PORT HAWKESBURY: After 50 years of preserving and promoting traditional Cape Breton style music through fiddle, guitar, piano, singers, and step dancers, the Cape Breton Fiddlers’ Association is still going strong today. In February,...
PORT HOOD: During an era of face masks and social distancing, Donelda MacDonnell’s collection of short stories, The Weaving of My Tartan Heart, offers readers a chance to return to less complicated times. And...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The fabric from our past has been woven time and time again. For the next six weeks, the J. Franklin Wright Art Gallery at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre will be home to an eclectic display of weaving...
INVERNESS: The Inverness County Centre for the Arts (ICCA) will be bringing some of the East Coast industry’s biggest names to Cape Breton this summer. The Sunset Series performances take place on an outdoor...
BRANTFORD, ONTARIO: An Antigonish County student is competing for the top prize in SC Johnson Professional’s third-annual Happy Hands dispenser design contest. The Happy Hands contest promotes the importance of handwashing at schools by encouraging K-8 students to use their...
ANTIGONISH: A new music festival is tuning up for its debut next month. The inaugural Antigonish Jazz Fest will take centre stage, from Thursday, Nov. 17 to Saturday, Nov. 19, at a variety of...
HALIFAX: From lip-syncing underwater alongside a crew of mermaids to celebrating Canada with a tiny caribou, Heather Rankin has done it all over the past few months. However, as the Mabou native prepares for her June 3 appearance at the...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Town of Port Hawkesbury confirmed that the Granville Green Concert Series will not take place this summer. With gathering limits still in place to help prevent the spread of COVID 19,...
HALIFAX: The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) announced the 2022 East Coast Music Award nominees, and The Town Heroes is among those leading the pack with five nominations. The Town Heroes were nominated in...
MABOU: The legacy of an iconic performer will be celebrated on the weekend of Nov. 19 as the West Side Performing Arts Co-operative (WESPAC) takes to the stage of Strathspey Place. “I think people...
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