Arts

<p>As part of its signature series, the Fredericton Playhouse will be hosting Tomato/Tomato and their holiday tour A Down Home Christmas on Dec. 16.  Tomato/Tomato is a wife and husband musical duo based out of Saint John, New Brunswick. The band released their first album in 2014 and introduced the world to their folk-based sound. “I [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Comedy is experiencing a post-COVID-19 boom. The stand-up night on Nov. 27 at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre was one of the many comedy events hosted in Fredericton since the city started to open up. Comedy on Charlotte Street featured four East Coast comedians telling jokes on stage to an audience bubbled into groups of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tick, Tick… BOOM! is an exciting and deeply intimate portrayal of an artist suffering from a severe case of main character syndrome. I feel like I should preface this entire review by making one thing very clear: I am not a theatre kid. Although I have some experience with musicals, the medium itself has never [&hellip;]</p>

<p>To help make sending holiday presents through the mail easier, Purolator commissioned 13 Canadian artists to design holiday shipping boxes.  Purolator is a Canadian transportation company operating for the past 60 years.  In 2020, they began the holiday box campaign, commissioning artists from every Canadian province to design a box that showed what the holidays [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This story and headline were updated on Nov. 25 because there were no changes made to the Theatre St. Thomas executive board. Instead theatre at STU will be operating under Black Box Theatre Productions, which the changes reflect. The Aquinian regrets this error. While Theatre St. Thomas is on hiatus, theatre at St. Thomas University [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Charlotte Street Art Centre opened its doors with a sense of unity on Nov. 18 for its annual Together exhibition. The exhibition provided an opportunity for any CSAC member and four chosen residents from the Fredericton Artist Alliance to showcase their art until Jan. 10, 2022. “It is an opportunity to see what our [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The New Brunswick College of Craft and Design is hosting its annual craft sale in-person this year. Erica Stanley, the head of entrepreneurship at NBCCD and the overseeing organizer of the craft sale, said she is impressed with the designs and quality of work that will be presented. The upcoming craft sale will feature local [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In this episode of Top of the Hill Weekly, a glimpse into the young season of the STU Tommies men&#8217;s basketball season. We talk to players and coaches about a season missed due to COVID-19 and expectations for this new season. That, plus STU students writing and launching their own children&#8217;s book. Special thanks to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At the Music New Brunswick Awards on Nov. 22, the Venue of the Year award was won by not one, but two Fredericton venues — the Cap and the Charlotte Street Art Centre.  Music NB is a non-profit organization that supports and represents the music industry in New Brunswick. The organization has around 500 member [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Disney Pixar released the trailer for their new film Lightyear on Oct. 27, set to hit theatres on June 17, 2022. The film is the latest in the Toy Story franchise and fans are guessing it will be the backstory to the beloved character Buzz Lightyear. The short trailer left fans with lots of questions. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Marvel’s latest film, The Eternals, is making waves as the first Marvel film to feature a sex scene. The movie is one of many firsts for Marvel featuring a largely diverse cast, representation for the Deaf community and the first LGBTQ2IA+ leads. The Eternals was banned in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait prior to its [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The new Harrison McCain Pavilion dramatically changes the shape of Fredericton’s Beaverbrook Art Gallery on Queen Street. Scheduled for completion by spring 2022, the contemporary-style addition includes tall concrete pillars and large windows. Beginning at the sidewalk, the new entrance covers 9000 square feet, reaching the building’s former front. “It acknowledges the street, a portal [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University students, Lars Schwarz and Maggie Cronin, launched their children&#8217;s book, Mysteries &amp; Legends Book 1: Monsters. The book explores monster legends throughout Canada and the rest of the world. It describes creatures like mermaids and giants, as well as Canadian myths like Ogopogo, a serpent from Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, or [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As October meets its end, so too does the social media art trend #Inktober. According to the official Inktober website, the trend is a month-long art challenge created by New York Times bestselling illustrator Jake Parker, who is based out of Arizona. Every day in October, artists from across the globe create ink drawings and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Theatre University of New Brunswick made its post-COVID-19 return with a bang with its production of The Romeo Initiative. The spy-based, romantic comedy was written by Trina Davis and was directed by fourth-year UNB student Juliane Richard.  Richard said TUNB wanted something exciting with “lots of twists” and technical elements. “We just figured people haven&#8217;t [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Another COVID-19 Halloween means you probably aren&#8217;t partying the night away while squished into a room with hundreds of strangers. But that doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t make the most of your night. Here are three of my top underrated horror films to get your adrenaline pumping and make this Halloween one to remember. Phantasm The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I haven&#8217;t been able to go back home to Honduras since December of 2019 and a lot has changed since I came to Canada. Even though I haven’t been there in a long time, I still remember my home country as if I never left. There are countless things that I miss about Honduras; the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The 21st Silver Wave Film Festival launched on Oct. 15 with the goal of highlighting local creators from New Brunswick. The festival is hosted by the New Brunswick Filmmakers Cooperative, a non-profit charity supporting local filmmakers. “[The purpose of the festival is] primarily to spotlight New Brunswick filmmakers telling their own stories,” said Cat Leblanc, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As someone who lived and breathed Dear Evan Hansen when the Tony-Award-winning musical first hit Broadway in 2015, I prayed for a stage recording or film adaptation of this show for years.  But when reviews for the movie started rolling in, I got scared.  Many critics called the film terrible and the internet wasn&#8217;t kind [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Fredericton Playhouse is implementing its new &#8220;Bring Your Own Cup&#8221; initiative to reduce single-use plastics. People attending the theatre will not receive plastic cups at the bar, but rather, must bring their own cups or buy a wine tumbler. Tim Yerxa, the executive director of the Playhouse, made this decision because of concerns about [&hellip;]</p>