The Kingston Curator
The Kingston Curator is your weekly guide to arts and culture in Kingston. Hosted by Ellie Stirton, the show airs Fridays at 3 PM on CFRC 101.9 FM, featuring interviews with local artists and creatives, plus highlights of what's happening around town! From music and theatre, to exhibitions, festivals and more. Missed it live? You can catch every episode anytime right here on the CFRC Podcast Network.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 60
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
The Kingston Curator’s Summer Summary
In this final episode of The Kingston Curator with Host Ellie Stirton, you can hear this summer’s arts highlights! There have been so many incredible artists and professionals on The Kingston Curator…
Kingston Authors: Merilyn Simonds and Sadiqa De Meijer
This week on The Kingston Curator, get a taste of the Kingston literary scene with local authors Merilyn Simonds and Sadiqa De Meijer. Simonds discusses her lifelong love for writing, her upcoming pu…
Amplify Hope ft. Dupel & Collage Club ft. Rowynne Grant
This week on The Kingston Curator, get a taste of the Kingston-based rapper Dupel, as he and host Ellie Stirton talk about his Amplify Hope Charity Concert, happening this Sunday August 17th at Tommy…
TK Fringe Festival: The Turing Test and Love in the First Degree
This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton sits down with Yuriy Popov and Yana Menov, who will be performing their show The Turing Test at the 2025 TK Fringe Festival. Also featured, is an…
10 Years of the Tett Centre and KCFF’s Best of the Fest Screening
This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton sits down with Emma MacGregor-Mitchell who is the Marketing and Communications Coordinator for the local Kingston arts hub, The Tett Centre. It t…
See it Live: The 35th Annual Kingston Buskers Rendezvous & Celtic Folk Band Maggie’s Wake
This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton sits down with Sandi Griffiths, the Events Manager of Downtown Kingston as they discuss the 35th Annual Kingston Buskers Rendezvous! Also intervi…
The Ground UP Dance Festival & The Artist Prosperity Project
This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton sits down with Savannah Shea, a Kingston based singer, songwriter, visual artist, and performer. They discuss her involvement in the Ground UP Da…
Local Musicians – Featuring Tiny Horse and Almond Milk
This episode features in-depth interviews with local Kingston artists Tiny Horse, and Almond Milk! With host Ellie Stirton, they chat all about their recent performances at Skeleton Park Arts Festiva…
Skeleton Park Arts Festival – With Trash Panda Brass!
This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton sits down with Ilinca Stafie, a member of Toronto’s iconicly queer brass band, Trash Panda Brass. The conversation ranges from the bands concepti…
Skeleton Park Arts Festival and Music for a Cause!
This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton sits down with local song-writer Gregory Van Eyken, local Drag Queen Ms. Tyffanie Morgan, and theatre artist/musician/educator Mariah (Mo) Horner…
The Curation Process: The Festival of Live Digital Art!
This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton sits down with Marcel Stewart and Adrienne Wong, two talented artists and co-curators of the Festival Of Live Digital Art (FOLDA). They discuss a…
Dance, Visual Art, and Poetry in Kingston
This week on The Kingston Curator, host Ellie Stirton spotlights a few different local arts initiatives! First, a collaborative story with local journalist Christena Lawrie and the Kingston School of…
Best of the Curator: Season 3, Vol. 2
We’re concluding season 3 today with another special featuring (some of) the best of our 2024 season. We’ve been privileged to have a variety of wonderful and insightful artists local and visiting t…
Best of the Curator: Season 3, Vol. 1
We’re winding down our summer season today with a special featuring (some of) the best of our 2024 season. We’ve been privileged to have a variety of wonderful and insightful artists local and visiti…
Theatre in Kingston: Kick and Push and Fringe on CFRC
Today, we’re bringing you two feature interviews from the local theatre scene. First up is the team behind What Brings You In?, to chat about processes both creative and technical that contribute to …
August Arts Kickoff: Fringe & Tett Gallery
Today, we’re bringing you three feature interviews from Kingston Fringe and the Tett Gallery.
First up is comedian and performer Freddy Proia, whose Fringe show Mickey Mouse Shot Me in the A** is pla…
Arts on Campus: Union Gallery & Shortwave Summer Camp
Today, we’re bringing you two exciting interviews from the arts scene in and around Queen’s Campus and CFRC.
First up is artist Kelby James, whose mixed media exhibition The Garden of Forbidden Fruit…
Local Musicians: Anthea Feaver & Tiny Horse!
This week, we’re excited to be bringing you a special on local musicians chatting about their recent and upcoming projects.
First up is Wolfe Island singer-songwriter Anthea Feaver, whose upcoming si…
Dance & Buskers Rendezvous in Kingston
This week, we’re bringing you a dance focus, and a contribution from CFRC Broadcast Journalist, Christena Lawrie, with more on Buskers Rendezvous.
First off, we’re joined by dancers Shanel Williams a…
Music & Movement: NYO Canada, Yarro & Ground UP Dance Fest
This week, we’re bringing you a mix of disciplines local to Kingston, in some of our liveliest chats of the summer.
First up is Christie Gray, CEO, and Jonathan Moellman, local violinist and orchestr…