Interviews
Six Questions for Liv Simple Farms
Growing up, city girl Livia Simpson always knew she would have a family. But she never imagined that in addition to living on a small farm just outside of Kingston with her loving husband, adorable son, and playful Jack Russell, she would also be a “mother” to over a dozen goats. However, these goats are [...]
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Six Questions for Kris and Dee
Folk-pop duo Kris and Dee made Kingston their home seven years ago and couldn’t be happier about the decision. Kris Abbott, who spent years touring with Canadian power pop band, The Pursuit of Happiness, met Dee McNeil at a gig Dee was playing with her band at the time, The Strap Ons. A connection developed [...]
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Six Questions for Blaine Allan
Blaine Allan is Associate Professor in the Department of Film and Media at Queen’s University. He has been the chair of the editorial board and managing editor of the Canadian Journal of Film Studies for more than ten years. Throughout his career, he has penned numerous historical examinations of Canadian films of the 1930s, focusing [...]
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Six Questions for Matt Salton
Matt Salton has been the Festival Director for ReelOut Queer Film + Video Festival since 2009 with a strong history with film programming for ReelOut since 2000 and a highly profiled stint at being the Festival Director for the Fairy Tales film festival in Calgary. His tireless dedication to films, Kingston, and his ability to [...]
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Six Questions for Ianspotting
Ianspotting consists of brothers Shaun (guitar, vocals) and Andrew (guitar, vocals) Weima, Rob Radford (percussion) and Lee Casement (bass). Since the 2008 release of their first full-length album, the reggae-influenced rock band has experienced some remarkable highs, however their resolve has also been taken to the brink by some some truly tumultuous lows. Now that [...]
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Six Questions with Vintage Kingston
You might have stumbled across Vintage Kingston already. If not, here’s the scoop: it’s a creative community project that takes a nostalgic look into Kingston’s past through vintage photography. Bill Stevenson is the creator of the project’s Facebook page, which at about a month old is just shy of 4000 subscribers. As a big fan [...]
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Six Questions for Iain Reid
The first time I met Iain was through friends at a John K. Samson show right here in Kingston. It was a cold February night and the Grad Club was buzzing with restless energy and anticipation; all of its dimly lit, meandering rooms were full of overeducated twentysomethings sipping drinks, keen on a cheap night [...]
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Six Questions for Chris Whyman
Chris Whyman has been the voice of Kingston for 28 years, representing our town in competitions all over the world. Chris is Kingston’s Town Crier and Goodwill Ambassador and has been the face and voice of numerous Kingston events over his nearly three decades of crying. He has been there to declare the beginning of [...]
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Six Questions for Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy is a relative newcomer to the food scene here in Kingston, but her family is not! Her mother owned a restaurant for several years as she was growing up, her uncle is the owner of Coffeeco and Mulitatuli Coffee in the city, and her grandparents owned the former Kingston restaurant Salmagundi. Now, Emily [...]
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Six Questions for Brian McCurdy
Brian McCurdy is widely known and respected in the performing arts field through his development of new performing arts centers, and management of arts/entertainment facilities. He has an extensive resume that includes Executive or Managing Director positions with Opera Hamilton, Hamilton Ontario and The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, [...]
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