From The Archives – Page 51 – Newfoundland Herald

Artist Spotlight: The Dave Whitty Show

Posted on May 27, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Traveling singer-songwriter Dave Whitty has adapted to pandemic-livin’ by launching his own podcast, The Dave Whitty Show

There’s this saying about best-laid plans. Interwoven with those adages of counting your chickens is the core idea that one doesn’t have a lens to the future, and nothing in life is guaranteed.

Tags: COVID-19, Dave Whitty, guests, local, music, NL, pandemic, podcast, singer-songwriter, The Dave Whitty Show

LOCAL ARTS | Music Spotlight: Kelly McMichael’s ‘Waves’

Posted on May 26, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

From Peterborough to St. John’s, Kelly McMichael battles the current of changing times and the ebb and flow of life in her long-awaited solo album, Waves

“I love variety,” shared Kelly McMichael, a multi-year, seasoned pro in the music business who is on the cusp of dropping

Tags: album, art, come from away, Dillon Collins, entertainment, Kelly McMichael, local, NL, pandemic

Accordion According to Paul Hamilton

Posted on May 25, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

When you learn to play accordion from ‘His Nibs, Harry Hibbs’ himself, you know your way around a jig or two. Meet Paul Hamilton

When The Herald spoke to Paul Hamilton it was a Saturday morning and there was a pot of jiggs bubbling on the stove. Company was

Tags: Alick Tsui, arts, Bud Davidge, culture, folk music, Hamilton Sound, Harry Hibbs, music, Newfoundland, NL, NLMusic, Paul Hamilton, photography, St. John's, Ted Doyle

The Sheerr Family and the Not-So-Terrible Twos

Posted on May 24, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, TV, Web Exclusives

Life simply couldn’t be better for Eddie Sheerr, his wife Susan and two-year-old Emily, but things are about to get just a little sweeter and there’s so much to celebrate

When Emily was born on May 15, 2019, Eddie Sheerr and his wife Susan thought they had the world.

Tags: announcement, baby, birthday, children, Eddie Sheerr, Emily, NTV, two

Pam Pardy: The Teen TikTok Think Tank

Posted on May 23, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

As I sat down to write this week’s column my daughter strolled in and sleepily sat by my side for a morning cuddle. “What are you doing?” she asked. “Writing,” I replied.
I didn’t have one word to show for my efforts, and she commented on the blank screen before

Tags: column, daughter, events, News, op-ed, Pam Pardy, TikTok, world news

Meals on Wheels with Johnny & Mae’s Foodtruck

Posted on May 21, 2021
By Michael Chubbs
on Food & Drink, From The Archives, Web Exclusives

How this fierce resto-on-wheels was named an Eastduck Adventures honourable mention
A short walk from Brewdock and Bannerman and you’ll find a sleek black food truck with an enormous burger emblazoned on the side, and a line up of some of the most patiently enthusiastic community of customers around.

Tags: Eastduck Adventures, food, Food trucks, Johnny & Mae's, local

ART | Solace in the Canvas with Clifford George

Posted on May 18, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Arts & Culture, From The Archives, Web Exclusives

Celebrated artist Clifford George introduces his largest showing of work to date in one special, stylin’ way
Clifford George has the soul of a poet. A true artist, he sees beauty in all things, including this very writer.
When we arranged to meet to chat about his Solace in the

Tags: art, Clifford George, covid, Cristina Parker, Local art, Michael Chubbs, Newfoundland & Labrador, Painting, Shelley Neville, St. John's

Eastduck Adventures, Episode I: Brewdock

Posted on May 17, 2021
By Michael Chubbs
on Arts & Culture, Business, Food & Drink, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

WITH 24 TAPS AND TALENT IN THE KITCHEN, ST. JOHN’S NEWEST BAR IS SO MUCH MORE
EASTDUCK ADVENTURES
Over the last few years, the East end of Duckworth St. in St. John’s has become the home of three new food and drink spots on the cutting edge of cool places

Tags: Food & Drink, Nightlife, Restaurants

Hell or Clean Water

Posted on May 16, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, Film, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Web Exclusives

Some struggles go beyond the personal. Like the one to save the planet, for example.

For Shawn Bath, an unlikely environmentalist, his Clean Harbours Initiative across Newfoundland and Labrador has seen the commercial diver haul some 15,000 pounds of garbage from the depths of our island’s harborus. You’d think

Tags: conservation, doc, documentary, local doc, NL, ocean, pollution, sea

Jim Furlong: Is it Only a Number?

Posted on May 15, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

I had a birthday in April and turned 75. It did not make me feel particularly old. A lot of my contemporaries didn’t make it this far. It is hard to believe it, but it appears my birth date was April 8th, 1946. The first of the baby boomers.
All

Tags: Jim Furlong, NL, op-ed, staff column