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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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Miramichi Fishing Report for Thursday, May 25, 2017
Spring or black salmon are basically finished except for the very odd straggler. Bright salmon and sea trout are starting into the system, and the numbers of striped bass being caught are gradually increasing as the water warms a bit. The 2017 Miramichi Striper Cup takes place this weekend.
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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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Theatre New Brunswick Announce 2017-2018 Season
Theatre New Brunswick has announced its 2017-2018 season. The company’s 49th season of theatre will include four world premiere productions by New Brunswick playwrights, a further increase in provincial touring, more professional training workshops with renowned instructors and a beloved Disney musical.
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East Coast Favourites Earthbound Trio, Nausikaa and Wobble Wallah to play New Brunswick Permaculture Festival June 2-4
From folk to world bass to a country barn dance, only in New Brunswick would one find such an eclectic and strangely complementary line up. And only in New Brunswick will such a line up be connected to fermenting food, growing food forests, and learning about excavators. The Praxis Project Permaculture Festival June 2-4.
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Book Review: “Waiting for Still Water” by Susan White
Award-winning New Brunswick author Susan White’s newest young adult/middle-grader novel is Waiting for Still Water, a book centred around an extended family composed of foster children, past and present, who have been under the care of the redoubtable Amelia Walton, who owns a farm on Walton Lake on the Kingston Peninsula.
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Vimy Ridge Never Leaves You
Arrive at Vimy Ridge before the sun rises to 8 am. Arrive while the birds are breaking the silent dawn with song. Arrive while mist still lingers and swirls in the shell craters. Stand. Face the monument. Be still. Listen. Feel the powerful sense of presence in this sacred place.
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Perth-Andover’s Gathering of the Scots Festival
Gathering of the Scots Festival Perth-Andover, NB, Canada May 30th- June 4th, 2107, In the Scottish Highlands of New Brunswick: On a recent trip to Scotland with my family, I took an early morning stroll along a rural road in the small community of Moy, just a few miles south of Inverness…
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Province to host national summit for LGBTQ youth
New Brunswick has been selected to host OUTShine, Canada’s LGBTQ youth summit. The bi-annual summit is presented by Egale Canada Human Rights Trust, which made the announcement at this year’s summit in Windsor, Ontario. “We are pleased to have been chosen to host this important event that celebrates our LGBTQ youth,” said Education and Early…
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Miramichi Fishing Report for Thursday, May 11, 2017
This week was pretty slow for angling and pretty fast for all rivers in the system. Last weekend’s rain brought rivers to extremely levels, some not seen here in many years. Not only were they high, but they were raging beyond flood stages.
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