Ivy Reiss, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Artis magazine holding the 3rd issue at the Art Rewired Spotlight Event on February 01, 2018.
Photo: Mira Louis, SNAPD South Mississauga
On-Air and Live Events: Guest Speaker and Hosting Highlights:
- Regularly Co-Hosting with Hugh Reilly on Friday’s Liquid Lunch Talk-Show, covering various topics with different guests, from human rights topics such as economics, immigration policies, and organizations, personal growth, spirituality, alternative remedies, healthy living, and alternative healing practices, and everything that effects our culture: ThatChannel Studio, Toronto, ON: October 2018 and ongoing.
- Keynote Speaker: Behind Boschka/Betty Sutherland: The First Canadian Modernist, Event Hosted by The Canadian Modernist Revival Collective: Carleton University, Ottawa, ON: November 01, 2018.
- Guest Host: CIUT 89.5FM Howl Radio with Host Valentino Assenza and Guest Host Norman Cristofoli for the annual CIUT Fundraiser Program: Toronto, ON: aired November 14, 2018.
- Guest Speaker: SHE! The Restless Streak book launch and art exhibit by Meena Chopra: Mississauga Central Library, Mississauga, ON: September 22, 2018.
- Guest Speaker on How to Build a Writing Platform and Get Published at the Mississauga Writers Group, South Common Community Centre, Mississauga, ON: June 08, 2018.
- Event Host and Coordinator, Art Rewired from the Creative Hemisphere, presented by The Artis magazine in conjunction with Mind Forward Brain Injury Services: Waterside Inn, Port Credit, ON: February 01, 2018.
- Event Host and Coordinator: “The Oakville Lit Café” reading series, The Moonshine Café (2012 – 15) and Joshua Creek Cultural Arts & Heritage Centre (2015 – 16): Oakville, ON: September 2012 – April 2016.
- Event Host: No Fire Escape in Hell booklaunch (Roundfire Books) by author Kim Cayer: Port Credit Memorial Arena, Mississauga, ON: March 04, 2016.
- PR and Event Photographer: Could You Please Stop Singing book launch (Mosaic Press) by Sachi Nag, Centre for the Living Arts, Mississauga, ON: December 11, 2015.
- Event Host, Coordinator, Fund-Raiser Liasion, and PR: 100,000 Poets for Change, Smiling Buddha, Toronto, ON: September 27, 2014.
- Guest Reader and Performer: True Colours: From the Universe to the Inner Mind (IOWI Press) book launch by Zohra Zoberi, hosted by Bridging the Gap Productions: Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON: Event covered in Canadian Asian News, September 2012.
Featured Readings, Interviews, and Notable Event dates
Live Readings: Features & Highlights:
- Highlight Reader: Song and Poetry Salon: The Tranzac Club, Toronto, ON, March 10, 2019.
- Invited Featured Poet: 2018/19 GRAD Contests Awards Reception, Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Ryerson University: Toronto, ON, February 07, 2019.
- Feature Reader: Wild Writers reading series: Poetry Jazz Café, Toronto, ON, February 05, 2019.
- Feature Reader: Urban Folk Art Salon reading series: Mt. Pleasant Library, Toronto, ON, January 31, 2019.
- Feature Reader: Labour of Love Salon reading series: Toronto, ON, January 26, 2019.
- Feature Reader: Oakville Lit Café series, hosted by Josie DiSciascio-Andrews: Joshua Creek Art & Heritage Centre, Oakville, ON, April 2017.
- Feature Reader: Labour of Love Salon reading series: Toronto, ON, October 24, 2016.
- Feature Poet: ArtBar reading series: Black Swan Tavern, Toronto, ON, March 2016.
- Interview: CIUT 89.5FM Howl Radio, Featured Poet and Host and Event Coordinator of The Oakville Lit Café, interviewed by Nik Beat, May 2014.
- Feature Poet at “The Best Poet of the Month” series: Free Times Café, Toronto, ON, March 2014.
- Winner of the “The Best Poet of the Month” competition : Free Times Café, Toronto, ON, February 2014.
- Feature Poet: ArtBar reading series: Toronto, ON, September 2013.
- Featured Poet at The Loose Leafs Writers series: Maple Leaf House Grill & Lounge, Etobicoke, ON, March 2013.
-Winner of the “Free Your Mind” Myth Poetry Slam Live Competition, hosted by the Canadian Mental Health Association and Centennial College Public Relations Program: April 2008.
Interviews:
- Interview by Hugh Reilly: Exhibiting our Creations: The New Role of Libraries, Galleries, and Publishers in the Cultural Arts Today: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired October 05, 2018.
- Interviewed by Nik Beat on CIUT 89.5FM Howl Radio, Featured Poet and Host/Event Coordinator of The Oakville Lit Café: Toronto, ON: aired May 2014.
- Interviewed by The Oakville Beaver newspaper for the The Oakville Literary Café reading series, Oakville, ON: aired April 2014.
- Interviewed on Cogeco Cable’s “Arts Matter” Television Program for The Oakville Literary Café reading series: Oakville, ON, aired April 2014.
- Interview by SNAPD Mississauga as contributing poet in the inaugural Courtney Park Connection Anthology (IOWI Press, Ed. Pitts, Brandon): Mississauga, ON, August 2013.
- Interviewed by Cogeco Cable 7 at The Poetry Extravaganza Event: Mississauga, ON, April 2009.
- Interviewed by the Centennial College News on winning the “Free Your Mind” Poetry Slam Competition and emerging as a poet: Toronto, ON, April 2008.
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The next episodes air Friday April 26, 2019 at 1pm (EST) with Special Guests: David Silverberg and Brandon Pitts
Watch LIVE on ThatChannel.com
- Autism: Acceptance vs Awareness with Spoken-Word Artist Michelle Hillyard, Episode 16: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired March 29, 2019.
- Economizing the Cultural Arts in Canada with Musician, Writer, Actor Dr. Tom Gannon Hamilton, Episode 15: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired February 22, 2019.
- Black History = Spoken Word Today with Author Andrea Thompson, Episode 14: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired February 22, 2019.
- Is Nuance Dead in the Age of Outrage: Moral Policing in the Arts with Writer Jeff Cottrill, Episode 13: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired January 25, 2019.
- The Aesthetics of Media & Fake News with Gemini Award-Winning Film Maker & Writer David Tucker, Episode 12: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired January 25, 2019.
- Intergenerational PTSD with renowned author of 25 books and son of Armenian genocide survivor Keith Garebian, Episode 11: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired November 16, 2018.
- Unmasking the Memoir and the Muse with Author, Artist, and Videographer Brenda Clews, Episode 10: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired October 19, 2018.
- The Rise of the Authentic Voice in Academia and the Arts with Wild Writers Host, Professor and one of Canada’s Best New Poets Georgia Wilder, Episode 9: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired October 19, 2018.
- Rewiring the Brain and Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury with Special Guest Frank Veri, Episode 8: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired September 21, 2018.
- 100,000 Poets for Change Crusading for Attawapiskat Youth and The Canadian Connection to the Largest Poetry Event in the World with Pat Connors, Episode 7: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired September 21, 2018.
- Living Between Cultures with 89.5 CIUT FM Howl’s Radio Host & GTA Spoken Word veteran Valentino Assenza, Episode 6: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired August 17, 2018.
- The Life Behind the Legend: Singer, Songwriter, Poet Max Layton, Episode 5: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired August 17, 2018.
- Behind the Comic Side and the Secret to Reading Prose Live with Professional Comedian, Entertainer, and Author Kim Cayer, Episode 4: aired ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: July 13, 2018.
- The Cultural Appropriation of Art with Visual Artist and “Poetry & Prose” Event Host Sheila Tucker, Episode 3: aired ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: July 13, 2018.
- The Pros & Cons of Publishing in the Digital Era with Award-Winning Visual Artist, StarBuzz Publisher, and Poet Meena Chopra, Episode 2: aired ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: June 08, 2018.
- Canada’s Soviet Spy: Novelizing the Gouzenko Affair with Author and Former Editor of Quill & Quire Joyce Wayne, Episode 1: ThatChannel studio, Toronto, ON: aired June 08, 2018.