ARTS ALIVE! 28 artists brave paper cuts to explore the properties of paper at the Leighton Centre:

Lunch Box Name Game | This hand-braided rawhide loop fitted over a horse's nose is known as a hackamore. It is also the name for a Calgary-based band:

Road Weary | Take a listen to Tim Crabtree of Paper Beat Scissors as he visits CKUA and spins some music from both of his albums to date:

Events Calendar | The Works Art & Design Festival kicks off Edmonton's downtown summer festivities - and is free, surprising, and art-full. (June 20 - July 2):

Events Calendar | Watch Paper Beat Scissors (really!) on June 18 in Calgary:

Roy's Record Room | Roy Forbes will be running at all three speeds - 33, 45 and 78 - for Jazz In June, Triple R Radio Style:

ARTS ALIVE! It’s like a pub crawl for art. Check out guided Art Bus Tour featuring works from SNAP, Harcourt House and Gallery @ 501:

Movie Monday | Make for Safe Haven with the soundtrack to that 2013 film, featuring The Deep Dark Woods, Brandi Carlile, Amos Lee and more:

Take a listen to Edmonton musician Doug Hoyer's visit to CKUA, and hear some music from his brand-new album, To Be a River:

Events Calendar | Since when does Paper Beat Scissors ? On June 17 in Edmonton:

ARTS ALIVE! Banff's Whyte Museum is picturing the Canadian Pacific Railway.Picturing the Canadian Pacific Railway | Arts Aliveow.ly"Picturing the Canadian Pacific Railway" is an exhibition that showcases a Canadian historic treasure.

Road Weary | Take a listen to Paul Mortimer of The Highest Order chat about the group, plus check out some music from their debut record:

Rockabilly band Raygun Cowboys celebrate their 13th anniversary this weekend! Frontman Jon Christopherson reflects on 13 years as a band.Time Is On My Side | Lunch Boxwww.ckua.comTime Is On My Side is an occasional Lunch Box feature that profiles music-makers that have arrived at a landmark moment in a long musical career. The moment might come in the form of an anniversary, a homecoming, a tribute, a reunion, or some other event that signals that time has been on their side...

Springtime in Alberta | Can you check out the debut album by Edmonton band Cantoo and hear a conversation with the band's frontman, Aaron Parker? Sure can!

Events Calendar | 30 of Canada's rarest flowers are found only in Waterton - see them at the 10th annual Wildflower Festival:

Events Calendar | If you're a 'cat' or a 'doll', if you've danced forever or not at all, the Toe Tappin' Swinga-thon may be just the ticket:

ARTS ALIVE! Edmonton's Symphony Orchestra is undergoing a musical rite of passage.Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's rite of passage | Arts Aliveow.lyThe Edmonton Symphony Orchestra is taking on Russian composer Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring for the very first time, later this week.

Read Doug Hoyer's tribute to CKUA (that made us blush!) in GigCity.caGIG CITY | Too young for the blues, Doug Hoyer goes worldbeat on new CDwww.gigcity.caYou hear this sort of thing all the time – “I am where I am today because of the CKUA Radio Network” – but it’s different to see it in action. Doug Hoyer is where his is today because of the CKUA Radio Network. ...

Coming up after 2pm on How I Hear It with Monica Miller: Ziggy Marley remixes his dad's Redemption Song, which will appear on a new album 'Legends: Remixed' (out June 25th on Tuff Gong Worldwide). The whole album is available for streaming online.

A Legal Matter | Find out about how Joy Division and New Order producer Martin Hannett tried to take down his own label, Factory Records, with a lawsuit.Lunch Box - A Legal Matterwww.ckua.comA Legal Matter recalls some of the more colourful and bizarre lawsuits and legal entanglements that have rocked the music world over the years. Grant Stovel bangs the gavel for litigious musicians and record companies on Thursday mornings.

ARTS ALIVE! Young artists take over Calgary's Sage TheatreYoung Artists take over Sage Theatre | Arts Aliveow.lyEach June, Calgary's Sage Theatre hosts the annual Ignite! Festival for emerging artists. The Festival provides an opportunity for emerging artists...

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Get the lo-down on Mavis Staples' upcoming new album One True Vine, produced once again by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy.Mavis Staples | Before It Drops | Lunch Boxwww.ckua.comBands are tempting and teasing us with advanced cuts from their forthcoming albums. Monica Miller hand-picks a leaked track, she's tracked down, thats caught her ear.

Springtime in Alberta | Take a listen to Vicky Berg's visit to CKUA! She brings her guitar and new album with her, plays some live music and spins songs from her record:

Happy Father's Day from CKUA! We think the best way to celebrate is with song, so today at 4pm World Spinning features music by dads, for dads, and about dads.Father's Day edition of World Spinningwww.ckua.comFatoumata Diawara is one of Lark Clark's featured performers. Lark will also play a selection of musicians coming to Festivals this summer.

This is Grant Stovel's Album Poem. What's yours? Submit your poetry by stacking music albums so when you read their titles, it makes a poem:

At 3pm Points North welcomes Bob Hunka - U of A grad, Monument Records manager, and head of television music at @Sony Pictures:

Album Poem by Host/Producer Sarah Hoyles Fall Of Romance (Imaginary Cities) Evil Friends (Portugal. The Man) Unwed Mothers (Unwed Mothers) Random Access Memories (Daft Punk)Album Poems

Album Poem by Senior Producer Elliott Garnier Beyond Wilderness (Gold and Youth) I Fell In Love In the City (Bed of Stars) Foolish Blood (Two Hours Traffic) XO (Elliott Smith)Album Poems

Album Poem by Host/Producer Monica Miller Blue (Joni Mitchell) Kind of Blue (Miles Davis) Red Hot + Blue (Compilation) Mood Swing Music (Brave Combo)Album Poems

Album Poem by Host/Producer Grant Stovel The Word from Mose (Mose Allison) Help (The Beatles) It's Probably Raining (Mitchmatic) On The Beach (Neil Young)Album Poems

Album Poem by CKUA's Library Technician, Arianne Cannibal Courtship (Denuge Fever) Pretty in Peril (Decoy Decoy) Kaputt (Destroyer) Snarl! (Dub Vulture) Twisted Tenderness (Electronic) I Told You I was Freaky (Flight of the Conchords) I Love You, Dude (Digitalism)Album Poems

Album Poem by Host/Producer Lionel Rault Living in the Positive (Nasio Fontaine) The Best Kept Secret (Jerry Douglas) Truth (Robben Ford)Album Poems

Now that The Jim Cuddy Band is going strong, what's happening with Blue Rodeo? Find out on Mulligan Stew (5-7pm).Jim Cuddy on Mulligan Stewwww.ckua.comJim and Terry talk about new releases, tours, wine, and other sensory delights.

A Time for Jazz welcomes Mark DeJong (1pm) and Kellylee Evans (2pm).Mark DeJong with Outer Bridge Ensemble; Kellylee Evans on A Time for Jazz - June 15www.ckua.comFind out what these jazz icons are up to!

Scott Cook is Allison's guest on Wide Cut Country at 10am - find out why Allison thinks he's "tremendous"!

Watch this week's Celtic Show classic video.Clannad - Teir Abhaile Riú (1977) Clannad perform in a TV studioClannad - Teir Abhaile Riú (1977) Clannad perform in a TV studio For more, go tohttp://www.tg4.tv/

CKUA's Brian Dunsmore with Mary Rozsa in Calgary at the Rozsa Awards (http://bit.ly/wnzWfX).