This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton sits down with Sandi Griffiths, the Events Manager of Downtown Kingston as they discuss the 35th Annual Kingston Buskers Rendezvous! Also interviewed is Lindsay Schindler, a fiddle player and vocalist from the Celtic folk band Maggie’s Wake. They discuss the musical style of Maggie’s Wake, their experience at the 2025 Canadian Folk Music Awards, and upcoming projects! And as always we share some local concerts and events which folks can check...
Jul 11, 2025•34 min
This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton sits down with Savannah Shea, a Kingston based singer, songwriter, visual artist, and performer. They discuss her involvement in the Ground UP Dance Festival as a creator and performer of the original production After/Always . Also interviewed is B.C. Gorrie, the Programs and Communications Coordinator of the Kingston Arts Council, discussing his ongoing Artist Prosperity Project which seeks to improve our understanding of Kingston’s artist e...
Jul 04, 2025•47 min
This episode features in-depth interviews with local Kingston artists Tiny Horse, and Almond Milk! With host Ellie Stirton, they chat all about their recent performances at Skeleton Park Arts Festival, their upcoming projects, and the process of artistic development. Also featured: an update from the Kingston Arts Council about artist prosperity, and local concerts and events happening in Kingston and the area during the weekend of June 27th – June 29th.
Jun 27, 2025•35 min
This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton sits down with Ilinca Stafie, a member of Toronto’s iconicly queer brass band, Trash Panda Brass. The conversation ranges from the bands conception to their plans for Skeleton Park Arts Festival, and the future! Also featured, are Ms. Tyffanie Morgan and Mariah (Mo) Horner, the hosts of Skeleton Park Arts Festival. And as always we share some local concerts and events which folks can check out this coming weekend, June 20th – June 22nd....
Jun 20, 2025•49 min
This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton sits down with local song-writer Gregory Van Eyken, local Drag Queen Ms. Tyffanie Morgan, and theatre artist/musician/educator Mariah (Mo) Horner. They discuss Gregory’s new EP which is raising funds for a local mens shelter, and the upcoming Skeleton Park Arts Festival being hosted by both Ms. Tyffanie and Mo. Also featured are some local concerts and events which folks can check out this coming weekend, June 13th – 15th.
Jun 13, 2025•40 min
This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton sits down with Marcel Stewart and Adrienne Wong, two talented artists and co-curators of the Festival Of Live Digital Art (FOLDA). They discuss artistic inspirations, the FOLDA curation process, and the collaborative nature of art. Also featured are some local concerts and events which folks can check out this coming weekend, May 30th – June 1st.
Jun 12, 2025•52 min
This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton spotlights a few different local arts initiatives! First, a collaborative story with local journalist Christena Lawrie and the Kingston School of Dance. Then a conversation with Haley Sarfeld, the Program Director at the Union Art Gallery. And finally, an interview with Kingston’s very own Poet Laurette, Sadiqa de Meijer, regarding an upcoming community poetry project. Also featured are some local concerts and events which folks can check out...
Jun 06, 2025•57 min
We’re concluding season 3 today with another special featuring (some of) the best of our 2024 season. We’ve been privileged to have a variety of wonderful and insightful artists local and visiting to Kingston stop by on the show, and we want to feature just some of the highlights to thank them for their time, and encourage you to go back and listen to their full interviews if something catches your ear. Throughout this episode, you’ll hear clips from our interviews with the National Youth Orches...
Aug 29, 2024•52 min
We’re winding down our summer season today with a special featuring (some of) the best of our 2024 season. We’ve been privileged to have a variety of wonderful and insightful artists local and visiting to Kingston stop by on the show, and we want to feature just some of the highlights to thank them for their time, and encourage you to go back and listen to their full interviews if something catches your ear. Throughout this episode, you’ll hear clips from our interviews with the Juvenis Festival...
Aug 22, 2024•40 min
Today, we’re bringing you two feature interviews from the local theatre scene. First up is the team behind What Brings You In? , to chat about processes both creative and technical that contribute to this unique experience. This show is playing this weekend at the Baby Grand and online to round out this year’s Kick and Push Festival Next up is Catherine and Victor from Collected Novellas, with a retrospective on their show that just finished its Kingston Fringe run, A Sketchy Kind of Show . We t...
Aug 15, 2024•56 min
Today, we’re bringing you three feature interviews from Kingston Fringe and the Tett Gallery. First up is comedian and performer Freddy Proia, whose Fringe show Mickey Mouse Shot Me in the A** is playing now at the Davies Lounge as a part of Kingston Fringe. We chat about finding the humour in embarrassing moments, and the road from stand-up to Fringe. Secondly is Jessica Turner, the curator behind the current solo exhibition by artist Jan Kabatoff at the Tett Gallery, entitled Contemplating Gla...
Aug 08, 2024•41 min
Today, we’re bringing you two exciting interviews from the arts scene in and around Queen’s Campus and CFRC. First up is artist Kelby James, whose mixed media exhibition The Garden of Forbidden Fruits and the Laws of Cosmic Consciousness is open at the Union Gallery Project room until July 27th. Up next, our Shortwave Radio Theatre Camp is in full swing at the station this week, and Lauren, Jesse and Paige from CFRC sat down for a counsellor’s round table, to chat about our opportunity to teach ...
Jul 18, 20240
This week, we’re excited to be bringing you a special on local musicians chatting about their recent and upcoming projects. First up is Wolfe Island singer-songwriter Anthea Feaver , whose upcoming single “Bedtime Story” drops on August 1st. We chat about networking, music education, creativity, and a bit more about the ongoing process of creating her next album. Up next, Rae and Ciara from local soft rock ensemble Tiny Horse dropped by Listening Queerly on Tuesday for a chill summer chat about ...
Jul 11, 20240
This week, we’re bringing you a dance focus, and a contribution from CFRC Broadcast Journalist, Christena Lawrie, with more on Buskers Rendezvous. First off, we’re joined by dancers Shanel Williams and Shanique Peart during their ongoing project with the Local Arts Residency at the Kingston Grand, speaking more about their plans for the piece and preparation for the Ground UP Dance Festival , Kingston’s professional dance festival. We also revisit our piece with Shanique and festival producer Ca...
Jul 04, 20240
This week, we’re bringing you a mix of disciplines local to Kingston, in some of our liveliest chats of the summer. First up is Christie Gray, CEO, and Jonathan Moellman, local violinist and orchestra member, of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada , chatting with us about their ongoing Chamberfest concert series at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts , and their upcoming Horizons tour performance at the same venue. Next up is local R&B artist Yarro , fresh off her Skeleton Par...
Jun 28, 20240
This week, we’re bringing you a special on this year’s Skeleton Park Arts Festival , running this year from June 22-23. First up, we’re featuring an interview with Adam Sturgeon of rock outfit Status/Non-Status , ahead of their SPAF performance on June 22nd. We chat about the tour, who’s with the bad these days, and how to stay prepared and creative as life goes on. Up next is Heidi Wallace, organizer of the Fat Goose Craft Fair at Skeleton Park Arts Fest, with more you can look forward to from ...
Jun 20, 20240
We’ve got plenty of cool conversations coming your way this episode, from local to national arts festivals! We’re kicking off our coverage of Skeleton Park Arts Festival , the free, grassroots, multi-disciplinary art festival hits Kingston every summer solstice weekend, this year running from June 22-23rd. Hosts Tyfannie Morgan and Mariah Horner join us for more about what’s to come at SPAF this year. Up next, we’re joined by SPAF performer Alison Gowan, with more on the hurdy gurdy and Balfolk ...
Jun 13, 20240
This week, we’re bringing you an all Spring Reverb special, the city-wide music festival and event hitting Kingston running May 30th- June 2nd. First up, we’ve got festival representative Dyan Chenier of KPP Concerts, with a primer interview on what Spring Reverb is, what to expect, what to look forward to, and how to get involved. Next up is Martina Lake from Kingston folk act Lake Porter , who will be playing in support of Boston Levi and Bleeker at the Ale House on Friday evening. Then, Montr...
May 30, 20240
This week on the Curator, we’re bringing you two interviews from the local and touring music scene. First up, we’ll have Geoffrey Sirett, Artistic Director of Cantabile Choirs , giving us an inside look at the organization’s upcoming May 25th performance of Considering Matthew Shepard. Lauren and Geoffrey unpack the work that’s gone into this collaborative effort of music and what to look forward to. This piece includes narration, projection and sound design, and a wide variety of musical styles...
May 23, 20240
This week on the Curator, we’re bringing you all things new, community-based and out of the box with three interview segments. First up is artist and researcher Carleigh Millburn, who’s heading up a new collaborative art project Making Sense of Decolonization with Artificial Intelligence, Digital and Conventional Art Creation at the Kingston School of Art, running from May 15-30th. We chat about this unique project and how to get involved with it all summer long. Next up, CFRC Program Manager an...
May 16, 20240
We’re kicking off Summer 2024 and the third season of the Kingston Curator with a look at local festivals and live music – some of our favourite Curator content! First up, Homegrown Live organizer Chris Morris joined us to give a retrospective on the May 4th festival that brought over 130 acts to 16 stages across downtown Kingston in support of Joe’s Music MILL. We’re also joined by Fiona Fox and Remira Pryce of the ongoing Juvenis Festival , Kingston’s Youth Arts Festival, for a check-in on wha...
May 09, 20240
This episode marks our season finale for the summer, and thus, we’ll be bringing you something a little bit different. We’ve been very fortunate to host tons of amazing guests this season, and so to celebrate, we’ll be bringing you a highlight reel of just some of the performances and interview highlights from right here on the Curator in summer of 2023. Plus, we’ll be featuring a piece from CFRC Broadcast Jounralist Christena Lawrie and Kingston School of Art Executive Director Maddi Andrews on...
Sep 01, 20230
This week, we’re bringing you live music updates and the inside scoop on a one-of-a-kind arts and research event from the Belle Park Project. First up, Dr. Laura Murray from the Belle Park Project gives us an inside look at the upcoming event from this collective, entitled Unearthed, running August 26th-30th. In live music news, we hear from Jerry Leger of Jerry Leger & the Situation, after a new single release and ahead of their Saturday main stage performance at the Limestone City Blues Fe...
Aug 25, 20230
This week, we’re bringing you conversations across festivals and live music releases, brought to us by collaborations like Kingston folkestra project The Gertrudes, and the teams behind upcoming autumn festivals. Local band The Gertrudes releases their fifth full length album, Just to Please You, on August 18th. Greg Tilson of the band stopped by to chat with us about the group’s history, creative process, and this brand new record. Stay tuned, because you’ll hear a featured track from the album...
Aug 18, 20230
We’re kicking off August arts on the Kingston Curator with three interviews this week, from Lauren and CFRC Broadcast Journalist Christena Lawrie. Frontman of The Bowie Lives Spectacular, Michael Bell, joins us in conversation ahead of the outfit’s engagement at the Regent Theatre in Picton on August 26th – be sure to check out our CFRC Radio social media to enter to win two tickets to the show! Later in the hour, Christena is joined by performer and creator Eric Woolfe and assistant production ...
Aug 11, 20230
Live theatre is in full swing in Kingston, and we’ve got two interviews this week bringing you the latest from the stage. Lauren sits down with Artistic Director of Theatre Kingston Rosemary Doyle ahead of this year’s Theatre Kingston Fringe Festival running August 3-13th. Later, we chat with Jeremy Smith, Artistic Director of Driftwood Theatre, before the company’s final Bard’s Bus Tour kicks off in Kingston on August 5th and 6th after thirty summers of touring. That’s not all this week, becaus...
Jul 27, 20230
This week, Lauren is bringing you an all-out music interview special. CFRC chats with Howe Island Rockin the Rock performers and local folk superduo Kris and Dee about their past Isabel Bader Centre residence, upcoming gigs, and recording with The Pursuit of Happiness. Queen’s alum and pop/R&B recording artist Erez Zobary is fresh off her new EP, Healthy Habits, and sits down for an interview about her Kingston Roots and creative process. Plus, this week we’ve got the PREMIERE of the new sin...
Jul 20, 20230
This week, we’ve got plenty of awesome interviews coming up for you in the local music and arts scenes. In campus and community arts, Lauren sits down with curator and director Emelie Chhangur of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre is bringing us the latest on their reopening and upcoming weekend events. Dr. Kip Pegley, professor at the DAN School of Drama and Music joins us later for an insightful interview on the developing role of artificial intelligence in the music industry. As always, we’ve g...
Jul 13, 20230
This week, Lauren and Mary are bringing you a variety of interviews from local Kingston legends and awesome arriving newcomers alike. Lauren chats with Union Gallery Curator Vince Ha about the gallery’s summer exhibitions, and reflecting the broader community through art. Later, Moth Radio Hour alumni and co-host of the upcoming True Stories at Hotel Wolfe Island event Ed Gavagan stops by to chat about spoken storytelling and this weekend’s occassion. Mary’s got your weekly scoop on local live m...
Jul 07, 20230
This week, Lauren and Mary are bringing you coverage of fresh releases, Kingston gigs, and upcoming projects for Kingston singer-songwriter Megan Hamilton, Halifax recording artist Keeper E, and Montreal hip hop artist Wyatt James. Megan chats to us in advance of her residency at the Kingston Grand, Keeper E chats about her Kingston gig and ongoing tour, and Wyatt James gives us an inside look at his latest album. First, though, tune in for an inside look at Kingston’s professional dance festiva...
Jun 30, 20230
