We all seek to capture the moments of our life, make sense of them. Dennis Reid captures landscapes in oil on canvas to create snapshots of his past, walking around Newfoundland. Peter Gross captures moments in time with his camera, then carefully edits those moments to tell the story he needs them to tell —
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Kickstarter opened up its service to allow Canadians to create projects earlier this year, and it’s been an impressive lot so far. Local filmmaker Ryan O’Toole joins myself and Tim Rayne to talk about his currently active Kickstarter to support his next short film project, “Pop”. The second half of the hour is a repeat
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Another double-decker Lunchbox today, exploring the arts from two different perspectives! Today, I talk with Lori Quick from the UNB Art Centre and Alex Donovan and James Corbett who are staging the play Thom Pain (based on nothing).
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It is always a delight to talk art with an artist, and Jean Rooney is no exception! She has a passion for art and a new exhibit opening entitled “HeyDay” at the UNB Art Centre in Memorial Hall. We chatted for the entire hour about where the inspiration for this exhibit came from, the methods she
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I went to the Saint John Arts Centre yesterday for the first time, having been introduced to it from a friend last year. Considering school and work, I never had the chance to go inside. So, once the opportunity arose, I decided to see what all the hype was about and drag the same friend
“Pay What You Can.” It’s a simple concept, but one with some pretty big impacts. Musicians David R Elliot and Mike Trask joined us today to talk about their Affordable Art tour. They’re playing on Friday July 19th at The Capital, and will be playing at Shifty Bits on the July 27th weekend. Podcast: Play
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There are thousands of people in our community — and many of them are creative types, artists in many media. Stefan Westner is a great example, a visual artist producing great public-facing art (the mural near the Capital) as well as more intimate mixed-media collages. He sat down with Cedric and I to talk about
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In this episode, we spoke with Elizabeth Marshall, an artist originally from Fredericton and now living in Ottawa. She’s back in town with an exhibition current at The Annex Gallery in the Fredericton Playhouse, entitled Détachment. Cedric Noel, summer student and musical artist in his own right joins Tim and myself as we chat about
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On today’s Lunchbox Allison Forbes Brideau from Artful Persuasion stops in to talk about Fredericton’s crafting collective, up and coming things they have going on and Artful Persuasion’s need for more crafters. And friendly reminder: Mother’s Day is this weekend! A great place to purchase a unique one-of-a-kind gift AND support the local community at
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STU Journalism presents The Lunchbox today with a pair of very different documentaries. First up, Kayla Byrne presents “Public Art in Fredericton”. Then, Frank Jr. Molley presents “The 40th Anniversary of Wounded Knee 1973”.
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I had never been to The Cellar, the pub on the UNB Fredericton campus, before Tuesday night. In fact, until recently, I didn’t know there was even a bar in the Student Union Building. However, upon discovering that there was going to be a Poetry Slam Competition, I decided that it may be a place
I’ve been spending the last several days of March Break in Saint John, in which it proves somewhat difficult to find local events. Saint John is notorious for having very little going on in comparison to Fredericton, but it was nice to spend some time back home. However, wandering off to the Saint John Community
I was never much of an “art connoisseur”, despite my growing respect and admiration for the visual arts. This week, however, I decided to take it upon myself to get a little more educated. On Thursday, I had made my way back downtown to Beaverbrook Art Gallery, where I had the chance to meet with
