Arts

<p>Harvest Music Festival is an annual celebration in Fredericton, New Brunswick. With the streets blocked off for a week of fun and music, The Aquinian&#8217;s Video Producer, Ian Curran, took a glance at this year’s festivities.</p>

<p>What happens when a person has a desire to be responsible with the world but has limitations of how much they can do? That is what Sue Sinclair asks in her recent collection of poems Almost Beauty. Sinclair, a poet and professor at the University of New Brunswick, has been one of the two Canadian [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The recent fast-pace development in the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been perceived by some as a threat to creative pursuits. This is not the case for Jessie Babin and her new approach to art, which welcomes AI as a partner in her work. “What a human can’t do with a human hand,” said [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Sept. 8, the University of New Brunswick (UNB) commemorated Memorial Hall’s 100th Anniversary with music by the Alex Bailey Swing Band, a BBQ and more. This building has been at the centre of the arts scene and history of Fredericton since 1924. Originally built to honour graduates and students who fought in World War [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Why did Scream need a sequel? Beyond that, why did it need five? The first Scream was really fun, intelligently written, and just meta enough that it didn’t have the time to be annoying. With more sequels comes more time to flesh things out, and hence Scream has now had the time to stick its [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Black Box Productions presented its final show of the year last week, a student-written musical called Mr. Information. The play was written by fourth-year English and fine arts major Noah Deas, who spent a year writing the musical for his honours thesis. His script was inspired by digital misinformation spread throughout the pandemic, and the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Don Hannah says the community where he grew up doesn’t exist anymore. Hannah, a playwright and novelist, was born and raised in a small English community in Shediac, N.B. He’s recently been commissioned by Theatre New Brunswick (TNB) to write Resident Aliens, a play based on real-life events in his life and New Brunswick’s history, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The St. Thomas University’s International Student Association (STUISA) held its annual multicultural fair over the weekend, marking the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic that it returned in full swing. While there have been multicultural fairs in recent years, restrictions limited audience capacity and their ability to serve food. This year STUISA volunteers prepared food [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The K-Pop community has reached Fredericton campuses as the STU/UNB K-Pop club continues to grow. Founded by Toni Mills and Jay Harker, the club began in January of this year on the communication platform, Discord. Interest was immediately sparked around the two campuses. As more discovered the community on campus, more discussion about the genre [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Growing up in Mexico made me proud of my roots.  There hasn&#8217;t been a day away from home that I didn&#8217;t miss it. In Mexico, there is not a place where you will not find the history, colour and incredible aromas of our gastronomy. I miss being able to walk the streets of Mexico, find [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The New Brunswick Arts Board, also known as ArtsNB, has announced the creation of a fourth Lieutenant Governor’s Award for High Achievement in the Arts: The Indigenous Artist Award. Beginning in 2024, this award will recognize the achievements of a visual, literary or performing indigenous artist working in New Brunswick. The award is issued every [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Educators and arts organizations are pushing for improved fine arts education in New Brunswick schools at all levels. ArtsLink NB, a non-profit organization that supports artists throughout the province, released a report in 2019 that highlighted steps the provincial government needed to take to prioritize fine arts education. Mandating fine arts credits and instructional hours, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When the trailer initially dropped for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, I didn’t really pay it much attention. Although I grew up with Shrek, this new wave of cash-in nostalgia bait sequels and remakes has made it difficult to find these announcements exciting. In the end Puss in Boots overcame the pitfalls of its [&hellip;]</p>

<p>George Canyon made a stop at the Fredericton Playhouse on Feb. 17 for his Our Country tour, as part of his promotion for his autobiography My Country. Originally from New Glasgow, N.S., Canyon has professionally performed country music since the 1990s and has won many awards, including a Juno Award for Best Country Recording of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>By Geneviève Sylvestre, The Concordian MONTREAL (CUP) — The film Everything, Everywhere All at Once received 11 Oscar nominations, making the film the frontrunner for the upcoming Academy Awards. Everything, Everywhere All at Once is the frontrunner for the 2023 Academy Awards, the film received 11 nominations, four of which are in the big five [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Scott Michaud jokes that Fredericton’s Montgomery Street Band is “technically” a string quartet. The group is inspired by the sound of bluegrass music, playing well known covers and original songs.  Michaud, the group&#8217;s banjo player; Patrick Gushue, mandolin and fiddle player; and Liam Keith-Jacques, guitar and dobro player, all come from Sussex and have known [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University&#8217;s Musical Theatre class will present Seussical a musical comedy blending many familiar Dr. Seuss stories. Under the direction of Tania Breen, the cast and crew have been rehearsing since the end of October.  Emily Bessey is a second-year student at STU double majoring in fine arts and women and gender studies. She [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Norélice Mboutou discovered her love for art in the Republic of the Congo while working with Aurélie Diansayi. “When I was younger, I was working with one of the greatest artists back in Congo and she taught me about art and painting techniques,” she said. Mboutou moved to Moncton, N.B. in 2009 to study electrical [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Gallery on Queen opened its doors to local Black artists for a three-week exhibition called &#8220;DiasporART: EXCEPTED! ACCEPTED?,&#8221; produced by the New Brunswick Black Artist’s Alliance (NBBAA). The exhibition, which opened on Feb. 10, will be open to the community until March 3. Gary Weekes, co-founder of the NBBAA, said the name for the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>ArtsLinkNB is collaborating with L&#8217;Association des Artistes Professionnel du Nouveau-Brunswick and Mawi’art to offer a spot at the Cross-Cultural Creation Residency to three anglophone artists, three francophone artists and three Indigenous artists. Since its inception in 2019, there have been a wide range of artists represented in the residency including playwrights, poets, traditional Indigenous puppetry [&hellip;]</p>