The Electric City Culturecast

The Electric City Culturecast continues the ART AND ACTIVISM series with Micky Renders who talks about how she moved from studio work to community-based projects, working collectively with people. Su Ditta hosts the Electric City Culturecast. She continues the ART AND ACTIVISM series with Peterborough artist Micky Renders. Picture: The Outsider Project (2012) Music by Lonely Parade and Kelly McMichael. Original Trent Radio broadcast date: November 20, 2019. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture, and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premier arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your host, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta. News, reviews, advice, information, art! Every other Wednesday @ 6:30 PM on Trent Radio, 92.7 FM or available as a podcast at https://ec3.ptbopodcast

Su Ditta hosts the Electric City Culturecast. She continues the I AM AN ARTIST series with Peterborough artist Micky Renders. Among many things, Renders talks about her tutelage under artist Eric Loder. She also talked about the women’s art collective called Artemis and their epic group show at Twohey’s furniture store in 2006 called Furniture, Fissures and Fancies. (picture from the show: Transparencies by Micky Renders and Micky Renders today.) Music by Evangeline Gentle. Original Trent Radio broadcast date: November 6, 2019. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture, and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premier arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your host, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta. News, reviews, advice, information, art! Every other Wednesday @

An EC3 Cultural Incubator, Artsvote Canada 2019 is the candidates debate that focuses on federal arts, culture and heritage policy. Ottawa’s policies have a significant impact on local art production and presentation. Get to know the local candidates and learn about their platforms and priorities. Organized by EC3 with a coalition of local arts organization partners. Be in the know and don’t forget to vote! Candidates: Maryam Monsef (Liberal Party candidate) Michael Skinner (Conservative Party candidate) Candace Shaw (NDP Party candidate) Andrew MacGregor (Green Party candidate) For questions, please email programmanagerelectriccitycc[@]gmail.com.

This episode aired on April  3, 2019. In this instalment of the I AM AN ARTIST series, Su chats with local poets Justin Million and Gordon Johnston. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta. News, reviews, advice, information, art! Every other Wednesday @ 7:00 pm on Trent Radio, 92.7 FM or available as a podcast, here on ec3.ptbopodcasters.ca.

This episode aired on March  20, 2019. In this instalment of the I AM AN ARTIST series, Su chats with local painters Sarah Gibeault and John Climenhage. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta. News, reviews, advice, information, art! Every other Wednesday @ 7:00 pm on Trent Radio, 92.7 FM or available as a podcast, here on ec3.ptbopodcasters.ca.

Recorded on February 20, 2019 Music: “Intro” by Sherine Cisco from the album Amanita (1980). In this instalment of the Artists Speak series (hereafter known as the I AM AN ARTIST series), Su chats with local artists Lester Alfonso and Elisha Rubacha about their respective practices in media and literary arts and what it’s like to make work in Peterborough. Lester and Elisha both work in very process-based mediums and are involved in numerous, and very distinct, stages of production. Tune in to learn more! Featured: Lester Alfonso, filmmaker and video artist Elisha Rubacha, writer and Editor and Designer of bird, buried press The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Cultur

Recorded on February 6, 2019 Music: A Night in Tunisia, Ada Lee Today, Su has a full panel of guests in the studio to discuss Peterborough’s first official Black History Month and all of the amazing events to look forward to in February. Featured: Stephen Wright, Peterborough City Councillor Charmaine Magumbe, Race Relations Committee Chair Niambi Tree, Spoken Word Poet and Black Lives Matter organizer Elizabeth Jenkins, Spoken Word Poet and Activist The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta. News, reviews, advice, information, art! Every other Wednesday @ 7:00 pm on Trent Radio, 92.7 FM or available as a podcast, here on ec3.ptbopodcaster

This week Su speaks with theatre artist Anne White about her body of work, including her piece in Artsweek 2018. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta and Program Coordinator Eva Fisher. News, reviews, advice information, art! Every other Wednesday @ 7:00 pm on Trent Radio, 92.7 FM or also available as a podcast.

The Candidates, The Issues, Our Future: Artsvote Peterborough 2018! EC3 and our Artsvote Peterborough Coalition partners led an evening of conversation and discussion about the arts in Peterborough on October 16th, 2018. The evening included a Conversation on the Arts component with the Mayoralty candidates and Roundtable Discussions with Ward candidates. We recorded the table leaders as they summarized the positions of the candidates on some key issues facing the arts, culture and heritage sector. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta and Program Coordinator Eva Fisher. News, reviews, advice information, art! Every other Wednesday @ 7:00 pm

We’re back for part two of the artist talks from EC3’s Downtown Artists in Residence Project: On Hospitality.  Six local artists were selected to take part in the residency and were invited to contemplate the theme of hospitality. A cross-cultural value, hospitality can be expressed, understood, and interpreted in diverse ways. The Indigenous, settler, and newcomer artists taking part shared their unique perspectives on the subject as well as their diverse artistic practices. An exhibition, performance works, and public engagement activities, created in response to these collective investigations were delivered throughout Artsweek 2018. Featuring Brad Brackenridge, Kelly O’Neill, Nick Ferrio, Rodney Fuentes, Mayelin Lovet, and Alice Williams. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and

The Electric City Culturecast is back for its second season! In this episode we take you to the artist talks from EC3’s Downtown Artists in Residence Project: On Hospitality.  Six local artists were selected to take part in the residency and were invited to contemplate the theme of hospitality. A cross-cultural value, hospitality can be expressed, understood, and interpreted in diverse ways. The Indigenous, settler, and newcomer artists taking part shared their unique perspectives on the subject as well as their diverse artistic practices. An exhibition, performance works, and public engagement activities, created in response to these collective investigations were delivered throughout Artsweek 2018. Featuring Brad Brackenridge, Kelly O’Neill, Nick Ferrio, Rodney Fuentes, Mayelin Lovet, and Alice Williams. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of t

In our final episode of the first season of the Electric City Culturecast we speak with Karina Bates, Administrator of The Kawartha Potter’s Guild, about some of the great resources they offer for local potters. We also continue our special series about Theatre in The Kawarthas with interviews with Em Glasspool of Mysterious Entity Theatre and Amy Cummings of Theatre Trent. 3 great interviews with local arts champions – a perfect way to round out our first season. See you next fall on the Electric City Culturecast. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta and Program Coordinator Eva Fisher. News, reviews, advice information, art!

This week we continue our exploration of the Peterborough Theatre scene with an  interview with Robert Winslow.  From the Union Theatre to the 4th Line Theatre, Robert has forged his own path to success in the arts. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta and Program Coordinator Eva Fisher. News, reviews, advice information, art! Every other Wednesday @ 7:00 pm on Trent Radio, 92.7 FM or also available as a podcast. Music: Be My Escape – Rose Erin Stokes roseerinstokes.com

Saint James Players and The Theatre Guild: two top notch theatre organizations with a deep history in Peterborough, but did you know that they are both completely volunteer run? This week we continue our exploration of the Peterborough Theatre scene. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta and Program Coordinator Eva Fisher. News, reviews, advice information, art! Every other Wednesday @ 7:00 pm on Trent Radio, 92.7 FM or also available as a podcast.

This episode marks the beginning of our local theatre series. We speak with Lily Ross Millard and Anne White from Theatre collective Ring O’Rosie about working in a collective, theatre in unusual spaces, and typhus. We also interview Ryan Kerr from The Theatre on King about the history of fringe theatre in Peterborough and how he happily went from crowds of hundreds to a crowd of 30. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta and Program Coordinator Eva Fisher. News, reviews, advice information, art! Every other Wednesday @ 7:00 pm on Trent Radio, 92.7 FM or also available as a podcast.

We speak with Elwood Jones of the Trent Valley Archives about Peterborough’s built heritage and the resources and events offered by the Archives. We also welcome Krista English, Executive Director of the Reframe FIlm Festivals. Peterborough has long been a hotbed of film festivals but Reframe has established Peterborough as a central place for documentary film. Learn more about the festival’s history and this year’s programming. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta and Program Coordinator Eva Fisher. News, reviews, advice information, art! Every other Wednesday @ 7:00 pm on Trent Radio, 92.7 FM or also available as a podca

In this episode of the Electric City Culturecast we begin by speaking with John Hoffman and Rob Fortin of Carried Away, two of the many talented musicians involved in In From the Cold, an annual holiday concert in support of the Yes Shelter for Youth and Families. The incredible musical guests continue with Michael Newnham, Music Director and Conductor of the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra, who discusses an upcoming concert featuring the score from a well loved holiday movie. And – Extra! Extra! This week on Ask Su, we discuss media releases. The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta and Program Coordinator Eva Fisher. News, reviews, advi

The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta and Program Coordinator Eva Fisher. News, reviews, advice information, art! Every other Wednesday @ 7:00 pm on Trent Radio, 92.7 FM or also available as a podcast. In this episode visual artist and gallery owner Peer Christensen (Christensen Fine Art) and artist and art journalist, Anne Jaeger (Trout in Plaid) discuss “First Fridays”. Find out everything you need to know about the first Friday of every month, when all of the galleries and studios in downtown Peterborough open their doors at the same time so you can see new exhibitions, meet the artists, and “make the scene.” Music

The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta and Program Coordinator Eva Fisher. News, reviews, advice information, art! Every other Wednesday @ 7:00 pm on Trent Radio, 92.7 FM or also available as a podcast. In this episode we interview Kate Story of the Precarious: Peterborough ArtsWORK Festival – a multidisciplinary event happening throughout November 2017 in Peterborough. Music: Come Hell or High Water, Nick Ferrio

The Electric City Culturecast is your window into arts, culture and heritage in Peterborough. Meet local artists, get to know the people working behind the scenes in some of the premiere arts and heritage organizations in the province, and get involved in the cultural issues of the day. It’s an arty party with your hosts, the Electric City Culture Council’s Executive Director Su Ditta and Program Coordinator Eva Fisher. News, reviews, advice information, art! Every other Wednesday @ 7:00 pm on Trent Radio, 92.7 FM or also available as a podcast. Featuring an interview with Jon Hedderwick (Peterborough Poetry Slam Collective) Chair of the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word 2017 and another look at the seasons from some of the city’s arts greats. Music: Snow by Ziy von B featuring Karine Rogers (banjo) and DJ Who (beat box) ECCC theme music by Jack Beda of the Kawartha Youth Orchestra (clarinet solo)