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• Arts council announces finalists for 2012 arts awards
  CBC journalist Suzanne Woolridge will be recognized posthumously with an induction into the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council’s Hall of ...
• Pentecostal Assemblies buys The Majestic
  It will be the end of an era in St. John’s next month, when The Majestic closes its doors for good. The live theatre, which has seen numerous ...
• Bust a Move breaks the bank
  Text and photos by Tara Bradbury He entertained, he motivated, he shed a few tears and he gave a hell of a workout — and Bust a Move participants ...
• Antle and Co. TV pitch wins at Cannes
  Angela Antle's "Looking for Love" television project won this year's MIPFormats Pitch competition in Cannes, France this morning. Antle, known ...
• Patterns from the past
  In 1972, craft pioneer Anna Templeton published a book of knitting patterns called “Operation Homespun.” The goal was to inspire and enlighten ...
• Retrial finds last woman hanged not guilty
  They say Catherine Snow’s ghost haunts the Supreme Courthouse in St. John’s, where she was hanged for murder almost 178 years ago.Her spirit ...
• Shannon Tweed-Simmons gets own video game
  Gene Simmons’ slew of female groupies were no doubt taken aback when he professed his undying love to Shannon Tweed-Simmons at their televised ...
• c2c explores the ‘Art’ of friendship
  C2c Theatre is closing its ninth season this week with a tale of three old friends and one all-white painting.The theatre company is presenting ...
• N.L. director gets top job
  St. John’s director Jillian Keiley has been appointed to the country’s top job in English theatre.In August, the award-winning founder of ...
• Jillian Keiley named National Arts Centre’s...
  Award-winning St. John’s director Jillian Keiley has been named the National Arts Centre’s new artistic director of English theatre. Keiley is ...
• Friendly invasion
  Rod Stewart, the Rolling Stones, Adele, The Police, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton — if these acts ever performed together on the ...
• Writer makes history
  Don McKay made history Thursday, as the first writer presented with the BMO Winterset Award for a collection of essays.McKay, known as an ...
• Radio Bell Island back on the air
  Despite all the good that happens on Bell Island, it’s the challenges faced by its people that often make the news, whether it’s trouble with the ...
• Boys from Baytown release music video
  The members of St. John’s-based band Baytown released their first music video this week. Directed by Matt Power and produced by Dodd Motors, the ...
• Golden goddess
  The creator of beer, historians believe, was a woman. Beer is believed to have been first brewed in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, and ...
• Spin master
  When we find something we're good at, a coping skill that works, we stick with it. It could be self-denial or a burying of emotions or the ...
• Best Kind’s adaption of ‘Spelling Bee’ gets...
  We’ve all been there at some point: the nerdy one, the outcast, or the one who’s rated a little low on the coolness scale.It’s for this reason ...
• Learning to read labels
  If you’re the type that reads nutrition labels on packaged food, you’ll know how tricky it can be — the number of calories and grams of fat might ...
• Celtic Kicks
  Four years ago, Shawn Silver was in a neck-to-hip body brace, having woken up from two-week-long coma with broken bones and a head injury. ...
• Delicate connection
  Spending three months alone in a resettled community has led ceramicist Michael Flaherty to create a haunting, exquisite look at parts of our ...
• Practice makes perfect
  How do you spell “champion?” Here’s a hint: it begins with the letter J. Twelve-year-old Jennifer Mong of St. John’s proved herself the queen bee ...
• Repeat winner at The Telegram Postmedia Spelling Bee
  The look on Jennifer Mong's face when she was given her championship word at this year's Telegram Post Media Canspell Spelling Bee Saturday gave ...
• Opposed to oppression
  When they accepted Turkish playwright Ebru Gokdag to the Women's Work Festival, the artistic directors had no idea with whom they were ...
• Best Boy branches out
  You can do a whole lot of creepy things with a 6,000-square-foot production studio, full lighting grid and a gigantic green screen backdrop. ...
• Craft council celebrates the big 4-0
  The Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador is planning to celebrate its big 4-0 all year long.Plans include a photo contest, studio tours, ...
• Straight from the heart
  When staff at Iris Kirby House change shifts, they keep a log, writing notes for the staff members who are about to take over to let them know ...
• Stars shine for Warm Hearts
  Hosted by "Republic of Doyle" actress Lynda Boyd, some of this province's best award-winning talent rocked the stage at the St. John's ...
• Festival offers fascinating variety of plays
  From Freud to Beethoven, boxing, suicide and sex — when this year’s Provincial Drama Festival is held in St. John’s this spring, there’ll ...
• Phantom visits ‘Phantom’ cast
  Students of Prince of Wales Collegiate in St. John’s are about to be visited by a ghost. ...
• Lynda Boyd visits Iris Kirby House
  “It was so emotional and happy for the women, you could just tell by their faces,” said Gail Tobin, Iris Kirby Houseʼs executive director. ...