Weekend Am

We with multi-talented theatre and screen artist Santiago Guzman, who's made Newfoundland his home. 

Jenny Hawley of Picture NL tells us how the industry is working towards reducing its carbon footprint 

Filmmaker Hunter Taplin and festival director Sophie Leon tell us about the films created by 25 young filmmakers for the third annual Pope Youth Film Festival 

St. John's bakery owner Stephen Lewis talks about Irene Keating, the legendary counter worker at his bakery who recently died at the age of 84.

Osteomancy is one of the many forms of divination and healing, using trinkets and bones. Chantelle Galinski on Saved by a Spell tells Weekend AM's Melissa Tobin about the craft, and gives her a look into her future. 

Lisa Moore wrote the short story over 20 years ago, now playwright Megan Gail Coles has adapted Grace for the stage. The acclaimed writers join Weekend AM's Melissa Tobin to talk about working together. 

The inaugural St. John's Fashion Week is coming this August. We talk with organizers Jessica Brown and Tera McDonald about why style matters and how you could be a model. 

Weekend AM's Sarah Blackmore explores the latest exhibit by artists Daze Jefferies and B.G. Osborne at the Eastern Edge Gallery, which how the water around us acts as an archive of human life

We drop by the acting workshop at the 72nd annual NL Drama Festival and meet this year's adjudicator, Kate Smith. 

Weekend AM reporter Sarah Blackmore drops by sound check for the Canadian Folks Music Awards in St. John's to meet the visiting musicians in town.

Once a week at the Gander Public Library, Zoë Granville hosts baby yoga! Melissa recently got to chat with her about this unique fitness class, and also got to meet class attendees Robyn Stead and her five-month-old, Ellis.

Melissa chats with local chair of the Canadian Folk Music Awards events, Wade Pinhorn, ahead of St. John's hosting this year's ceremonies from April 3-7.

Melissa chats with NL Sketch Fest director Andrew Tremblett, and visiting performer Cam Wyllie, about the dawn of a new sketch comedy festival in the province.

Weekend AM's Sarah Blackmore chats with NL Provincial Drama festival co-chairs Bert Peddle and Randy Sooley, ahead of the festival which runs from March 31-April 6.

The CBC's Nabila Qureshi takes us to Persian New Year celebrations in St. John's 

Nicole Penney of Memorial University's Folklore and Language Archive, and Nik Sexton, skateboarder and film maker, talk about the significance of the 1990s St. John's skateboarding scene

Daniel O'Keeffe, a volunteer with the St. John's Tool Library, shows us how he repaired his rice cooker, and tells us how you can learn to fix your own small appliances 

Manaar Shahabuddin and Cale Stevens of Memorial University's Sexuality and Gender Advocacy talk about the inclusive Queer Prom event at the Breezeway.  

Susan Bonnell and Chris Panting of Theatre CBS tell us about their upcoming production of Duckish - featuring the ghost and fairy stories of Tom Dawe

Highlights from the award ceremony at Government House in St. John's, honouring the best in Newfoundland and Labrador writing.