VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA: A band which celebrates the
music of Roy Orbison and other past favourites is preparing for a show in
Mabou.
On May 24, “The Lonely: Celebrating the Music of Roy
Orbison,” will perform at...
PORT
HAWKESBURY: Celebrating its 25th year, the Granville Green
Concert Series presented by NuStar and Bear Head LNG, will feature six
free outdoor concerts on Sundays from July 7 to August 11 on Granville Street.
The
Granville Green Concert Series...
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE: Long-time singer/songwriter Steve
Poltz is offering a one-time only performance on Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Strathspey Place Performing Arts Centre.
Billed as an intimate, up-close and personal experience
that the audience...
TORONTO, ONTARIO: A Toronto journalist who originally
hails from Antigonish scored the role of a lifetime on an iconic cartoon as
Canada’s top political leader.
Lucas Meyer, voiced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on
last Sunday’s episode of...
Rotary Clubs across Cape Breton Island joined forces with The Co-operators Insurance to welcome Mitch Dorge, long-time drummer for The Crash Test Dummies, to schools, youth centres and other venues across the island. Joining Dorge (second...
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...