CiTR will be broadcasting live from 12pm – 5pm from Media Democracy Days at the Vancouver Public LIbrary on Saturday, November 12. The live broadcast includes an opening keynote address by JUDY REBICK (12pm), The Future of Journalism panel (1:00-2:20pm), Media Policies for a Democratic Future (2:30-4:00pm) , and the Building Media Democracy plenary (4:15pm). [...]

As it is usual, the next SHiNDiG battle is going to take place at Railway Club, on Tuesday, 9 pm. This week’s competition will put together three more local bands: Conspiracy Farm, The Population Drops and Synthcake. SHiNDiG 2011 has started on September and will award the winner on December 6. The four best rated [...]

CiTR is having a DJ callout for the annual “Are you that DJ?” Competition! DJs submit a demo to enter to be shortlisted (to thatdjcompetition@citr.ca) by NOVEMBER 10th. They will be notified that they are playing by the night of the 11th 8 DJS will be picked to play based on skill, sound quality, originality [...]

November 13 @ Ukrainian Hall (805 East Pender Street) Canzine West is Broken Pencil Magazine’s annual festival featuring distributors, independent publications and presses as well as artists, writers and comic illustrators. Plus there will be nearly 100 publishers of zines, magazines and books. The festival will also feature: – Beauty Plus PIty: Reading and Q&A [...]

On today’s show… Barr Bros Evidently, the Barr Brothers are named after the brother duo, Brad and Andrew Barr! Along with Sarah Page and Andres Vial, the Barr Brothers formed this melodic rock band in the heart of Montreal. With guitars, drums, harps and experimental instruments, they create a dark and haunting rhythm that mimic [...]

As usual, the next SHiNDiG battle is going to take place at Railway Club, on Tuesday at 9 pm. This week’s competition will feature three more local bands: beekeeper, The Harshies and Man Hands. SHiNDiG 2011 started on September 13 and the winner will be decided on December 6. The four top rated bands will [...]

On today’s show… It’s a scary Halloween version of the Arts Report! The House of Faerie Bad Things The folks at In the House Festival have created a haunted house, using fantasy elements of fairys and gnomes to spice up the genre. Artistic Director Myriam Steinberg is on the show to tell us about it! [...]

As usual, the next SHiNDiG battle is going to take place at Railway Club, on Tuesday at 9 pm. This week’s competition will feature three more local bands: Fathoms, From Birth to Yew and Rec Centre. SHiNDiG 2011 started on September 13 and winner will be decided on December 6. The four top rated bands [...]

Thursday, October 20th DEDfest is coming! The best horror fest in the West is bringing three new horror films to the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway). All three films are brand new, and between them they feature the talents of legendary director John Landis AND the all-around-legendary Ron Jeremy. Come out and see: “MILLENIUM BUG” [...]

Tuesday, October 18th, the Next Music from Tokyo Festival comes to Vancouver! Invading the Biltmore Cabaret (395 Kingsway – google map here) with the infectious sounds of independent Japanese music, NMFT promises to bring you music that “exemplifies its city’s bizarre, exotic and innovative qualities”. The Vancouver installment of the tour will bring NATSUMEN -  [...]