I first noticed CJ as he reviewed music in the lounge for Sarah, our Music Director. I decided I would co-opt his efforts to help coordinate the NCRA’s 25th Anniversary broadcast scheduled for November 14. Ever since, CJ has proven to be the epitome of reliable and organized. He is also very intuitive in terms of the various needs for this special day of programming spanning the entire country. Thank you very much CJ, for taking on such a big task and making CiTR proud!
- Robin Alam, Programming Director

CJ has been an outstanding volunteer in the News Department. His commitment and creativity has had an incredibly positive influence on our programming. He never hesitates to take on new challenges and responsibilities. Whether it is content or organization, CJ is always ready to bring fresh ideas to the table.  CJ has become an invaluable part of our department, his efforts truly come through in our shows.
- Iqbal Ahmed, News Director

For all that you have done with CiTR this year, and will do in the future – thank you CJ from the CiTR Staff + Student Executive.

December 06, 2011

SHiNDiG 2011 has started on September and today will award the winner, at Railway Club. The four best rated bands will earn prizes, as well the audience – which include Granville Island beer, $10 gift certificates at Zulu Records, Mint CD samplers and CiTR T-shirts.

SHiNDiG Finals
Railway Club – 579 Dunsmuir St.
Doors at 9 pm.
Tickets $8

December 06, 2011
The fundraising spirit continues!

Worku, host of Shookshookta (Saturday’s 10 a.m. – Noon on CiTR) has organized a fundraising party for CiTR this Saturday.

Worku would like to invite all CITR DJ’s, hosts, exec, volunteers, staff, board to come and have fun doing something special in support of CITR. So, come out and bring some friends!

The event is to help our CiTR Fundrive by charging a door price by donation, with 100/% going to the station. Please bring some music (Mp3 or CD) to contribute your favourite tunes.

Worku has arranged to play a mix of music throughout the night, including requests, special CiTR DJ sets, and modern Ethiopia music.
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Details:
December 10 (Saturday)
8:00 pm-12:00 am
AXUM Ethiopian Restaurant, 1279 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Map to AXUM

Saturday, November 26

Canada West Conference

(3W-10L-2RT) Lethbridge Pronghorns 3 — 7 UBC Thunderbirds (7W-7L-2RT)
Final | Venue: Doug Mitchell Thunderbirds Sports Centre

…is the CITR lounge, Monday evening, at 6:00PM for our monthly volunteer information session.
We’ll also be talking about some new workshops that we’re introducing for 2012, within Discorder and our Live Broadcast departments! Get the info first!

Thank you for your support! There is still time to donate!

December 2 @ The Biltmore (395 Kingsway)

Winniecooper.net is throwing a party for Girlfirends & Boyfriends‘ new seven-inch release of “Young Ones/Cobra Vs. Snake.” They’re a new wave, post-punk, synth pop band that could explode a dozen other musical adjectives. Performing with them will local new wave superstars Petroleum By Product and and the punk group Peace. Come out and get December started off right, before the wild consumerism leaves you jaded and cynical once again.

Stick around around for the dance party afterwards. Spinning that night will be Winniecooper DJs Tristan Orchard, Christian Flores and Wobangs.

You can find all the details on the Facebook page.

Cover is $10

Doors open at 9pm

Sponsored by CiTR

On the show today…
Penny Plain
A riveting apocalyptic tale where there are serial killers, talking dogs and mysterious strangers, Penny Plain’s narrative is all portrayed through the blind eyes of Penny Plain. Even without his vision, Penny Plain is aware of the mankind’s despair as the world slowly disintegrates. Penny Plain is brought to life from his still-life puppet shell by Ronnie Burkett and his Theatre of Marionettes. As one of Canada’s leading puppeters and theatre artist, Ronnie Burkett displays his distinctive style through some dark laughs in this gothic thriller.

Happening from now until Dec 17th at The Cultch.

Shadow Catch
Intertwining the pre-war history of Powell St. and Japanese-Noh influenced chamber opera, Shadow Catch illustrates the colourful Downtown Eastside narrative. Echoing the classic tale of Christmas Carol, the opera features a young runaway newly arrived in Vancouver and decides to stay the night at Oppenheimer Park and meets four spirits that tells of the stories of the area. Vancouver’s finest poets and composers including Daphne Marlatt, Dorothy Chang, Jennifer Butler, Farshid Samandari, and Benton Roark.

Playing from this weekend on Dec. 2nd – 4th at the Firehall Centre for the Arts.

Plus… DareArts and False Creek School are collaborating to Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company for a production of La Cages Au Folles to address gender roles and bullying.

A refreshing twist on Wizard of Oz at the Carousel Theatre that is fun for the whole family.

Dancer Transition Resource Centre is having their 25th anniversary Gala tomorrow night called Choreographing Change.

Tune in today at 5PM!

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On Monday, December 5, we will be holding our last monthly Volunteer information session before the New Year.

Swing by the station to learn about CITR’s history, different volunteer departments, and how you can get involved. Experience is welcome, but not necessary!

The meeting will take place at 6:00 in the lounge.

Email Zoe if you have any additional questions or would like some more information: volunteer@citr.ca

On Saturday, November 26, The Evaporators shot the video for their new single with Andrew WK out at CITR!
Thank you again to all of the volunteers, staff + friends who came out for the afternoon, post Fundrive-finale-Friday and helped out with the shoot.