Weekend AM

Guest host Maggie Gillis gets details on a national search for Olympic talent coming to St. John's, and from Arabic to Mandarin, students become the teachers of free language classes this fall.

Guest host Maggie Gillis visits the Spirit Horse equine therapy program barn in Portugal Cove, and she chats with author Christine Gordon Manley about how the tragic story behind the Peter Pan statue in Bowring Park inspired her new children's book.

It's all about the joys of snail mail for Alison Butler. We find out how she's putting a little magic back in the mailbox. Darryl Hopkins has some new bling for his mantle ... the award for best actor in a short film from a film festival in Italy with a social conscience. And we get right in the middle of the tickle swim for mental health.

Kevin Major talks about his latest novel, a mystery called One for the Rock, Alex Wilkie gives us a demonstration of spray paint art, and violinist Mark Fewer tells us about his latest musical adventures

Avid Shakespeare fan Eric Minton describes his mission to see all 42 Shakespeare plays in different North American locations, citizens of Green's Harbour hang up shingles to raise money for an old building, and artist David Blackwood tells us about an unforgettable state dinner with then-premier Joey Smallwood and American artist Rockwell Kent.

Heather gets a ride in a monster truck, chef Christine Tizzard brings us some yummy blueberry recipes, and a play about the First World War premieres in Cow Head

Sound artist Hildegard Westerkamp shows us how to reconnect our ears wtih our environment, the Loyal Orange Lodge in Green's Harbour gets a reno, and Wilf and Marion Hunt are each other's main squeeze

We get a tour of the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador's new gallery and shop, and Heather takes part in a Sound Symposium project.

Heather gets a tour of Kent Cottage in Brigus by artist Thayer Carter, the grandson of Rockwell Kent, we hear how singing in a choir is good for public health, and tattoo artists Alicia Simms and Lizzie Renaud show us their ink!

The Trepassey Posse begins an epic bicycle ride, the National Youth Choir of Canada starts a Newfoundland tour, and the Mi'kmaw people of Western Newfoundland tell us their story in the documentary film - The Country.

Guest host Jamie Fitzpatrick speaks with Brett and Mark Russell, a pair of soccer rivals who can't help but take the rivalry home with them.

Guest host Jamie Fitzpatrick checks in with the St. John's regional library about a different kind of story time for kids, and speaks with the writers and photographer behind a new book called "What's Written in the Ladies."

Guest host Jamie Fitzpatrick speaks with Geoff Eaton, a cancer survivor with a message for children, and asks a marketing and design expert for his take on a new pro hockey look.

The Ladies is the Golden Realm host Heather and her Royal Wedding analysts Dee Payne, Rodney Philpott and Janessa O’Toole at their festive location of Conception Bay South

Lauren Saunders and Emily Evans of theshopsalt.com tell Heather Barrett why their signature shirt is taking over St. John's, and Winnie Glavine of the Rug Hooking Guild of N.L. wants you to register any hand made rugs you have underfoot.