Arts & Entertainment
A Taste of Miramichi, the Miramichi Chamber of Commerce’s dining event, runs until June 11th. Today we introduce the menu from the Riverside Pub in Douglastown.
A Taste of Miramichi, the Miramichi Chamber of Commerce’s dining event, runs until June 11th. Today we introduce the menu from Mulligans.
St. Andrew’s United Church’s annual Summer Gospel concert will be taking place on Sunday, June 4th, 2017 at 7 pm. This event will be hosted by Miramichi’s own, Susan Butler. Proudly sponsored by the 60th Miramichi Folksong Festival Inc. This year’s featured performers include: Donna & Tyrone Hubbard, Blair Baisley, Clare & David Young, Miramichi…
Subtitled”Removal, Resistance and remembrance at a Canadian National Park”, this 400 page book from the University of Toronto Press is a study of the expropriation and forced removal of 1200 people from 7 communities, which were then obliterated to make for a more “natural” National Park in 1969.
The man continued down the hall, turned right and walked all the way to the back corner of the floor. He approached the door marked Director, Trade, opened it and walked in. The door, very solid, closed behind the intruder and the discrete click alerted the director to the presence of a guest. He swiveled around in time to receive …
This is a poem about my grandfather, George Martin. He was a Merchant Marine during WWII. Another Lucky Break Before we knew, he was the Vaseline Kid A southpaw, a featherweight, in the Atlantic Fleet Before that, he sold newspapers on the corner Slouched in his chair, his teeth in a shot glass He greeted…
From folk to world bass to a country barn dance, only in New Brunswick would one find such an eclectic and strangely complementary line up. And only in New Brunswick will such a line up be connected to fermenting food, growing food forests, and learning about excavators. The Praxis Project Permaculture Festival runs June 2-4.
New Brunswick’s resident writer of fantastic realism, Ian H. McKinley, has just released Harbinger, Book 1 of his Northern Fire series. It is firmly rooted in Nordic myth and legend, a time of swords, spears, axes, bow and arrow and fearless sea raiders that pillage enemy villages along the coasts and fjords of the Northlands.
The Makers Market is an exhibition, a community celebration and the perfect way to spend the first Sunday afternoon of June.
Smoke Signals (July 13, 1991 – July 13, 2016) Five and twenty years ago My last cigarette butt I did throw And as I watched it roll on the ground I said to myself, a new life I have found No more coughing and shortness of breath These symptoms will pass, along with the rest.…
by Riley Harris NWE is a Professional Wrestling promotion company from New Brunswick which traces its roots back to Miramichi. I chatted with founder, co-owner and CEO of the company Sean Nelson ahead of NWE’s Royal Rumble styled event “Top Rope Turmoil” happening May 13th in Loggieville. RH: Sean Nelson? Am I saying that right?…
Theatre New Brunswick has announced its 2017-2018 season. The company’s 49th season of theatre will include four world premiere productions by New Brunswick playwrights, a further increase in provincial touring, more professional training workshops with renowned instructors and a beloved Disney musical. “Our 49th season at Theatre New Brunswick is shaped around the question, ‘Who…
Ottawa-based pop band, The PepTides are coming to the Maritimes on a tour from June 9-15, 2017. There will be three opportunities to see them in New Brunswick at venues in Saint John, Moncton and Fredericton.