Pride Day Programming Archives
Missed out on CFRC’s stellar Pride Day programming? You can download and listen to it through our archives by searching for Year: 2011 Month: 06 Day: 15 Showtime: 1300 - 1800. Or you can download and listen to the interviews alone from radio4all.net.
Look below for links to each of the interviews!
Pride Day interview with Alexis Mitchell.
Description: Host Kym Nacita interviews Toronto-based media artist Alexis Mitchell, whose performative documentary and hybrid media works explore queerness, memory, performativity, space, architecture, and nuanced understandings of contemporary Jewish identity and politics.
Pride Day interview with Scott Wilson.
Description: Host Kym Nacita interviews Scott Wilson, one of the contributors and also the curator of the Kingston Pride art show.
Pride Day interview with Kenji Tokawa.
Description: DJ Trishna interviews Toronto-based artist, poet, arts educator and filmmaker Kenji Tokawa about his art and his most recent film “How to Stop a Revolution.”
Pride Day interview with the Lost Bois.
Description: Host Kym Nacita interviews the Lost Bois, a queer hip-pop duo for studs, bubbles, girlies, and weirdos of all kinds. A.O. and B.Steady are a couple of silly sexy word sculptresses from DC with a mission to make fun music for the most serious of strugglers.
Pride Day interview with Scott Morgensen.
Description: Host Kym Nacita interviews Dr. Scott Morgensen about his history of queer political organizing and the development of his anti-racist and anti-colonial politics in the context of queer communities.
Pride Day interview with Daniel.
Description: Host Kym Nacita interviews Kingston-area gay youth Daniel about his experiences coming out and being out in Kingston.
Pride Day interview with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore.
Description: Host Kym Nacita interviews artist, activist, filmmaker, writer, editor and all-around troublemaker Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore. She is the author of So Many Ways to Sleep Badly (City Lights 2008). She is also the editor of Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity (Seal 2007), and an expanded second edition of That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation (Soft Skull 2008).
Pride Day interview with Chris Vargas and Eric Stanley.
Description: Kym Nacita and DJ Fraz interview filmmakers and political organizers Chris Vargas and Eric Stanley about their films “Homotopia” and “Criminal Queers” and their upcoming projects.
Shawn A-in-chut Atleo on the Wild Card
Tune in to CFRC’s Spoken Word Wild Card at 4PM to hear the keynote address from the Indigenous Issues in Post-Secondary Education: Building on Best Practices conference, held on the Queen’s University campus, on Mohawk land, from June 12-14th. National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, delivered the address to hundreds of conference participants from Indigenous nations across Canada, reflecting on the role of education for the future of First Nations peoples.
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Alternative Frequency is Recruiting!
Interested in journalism and/or current events? Alternative Frequency is currently recruiting new members to be a part of its news collective. If you’re interested in being part of a locally-produced news program committed to providing an alternative perspective on current issues, fill out a CFRC volunteer application form and indicate your interest in news programming. New voices and new perspectives are always welcome! Forms are due by June 29th. If you have any questions, you can contact Lisa at alternative.frequency@gmail.com.
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2011 Skeleton Park Music Festival on CFRC
On June 23, 27 and 30, CFRC brings you live performances from the 2011 Skeleton Park Music Festival in McBirney Park. Scheduled performances are as follows:
Thursday, June 23, 1:00-2:30 pm: Washboard Hank, 11 AM, Open Voices Choir, Slaves of Spanky
Monday, June 27, 1:00-2:30 pm: The Glass Chain, Yuka, Sleuth Bears
Thursday, June 30, 1:00-2:30 pm: Charlotte Cornfield, One Hundred Dollars, New Country Rehab
Thursday, June 30, 2:30-4:00 pm: Julie Doiron, Soul Jazz Orchestra
If you missed out on attending this year’s festival, here’s your chance to experience a day’s worth of great music!
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