Arts

<p>While at a café, a man dies. But his cell phone will not stop ringing. The woman at the next table, Jean, picks it up and ends up stuck in the middle of all his troubles. On Feb. 10, Memorial Hall presented Dead Man’s Cell Phone by playwright Sarah Ruhl, a comedic exploration of morality [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Jan. 31, classical guitarists Steven Peacock and Gerry Van Wart presented Textures for Two Guitars. This pay-what-you-can concert celebrated the possibilities of classical technique on guitar. Fredericton community stepped into the world of classical musical technique, melding with a diverse array of melodies and styles, creating a captivating experience at the Memorial Hall. “The [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Beekeeper, the latest Jason Statham vehicle full of gnarly goofiness doesn’t feel like a theatrical event. Despite the commitment to all-gas-no-breaks storytelling, the excessive explosions and effective violence, it feels less like a truly cinematic experience, and instead the kind of fun, quick and dumb action film you’d find in a direct-to-video (DTV) bargain [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Jamie Comeau of the Crooked Teeth met the members of Dad Patrol at The Cap in August of 2021, he asked the group how many shows they had done since the end of COVID-19 lockdowns. Comeau was surprised to hear that it was their first show. Fast forward to today, the group is coasting [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I left Ecuador almost three years ago, and since then, I haven’t come back. Being so far away from your country changes your relationship with it. Even though I have kept in touch with my family and some high school friends, Ecuador now feels distant and a bit foreign, like I don’t belong there anymore. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The FROSTival Downtown Gallery Hop is a seasonal event that took place Thursday, Feb. 1. It welcomed anyone interested in arts to visit galleries in the city for free during extended hours, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Different galleries were involved in the Gallery Hop and one could see artists, gallery owners and directors [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Mean Girls remake was fine. It wasn’t a particularly good movie, but I had fun with it for the hour and a half I was in the theatre. All in all, it’s a pretty solid, inoffensive 6 or 7/10. Despite this, I can’t help but feel a little disappointed at how underwhelming it was. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Speculative Fiction Book Club, where readers delve into a selection of genre-defining works, while renewing passion for literature. “When you have a group like that, you leave meetings feeling really good because you have expanded your own understanding of the book and the world and you’ve made a positive connection with other people,” said [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For the second year straight, the Charlotte Street Arts Centre is hosting “What Happened to the Ragdoll Cat?” a writing class led by veteran playwright Ryan Griffith. Griffith welcomed a couple of new writers who never had presented their work publicly. On the day of the final presentation, they presented in front of an audience [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Playhouse showcased Songs of the City, an event that blends storytelling and music. On Jan.17, BMO Private Wealth and United Way of Central NB (UWCNB) presented Songs of the City at the Playhouse, an event where speakers and songwriters whose lives have been impacted by United Way perform. “I think, everybody has a story. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Near the end of Salt of this Sea, Soraya, a 28-year-old Palestinian American from Brooklyn who has ventured to her grandfather’s house that was stolen during the Nakba, now owned by an Israeli, looks through the modernized building and in the cupboards of a stolen home sitting on stolen land, she comes across a mug [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Sarah Davidson, the medical director at River Stone Recovery Centre, reached out to local artist Lisa Anne Ross, she had one goal – to create a project that would spark compassion for the clients at the recovery center.  Ross researched the stigma around drug use and came up with a creative angle to humanize [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Nov. 17, the Charlotte Street Arts Centre opened its doors to the premiere of Norm Foster&#8217;s latest play, Those Movies. This stage-reading performance was a fundraising event where all proceeds went to the UNB Arts Centre.  Foster has held the title of the most-produced playwright in Canada for the past twenty years. With this play, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Embarking on a journey of artistic expression and entrepreneurial spirit, 19 students at the New Brunswick College of Craft &amp; Design (NBCCD) took part in the school’s 31st annual craft sale from Nov. 17 to 19.  The students participated as part of their experiential learning assignment, which they take for their entrepreneurship courses. Students had [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Going into The Killer I have to admit I was a little worried. Between his comments on the political intentions of the film and the awkward comments he made during the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, Director David Fincher has shown himself to be very out of touch. And while I still think Fincher [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The sickness spreads slowly, it doesn’t matter where you picked it up, what matters is that it’s in you. Killers of the Flower Moon is about sickness, it corrodes and consumes its characters, rendering friendly folk monstrosity. Corrupting or destroying all those in proximity to its rot. Killers of the Flower Moon details a simple [&hellip;]</p>

<p>UNB Art Centre showcased a thought-provoking journey through an arts exhibition, where sculptures challenge perceptions and spark conversations between the audience. “Sometimes the work may appear beautiful but sad, or humorous at first glance but disturbing upon the second. If my art does evoke emotions and thoughts, that would be great,” said Fredericton-based sculptor Kim [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Rhythm and Rituals gives New Brunswick audiences a three-concert series that invites them to immerse themselves in music while challenging the boundaries of conventional auditory experiences. From Nov.17 to 19, MusicUNB hosted the Contemporary Music Festival, a three-concert collection curated by UNB Musician-in-Residence Nadia Francavilla. This year’s theme, Rhythms and Rituals, contrasted the human hunger [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As we left the theatre playing the much-anticipated Five Nights at Freddy’s, my friend Brandon turned to me and, in a statement much more eloquent and efficient than the following paragraphs, said “What a great movie… for a fucking five-year-old.” Before I slip into a ball of white-hot fury, it should be noted that there [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Theatre-goers might have expected to hear something old-school when they came to watch the 1963 film The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock at the Playhouse. What they got was something far more contemporary. “A lot of people watch films and movies and they hear this amazing music, but they don’t really know exactly what is making [&hellip;]</p>