By: Jason Sheppard
One of Canada’s biggest country music performers returns to St. John’s to take part in The Celebration of Hope, with a spiritual and powerful message.
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George Canyon is no stranger to music lovers in Newfoundland and Labrador. Canyon has performed at George Street shows, at Mile One
Greg Malone and Andy Jones rambled around the staged room – old-timey sofa sets and carefully placed urns standing stoicly on a mantle – as they rehearse for RCA Theatre Company’s upcoming premiere of Men of Misfortune. Looking good, b’ys. “Been rehearsing long?” we ask, peeking in through the door
Bruce Marsh was a television announcer at CBC. He had a wonderfully rich and comforting voice. He did the voice-over commercial for Kraft Foods on the programs they sponsored. He was the staff announcer. Juliette on Saturday nights after hockey was one of those programs.
Why do I tell you
Dale Jarvis’ popular creations, The St. John’s Halloween Haunted Hike, and the educational, historical tour Tombstones & Tea, are back to the delight of all
Dale Jarvis is the go-to guy for Newfoundland and Labrador folklore. The Intangible Cultural Heritage Development Officer for the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and
’74 was a time in the history of Newfoundland and Labrador that can best be described as one of transition. Confederation was only 25 years old. As such, we Newfoundlanders were still becoming accustomed to the idea of being Canadians, something so many of us still grapple with to this
We meet a lot of artists here at The Newfoundland Herald. Our island is thsnkfully full of them, so there’s no shortage of folks filled with creativity and drive coming in and out of our doors looking to sell their stuff, so to speak. Some are good, some are excellent,
Local folk trio The Once are hitting the road again this month, as the band embarks on province-wide Arts and Culture Centre tour. Their provincial tour is swiftly followed by a cross-country Canadian tour, creating a jam-packed autumn for the band.
By some small miracle, all three members of The
It’s impressive, perhaps even incredible, what Eddie Sheerr has accomplished in just five short years – both personally and professionally. One of the province’s most identifiable faces, he’s endeared himself to an entire province and – with his aw-shucks charm – has been adopted and embraced as one of our own.
There is no shortage of majesty or artistic inspiration in Newfoundland and Labrador. A glimpse out the window of just about any corner of the island can act as a muse that would deflect any amount of writers block or creative fatigue.
Rich & Diverse
It should come as little
We Newfoundlanders know hard times more than most. Indeed, it seems to be the recurring groundhog day narrative that is being a Newfoundlander. We struggle, fall, rise and persevere, only to struggle again. Rinse, repeat, hope.
Strife & Struggle
We know plenty of strife and struggle and how to overcome, which