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• Local artists shine at arts awards gala
  At the age of four, the story goes, artist Scott Goudie first picked up a pencil and started to draw. In kindergarten, he wrote his school ...
• Bluegrass with a tinge of salt water
  It's the Spinney Brothers' distinct East Coast Canadian sound that sets them apart from other bluegrass bands, but puts them on par musically ...
• Painting through the sieve of her imagination
  In the late ’60s, Mary Pratt decided to give up painting.­ Tired of being criticized for painting from photography, she joined a group of women ...
• Local musicians to perform tributes to fallen rocker
  A rock star, pure and simple, is how Jay Smith will be remembered, and local musicians will take to the stage Thursday and Friday for shows in ...
• Receiving Arts and Letters Award ‘an absolute...
  For many new artists and writers, receiving an Arts and Letters Award is not only an honour, but motivation. Even for those who are accustomed to ...
• Dancing on the edge for Stella’s Circle
  A fifth anniversary on the fifth day of the fifth month — Sunday is bound to be lucky for belly dance troupe The Neighbourhood Strays, and for ...
• New faces fresh pages
  There are some careers that are chosen because of their money-making potential, and they are some chosen because of the availability of ...
• Sharecroppers to tour the island
  “A hobby gone wonderful,” is how Mike Madigan of Newfoundland folk trio The Sharecroppers describe their longtime musical career ...
• Instructors taking Irish dancing to China
  “Riverdance,” Chinese-style — it does exist, says Shawn Silver of iDance, and, in fact, the music in the wildly-popular Irish dance show has been ...
• Songs in the key of la vie
  If a true artist can find inspiration anywhere, then Colleen Power is the very definition of artistic.Her latest CD, “Bonheur Domestique,” was ...
• Cops, sex and serial killers in ‘A Steady Rain’
  With a set that consists only of two chairs and a couple of spotlights, local actors Aiden Flynn and Steve O’Connell let the script speak for ...
• The Rooms to reduce opening times, staff after...
  The Rooms will reduce its public hours and decrease its staff as a result of Tuesday’s provincial budget. Funding for the provincial corporation, ...
• Sharing the passion
  In the 1980s, fresh out of Vancouver Community College’s jazz program, Mary Barry went to Quebec City for a three-day visit — and stayed for 10 ...
• Emotional bridges
  Chad Pelley’s goal is to drag you in. Make you feel. Make you react to his writing as much as you are reading it. He wants to give you a ...
• ‘Whether you like it or not, we’re coming’
  They’re hard-rockin’ dudes, The Stanfields. A self-described “scrappy bunch of bastards.” Yet they’ve got some trepidation about what’s in store ...
• More East Coast Music Awards presented
  Joel Plaskett Emergency, Gypsophilia and Vishten were among the acts presented East Coast Music Awards in Halifax Saturday evening. Some ECMAs ...
• Local music industry professionals win ECMAs
  A handful of locals in the music industry were presented with East Coast Music Association awards this morning, at an ECMA week industry brunch ...
• Packed house for MusicNL showcase
  Even MusicNL president David Chafe couldn't pull any strings to get him into his organization's own showcase at East Coast Music Week in Halifax ...
• Playing tunes, rubbing shoulders, making contacts
  When it comes to this year’s East Coast Music Week, the members of RocketRocketShip are a little nervous, appropriately grateful, and really, ...
• A community celebration of ...Words & image
  It was partly fate that led performer Louise Moyes to consider Lisa Moore’s work for her most recent production, manifested in the form of a ...
• Not just black and white
  Multi-media artist Gerald Vaandering and his wife, Dorothy Vaandering, have two questions for their latest exhibit of art: what do you need from ...
• Local writer wins national fiction prize
  Local writer Chad Pelley has been named the winner of the first Salon Fiction Prize.Pelley won the $1,000 literary prize, presented by The ...
• ‘Overwhelmed, heartwarmed and on an absolute high’
  A week ago, one local woman was lying on her couch at home as she had done for months, wondering, she said, how she would ever be able to escape ...
• Showcasing the artists
  When a symphony orchestra performs on stage, the focus is generally on the instruments. The musicians, often blending together in black, are ...
• Jones shows a different side of Anton Chekhov
  What’s the first thing you do if you’re commissioned to write a one-act play inspired by a short story by one of Russia’s most renowned ...
• Under wraps
  “Until opened, a box protects the secrecy of its contents. It is imbued with mystery and the promise of surprise.” — “Boxed In” curator ...
• I smell a rat
  When Tina Maher was first paired on the job with Michael, a trainee, last October, she got the feeling something was up. Maher, a technician with ...
• Local entertainers nominated for national awards
  Canadian TV’s Gemini Awards and film’s Genie Awards have merged to form the Canadian Screen Awards — and a number of Newfoundlanders and ...
• Local businesses invest in the arts
  The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council has received a financial boost for its annual arts awards, thanks to local businesses.Fortis ...
• UPDATE: Good showing for N.L. in ECMA nominees
  Newfoundland and Labrador has made a good showing among this year’s East Coast Music Nominations. Chris Kirby is among the leaders of the local ...