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Live Music Review: Carleton Stone / Emma-Lee – May 5, Flavor 19
(Emma-Lee and Carleton Stone at Flavor 19 - photo: Sean O'ConnellHeavy rain didn’t stop people from coming out and filling all the tables at Flavor 19 last Saturday...
Now and Then: This week and last at the Elk’s Lodge
(Sydney’s Andrew Greig, who played the Elk's last week with Rad+Subtract, debuts as The Motorleague's new touring guitarist Friday night when they join A Wilhelm...
Theatre Review: “Night Light” puts school bullying in the spotlight
(David Hutchinson as Victor and Eric Letcher as Farley in the CBU Dramagroup production of Night Light - photo: Cape Breton University)Ideally, plays for young people...
Live Music Review: B.A. Johnston – April 17, Governors Pub
(B.A. Johnston at Caper Radio - photo: Stefan MacNeil) On Tuesday, Hamilton’s B.A. Johnston graced Sydney with another of his beer-soaked sweat-stained performances...
Concert Review: The Three Pianos Christmas – Savoy Theatre, December 18
(Nine year old sensation Jordan Crocker, along with members of the BEC High School Band - photo: Wanda Earhart) With a second show added due to demand for tickets,...
Theatre Review – “The Tempest” starts CBU Dramagroup’s season with a bang
(John Lingard and Victoria Lanoe as Prospero and Ariel from this year's winning CBU Dramagroup production of The Tempest - photo: Gayle Bird) Director Scott Sharplin...
Cape Breton Island Film Series – The Interrupters, November 24; Win Win revisited
I have a confession to make. There is something about a “feel good” movie that absolutely makes my skin crawl. A creeping sense of nausea sets in, and at...
Cape Breton Island Film Series – Win win, November 17; The Tree of Life revisited
In the spirit of nonlinearity and deconstruction, I’m going to do things a little differently this week. I will not begin at the beginning, but when I do,...
Cape Breton Island Film Series – Cave of Forgotten Dreams, November 3; Meek’s Cutoff revisited
Meek’s Cutoff, I am happy to report, is not so different from the video game Oregon Trail, which most of us played on MacIntosh computers in 1992 and haven’t...
Film Review: Down the Road Again
“And I’m goin’ down the road, boys / Seeking what I’m owed / And I know it must get better / If far enough I go.” Bruce Cockburn’s...
