Radio LUMI

In this episode, host Rebecca Singh talks about Luminato’s use of public art and how it is made accessible. 

Host Christine Malec leads the conversation with co-hosts JJ Hunt and Rebecca Singh. In this episode they take a deep dive into Urban Parks and Public Squares. They get into how they are different and how they are used. 

Christine heads up this round-table discussion that takes a deep dive into the intricacies of audio description, both for live in-person productions or your favourite TV shows. If you've never heard of audio description before, (sometimes called "described video") this episode will be an amazing introduction to the world of AD. This episode features special guests Kim Kilpatrick, Amy Amantea, and Emily Maxwell, along with Radio LUMI hosts and Audio Describers JJ Hunt and Rebecca Singh.Many shows at the 2024 Luminato Festival will be made with live audio description available:Age is a Feeling: June 6 – 8 PM Dancer of the Year: June 7 – 7 PM Afrikan Party: June 9 – 2 PM Nathaniel Dett Chorale: June 11 – 8 PM HOME: June 14 – 8 PM 360 Allstars: June 15 – 7 PMTo reserve audio description devices and/or request specific seating arrangements, contact Emily Maxwell at (437) 776-1569‬ or emaxwell@luminato.com. 

This episode serves as the grand opening for the 2024 season of Radio LUMI. Theo leads the conversation with our three other co-hosts, Christine, Rebecca, and JJ about what you can expect this year at the festival. Welcome to Radio LUMI 2024! 

In this episode, Emily Maxwell and Ali Hand join our host Christine to talk about the accessibility features we're offering this year.

Welcome to Radio LUMI Season 4. On this opening episode, Indigenous educator,Trina Moyan highlights the importance and significance of Land Acknowledgments. Learn about the Indigenous perspective of Land Acknowledgements, as well as how to give better, more thoughtful ones yourself.

Ramya Amuthan sits down with Christine Malec and JJ Hunt to discuss audio storytelling and archives and Luminato 2023 prepares for Aalaapi, presented by Native Earth Performing Arts and Le Théâtre français de Toronto, in association with Luminato Festival Toronto. 

In “Grounding Conversations, Part 6: Archives as Storytelling,”  Dev travels to the future in an audio adaptation of a short documentary they created with Helen Lee with production assistance from the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers Toronto (LIFT). 

Theodore Walker Robinson meditates on a few things they find worth noting on the themes of transformation and the art of storytelling in opera as Luminato 2023 prepares for both opera productions of Dragon’s Tale and Treemonisha.

In “Grounding Conversations, Part 5: Building Futures and Momentum,”  Dev watches the ripples of transformation that emanate off them and the people that have impacted them as they move through a temporal Lake Ontario.

Christine Malec sits down with audio describer Rebecca Singh of Superior Description Services and dancer Annemarie Cabri to explore the “Art of Storytelling in Dance" before diving into the connections between joy and dance with Ramya Amuthan as Luminato 2023 prepares for Jean-Pierre Perreault’s Nuit. 

In “Grounding Conversations, Part 4: Joy as Resistance,” Dev anchors themselves in the past as they take to the ocean—one place that they always find joy—to immerse themselves in the ripples of that emerge from the experiences that have taught them how to find it. 

Christine Malec sits down with audio describer JJ Hunt and puppeteer Michelle Urbano to explore the “Art of Storytelling in Puppetry" before diving in with Theodore Walker Robinson about the connections between care and puppetry as Luminato 2023 prepares for Walk with Amal Toronto. 

In “Grounding Conversations, Part 3: Returning to Care,” Dev slips into dreams of where they’re able to seek refuge: the care from their communities. These dreams are haunted by spirits as well, but they’re the spirits of our disabled and racialized and queer ancestors who taught them lessons of care, resilience, and survival.

Ramya Amuthan sits down with audio describer Rebecca Singh, of Superior Description, to explore the “Art of Storytelling in Immersive Art" before diving into their connections with Rest and Ian Kamau’s production of Loss.

In “Grounding Conversations, Part 2: The Jumbies of Capitalism,” Dev awakens in the present  to see the insidious gnarled roots of capitalism that have grown to have a tight grip on Toronto—which are haunted by the jumbies (malevolent spirits) of the past.

Theodore Walker Robinson meditates on the Art of Storytelling in Public Art and how that ties into their own connections with Home and Jordan Bennett’s installation, Echoes Calling Back.

In “Grounding Conversations, Part 1: Situating Ourselves,” Dev describes themselves as a storyteller, a witness and archive that exists simultaneously in the past, present and future. Addressing criticisms of land acknowledgements, Dev explores their relationship with home and place, returning to the land and tracing the landscape of colonialism and how it led to the city they know and how they came to be there. 

Live from day 9 of the Luminato Festival 2022.  Hosts Christine Malec and Teneshia T. Samuel chat with describer Rebecca Singh who is live at The Winter Garden Theatre to describe BELOVED, a celebration of Toni Morrison hosted by Donna Bailey Nurse.  

Hosts  Theodore Walker Robinson and Christine Malec speak with audio describer, Rebecca Singh, live from the Winter Garden, leading up to the live performance of BELOVED, Friday, June 17, 2022.