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Tomorrow morning on Fatal Attraction, Patricia interviews Johannes Helgeson: a Concept Artist & Illustrator from Sweden! He’s an amazingly talented artist and incorporates all sorts of expressions and movement to create incredibly detailed character designs for video games. Johannes has worked in the games industry since 2008 and has worked for companies such as Activision, Gameloft, Volta, Trendy Entertainment and Hibernum Creations.

This is all part of CJLO's coverage of the Montreal Otakuthon. Held from August 5th-7th, it's Quebec's largest anime convention: celebrating Japanese animation, graphic novels, gaming and pop-culture!

Today on Behind the Counter, Sonja will interview Montreal rapper Hua Li, who will be performing at Babely Shades' first Montreal show tonight at Bad Lunch! "Babely Shades is a collective of people of colour from the Ottawa arts and music scene who seek to bring visibility and awareness to local artists and issues against marginalized groups. Their end goal is to dismantle the white supremacy in our communities in order to allow more folks of colour to participate in local arts." (Babely Shades)

Tonight at 5pm on Creators Chorus, Annick is interviewing Hana Jama, the co-founder of Babely Shades! Babely Shades is a collective of people of colour from the Ottawa arts and music scene who seek to bring visibility and awareness to local artists and issues against marginalized groups. Their end goal is to dismantle the white supremacy in our communities in order to allow more folks of colour to participate in local arts.

Tune in this Monday @ 5pm for a special edition of Champions of the Local Scene! Joana and Kelly will be interviewing Melissa Proeitti - Educator, Activist and Artist; Head Organizer at award-winning Under Pressure Graffiti Festival, to preview the upcoming edition!

After 15 years on the air, BVST has amassed a collection of great interviews, strange guests and funny moments, and episode three of host Angelica's look back continues tonight! The final episode in the series features clips from not one, but two interviews (with Blaine Cartwright from Nashville Pussy and with Uncle Acid himself), a memorable phone call from Herbert the Hesher, and a couple of clips from two of the strangest shows in BVST history. Don't miss it, the weirdness starts at 7pm ET tonight!

TUNE IN @ 6PM ON WEDNESDAY FOR ANOTHER GREAT EPISODE OF CHAMPIONS OF THE LOCAL SCENE! Sonja Hanson from CJLO's hit show, Behind the Counter, is interviewing Pierre Beaudet (a member of the International Council of the World Social Forum), Andrea Levy (an activist, historian and co-editor of Canadian Dimension) and Sebastián Vielmas (the organizational coordinator for the People's University).

Next weekend is Heavy Montreal, and we at CJLO want to give you the chance to win some tickets.  "What do I have to do?" you ask.  Well, simply listen to our metal shows Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday for your chance to win.  Here's a breakdown for those that need to schedule this into their week: