Competition challenges local filmmakers to produce film in 2 days.
Karissa Donkin – The Aquinian -
A film can take weeks, months or even years to produce from start to finish. A local competition is challenging aspiring filmmakers to churn out a final product in only 48 hours.
The Fredericton 48 Hour Film Competition, brainchild of UNB Film [...]

Lily Boisson – The Aquinian -
Gallery 78 is doing something different.
The downtown gallery will exhibit drawings from 13 New Brunswick artists from March 12 until April 4.
Gallery assistant Kim Bent said the show will highlight all kinds of drawings, whether they are quick sketches or ready-to-frame works of art.
“Primarily it’s to show another side to [...]

(Adam rolls up to the podium with a somber look on his face. He places a written speech down and begins to read it.)
Students, professors, and fans, thank you for joining me today.
Many of you are my friends, many of you know me. Many of you have cheered for me, worked with me, and supported [...]

Feature story on the STU Revue concert by Alex Solak and Adam Wright.
The annual STU Revue was held this past week. The proceeds of the event went to help a former St. Thomas University student who’s in need. Alex Solak was at the event and has this report.

Tara Chislett – The Aquinian
One of the last things Olivia Brayley Quackenbush ever thought she would do was play French horn in a Finnish Orchestra.
The only Canadian, Quackenbush didn’t speak Finnish and couldn’t understand what the instructor was saying when they weren’t playing.
But when the conductor lifted his hands and the musicians turned their attention [...]

Tara Chislett – The Aquinian
Although she owns three cell phones now, don’t expect to see Caroline Martel texting or surfing the web from her mobile device.
“[Cell phones] make me feel ungrounded,” she said. “I’m a bit old fashioned in that sense. I like a phone when it’s linked to a space and the cell [...]

Karissa Donkin – The Aquinian
Dolan’s will be a happening spot on Feb 23, playing host to four bands for a good cause.
The STU/UNB chapter of Habitat for Humanity will hold their second band night of the year to raise money for the upcoming Collegiate Challenge.
“The Collegiate Challenge is an alternate spring break for university [...]

Diane Cole – The Aquinian
Even though they’ve already had a busy year of touring, the guys in Weak Size Fish just can’t wait to get on the road again.
But this time they’ll be taking their popular, funky tunes out of the Maritimes. They’ll be taking their first plunge into the Ontario and Quebec waters [...]

Local shop challenges Freddy fashion
Joanne Goodall – The Aquinian
For many people, shopping at the mall for clothing has become robotic.
Everyone looks the same, all the clothes are generic, and everyone ends up wearing American Eagle jeans underneath a Bench jacket.
It’s not an awful trend, but if everyone else has these things, what makes them special?
Heather [...]

Diane Cole – The Aquinian
With experimental music on the rise, more traditional acts seem to be falling to the wayside, but one local band is finding success by using a classic formula.
The guys in Stereo Airing have fused together technical guitar work, thrashing drums and four part harmonies for their debut EP 22.
Their CD [...]