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COMEDY | Rick Mercer Hosts Just For Laughs Comedy Night in Canada

Posted on November 23, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Comedy, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

Newfoundland comedy and television legend Rick Mercer is set to host the return of the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour next year! Full press release from our friends at Just For Laughs below:
Just For Laughs is excited to announce the return of the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour! Following

Tags: Arts and Culture Centre, Canadian, comedy, Dave Merheje, Eman El-Husseini, Ivan Decker, Just For Laughs, Newfoundland and Labrador, Rick Mercer, St. John's, tour

ARTS | Alan Doyle Makes Live Theatre Debut in ‘Tell Tale Harbour’

Posted on November 16, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Theatre, Web Exclusives

Alan Doyle is comfortable with the stage, to be sure, but this will be completely different.
Based on the screenplay The Grand Seduction by Ken Scott, Tell Tell Habour is an all new musical comedy that celebrates the people, the trials, and the triumphs of living in a small community

Tags: Alan Doyle, Atlantic canada, Charlottetown Theatre Festival, Prince Edward Island, Tell Tale Harbour, The Grand Seduction, theatre

CONCERT | Fortunate Ones Announce St. John’s Holiday Show

Posted on November 9, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Our friends Fortunate Ones are hitting the road for a holiday trek across the maritimes with Matt Andersen this year, but as promised they’ll be bringing the festivities to The Rock. The entire press release is available below!
JUNO-nominated, Newfoundland duo Fortunate Ones will celebrate the season at home in St. John’s with the

Tags: Arts and Culture Centre, Christmas, Fortunate Ones, holiday, Juno, live music, Matt Andersen, Newfoundland and Labrador, Sonic Concerts, St. John's

LOCAL MUSIC | Quote The Raven Release Album Can’t Hold the Light

Posted on October 29, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Award-winning and impossibly talented duo of Jordan Coaker and Kirsten Rodden-Clarke, Quote the Raven, have released their all new album Can’t Hold The Light, which they recently toured across Newfoundland and Labrador with musician/producer Chris Kirby.
An impromptu trip to Nashville in 2019 set the wheels in motion for the

Tags: album, Can't Hold The Light, Jordan Coaker, Ki, MusicNL, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quote The Raven, Waterfront Fire

LOCAL ARTS | Rising Tide’s Revue Rides On

Posted on October 29, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Theatre, Web Exclusives

Rising Tide’s Revue is back! If COVID couldn’t stop provincial and federal elections then it certainly can’t stop Revue. The old gang is all set. There’s no shortage of material with 2020 and most of 2021! Come out for a hilarious and safe experience
Formed in 1978, Rising Tide in

Tags: Donna Butt, live, Newfoundland and Labrador, performance, Politics, Revue, Rising Tide Theatre, satire, tour

TV | This Hour Has 22 Minutes Adds New Castmembers

Posted on October 27, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, TV, Web Exclusives

East Coast based comedy troupe This Hour Has 22 Minutes, which continues to have deep roots to this province since its inception, continued with its 29th season last night, and a new duo at the anchor desk.
Stacey McGunnigle and Aba Amuquandoh join Newfoundlanders Mark Critch and Trent McClellan as

Tags: Aba Amuquandoh, Cathy Jones, CBC, Mark Critch, Newfoundland and Labrador, sketch comedy, Stacey McGunnigle, Susan Kent, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Trent McClellan, TV

MUSIC | Colleen Power Releases Video for ‘Broken Mirror’

Posted on October 21, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

The one and only Colleen Power is has dropped the last video from her collection Tales From Downtown West.
Power, an award-winning Newfoundland & Labrador based singer/songwriter Colleen Power has released the music video for ‘Broken Mirror’, hot on the heels of a a 2021 MusicNL nomination for Folk/Roots

Tags: Colleen Power, local, music video, MusicNL, new music, Newfoundland and Labrador, singer-songwriter, St. John's, YouTube

ARTS | St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival 2021

Posted on October 14, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, Film, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

The St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival returns with an inclusive and diverse lineup that greatly represents our impeccable local industry and beyond
Following a successful 2020 installment that saw the celebrated, three-decade-plus festival go virtual, the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (SJIWFF) – Canada’s longest-running women’s film festival since

Tags: film, independent, local, Movies, Newfoundland, SJIWFF, St. John's, St. John's International Women's Film Festival, Women

ENTERTAINMENT | Wonderbolt Productions

Posted on October 2, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Arts & Culture, From The Archives, Web Exclusives

Ringmaster and clown about town, Beni Malone is known for his entertaining antics, but with his daughter Anahareo Dölle at his side, the duo takes fun to fabulous

As Wonderbolt Productions prepare for their 4th annual St. John’s International CircusFest (SJICF) from Sept. 23-26, the excitement builds.

Tags: ACC St. John's, Atlantic Circus, Barnum and Bailey Clown College, CCFA Montreal, Circus Camp, Circus Festival, Circus School, Downtown St John's, Memorial University of Newfoundland, National Circus School of Montreal, Newfoundland Travelling Theatre Company, Ringling Brothers, Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Clown College, SJIF, St John's International Circus Festival, The Space, Wonderbolt Circus, Wonderbolt Productions

ARTS NL | Skin City Tattoo’s Kayla Gilkinson

Posted on September 28, 2021
By Krystyn Decker
on Arts & Culture, From The Archives, Web Exclusives

The Newfoundland Herald talks about equality and the effects of COVID-19 in the tattoo industry with prominent local artist Kayla Gilkinson

When you think about different occupations, does a specific gender come to mind? Society has ingrained a standard way of thinking into us, causing an automatic

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