Theatre New Brunswick‘s production of Daniel MacIvor’s Marion Bridge tells the story of three estranged sisters, Agnes (Kim Parkhill), Theresa (Michelle Polak), and Louise (Jackie Torrens), who are reunited when they return to Cape Breton to care for their mother on her deathbed. Continue reading In Review: Theatre New Brunswick’s ‘Marion Bridge’
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In Review: Saint John Theatre Company’s ‘Noises Off’
Saint John Theatre Company’s production of Noises Off opens a can of sardines and takes audience members on a chaotic adventure of life behind the curtain. Continue reading In Review: Saint John Theatre Company’s ‘Noises Off’
Area 506: New Festival Coming To Saint John
This evening at Saint John’s Bourbon Quarter Restaurant an announcement was made that a new festival will be held along the Saint John Waterfront during the New Brunswick Day long weekend. The festival, titled Area 506, will be a celebration of New Brunswick community, culture, music, and goods. Continue reading Area 506: New Festival Coming To Saint John
Ministers Island Is Raising The Roof With Craft Beer
Are you familiar with Canada? Good. Now let me tell you a story about how all that came to happen. Canada is a beautiful and majestic land. It’s also very big. You wouldn’t want to Terry Fox your way across it with a satchel of grain on your back, which is exactly how the people of British Columbia explained it to Parliament, more or less, at their proposal of Confederation. And so, a promise was made to construct a railway that spanned the breadth of the land; a railway that would carry supplies and immigrants from east to west, unifying the country, and practically define the rim of America’s hat. Continue reading Ministers Island Is Raising The Roof With Craft Beer
New Music: Sperry Alan’s ‘Raw With Intent’
Raw With Intent will be the third album release for Truro, Nova Scotia resident John Alan Sperry a.k.a, Sperry Alan. Opening with a precision guitar flare that echoes with the sound of country rock, I was expecting a continuation of a hair raising twang, but was surprised (not to my disappointment) with a taste of the East Coast. A decadent mix of folk and alternative rock, Sperry has mustered a combination that leaves you with the nostalgia of a Moosehead beer commercial—all the images a traditional East Coast party. This album has all the heel tapping rhythm and off-kilter cadence you would expect from quintessential Canadian rock music. I could easily find myself sweating it out at a local pub with a few chums, beer in hand, lost in the myriad of sounds, but I digress… Continue reading New Music: Sperry Alan’s ‘Raw With Intent’