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Hey CJSR-ers!


We've got heaps to tell ya'll about in this issue:

  • Annual General Meeting THIS Thursday
  • Summer staff depart as students arrive
  • Ticket giveaways for Bentiversary and Peaches
  • Musical guest in Studio A
  • CJSR News on AI data centres, student suppression, striking and more
  • Music doc film at Metro Cinema
  • Events
  • Friends of CJSR

Sarah
CJSR Station Manager / FACRA Executive Director



The Annual General Meeting of CJSR's Board of Directors, FACRA, is this week!


Thursday, August 27

Starting at 7pm MT


During the online meeting, we'll:

  • elect new members to our Board
  • review our audited financial statements
  • hear from our staff and Board about what's been accomplished

All FACRA members are asked to attend

CURRENT COFFEE AT THE STATION: Peru - Maria Estela La Perla Yellow Caturra


A comfortable, washed, yellow caturra coffee that is lively and sweet with notes of pear, grape, jasmine, chocolate and blackberry.


Thanks to Rogue Wave Coffee for keeping us energized!


Goodbyes & Hellos

Five young adults are seated on a couch and chair in front of a wall of records.

GOODBYES: Summer Staff sign off

This past Friday (August 21) was the last day for our summer staff.


During their 2.5 months with CJSR, they helped with:

  • Swag Sale organizing
  • festival presence coordinating
  • on-air promos getting the word out about local events, businesses and groups
  • music library optimization
  • plus so, so, so much more

Lots was accomplished and fun was definitely had. We’re gonna miss ‘em!!!


Thanks Gabby, Riley, Zahrah, Elisa and James!


HELLOS: Welcoming students back to campus

CJSR is bringing the music to a couple of in-person Week of Welcome events on Tuesday, August 25:

  • Residence Orientation Kick-off
    DJ Yeah Mozza host of Late Night Lounge
    11am-4pm
    Main Gym


Send us an email with the subject line Get Bent to info@cjsr.com to enter to win a pair of tickets to the two-day, outdoor event.


Bentiversary
Bent Stick Brewing Loading Dock
August 29-30 at 2-10pm daily


14 acts. Food vendors. Great beer. All your friends.    

Presented with help from Double Lunch, Hot Plains and CJSR.

We’ll draw and notify the winner on Friday, August 28

On Air

Pivot Points
Wednesday, August 26 at 5-6pm MT
ENCORE: Sunday, August 30 at 11am-12pm MT

A conversation hinging on how local universities are suppressing student movements, especially about Palestine.


Wednesday, September 2 at 5-6pm MT
ENCORE: Sunday, September 6 at 11am-12pm MT

Ahead of Labour Day, a panel discussion on local labour organizing and striking.


Following the broadcast, the show is available as a podcast

It Takes A Village

Tuesday, August 25 from 1-2pm MT

A live Studio A performance from Scott Cook with his new album, Troubadourly Yours, just ahead of his three-month tour.

Brains on Campus
Friday, August 28 at 10-11am MT

We head off campus to listen to a St. Albert town hall about AI data centres.


Friday, September 4 at 10-11am MT
A pit panel about Edmonton's empty lots — boarded, stalled and going nowhere fast.


Following each broadcast, episodes are available on-demand as a podcast

Terrible Radio
Friday, August 28 at 3-4pm MT
DJ Lisa Lø sits in with host Monica.

Jae’s Set
Mondays at 9-10am MT

The show sharing the love of physical music formats is moving from Thursday mornings to Mondays. Same time and same great host and music, just a different day.


Music Doc

Boom! A film about The Sonics

Wednesday, August 26

Metro Cinema


The untold story of one of rock ’n’ roll’s wildest and most influential bands, The Sonics.

  • 6:30pm | The Brewtals play a live set
  • 7pm | Movie screens

Presented by Blackbyrd Myoozik + CJSR


Send us an email with the subject line Peaches to info@cjsr.com to be entered to win a pair of tickets.


Edmonton stop for the No Lube So Rude Tour
Wednesday, September 2
Midway Music Hall

We’ll draw and notify the winner on Monday, August 31

Local Hot Wax

Cassia Hardy - Deviant

[Mint Records]
Edmonton, AB       

Released: July 23, 2026


Events

E-LYMPIA... 20 Years of Music, Art & Culture

August 28 at 7-11pm

Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre

$30

Celebrating two decades of Music for Mavericks, the Edmonton label that helped define the city’s hip‑hop, R&B and reggae identity.

A Page of Madness (1926) with The Nausea 

September 5 at 3pm MT
Metro Cinema

$11-14

100 year old experimental silent horror film in which a retired sailor gets hired in a mental hospital as a janitor to get close to his wife, who was locked away after the murder of their child. It will be screened with a live original score performed by The Nausea.

Q&A following the screening.

Climates of Health: The Weather Inside Us

September 8-October 3, daily

FAB Gallery, University of Alberta
Free
An exhibition exploring the connections between human well-being and our changing environment through the lens of the One Health framework. Bringing together the work of 13 artists and five academic researchers and collaborators over a two-year period.

Vietnamese Heritage Month: Poetry & Proverbs

September 12 at 1-4pm 
Boa & Hare
$5
Listen to prepared Vietnamese poems and proverbs plus discuss their English translations and meanings. Listen, read, share verses that carry our families’ memories, humour and everyday wisdom.

Friends of CJSR

Local businesses supporting the station with discounts for our community via the Friends of CJSR Card

Evoolution

Local purveyor of premium olive oil, balsamic vinegar and more.
DISCOUNT: 10% off all goods &/or services. In-person & Online.

The Hexagon
1000+ board games to enjoy with pals, old and new, over a coffee. 

DISCOUNT: 10% off coffee menu. In-person.


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LUHO Candle Co.

Local, eco-friendly and sustainably-made luxury candles.
DISCOUNT: 10% off all regularly priced goods &/or services. In-person & Online.

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The Dressmaker

Ready to wear, Edmonton-made clothing.
DISCOUNT: 10% off purchased of $50+. Online.