FEATURED STORY
New App walks you through Edmonton History
A new app is giving you a chance to walk through Edmonton’s streets 100 years ago. The Edmonton Heritage Council has teamed up with Don Hill (you might recognize him from CKUA’s Expressions series) to create an innovative mobile app that combines archival audio, documentary radio, and 3D soundscape. ArtBeat hears from David Ridley, executive director of the Edmonton Heritage Council, about why they’re excited about this new approach to history. You can download the free app on your Apple or Android device. Just search for Edmonton Soundscapes.
FULL EPISODE
A new app is giving you a chance to walk through Edmonton’s streets 100 years ago. The Edmonton Heritage Council has teamed up with Don Hill (you might recognize him from CKUA’s Expressions series) to create an innovative mobile app that combines archival audio, documentary radio, and 3D soundscape. ArtBeat hears from David Ridley, executive director of the Edmonton Heritage Council, about why they’re excited about this new approach to history. You can download the free app on your Apple or Android device. Just search for Edmonton Soundscapes.
Calgary Poet Laureate asks for no more poetry! The city’s second to hold the position, derek beaulieu is not interested in traditional poetry. ArtBeat hears why and what he creates instead. derek will be participating in the International Writers Festival, WordFest running in Banff and Calgary, October 16-20.
Colouring helps adults cope with stress. ArtBeat fills in between the lines of the colouring book for adults trend and speaks with Calgary-based Registered Art Therapist, Kristin Boettger about the benefits this art can have.
Colour CKUA
 Baba |
 Sarah Hoyles |
 Grant Stovel |
 Peter North |
Print, colour and show us your creations in 1 of 2 ways:
1.) Post a photo of your completed colouring page(s) on social media on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #colourCKUA
2.) Email a photo of your completed colouring page(s) to shoyles@ckua.com
We’ll add your submissions to our Colour CKUA photo album on Facebook and draw three submissions to receive CKUA prize packs in the coming weeks.
Food writer, Michele Genest shares what ingredients the local woodlands provide in her newest cookbook, The Boreal Feast. The Whitehorse-based food writer tells ArtBeat what the boreal forest, which takes up nearly 50 per cent of Alberta, has on the menu. She is in Alberta for LitFest (October 16-26) with events in Sherwood Park, St. Albert and Edmonton.