Arts

Ghost Mountain is making a comeback after disappearing for four years. returning with their newest album October Country . (Submitted: Judson Doncaster) October Country by Ghost Mountain is my album of the year for 2025. Ghost Mountain started his career as a dark and gritty rapper who found success alongside his friend and fellow rapper, Sematary. Ghost Mountain started as a mainstay feature on both of Sematary’s first two albums, but had only one solo song titled “Coil

On Feb. 13, before Valentine's Day, the St. Thomas University Black Student Association (STUBSA) hosted a social event where Black students could come together to make connections outside of the classroom. (Malachi Lefurgey/AQ) To break the ice, the STUBSA handed out questionnaire bingo sheets, where everyone must go around and mark someone who crosses out the specific box. For example, “someone who was born in July.” Though the event started quietly with groups huddled t

The young prince Pippin is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. Pippin the musical will run from Feb. 18 to Feb. 22 at the Black Box Theatre in St. Thomas University. (Credit: Cameron Rouse) Upon entering the Black Box, students are running through choreography, writing down cues and painting sets for the opening of their 2026 production of Pippin. From Feb. 18 to Feb. 22, St. Thomas University’s musical theatre class will showcase Pippin , a musical th

" I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest." (Malachi Lefurgey/AQ) Can we truly and realistically do it all? Work, family, school, love? Where do our passions live in the balance of work and life? Imagine, when you are born, a tree is born somewhere in the world at the exact moment you are. This tree is your life. Growing from the sun, rain, snowstorms, thunderstorms, everything life is throwing your way. As we get older, the tree's ro

Birch & Teal Productions play on the infamous Oscar Wilde play The Importance of Being Earnest. (Brianna Lyttle/AQ) As part of Fredericton FROSTival, Oscar Wilde’s classic farce The Importance of Being Earnest delighted audiences at the Tom Morrison Theatre during the last weekend of January. The story follows Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff as they make up names and identities for themselves and switch back and forth between them while finding love in Victorian England

The reimagined classic play The Velveteen Rabbit performed by the actors of TNB Young Company. (Brianna Lyttle/AQ) Tania Breen’s stage adaptation of the classic children’s novel The Velveteen Rabbit first hit the stage in 2013 with Theatre New Brunswick’s (TNB) touring Young Company. Once the show closed, the rabbit doll used in the production took up residence on a shelf in the TNB building. Now, the rabbit has hopped down and is touring the province again in a new re-imagin

The Smashing Pumpkins album cover of Siamese Dream . (Credit: Pinterest) I could talk about The Smashing Pumpkins endlessly (and I do). The four band members are all individual legends and their sound together is irreplicable. They burst onto the scene with their first album Gish , which at the time was the highest-selling independent album ever. They followed that success with something even better: Siamese Dream in 1993. This album was relatively different compared to th

Jazz Trio Solina performing the art of jazz at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. (Jennifer William/AQ) Jazz has moved out of the shadows. In Fredericton, it’s lively, visible and very much part of the city’s cultural scene.  On Jan. 31 the Canadian jazz piano trio Solina took the stage at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. They delivered a cabaret-style evening full of energy, improvisation and lyrical interplay. The intimate Jim Myles Auditorium let the audience experience

Watercolor paint, pencil crayons, pastels and Joan Didion. (Malachi Lefurgye/AQ) Each year, people popularize new year's resolutions on social media, from VSCO girls, to “to be cringe is to be free.” Now, 2026’s resolution is to break free from the chains that consumption-driven media has over us all. Since our frontal lobes are finally reaching maturity, our generation is now becoming aware of the decline and uprise of social media. We are aware that simply sitting in bed sc

The Multicultural Cafe bringing the wolrds cultures in communion. (Credit: Elizabeth Pellerin) On Jan. 22, the Multicultural Association of Fredericton (MCAF) hosted one of their monthly Cultural Cafés at the Fredericton Public Library. This event serves as a cultural exchange between Fredericton’s citizens and has been finding success with the city’s newcomers as they integrate into the community. “The idea is to find new friends,” said Larysa Motspan, volunteer coordinator

#2016core. (Credit: Pinterest) For many students, the return of 2016 is not just a trend but a reflection of how overwhelming the present has become. Camila Baquerizo Bayona, a fourth-year student completing an honours in human rights with a double major in political science and international relations at St. Thomas University, said she was just a kid back in 2016. “The problems I had back then were nothing compared to what I understand now.” Her memory of the year is

Jaydes most recent album, Yen. (Credit: Judson Doncaster) Jaydes is the most compelling artist of the last 15 years. This self-titled album, released under his middle name, Yen, is a sound that does not easily fit into any genre. Although an artist who found early success as an underground rapper, Jaydes’ music has ventured from just him and his guitar to what can best be described as pseudo punk. He is truly an enigma who is able to create compelling music in every genre

The Indigenous Career Fair allows Indigenous students to be able to network their futures with local employers. (Malachi Lefurgey/AQ) Maritime employers lined up in the Great Hall at St. Thomas University, eager to recruit Indigenous students transitioning from graduation to full-time employment. On Jan. 19, Chelsea Harris-Carr, alongside Sonya Perley, organized STU’s second Indigenous Career Fair, welcoming institutions such as the CBC, North Shore and the RCMP, among ot

STU students giving back to their community through hearty meals starting this winter semester. (Credit: Bernarda Delgado) On Thursday, Jan. 15, STU students stormed into room G7 of Holy Cross House to enjoy the wintery vegetable soup made by Ty McCluskey along with Ecuadorian crown donuts, made by Bernarda Delgado. Hearty STU is an initiative led by Claire Morrison, STU’s campus minister, to enjoy a weekly meal with the community. Ty McCluskey, a third-year student majoring

You’d Prefer An Astronaut by Hum album cover. (Credit: Pinterest) You’d Prefer An Astronaut by Hum is an immaculate album. It takes everything that made early ‘90s music so memorable and pushes it to the next level. Bands like Deftones have cited Hum as “a huge influence” and personally, this album is their masterpiece. The four-piece alt-rock band from Illinois has three songs on the record that I believe are flawless: “Stars,” “I Hate It Too” and “Why I Like the Robins.”

“Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” lead the field of 2026 Oscar nominees with 16 and 13 nominations each, respectively. (Photo illustration by Avery Fox / Los Angeles Times; Photos from A24; Focus Features; Getty; Netflix; Victor Juca; Warner Bros. Pictures) There’s something oddly predictable about the way Oscar nominations are discussed every year. A film racks up a high number of nods and suddenly the conversation shifts from why this film worked to whether it now b

Black Box Theatre's upcoming plays are scheduled for the 2026 season. (Brianna Lyttle/AQ) From Jan. 22 to Jan. 24, Black Box Productions’ season will present The Jellyfish Show , written and directed by STU alum Samuel Crowell. The show explores themes of human connection and chosen family, comparison and finding peace in oneself. What set The Jellyfish Show apart from others in its lineup was its devised theatre process, inviting the actors in the production to build the st

Heated Rivarly cast, Hudson Williams (Shane Hollander) and Connor Storrie (Ilya Rozanov). (Credit: Pinterest) Anyone else feeling the unexplainable void in your soul after watching Heated Rivalry ? Over the long and extremely needed winter break, I, like everyone else that isn't a hockey fan and attends a liberal arts school, sat and watched the six-episode queer, steamy and “snipe” of a show called Heated Rivalry . And, might I add that to write this commentary, I had to

Timothée Chalamet won a Golden Globe for his performance in Marty Supreme . (Credit: James Devaney/GQ) Let's be honest, Marty Mauser’s setbacks are largely his own doing. He carries himself with the confidence of someone convinced of his own superiority, repeatedly putting himself in situations that could be avoided. Yet his arrogance isn’t born from privilege; it’s born of refusal. Marty cannot accept the life laid before him: a lower-middle-class existence, a retired dream

The Black Student Association's official Black History Month picture. (Credit: BSA) The St. Thomas University Black Student Association (STUBSA) is a student-run society known for encouraging resilience, community and pride in providing multicultural identity to STU. Gabriel Prah, a third-year social work student from Ghana, is this year's president of STUBSA. Prah came to Canada alone, hoping to build a higher education that would strengthen his future. But his arriva