Arts & Entertainment
NB Singer/Songwriter Mike Biggar Partners with Blues & Roots Radio for Summer Tour Blog
New Brunswick Roots Singer-Songwriter Mike Biggar is joining up with his good friends at BluesandRootsRadio.com for a uniquely insightful touring blog experience while on the road this summer playing east coast festivals and shows and promoting his new album GO ALL IN. Biggar has been asked exclusively by the global internet radio station to capture…
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Job Opportunity: New Brunswick Museum Bilingual Interpreter
The New Brunswick Museum (NBM) is Canada’s oldest continuing museum, with a history that can be traced back to 1842. This year, as the NBM celebrates its 175th anniversary, its mission continues to be to collect, preserve, research, and interpret New Brunswick’s natural and cultural heritage. Bilingual interpreters will work in NBM galleries and occasionally…
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Book Review: “Promises to Keep” by Genevieve Graham
Set during the time of the Acadian expulsion in 1755 from what is now Nova Scotia. “Promises to Keep” contains a stronger, deeper story than its romantic cover art might suggest.
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Sea Belles Chorus Finishes Second at Atlantic A Cappella Contest, Qualifies for International Contest
Sea Belles A Cappella Chorus, Saint John, N.B., chapter of Harmony, Incorporated, an international organization of female a cappella singers specializing in the barbershop harmony style, recently earned regional recognition as second place Atlantic chorus and qualified for a spot at Harmony, Inc.’s international competition, which will be held later this year in Halifax, Nova…
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Book Review: “Living Up to a Legend” by Diana Bishop
Subtitled My Adventures with Billy Bishop’s Ghost, Diana Bishop’s memoirs of her grandfather, WWI Canadian flying ace Billy Bishop, is an insightful, moving look at growing up in the shadow of a legend.
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9th Annual FeelsGood Folly Fest June 23-25
Come have some good, clean fun with us for the funkiest weekend of the jam packed summer festival season! Seriously, this year’s edition of Folly has more horns than you can shake a stick at! We are bringing in acts from all over Canada and as far away as Virginia and Isreal!
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National Exhibition to be Held at Gallery 78 Jun 16 – Jul 9
In celebration of Canada 150 and its own 60th anniversary, The Society of Canadian Artists has elected to hold its annual national exhibition for 2017 at Gallery 78 in Fredericton. It is a tremendous honour for the gallery, for the city of Fredericton, and for the province of New Brunswick to host this prestigious national exhibition.
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Animaritime 2017
We’re back in 2017 for our 13th year, and we invite you to join over a thousand of your fellow fans as we hold our event in Fredericton to celebrate all things anime, manga, and gaming. Be ready for fanfare and a great time because we are excited for Carnival – this years theme!
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Sea Belles prepare for Atlantic Women’s A Cappella Singing Contests
Sea Belles A Cappella Chorus, Saint John’s only chapter of Harmony, Incorporated, will head to Sackville, NB June 1-4th to participate in an area contest that could qualify the local singers for an international competition later this year. Sea Belles will go head to head with six choruses in Harmony, Inc.’s Area 1, which includes…
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ArtsLink NB’s Start to Finish Skills Workshops
ArtsLink NB has announced the first instalment of their skills workshop series: Start to Finish, which will take place in Sussex on June 28th. Start to Finish Skills Workshops: Document Your Work This workshop aims to give artists hands-on experience with producing professional quality documentation of their works, through affordable or free technology. This two-part workshop will…
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Poem: Another Lucky Break
This is a poem about my grandfather, George Martin. He was a Merchant Marine during WWII … Before we knew, he was the Vaseline Kid A southpaw, a featherweight, in the Atlantic Fleet Before that, he sold newspapers on the corner Slouched in his chair, his teeth in a shot glass
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Book Review: “Steal It All” by Chuck Bowie
The man continued down the hall, turned right and walked all the way to the back corner of the floor. He approached the door marked Director, Trade, opened it and walked in. The door, very solid, closed behind the intruder and the discrete click alerted the director to the presence of a guest. He swiveled around in time to receive …
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