Different sorts of arts fill this week’s Midweek podcasts — from drama, music, film and special-effects makeup to the art of dealing with others who have a problem with who and how you are.<\/p>\n
Podcast 1:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 First, though, a look at a different sort of act of creation that’s a little bit art, a little bit craft, and a lot a miracle: birth. Amid the gloom and loss of life in the pandemic, new lives have still begun. Midweek’s Hana Sabah introduces us to those who work with expectant mothers, and finds out how they’ve had to adapt to the current realities.<\/p>\n This week was Intellectual Disability Week in Quebec, and Midweek’s Jennifer Prescott checked in with her mother-in-law, who lives in Gatineau. Line Beauchamp cares for her son, Maxim Renaud, who is 27 and was born with Fragile X, a genetic intellectual disability. (That’s Line and Maxim in the photo above.) Maintaining the routines that keep Maxim grounded has been a challenge for them both during the pandemic.<\/p>\n Theatre is a challenge in these days of distancing, but the Sock ‘n’ Buskin theatre company based at Carleton University has come up with creative ways to make sure the show still goes on. Midweek’s Angelica Zagorski spoke to Tyreike Reid, director of their production of Concord Floral<\/em>.<\/p>\n Jennifer and Angelica co-hosted this podcast, which was produced by Jeff Pelletier and Avanthika Anand.<\/p>\n