Monthly Archives: April 2013

FredRock Festival Announces Five Acts for 2013 Line-Up

Yesterday FredRock Festival 2013 announced k-os, City and Colour, Buckcherry, Monster Truck, and Hollerado will perform during the three-day event happening August 9-11, 2013, at the Fredericton Loyalists Rugby Grounds. More artists will be announced throughout the month of May as well as the schedule for when they will perform. Three-day passes go on sale… Continue Reading

Writers’ Federation presents WordsSpring in Kennebecasis Valley

Lovers of all things literary are sure to love WordsSpring, a three-day event featuring book launches, a writing workshop, panel discussion and open mic brunch. Presented by the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB), this semi-annual gathering will be held in the Kennebecasis Valley May 10-12. WordsSpring leads off with book launches at the Shadow… Continue Reading

Forum on the Professional Status of Artists

The artist’s profession is not very well recognized or well supported in New Brunswick. In order to deal with some of the challenges artists face and to set the stage for the work of the Premier’s Committee on the Status of the Artist, due to begin in August 2013, the Association acadienne des artistes professionnel.le.s… Continue Reading

TD Canada Trust supports Frye Festival

TD Canada Trust is happy to offer its support to the Frye Festival for yet another year for the Writers in School Program which gave 10,000 New Brunswick students the opportunity to welcome an author to their school. The 14th edition of the Frye Festival takes place April 22 to 28, 2013, happening this weekend… Continue Reading

Poem by Myrna Beth Lambert

Dream Catcher, Dream Catcher Dream catcher, dream catcher, catch my dark and spooky dreams. Trap the bad ones in your web Of woven wood and feathered streams. Dream catcher I believe in you As did the Indians long ago I know there’s magic in your circle. Through the center good dreams flow. As you hang… Continue Reading

A Poem by Annabel Sheila

Matilda the Nearsighted Frog She searched the pond for her one true love But the water was murky and deep Tadpoles and minnows taunted her While from lily pad to lily pad she leaped! Matilda was a quite homely frog Huge warts all over the place To make things worse she had very bad eyes… Continue Reading

Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre Welcome New Open Studio Artists in Residence

Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre in Sackville, NB are pleased to welcome their newest Open Studio artists in residence Alexandre Larose (Montreal) and Solomon Nagler (Halifax) from April 22 – May 24, 2013. During their residency, the artists will rephotograph images from their respective families’ 8mm film archives, synthesizing the footage together to create a… Continue Reading