Water Witching with Hold Fast Artist in Residence Alana Bartol
Eastern Edge Gallery’s Hold Fast Contemporary Art Festival runs from August 8-12 in St. John’s.
Ruth Lawrence’s Other Women Walk Uncovers Hidden History in Bannerman Park
Ruth Lawrence’s historical walking tour Other Women Walk Tells Stories from the Margins of Newfoundland’s Suffrage Movement.
For two weeks this summer audiences will assemble in the corner of Bannerman Park near Winterholme and be met by Helen Furey (played by Bridget Wareham) who will transport them to 1922 to share the stories of women who felt left out of Newfoundland’s suffrage movement.
Robert Chafe’s Play Between Breaths Memorializes Celebrated Scientist Jon Lien
Award-winning playwright Robert Chafe’s Between Breaths directed by Jillian Keiley, featuring original music composed by The Once, is being performed at The LSPU Hall, July 19-29.
Emily Pittman in the Elbow Room
Local writer and visual artist, Emily Pittman, is currently completing a three month residency in The Rooms’ Elbow Room Studio.
Identify: A 2-Week Celebration of Indigenous Arts and Culture Kicks Off in St. John’s
Identify: A Celebration of Indigenous Arts and Culture will run from April 8th – 22nd in St. John’s.
Canada’s First Space Walker To Touch Down in St. John’s
Chris Hadfield is wrapping up his cross-country tour at Holy Heart Theatre in St. John’s on March 3rd.
Little Dog: A Complex Comedy Set in St. John’s Premieres March 1st
After wrapping up 2017 as a bona fide literary icon, Hynes is swinging into 2018 as the star of his own TV show.
Steve Curtis: The Condiment King of St. John’s
These days he works as a Metrobus driver in the evenings, a job that lets him listen to hours of food podcasts, and spend his days testing out new recipes.
Stanley Braxton Get Sloshed on Stage in #NewYearNewMe
“This is like NASCAR; people are coming for the crashes,” said Artistic Director Mike Hammond.
Three Things to do the Weekend
Three Things to do the Weekend is a varied sampling of what to be at this weekend
Why “The Mummers Song” Has Been Dominating Newfoundland Airwaves Every Christmas Since 1983
Don’t seem like Christmas until “Any Mummers Allowed In?” is saturating the airwaves and being belted out in bars across the island.
Comedian Amanda Bulman Presents a New Take on the Time-Honoured ‘Christmas Special’
Bulman wants the event to have all the cozy charm of those totally un-ironic, old-fashioned holiday specials but she’ll also be approaching the show with a stand up comic’s saucy sensibility. “I’ll be asking some far out questions,” she says.