ANTIGONISH: Six more names were added to the inaugural
line-up of performers for Nova Scotia’s newest music festival.
On April 4 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia Music Fest
organizer Ray Mattie unveiled a songwriter’s showcase, which will...
TORONTO: A Canadian musical duo with Strait area roots
will be performing in Port Hawkesbury later this month.
On April 26, the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre’s Shannon
Studio will be hosting Madison
Violet, consisting of Creignish native...
WE’KOQMAQ: Michele Sylliboy wants people to know Mi’kmaq people have always had the hieroglyphic language.
Sylliboy, an Aboriginal woman who was raised on unceeded territory in We’koqmaq First Nation, is launching her first book that blends her modern poetry, photography...
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...
DUNDEE: A Richmond County fiction writer, whose last work received positive reviews and recognition, has released another novel.
In 2011, Michael Gerhartz of Dundee released his first book Dark Times, and he describes his newest, Thin Ice, as a “sort...
HAVRE BOUCHER: A home chef from Havre Boucher is taking on 17 other amateur cooks just like herself to become a member of an elite cooking group of six title holders and to take home a $100,000 cash prize.
Jenny...
TORONTO, ON: The Stampeders will be starting their tour of the Maritimes with a concert at the Strathspey Place Performing Arts Centre in Mabou on April 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Lead guitarist Rich Dodson said the band has played the...
KEMPT ROAD: In the midst of a public relations blitz to get the word out about the facility, those in charge of the Friends United Centre point out the vital role it plays in the artistic and cultural community.
Canadian...
ANTIGONISH: Ceilidh Acadien is a project involving Eveline Menard of Joliette (flute), Robert Deveaux of Cheticamp (fiddle), and Mary Beth Carty of Antigonish (accordion, guitar) coming together to create a cultural dialogue, mixing vocal and instrumental traditions.
They are excited...
MABOU: From a Canadian classic rock band to local greats, from magicians to tribute bands - a whole lot of entertainment is coming to the Strathspey Performing Arts Centre – they even have a guy juggling chainsaws coming in.
“We...