Saint John has a long history of beer making and beer drinking. As home to the oldest and largest independent brewery in Canada, the sight of excess beer foam drifting through Reversing Falls and into the harbour has always been a familiar and comforting one to locals; a sure sign of a robust economy. Now with the rising tide of craft beers, Saint John is getting its newest nano-brewery, and Jeff Gibbons and Adam McQueen of First City Brewery get to live out their dreams of having their beer on tap. Continue reading First City Brewery: Saint John’s Newest Nano-Brewery
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New Music: Hum & Hollow’s ‘Circles In The Wood’
Hum & Hollow are releasing their aptly named debut album ‘Circles In The Wood’. Brooke Burns and Alexander Cook (the other one), thematically wander through the wild as they dance across the line somewhere between singer/songwriter and acoustic trance. Continue reading New Music: Hum & Hollow’s ‘Circles In The Wood’
Mark Hemmings: Travelling Light
The speed of light is a mind boggling 299,792,458 meters per second. In the length of time it took you to read that sentence, light could have travelled the distance from the Earth to the Moon twice. The stuff buzzes around the universe like it owns the place. The challenge of capturing the fastest known substance under just the right conditions and circumstances seems impossible at its worst, and audacious at its best. For skilled professionals, like Mark Hemmings, it’s just a walk in the park. Continue reading Mark Hemmings: Travelling Light
In Review: 404Strand’s Hamlet: The Notes
You are no longer the audience, but the cast and crew of Theatre of Distortion’s production of Hamlet. The show has had its first run, and now it’s time for the director’s notes. Continue reading In Review: 404Strand’s Hamlet: The Notes
New Music: Penny Blacks’ ‘Moleskine Weather’ EP
Penny Blacks’ Moleskine Weather is a suitable offering for this Autumnal Equinox; a four and a half song EP, solemnly opening the procession as we witness Summer’s living funeral. Moleskine Weather is the dirge we’ve been waiting for.
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