Arts

<p>The Beaverbrook Art Gallery will resume its Open Studio program on Sept. 19. Supported by the Fredericton Community Foundation, this program fosters a safe and creative environment for art enthusiasts who want to explore their artistic skills or escape from reality.   &#8220;Open studio is great for new and experienced artists,&#8221; said Natasha Leblond.  Leblond is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The one hundred thousand hairs on my head  Curl and coil in just as many directions. My hair is a crown reaching up To kiss the heavens, defying gravity. It is a halo, an entity of the divine, Infused with argan oil and my mother&#8217;s love. &nbsp; My hair is my beauty. My grandmother always [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In the Arts Matters workshop, UNB Media Artist-in-Residence offered insight into overcoming the idea of imperfection in creativity and the power of visual storytelling.   On March 23, University of New Brunswick events presented an Arts Matters workshop titled “Navigating the Artistic Process: The Good, The Bad, and The Mediocre.” This workshop was hosted by the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>How can I know if I am the same person I always was? Of course, I have memories of my past. Birthdays, Christmases, dance recitals, math exams. But memory is fallible. Maybe an evil demon has placed these ideas in my head to trick me for some nefarious purpose. Or maybe, I’m just a brain [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Roided up, paranoid, strung out, stained in blood, vomit, sweat and semen. Logically ramps up its surreal, neon tinged violence to complete ludicrousy. The gun was destructive, traumatizing, empowering, addictive, a high calibre hand cannon made for the express purpose of mutilating human flesh and annihilating life. Love Lies Bleeding is a grand fucking time, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The rhythm of Afro Hip Hop dance classes, where passion and cultural expression are infused into every step. In March and April, the Charlotte Street Arts Centre hosts Afro Hip Hop dance classes directed by Scholastic Soares, a Tanzania-born artist that became a Canadian resident in 2001. Oscar Temu, the ArtReach Manager at Charlotte Street [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Flowers closed and mosquitoes left hiding, only to be met with bats ready to devour them. Hippos came out of the water to grace, taking advantage of the cool darkness.  This scene lasted for a bit, then the light came back to the hill and the animals returned to their diurnal routines. This is what [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For the entire second half of Dune: Part Two’s nearly three hour run time, I had to pee so bad. But man was it hard to look away from. If Dune was an art house sci-fi flick, Dune: Part Two is a militaristic epic of existential proportions. Balancing complex character arcs, surreal violence, prophet visions, apocalyptic [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In Feb. and March, Theatre New Brunswick presents Beneath Springhill directed by Beau Dixon. The music in the play recalls the events during the disaster, the effect it had on a family and the racial tensions in the town of Springhill. The play is a celebration of hope, courage and community. Beneath Springhill is a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I’m not the right person to ask when it comes to musicals. In fact, in my Arts Journalism class, JOUR-3602, there was a girl who ranked all-time classic musicals from best to worst and I thought she was speaking a different language. That’s the essence of music though, transmitting a story through high-pitched notes and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Jordan Trethewey was collecting stories for his legacy project as Fredericton’s poet laureate at the Garrison Night Market in 2022, he was approached by a woman named Diane, who he believed was homeless at the time. “[She] wanted to talk to me because she felt a connection without even knowing me,” he said.  She [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Propaganda gets a bit of a dirty name in the West. It&#8217;s deeply surreal almost how much of our media is drenched in state-approved military sludge despite our obsession with liberty and free thinking. From anything from Marvel films to the 1996 Independence Day, everything is slathered in this aforementioned sludge. That being said, sometimes [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After an improv session during a particularly snowy winter evening in Fredericton, a cellist player and violist got together, and so, Pallmer was born. A mixture of chamber-pop, the band just debuted at UNB Art Centre’s Memorial Hall for UNDERCURRENT, an event series highlighting emerging talents.  Pallmer kicked off the new music series, on Feb. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>5 Broken Cameras is a difficult film to put into words. Clichés are clichés for a reason and as such, considering this is free both on Youtube and on Tubi, there is absolutely no reason not to watch this movie before reading this review. TL; DR It’s a beautiful piece of art, an absolute triumph [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Content Warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault and gender-based violence. After the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that protected the right to have an abortion, abortion bans went into effect in 14 states. In nine of those 14 states, there are no exceptions for cases of rape, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>From Taylor Swift announcing the release of her new album The Tortured Poets Department to Dua Lipa performing a mash-up of her upcoming song “Training Season” and “Houdini,” the 66th Annual Grammy Awards was an enjoyable celebration of music.  This year’s Grammy’s will go down in history for breaking gender barriers in the music industry, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A cheering crowd, the sound of applause and children leaping from their seats in excitement. This isn’t a kid-friendly rock concert, it’s a school performance by the Theatre New Brunswick Young Company.  “The teachers could hardly keep the kids sitting,” said Sharisse LeBrun, director of the Young Company, when reflecting on a performance from last [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Riverview teen Rebecca Schofield was given the news that her cancer was terminal in 2016, she was determined to spread kindness through a movement: #BeccaToldMeTo.  Six years after her death, her life and movement is honoured in the play Becca. Meant as a celebration of her life and kindness, Theatre New Brunswick is presenting [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Anyone But You is the newest Shakespeare-inspired rom-com to hit theatres starring famous hot people such as Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. While not as consistently funny or abrasive as 2023’s No Hard Feelings, it’s as cute and corny as you’d expect and written with all the cheesiness of a Wattpad fanfiction. Despite a questionably [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Opening the show wearing her now iconic vagina costume, Lisa Anne Ross came onto the stage of Charlotte Street Arts Centre on Feb. 8 to present Big Gay Cabaret, a collaborative multi-disciplinary show that celebrated queer joy.  Hosted by local drag queen Heather Silk, Big Gay Cabaret had a mixture of performances, from drag artists [&hellip;]</p>