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Eva Crocker

Eva Crocker

Eva Crocker is a writer from St. John's, her short story collection, Barrelling Forward, was published by House of Anansi Press in 2017.

    The Arts January 28, 2019 January 28, 2019

    Philippa Jones’ Suspended at The Rooms

    Suspended is an expansive, interactive exhibition that investigates our relationship to mortality.

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    The Arts January 11, 2019 January 10, 2019

    Emily Jan’s The World is Bound by Secret Knots at Eastern Edge Gallery

    The work was inspired by an artist residency Jan completed in the Peruvian Amazon in 2015

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    The Arts January 4, 2019 January 6, 2019

    CBC’s Canada’s A Drag to Profile St. John’s-based Irma Gerd’s Drag Race Viewing Parties

    Irma will star in an episode of CBC’s Canada’s A Drag, a mini documentary series that showcases the hosts of RuPaul’s Drag Race viewing parties

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    The Arts December 9, 2018 December 9, 2018

    Lectures on Understanding Contemporary Art Are Drawing A Crowd at The Rooms

    “One of the messages I’m trying to get across is, if you’ve got eyes and feelings, you can understand art.”

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    The Arts November 14, 2018 November 14, 2018

    Kyle Alden Martens’ Portable Closets At Eastern Edge Gallery

    By presenting symbols of queer identity in the same way hockey jerseys are displayed, Martens implies that queer identity can also be both visible and unreadable.

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    The Arts November 10, 2018 November 10, 2018

    Rick Mercer The Final Report On Stands This Month

    “I think any political junkie out there will want the book just because it’s a record of Canadian history and a great way to remember certain moments in time.”

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    The Arts October 30, 2018 October 30, 2018

    Andy Jones on His Bond with Greg Malone & Starring Together in Men of Misfortune

    The dark comedic thriller premieres at the LSPU Hall on Thursday, November 1st.

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    The Arts September 23, 2018 September 24, 2018

    “Almost Like a Volcano”: Lynn Panting on The Festival of New Dance’s 28th Year

    The Festival of New Dance runs from September 24th – October 7th in St. John’s

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    News September 9, 2018 September 11, 2018

    New Documentary Soundwalk / App, Consent, Guides Users Through The Snelgrove Trial

    The podcast app is designed to allow users to walk through downtown St. John’s, listening to dramatic readings of edited transcripts of the 2017 sexual assault trial of RNC officer Doug Snelgrove.

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    The Arts, Theatre September 4, 2018 September 3, 2018

    St. John’s Shorts Starts Its 10-day Run This Week

    St. John’s Shorts runs from September 6th to 16th at The LSPU Hall for more information about the festival and this year’s line-up visit www.shortplaystjohns.ca .

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    People August 27, 2018 August 30, 2018

    NL’s First DC Comics Artist, Mike Feehan, on His Surreal Year with Snagglepuss

    St. John’s-based illustrator and comics artist Mike Feehan will appear as a Special Guest at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto this September, to represent his work on Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, a reboot of a classic comic launched by DC Comics in January of 2018 to rave reviews. 

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, The Arts August 19, 2018 August 19, 2018

    Fresh Fest: Out of Earshot Brings A Ton of Out of Town Acts For 4 Days of Summer Fun

    Out of Earshot, a new DIY music and arts festival based at Eastern Edge Gallery is launching August 23-25th.We spoke to founding member, Jess Barry, about the origins of the fest and some of the acts she’s most excited about.

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    The Overcast is a multi-award-winning media body in St. John’s, NL.

    Best known for its monthly print magazine, its website, TheOvercast.ca, also posts 1-2 articles a day, hoststhe St. John’s Eats dinning and review directory, and administers the $12,500 Albedo Grant to help entrepreneurs get their big idea off the ground, as well as Newfoundland’s richest award for a local album of the year: The Borealis Music Prize.

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