Category: The Arts

February’s Recommended Read: Megan Gail Coles’ Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club

by Olivia Heaney | Feb 1, 2019 | The Arts | 1 |

Coles’s background as a playwright reveals itself in the way she skillfully engages a diverse cast.

Philippa Jones’ Suspended at The Rooms

by Eva Crocker | Jan 28, 2019 | The Arts | 0 |

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

Album Review: Patrick Boyle’s After Forgetting

by Sandy May | Jan 25, 2019 | The Arts | 0 |

Saying you don’t like jazz is the culinary equivalent to declaring you don’t like curry, which is obviously just silly.

Local Album of the Month: Jon Hynes’ Cardinal Giant

by Brad Pretty | Jan 18, 2019 | The Arts | 1 |

It’s a top-notch effort from a top-notch artist.

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

by Eva Crocker | Jan 11, 2019 | The Arts | 0 |

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

Editor’s Picks: Top 25 (not local) Albums of 2018

by Chad Pelley | Jan 6, 2019 | Music, The Arts | 1 |

Bahamas – Earthtones Alfi breaks his mould and creates a whole new musical territory that...

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

by Eva Crocker | Jan 4, 2019 | The Arts | 0 |

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

Throwback Thursday: Townie Christmas Tunes

by TheOvercast | Dec 20, 2018 | The Arts | 0 |

Back in 2014, we put out a call for Christmas covers and Christmas originals by local artists....

Talkin’ The Gift of Music with Tony Ploughman of Fred’s Records

by TheOvercast | Dec 13, 2018 | The Arts | 0 |

One of the big surprises of 2018 has been the release of Fur Packed Action, “The Dull Thud Of Fur” on double vinyl.

The Overcast’s Recommended Read of the Month: Matthew Hollett’s Album Rock

by Olivia Heaney | Dec 9, 2018 | The Arts | 0 |

Part travel narrative, part art history, Album Rock combines creative non-fiction, poetry, and photography as it traces Hollett’s attempt to learn as much as possible about a photograph of French sailors playfully painting the word “Album” on a large rock in Ship Cove.

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

by Eva Crocker | Dec 9, 2018 | The Arts | 0 |

“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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