Red, White & Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston
As a geopolitically minded person, who is increasingly exhausted from reading the news and therefore subjecting myself to learning about whatever nonsense Trump does from day to day, I regularly look to an escape in the form of fictional literature. It’s one of those...
The haunting of lateness
Sometimes do you ever feel like
Time is going too fast
You can’t catch up even if you try hard
Your best is only good enough for some people
Deadlines fall behind, stress enters in like a bad dream enters a child at night
You feel like you are...
Interactive sculpture unveiled in Uptown Saint John
Philip Savage’s sculpture “Portal” was unveiled Uptown on Friday, October 27.
Unveiling event
At 11 a.m. on October 27, the City of Saint John joined Uptown Saint John Inc to unveil a new sculpture installed at City Hall, 15 Market Square. The sculpture “Portal” was...
Saint John joins the “Race to Zero” environmental campaign
This month, the City of Saint John joined the “Race to Zero” environmental campaign.
After the motion was brought up in October by Councillor-at-Large Brent Harris, the pledge to join the environmental campaign was adopted.
Saint John is the second city in Atlantic Canada to join...
What does being black mean to me?
Being black means being part of a stronger community that is outside of myself
Being black means power on all fronts
Being black means watching your surroundings closely especially in public
Being Black means my dark skin is beautiful
Being Black means not just jumping over hurdles but...
Musical contrast of American and German music during World War II
Music plays an important role during wartime.
The reason for this is that music can instill a certain “spirit” within soldiers and civilians. This spirit serves both to motivate and to provide therapy during times when they need it most. It is not surprising then...
Knives Out (2019 film) – directed by Rhian Johnson
In the pursuit of unravelling the mystery and solving the crime, one finds abundant humour in Rhian Johnson’s 2019 film, Knives Out. This film feels more like a game of Clue to the audience but with witty dialogues and comedy scenes. It has everything...
My brain is about to explode
Have you ever tried to stuff a crazy amount
of marshmallows in your mouth all at once?
That’s how my mind is working right now
Life, family, school, and what I would call "other" are jam packed into my mind
I’ve been told to breathe, you got this...
Lorenzo Society hosts a night of Atlantic Canadian literature
Tonight, on October
7 at 7:00 p.m., the Lorenzo Society is hosting a reading featuring Atlantic
Canadian authors Shane Neilson, Danny Jacobs, and Kirby. These authors will be
there to read from and promote their own novels or collections of poetry.
The readings
will be taking place at the...