Arts & Entertainment
Book Review: “Down Inside: Thirty Years in Canada’s Prison Service” by Robert Clark
Down Inside is the memoir of Robert Clark whose entire working career was spent with the Canadian Correction Service (CSC). When he retired in 2009, he was serving as a deputy warden and a few years later sat down to write about his experiences in the hope of inciting change in the current system.
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The Glass Menagerie Auditions August 13,14,16
Tennessee Williams’ classic ‘memory play’. It is Tom’s recollections of the events with his family that lead to a fateful conclusion. Can you, should you, live your life by what others expect from you or even need from you? Auditions for our Studio production of The Glass Menagerie will take place: Sunday, 13 August (1 – 3pm)…
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The Taming of the Shrew Opens Today at BMO Studio Theatre
A timeless Shakespearean comedy! Tuesday – Saturday this week @ BMO Studio Theatre “Taming has it all: love and laughs, along with some thoughtful reflection on family and marriage.” Sandra Bell, Director. Tickets for The Taming of the Shrew are $17.50 or $12.50 for students. To purchase call 1-888-311-9090 or visit www.ticketpro.ca or click link below! Get Tickets!
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Festival (506)’s Line-Up Revealed
Music lovers will not want to miss the 11th edition of New Brunswick’s Festival (506), taking place in Moncton, October 12 to 15, 2017. Thirty-two bands and solos artists from all over the province will congregate in Moncton to take part in this annual celebration of homegrown talent. “Those of us working in the music industry know…
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Book Review: “For the Love of It: 60 Years of the Miramichi Folksong Festival” by Susan Butler
The Miramichi Folksong Festival has been held continuously for 60 years now, making it the longest standing folk song festival in Canada. Its director (and a performer) of the past 35 years is the irrepressible Susan Butler, a true Miramichier if there ever was one. Now, she has compiled the Festival’s history as well as her own in a self-published book entitled For the Love of It: 60 Years of the Miramichi Folksong Festival.
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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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