Article Link Sep 01, 2017 by Valerie Hill Waterloo Region Record More emphasis on youth programming, a budget $100,000 higher than the 2015 festival and now with a lineup of interesting new venues, Impact 17, the international theatre festival has reinvented itself. The bi-annual festival, which runs Sept. 26 to Oct. 1, has kept all […]
Article Link SHYENNE MACDONALD JANUARY 10, 2018 Look around you. Look at the buildings, the shops and the schools. Look at all the things that make up the Kitchener Waterloo area, all the things that make up your community. Do you think this is where you belong? Are you happy here? If your answer is no, […]
Article Link Lively debate of top 10 Canadian books as chosen by Waterloo residents CBC News Posted: Oct 18, 2017 7:30 AM ET Ragged Company by Richard Wagamese has been named the top book in the Waterloo Reads battle of the books. The novel came out on top after a lively debate at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex […]
Jun 19, 2017 by Valerie Hill Waterloo Region Record KITCHENER — Theatre performers, Matt White and Carin Lowerison, just wanted to get out of Toronto, away from the noise, the pressure, the competition. “We decided we needed a change of pace,” said White. “We wanted to switch up life, find a different community and try […]
Article Link SAM NABI JULY 6, 2017 Janice Jo Lee’s new play, Will You Be My Friend, attracted multiple sold-out shows at the Conrad Centre in downtown Kitchener during its inaugural run from June 22 to 25. Billed as a musical comedy, this one-woman show follows Lee’s quest for friendship and validation as a Korean […]
Article Link June 2017 Editor’s Note: Janice Jo Lee’s album, Sing Hey, begins with three deep breaths, as if she’s thinking through what she has to say before launching into a kind of slam-sung poem of tough self-talk. That opener, “All the Times You Were Silent,” kicks off a seamless and stunning mix of soulful folk, blues […]
Montréal: Janice Lily/22 June 2017/ Janice, Montréal, Août 2016 (Version française plus bas) 1) Can you introduce yourself ? My name is Janice, I am a singer, songwriter, poet and community organizer. I take care of my sister who’s twelve years younger than me and I try to do art projects that fight for social […]
Article Link By Keira Koroma January 17, 2017 Becca Redden, 2016 graduate of the former UW independent studies program, continues her independent streak with ambitious documusical Sing Hey, collaborating with past Kitchener Artist in Residence Janice Lee. While at UW, Redden utilised the relative freedom of the independent studies program to focus on social justice and media, so […]
Sing Hey! Love, Struggle, and Community with Janice Jo Lee Submitted by GRMC on Thu, 01/28/2016 – 01:33 Download Podcast Audio:: Sing Hey! Love, Struggle, and Community with Janice Jo Lee Kitchener based artist Janice Jo Lee joins AW@L Radio in studio for a discussion on her new album Sing Hey and the cross Canada tour […]
See Article on CBC KW By Jackie Sharkey, CBC News Posted: Mar 08, 2016 6:03 PM ET Last Updated: Mar 08, 2016 6:03 PM ET Though Kitchener’s Janice Lee has officially finished her term as the city’s 2015 artist in residence, the city has decided to fund one last project from the singer-songwriter-poet. The final commission will be […]
Former Kitchener Artist in Residence to release 2nd album Thursday by CANDACE COBBING Posted Jan 21, 2016 7:34 am EST You may recognize her as Kitchener’s last Artist in Residence or her video poem series, “Folk Myths of Kitchener” and now Janice Jo Lee is releasing her latest album called “Sing Hey.” This is Lee’s […]
The Community Edition: ARTIN’ AROUND WITH JANICE LEE Erin McLean-Purdon CONTRIBUTOR PHOTO COURTESY HANNAH MARIE From the outside, Janice Lee has had a successful year. She received the “Leading Women, Building Communities” award from the Ontario Women’s Directorate, was the 2015 Oktoberfest Woman of the Year in Arts and Culture, and as the City of […]
Dec 04, 2015 Kitchener’s stories told in videopoems Waterloo Region Record By Martin de Groot It’s an intriguing title: “Folk Myths of Kitchener.” The reference is to a project Janice Jo Lee has been working on for the better part of a year as the current City of Kitchener artist-in-residence. As 2015 draws to a […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2015 Spoken word poet and storyteller is 2015 artist-in-residence KITCHENER – Janice Lee is Kitchener’s artist-in-residence for 2015. Folk artist, storyteller, poet – Lee is interested in telling the stories of our community as they are happening, as a way of capturing our contemporary history. “I love living here in […]
Artist to gather stories about Kitchener’s places Catherine Thompson Waterloo Region Record | Mar 17, 2015 Janice Lee is Kitchener’s new artist in residence and she plans to gather people’s stories at gathering places throughout the city, like the Iron Horse Trail. KITCHENER — Janice Lee is looking for Kitchener’s myths. The folk artist and story […]
Janice is a member and organizer of the Radical Choir. Join the facebook group (here) to become an active member of the choir, or check out their website on Tumblr: http://radicalchoir.tumblr.com/ KW WILL SING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE Article link on The Community Edition here Anna Beard ARTS EDITOR I’ve never been the kind of person who […]
Jan 09, 2015 Building and showcasing the grass roots art scene Article link: http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/5250998-building-and-showcasing-the-grass-roots-art-scene/ Waterloo Region Record By Martin DeGroot Something to look forward to in the year that is still new: On Jan. 5, folk artists Richard Garvey and Janice Lee announced through various social media that “Our festival is a go!” … At The […]
Night\Shift http://nightshiftwr.ca/janicelee/ Janice Lee is a spark. She’s a singer-songwriter, poet, actor, storyteller and organizer whose impact on the Kitchener-Waterloo community has been enormous. Lee’s contagious energy ignites the packed rooms at the KW Poetry Slam (which she co-founded in 2011), lights up the dance floor at local spots like Club Abstract, and inspires other […]
I was thrilled to meet folks from Ricepaper Magazine when I was in Vancouver back in April 2014. Check out this great video interview with footage from the house show I did at my good poet friend Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon’s house. Ricepaper Magazine Exclusive: Poet and Musician Janice Lee
The Cord: Female artists underrepresented in KW music scene Similar to other communities, establishing yourself as a female musician still holds its challenges in K-W By Cristina Almudevar. Wednesday, March 19, 2014 The Kitchener-Waterloo music scene, despite thriving and growing with each new band, has a lack of performing female musicians. Although not overwhelmingly strong, there […]