The boundaries of time and space are suspended in this intriguing production. Cocaine Plane!, written by local first time playwright Emily Bossé and directed by Jake Martin, tells the stories of eight people—two teenage girls, two struggling lovers, two stoners, and two Columbian drug lords—and their varied and oddly connected reactions to an event that put Fredericton on the map, or at least in the New York Times. Continue reading In Review: NFTC’s ‘Cocaine Plane!’
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Area 506: New Festival Coming To Saint John
This evening at Saint John’s Bourbon Quarter Restaurant an announcement was made that a new festival will be held along the Saint John Waterfront during the New Brunswick Day long weekend. The festival, titled Area 506, will be a celebration of New Brunswick community, culture, music, and goods. Continue reading Area 506: New Festival Coming To Saint John
Picaroons Has Bigger Plans For New Brunswick
This week Picaroons is opening the newest of its locations in Saint John. The new brewtique will offer a selection of beer, produced locally, as well as operating as something best described as an artisanal general store. But it’s just one part of the bigger puzzle that Picaroons is putting together. In fact, it’s only one of three locations they’re opening in New Brunswick this year. Continue reading Picaroons Has Bigger Plans For New Brunswick
Igor’s Iceman
Igor Dobrolovskiy practically beats his chest. Though sitting, he puffs it out further still and makes a series of emphatic gestures as he demonstrates his physical skill, “I’m a professional dancer. I’m not the same shape like before, of course. I’m over fifty,” he says through a laugh with that easy charm which is only ever attained by foreign gentlemen of a certain age. “Still, I show class. Like today, I have to move. I have to move my legs and show them.” He gestures again in a sort of seated pirouette, his heavy imperial moustache impressively staying in place. Continue reading Igor’s Iceman
‘The Millennial Dream’ Is About To Change Your World
Hemmings House Pictures is doing their part to nurture the conversation on the state of millennials in their new documentary, The Millennial Dream. With the hopes of arresting the growing exodus of young people from their home communities, the film not only looks at the changing values of a younger generation, but Hemmings House have also done what they can to lead by example. “That is the future of Hemmings House,” says Greg Hemmings, “to make measurable change locally with global relevance. We’re not selling the videos and making cool tv shows, we’re going to be selling the product of change.” Continue reading ‘The Millennial Dream’ Is About To Change Your World