HALIFAX: Paul Merkelo, trumpet, and Serhiy Salov,
piano, team up to create the powerhouse duo Merkelo
& Salov.
Recognized for their “unusual lyrical gifts” and “glittering
technique,” Merkelo & Salov are reuniting for a nine concert tour
throughout...
Editor's note: The date that was published in the February 26 edition of The Reporter was incorrect. The Irish Rovers will perform in Mabou on March 7.
KINGSTON, ONTARIO: One of the best known...
SYDNEY:
Organizers with the Celtic Colours International Festival are excited to
announce an expanded line-up of concerts for its 24th year. Taking place from
October 9-17, the internationally-acclaimed, award-winning festival will
feature 54 concerts in 35 communities around Cape Breton Island....
CREIGNISH: It was a surprise — a wonderful surprise —
that saw a well-known family in Inverness County grow by one member.
“When you do your ancestry, you never know who’s going
to pop up on...
PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO: Fiddler and step dancer Natalie
MacMaster has been nominated for yet another award.
The Troy native was among the nominees in the
Traditional Roots Album of the Year category for her recording Sketches when...
Photos by Mary HankeyThis large felted work of art, entitled “Lone Spruce” by Nellie Fraser, is now on display for her exhibition in the J. Franklin Wright Gallery at the Civic Centre in Port Hawkesbury.
Photos by Dana MacPhail TouesnardRev. Allan MacMillan (second from the left) performed Robbie Burns’ classic 1786 poem, Address to a Haggis, at the 18th annual Robert Burns Dinner with Entertainment in St. Peter’s, as sword bearer...
ANTIGONISH: Town council offered funding to a former resident looking to
bring the town to the big screen.
During a regular meeting on January 20, Antigonish Town Council voted to
offer $19,000 to Shelly Thompson to...
HALIFAX: The second annual Nova Scotia Summer Fest is
set to rock Keppoch Mountain in Antigonish again during the weekend of August
28 and 29.
Festival founder and executive director Ray Mattie
unveiled eight of the 12...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A resident of the town will be featured in the upcoming episode of a new television series.
On January 31, Taylor Linloff will be part of an
episode of the CBC docuseries You
Can’t...