For every moment we spend pondering the greater workings and overarching themes of Atlantic Canada’s arts and culture industry, we increasingly find ourselves seeking out a balance as we contemplate some very germane, real-world issues. Things like, if the murder hornets don’t return in July, what will take their place? And if that’s the case, will we have to come who entirely new finishing moves?
Here is everything we covered in June, 2020. Continue reading Monthly Roundup: June 2020
The East Coast Music Association announced today that they’ll be going ahead with a celebration of east coast musicians and industry professionals with a broadcasted version of the 2020 East Coast Music Awards. Continue reading East Coast Music Association Announces Broadcast 2020 Awards Show and Performance
Keith Mullins isn’t ready to let 2020 get him down. The award-winning songwriter, and champion of champions, got a group of over 40 east coast musicians and students to virtually participate in the creation of a huge, socially distanced, virtual band. Singing “Stronger Together,” Mullins & Co. set out with one goal in mind: lifting our spirits during a universally difficult time.
Continue reading Music Video: Keith Mullins and The Basinview Choir Sing ‘Stronger Together’
Canada’s oldest museum has just appointed its newest Executive Director. Today, Wayne Burley, the current Chair of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the New Brunswick Museum, announced that John G. McAvity will be taking over the position of Executive Director of the Museum Foundation. Continue reading Provincial Outreach Officer Returns to New Brunswick Museum as Foundation’s New Executive Director
The City of Fredericton is seeking out new ways of returning to normal in a post-COVID environment while supporting many of their local restaurants. Today Fredericton announced a new partnership with Downtown Fredericton and Business Fredericton North called Fredericton al fresco, which would see the city take on a more European-style of social dining, with the introduction of almost 60 new picnic- or bistro-style tables in various public spaces across the city. Continue reading Fredericton Al Fresco: City Announces Plans for Bistro-Style Dining in Public Spaces
