The Real Deal About The Beatles’ Now and Then There’s a hubbub about the Fab Four’s swan song, but are people aware of what’s going on?
Fifty-three years after their breakup, the Beatles are still making headlines as one of the most famous musical groups in history.
Sure, there have been album re-releases, compilation records, and live album remastering. There have been documentaries such as 1995’s The Beatles Anthology and Ron...
Twilight
I always believed that you and I were like day and night,destined to blend in this shadow of light.Now when I look into my heartI can still see the vestiges of twilightthat once bloomed in my life;there isn’t a more beautiful poem than you.
When...
The seed that blows in the wind
Mama, what happens to the seeds when they blow in the wind
Daughter, the seeds of our ancestors
As they blow left and write
They spread
They bring their knowledge of past gardens
They bring strength that they got from other flowers
They bring the feeling of being plucked from...
With the sounds of music: An interview with the Lorenzo Society
The bow of a cello reverberates on its strings. The higher voice of a violin joins in the melody, and the sound of a live-string quartet echoes across the cafeteria.
As the last note hangs in the air, students lift their heads from their lunch....
Lorenzo Society reading today
This week’s Lorenzo Society reading is from I am Herod by Richard Kemick.
The reading will be taking place Wednesday, October 30, at 7 p.m. at the Saint John Free Public Library in uptown Saint John.
Here is a little more about I am Herod from...
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...
Savages
They call us savages
They say we are only here to work
Make babies and do what we are told
Don’t speak
Don’t have an opinion
Work harder
Work harder
Worker harder!
WH-TCH!
In my mind
I am working harder
I’m tired
I’m Tired
I’M TIRED!
WH-TCH!
My opinion even inside my own brain
Doesn’t matter!
Keeping working
Keeping working
KEEP WORKING!
Maybe if...
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 name is not…
My name is strong
My name is powerful
My name is special
My names meaning is important
My name should be used instead of a nickname
My name is unique
My name is something that deserves to be said
My name is culture
My name was given by special people in my...
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...