 1% in 2023, in 2022 call volumes increased by 11% over the previous year, and the paramedic service is still adjusting to these high call volumes.
While the local paramedic service exceeded all of their provincial and regional response time targets, the challenges posed by off-load delays, which happen when paramedics are held up in hospital emergency departments waiting for patients to be transferred to the care of a hospital, are a significant factor in response time.
FROM THE VOID #88 March 5th
Welcome to Episode #88 of From the Void
Tonight is all about the B – Sides of Steven Wilson
My new podcast with Co – Host Peri Urban is on YouTube, it’s called The Listening Eyebrow and its about deep listening to good music.
ALSO!!! I released a new album. Taste the Future. You Tube, Bandcamp or where ever you stream your music!
ACCKWA’s HIV self-testing program at risk due to non-renewal of federal funding
2024-03-04-ACCKWA’s HIV self-testing program at risk due to non-renewal of federal funding
by: dan kellar
Funding for an HIV self-testing program will not be renewed by the federal government in the 2024 budget despite the positive effects touted by front-line service organisations such as the AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Area (ACCKWA). The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed to CKMS News that the funding will cease at the end of March.
The national program supplied self-testing kits and provided funding for workers to assist those seeking and HIV test, including guiding folks through the proper testing process. CATIE, an NGO focused on providing information to front line service providers in Canada called the HIV self-testing program “an important piece in overcoming hurdles and bridging the gaps between diagnosis and treatment”.
This show features an interview with Ruth Cameron, the executive director of ACCKWA, who discusses the importance of the HIV self-testing program and provides some impact data.
The music on today’s show is Daedalus Requiem, the first single from composer Erik Lankin’s, debut work “The Icarus Album”. Check ErikLankinMusic.com for more information about the Canada Council for the Arts funded creation, and @ErikLankinMusic on youtube to watch the video. The song was shared with permission of the artist.
Radio Nowhere Episode 52, 3/3/24
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/RadioNowhere240302Episode52.mp3, 57m28s, 80.0 MBytes
| Bitch | The Rolling Stones |
| The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill | The Beatles |
| While My Guitar Gently Weeps | The Beatles |
| (We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet | Blues Magoos |
| Pills | Bo Diddley |
| Don’t Think Twice, it’s Alright | Bob Dylan |
| Tell Me How Do You Feel; (Don’t Want No) Woman; My Friends | Lee Michaels |
| Peace Frog | The Doors |
| Bohemian Like You | Dandy Warhols |
| Where Y’ At | Trombone Shorty |
| Wake Up | The Neville Brothers |
| Motherless Child | Eric Clapton |
| Ice Breaker (For the Big ‘M’) | The J. Geils Band |
| Almost Fed Up With the Blues | John Hiatt |
| AsshtonPark | James Gang |
New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #20
What’s up, y’all? First up, more music added to Libretime since last week:
| The Bros. Landreth | Let It Lie | Rock | CanCon | |
| Notions | Pride on my Cufflinks | Rap | NSFR (presumed) | CanCon |
| The David Rubel Quartet | Into the Dark | Jazz | CanCon | |
| J. Roddy Walston & The Business | Essential Tremors | Alternative | Indeterminable | |
| The Stranglers | Giants | Indie Rock | No | |
| Light Fires | Face | Dance | CanCon | |
| Rob Frayne | Dr.EAMBAND | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Kobo Town | Jumbie in the Jukebox | Traditional | No | |
| Gramercy Riffs | Desire Trails | Rock | CanCon | |
| Various Artists | Great Northern Revival | Alternative | CanCon | |
| Summit Series | Shoulder to Shoulder | Rock | CanCon | |
| Glenn Hall & Bernie Koenig | Overheard Conversations | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Ian Kelly | All These Lines | Rap | NSFR | CanCon |
| Paul Richey | Paul Richey and the Fusionauts | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Lindy Vopnfjord | Young Waverer | Rock | Indeterminable | |
| Paul Federici | Now and Then | Easy Listening | CanCon | |
| Crooked Brothers | Thank You I’m Sorry | Folk | CanCon | |
| Thomas D’Arcy | I Wake Up Every Day EP | Indie Rock | Indeterminable | |
| J Shiltz | Still Standing | Rap | NSFR | CanCon |
| Jennifer E. Brant | Resilience | Traditional | CanCon | |
Here is this week’s Horizon Broadening Hour, a day early:
Tracklist:
Jennifer Brant – Keep Our Water Clean
The O’Pears – Lost at Sea
Tea With Lincoln – Plaster and Paint
Begonia – Hot Dog Stand
Godspeed You! Black Emporer – Fam/Famine
Jerusalem in My Heart – Layali Al-Rast
Kellie Loder – Beneath the Sea
Amreed – Track Two
Harfang – Pleasure
Vaughn Hoy – Great Prayer
Tyson Ray Borsboom – Four Years
Moun Bluze – Elegant Lady with Hat
Icicle – Runaway Train
Sebastian Owl – Bucket List
Zach Slaughter – Her Face Was Pretty
Jordan Klassen – Light in the Evening
Kris Morauo – Get Outta Your Head
Larry Dane – Just Let It Ride
Wil – Seasons
Groenland – The Weather
The Racket – The Ballard of Mikey Finn
Jef Miles – Make Love Like War
Petit Biscuit – Sunset Lover
Alka – We Are Free Forms
Honey Beard – Robot Heart
Adrian Underhill – Cruel
Matthew Chaim – Passion Soda
See y’all next week!
CKMS Community Connections for 1 March 2024 with Tim Cameron of Cameronoise
Show Notes
Tim Cameron and Bob Jonkman talk about the Hammond B3 organ, GarageBand, instrumentals vs. lyrics, naming bands, new releases for Cameronoise, T.C. Folkpunk performances pre-pandemic, and The Bumblebats.
The interview starts at 2m55s.
Online:
- Twitter (X): @Cameronoises | Twitter
-
Bluesky:
@cameronoise.bsky.social | Bluesky
- Facebook: @Cameronoise | Facebook
- Instagram: @cameronoise | Instagram
- YouTube: @TCFolkpunk | YouTube
- Vimeo: Cameronoise | Vimeo
- Bandcamp: Cameronoise | Bandcamp
- Bandcamp: T.C. Folkpunk | Bandcamp
- Bandcamp: The Bumblebats | Bandcamp
- E-mail: cameronoise@gmail.com
Podcast
Download: ckms-community-connections-2024-03-01-episode152-Tim-Cameron-of-Cameronoise.mp3 (50 MB, 54m59s, episode 152)
Index
| Time | Title | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0m00s | Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc |
 CKMS Community Connections |
Steve Todd |
| 0m50s | Hillbilly Heroin |
 Id’s My Party |
Cameronoise |
| 2m55s | Bob and Tim are bopping to the music. Tim explains the origin of the name Id’s My Party; discussing Id, Ego, and Superego, but nobody remembers what it means. Also talking about the Cameronoise name. Talking about the sound of Cameronoise, the Hammond B3 organ, and groups that used it. Tim has no Hammond B3, but uses GarageBand and a guitar and bass. Tim explains how he composes and plays music on GarageBand. Talking about past bands Tim has played in. | ||
| 14m55s | Edwige |
Id’s My Party |
Cameronoise |
| 18m07s | More tricks on using GarageBand. Cameronoise music is shorter than typical, Tim says that’s the PowerPunk esthetic. All Cameronoise is all instrumental, Tim compares it to his T.C. Folkpunk music that does have lyrics. The lack of lyrics sells well in Japan, where the puns and colloquialisms don’t always come across. How T.C. Folkpunk came to be. Music or lyrics first? It depends! The music may come in a dream, but lyrics need more work. Talking about the orgins and production of the Lamest Fast Words album. | ||
| 30m46s | Honey, What’s The Deal? |
 Lamest Fast Words |
T.C. Folkpunk |
| 33m52s | Talking about band names: “Mondale”? You had to be there. Talking about the future: No more T.C. Folkpunk, live performances ended with the pandemic. No online performances either. But there will be new Cameronoise releases every six months. There have been some covers and other songs inspired by Tim’s music. Talking about musician’s block, but with a home studio you can record whenever inspiration strikes. Talking about another of Tim’s projects, The Bumblebats. | ||
| 47m11s | Balaclava |
 Standing in the Shadows of Moncton |
The Bumblebats |
| 49m06s | Talking about the lineup of The Bumblebats. Bob points out the similar sound quality of the guitars of The Bumblebats and the Hammond B3 organ of Cameronoise. Tim explains how he achieves that sound with GarageBand effects. Would Mozart use GarageBand? Probably. Talking about Tim’s guitar collection. | ||
| 54m36s | Bob gives the end credits. | ||
CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.
Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at ccc@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.
Subscribe to the CKMS Community Connections podcast!
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Bonus Video
Radio Waterloo Video: ckms-community-connections-2024-03-01-episode152-Tim-Cameron-of-Cameronoise.mp4 (267.3 MB)
Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2024 by the participants, and released under a 
Creative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.
81 82 83 84 Season 3 Episode 18: What? The Funk?
Black stations, white stations
Break down the doors
Stand up and face the music
This is 1984!
CKMS News – 2024-02-29 – Local petitioner challenges Canada’s UNRWA funding cuts with MP’s support
CKMS News – 2024-02-29 – Local petitioner challenges Canada’s UNWRA funding cuts with MP’s support
by: dan kellar:
In response to Israel’s allegations that 12 employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) approximately 30,000 workers were involved in the attacks on Israelis on October 7th 2023, Canada immediately announced they would end funding to the agency.
Canadian officials have since admitted to CBC News that Canada has not seen any of the evidence for the claim. Additionally, Global Affairs did not respond to requests from CKMS News to explain the decision making process for cutting funds to the largest aid agency in Palestine even as Médecins Sans Frontières says the “humanitarian crisis has reached catastrophic levels” for millions of Palestinians.
This show features an Interview with Laurel Russwurm, an Elmira resident who authored a petition on ourcommons.ca calling for Canada to reinstate funding to UNRWA, and Kitchener Center Green Party MP Mike Morrice who supports immediately reinstating funding to the humanitarian agency.
Kitchener demonstrators demand immediate arms embargo on Israel
MP Holmes
Kitchener, ON
Early Wednesday (Feb. 28), about 50 demonstrators in Kitchener blocked the entrance to local arms manufacturer Colt Canada on Wilson Avenue, demanding that the Canadian government impose an immediate and total arms embargo on Israel.
The demonstration is part of a broader protest across the country which is demanding a Canadian arms embargo on Israel and highlighting military exports from Canada to Israel. It was organized by Labour 4 Palestine, Labour Against the Arms Trade, and World BEYOND War, in response to the call by a coalition of more than 30 Palestinian unions and worker organizations to end all complicity and stop the flow of weapons to Israel.
CKMS has more on the story.
Through the Static Episode 28 – 28/02/24
Warming you up on a cold and windy Wednesday night, tune into Through the Static for all the tracks, new and old, to keep you warm and cozy!
- Marquee Moon – Television
- The Stranger – Billy Joel
- French Press – Rolling Blackouts C.F.
- Your Woman – White Town
- Birthday – The Sugarcubes
- The Limit To Your Love – Feist
- I Fell It All – Feist
- My Own Summer (Shove It) – Deftones
FROM THE VOID #87 February 27th
Welcome to Episode #87 of From the Void
Tonight is all about Nine Inch Nails….AGAIN!!!
My new podcast with Co – Host Peri Urban is on YouTube, it’s called The Listening Eyebrow and its about deep listening to good music.
ALSO!!! I released a new album. Taste the Future. You Tube, Bandcamp or where ever you stream your music!
Protestors demand change after fatal police shooting, some Black community members question demonstration
MP Holmes
Kitchener, ON
About 60 people gathered in front of the Waterloo Region Police Services (WRPS) building in Kitchener on Friday to protest the fatal shooting by police of Nicholas Nembhard, a 31-year-old Black man.
Nembhard was killed in the evening of Feb. 19, the third such fatal shooting in the region since 2007. Police confirmed Feb. 20 that the Special Investigations Unit was investigating the shooting.
The next day, on Feb. 21, the African, Caribbean, and Black Network (ACBN) put out a statement condemning the WRPS’ killing of Nembhard, a “Black man in distress due to a mental health crisis.”
Organizers of the Friday demonstration explained why they felt the gathering was necessary and explained their demands of police, including changes to responses to mental health calls.
But some people felt organizers had not done enough to include the Black community and had used the killing of a Black man to push their own agenda.
CKMS has more on the story.
Radio Nowhere Episode 51, 2/24/24
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RadioNowhere240224Episode51.mp3, 58m04s, 80.0 MBytes
| Do It Again | Steely Dan |
| Devil | Siegel-Schwall Band |
| Hot Rod Lincoln | Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen |
| Soul Dressing | Booker T & the MGs |
| No One to Depend On | Santana |
| To Know You Is to Love You (Single) | B.B. King |
| Lebanese Blonde (feat. Elin Melgarejo) [Symphonik Version] | Thievery Corporation |
| Teardrop | Massive Attack |
| Turn To The Assassin | Junip |
| Kalimando | Cirque du Soleil |
| Bring It on Home to Me | Sam Cooke |
| Cleo’s Mood | Junior Walker & The All Stars |
| Bad Company | Bad Company |
CKMS Community Connections for 26 February 2024 with Raechele Lovell of Save The Arts Waterloo Region
Show Notes
Raechele Lovell is the chair of the Waterloo Region Arts Fund, and due to recent funding cuts has set up Save The Arts Waterloo Region. She also runs DiverseWorks, a safe space to practice the arts and teach de-colonialization.
The interview starts at 2m57s.
Save The Arts Waterloo Region:
- Twitter (X): Save The Arts Waterloo Region (@savethearts_wr) | Twitter
- Instagram: Save The Arts Waterloo Region (@) | Instagram
- E-mail: savethearts.waterloo@gmail.com
Raechele Lovell:
- Twitter (X): Raechele Lovell (@raechelelovell) | Twitter
- Facebook: Raechele Lovell (@raechele.lovell) | Facebook
- Instagram: Raechele Lovell (@heyitsmsrae) | Instagram
- TikTok: Raechele Lovell (@raechelelovell) | TikTok
DiverseWorks Co.:
- Website: https://www.thediverse.ca/
- Twitter (X): DiverseWorks Dance Co. (@diverseworksco) | Twitter
- Facebook: DiverseWorks Dance Co. | Facebook
- Instagram: DiverseWorks Dance Co. (@diverseworksco) | Instagram
- YouTube: DiverseWorks Co. | YouTube
- E-mail: director@thediverse.ca
Upcoming Events
-
Waterloo Regional Council – Delegate!
- When: 10:00am on Tuesday 5 March 2024
- Where: Council Chambers, Region of Waterloo
- Location: 150 Frederick Street, Kitchener Map
- Website: Agenda, Administration and Finance
- Register: Complete this form to speak at a Regional Council Meeting
Podcast
Download: ckms-community-connections-2024-02-26-episode151-Raechele-Lovell-of-Save-The-Arts-Waterloo-Region.mp3 (51 MB, 55m43s, episode 151)
Index
| Time | Title | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0m00s | Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc |
CKMS Community Connections |
Steve Todd |
| 0m58s | Too Many Notes |
Id’s My Party |
Cameronoise |
| 2m57s | Raechele is the chair of the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund, which provides grant support for artists, both organizations and individuals. Raechele had received funds for her company, Diverse Works, but the production was thwarted by the pandemic, so she turned it into a film, shown at the Registry Theatre. Subsequent years she received funds for other, varied projects. Raechele runs down what other types of projects are funded. | ||
| 6m07s | There are a lot of artists in Wateloo Region, but few opportunities. Federally, we’re considered an “artistic desert”; we’ve been systemically underfunded. There are several sources of funding, including the private sector and family. This artistic desert started with gentrification and the Mike Harris government (in 1995) reducing funding for arts in education. Private schools aren’t necessarily any better at teaching the arts, but they may have more capacity. The pandemic forced artists to change how they presented their art, but not equitably — not everyone has access to the equipment, or the learning capacity. And much pandemic funding is no longer available, even though the effects of the pandemic are still with us. Artists predominantly live under the poverty line. Raechele is lucky in that her day job is also in the arts. But people who need to work as servers, in retail, or a corporate job don’t have the capacity to do the art work. | ||
| 13m00s | Talking about the KW Symphony shut down. Not unexpected, but still a big shock. The symphony was deeply in debt, and funding from the region had been denied. Raechele points out, as a racialized, younger person “If the symphony can’t make it, who can?” The symphony shutdown caused a lot of unrest in the arts community. Over 70 musicians lost their jobs, as well as executives, supporters, the people who worked at the Conrad Centre and the Centre In The Square. And the patrons of the symphony are now going to other cities to enjoy their music. But the KW Symphony funding is not the only funding that was removed. Regional Councillor Kari Williams proposed a 20% reduction to the Arts Fund, but Waterloo Regional Council approved a 10% reduction. Not just the Arts Fund is affected, but the entire portfolio: the key cultural institutions, the grassroots initiatives, the upstream fund, a climate action change fund, and entrepreneurial initiatives. And this loss in funding occurred after these organizations had established their 2024 budgets; the cuts were made after the Director of Culture and Art, Helen Chimirri-Russell, stepped down, so the department had no oversight. Raechele was personally affected by these cuts, and has set up Save The Arts Waterloo Region, hoping to grow an on-going advocacy body for the arts sector. | ||
| 20m05s | jealous |
 jealous |
pax & Mikayla Lane |
| 23m06s | Raechele set up Save The Arts as a response to the systemic defunding of the arts, not just in Waterloo Region. Yet people are keen to approve a $14 million increase for the police budget which already has surpluses. Raechele is concerned about the funding of racist enforcement, that this is a delibrate effort to protect their colonial ways. There’s no interest in redirecting any of that money into community initiatives. There is data that putting money into prevention programs and affordable housing there would not be as much crime. The fact that this is being actively ignored feels intentional and like a systemic problem. Raechele feels very personally attacked. The hope is that Save The Arts will be able to address some of these issues. The campaign is for artists to have a safe space to come together to fight these battles together. Raechele’s goal is to move towards an arts council, to seek funding for the arts outside the Region. | ||
| 28m39s | Raechele talks about making art accessible. Her show for the MT Space IMPACT23 festival took place outside, on the Gaukel Block, free and available for everyone. Art gives hope, entertainment, empathy, compassion; this is what art does for us. Funding is vital to put on these no-admission performances, and still provide an income to the artists. | ||
| 30m35s | Communication about the cut in funding was poor — Raechele learned about the cuts from the news. This was just one of many concerns about governance alleged in the news. Raechele is joined in Save The Arts by some people from the Waterloo Arts Fund board and other artists, but this group is for everyone. The arts community in Waterloo Region is more vibrant that what Raechele has experienced in Toronto. The campaign can grow to benefit other regions; there are funding cuts at other arts organizations. Raechele sees the drop in funding as a step backwards to last century when artists needed to fight for civil rights, fighting for marginalized people. Raechele has had two meetings, the first a special Waterloo Arts Fund meeting to discuss the funding cuts, then a Town Hall meeting for the community. There’s a mailing list of around 200 people to keep informed of upcoming events. There are plans, but none Raechele is willing to share. | ||
| 37m03s | Pink Paper Hearts |
 Origami |
Amanda Braam |
| 39m31s | How to get funding: Running community workshops on how to get money from the Arts Fund, how to get money from the Ontario Arts Council. There’s no database of available options. Workshops on dealing with tax problems, how to make investments, and more. Most artists don’t have a financial background, but Raechele does. She started in the corporate workforce, but quickly realized she wanted to pursue her dreams. Recently Raechele made a trip to Barbados to celebrate her grandmother’s 100th birthday, and turned that experience into a documentary that she presented last year at THEMUSEUM. Her roots go back to the British slave trade on Barbados. | ||
| 45m42s | Raechele’s company DiverseWorks sprang out of frustration in giving dance lessons six days a week. It provided a creative outlet, and she had the experience to make it work. Working on de-colonialization sounds more like teaching, but Raechele still views it as art. She is in the process of building the DiverseWorks de-colonial arts hub, a physical safe space to practice, perform, dance, teach, all with racialized representation. | ||
| 51m15s | Raechele gives out the contact info for the Save The Arts campaign, and encourages everyone with concerns about funding in the arts sector to come to the Committee meeting on Tuesday 5 March 2024 to speak to Council. And go see art! | ||
| 55m00s | Bob gives the credits. | ||
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Episode II of Readers Delight
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Episode 2 of Readers Delight – featuring authors: Ana Dee, Kristopher Mielke and Jennifer Willcock.
Ana Dee read poems from her poetry collection “Untouched: A Poetry Collection”. This book is available on Amazon in paperback. The Genre is: Canadian Poetry.
Kristopher Mielke read from their book “Losing Hit Points”. This book is available on Amazon as paperback or hardcover. The Genre is: LGBTQ2S + Romance for young adults.
Jennifer Willcock read from her book “Into the Forest”. This book is available on Amazon in paperback and hardcover. The Genre is: YA Contemporary Romance & Fantasy.
