Shivering Songs Presents: Queen Street Crawl Par 94 / The Cap / Wilser’s / Broken Record / Monarch / Tipsy Muse / Beaverbrook Doors 7PM / Show 7:30PM FREE
Join us for a FREE venue crawl on Thursday, March 30th, 2023, hosting 28 local musical acts over 7 venues along Queen Street (and adjacent). Venues include Par 94, The CAP, Wilser’s Room, Broken Record Bar & Music Room, Monarch Night Club, The Tipsy Muse, & the new Harrison McCain Pavilion in Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
Acts include Jon McKiel, Keith Hallett, Catherine Kennedy, Capital 6, Alan Jeffries, Stephen Hero, and more.
The UNB Art Centre celebrates its 12th annual World Water Day exhibit with REFLECTIONS, an exhibit of work from 28 artists in the community, opening on March 24 at 5:00 pm. Since 2011, the UNB Art Centre has recognized World Water Day with a special exhibit or event that highlights the challenges that face society and the environment.
World Water Day is an initiative of the United Nations to bring awareness to the importance of water resources and their sustainable management. Since its inception in 1993, the project has gathered momentum and participants from all over the world, each inspired to educate and activate their communities through a variety of projects.
While only 28 artists were selected to showcase their work in REFLECTIONS, 78 artists answered the call for submissions, responding to the theme by reflecting on their own relationship with water and the waterways of New Brunswick. For some, the artwork was based on an intimate relationship with a particular pond or stream, others took a more global perspective and looked at how water is used, still others examined the various states of water and its potential. This exhibit features sculpture, video, installation, photography, and painting.
REFLECTIONS will be on view from March 24 through April 28, 2023, in the East and West Galleries of the UNB Art Centre. It can also be viewed online.
The UNB Art Centre is located at Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. The galleries are open 9 am – 4 pm on weekdays and during special events. Admission is free to members of the public.
Cover image: Eva McCauley Blinded By the Light Shining on the Sea (detail), 2021
We’ll be hosting free, drop-in online writing rooms leading up to our April 30th submission deadline!
An opportunity to join a supportive and vibrant artistic space; through weekly prompts, mini-lessons and discussion-led writing circles facilitated by Notable Acts board member, educator and emerging artist Louis Anthony Bryan.
We’ll be hosting rooms over Microsoft teams on:
March 11th, March 18th and March 25th at 2 pm AST!
For more information and the meeting link, please email: anthonybryan093@gmail.com
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The NotaBle Acts Theatre Company (NB Acts) was founded in the fall of 2001 and incorporated in July of 2002. The company’s mandate and artistic mission statement is as follows:
To enhance the theatrical calendar in the City of Fredericton, and beyond;
To mentor, develop, and produce the work of New Brunswick playwrights;
To develop, mentor and diversify the community of theatre practitioners who choose to call the Province of New Brunswick home.
NotaBle Acts is unique in the province as the only English-language theatre company whose mandate is devoted exclusively to developing and producing new plays by writers from the province. The festival is also a home for new and alternative drama in a city that has traditionally had few non-mainstream offerings. We are proud to mentor emerging actors, directors, designers, and technicians, and to take some steps towards addressing the longstanding problem of the lack of opportunities for New Brunswick theatre professionals to work in their home province.
The 2023 Songwriter’s Intensive is a professional development opportunity for emerging and intermediate level songwriters in New Brunswick and is made possible by the generous support of the City of Fredericton.
With the pending release of his latest album Adrift, we are thrilled to have Andrew Sisk back this year as our lead songwriter. Andrew uses songwriting whenever he can: to shake off the darkness of winter, or mend a broken heart, to capture a beautiful moment, or to teach children. Songs have always been his work. Through the act of creating music, Sisk has built a life filled with lovely talented friends and collaborators while making joyful memories of recording music. His surreptitious career spanning 20+ years has lead to his songs appearing in Radio, Television, and film, as well as, having songs covered by other artists like songstress Christina Martin with Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor. Perhaps most notably his songs were recorded with the release of a tribute album, “We Have the Same Lights Overhead“(2013), by the Acadian Embassy label which featured many of his celebrated peers recording versions of his songs.
Most recently, Sisk composed the film score for the NFB Documentary short “Paula“. He was commissioned to perform a musical tribute to Canadian Poet Alden Nowlan for the 2020 Shivering Songs Music Festival as a multidisciplinary performance piece.
What to expect…
We will be hosting a one day workshop for emerging songwriters and another for intermediate level songwriters.
The circus invades the museum! Machine de Cirque is a Québec City-based circus company that packs high doses of dizzying feats, powerful emotions, poetry, intelligence and humour into its innovative and original circus shows.
Seven zany acrobats and an electrifying musician take in a monochrome exhibit. With a creative spark, they set off an explosion of color. In mocking defiance of convention, these wacky and endearing characters eagerly explore the exhibition inside out. Dizzying feats, astonishing discoveries, poetic liberties, and a serious dose of some silly good fun come together to fuel this ode to creativity. Enjoy this exhilarating feast for the senses. Experience La Galerie.
Thanks to our Performance Partner, Beaverbrook Art Gallery!
A multimedia showcase curated and organized by Macanjy Art and the Next Folding Theatre Company. The exhibit will feature visual art and spoken word, among other art forms.
Tickets are available for ten dollars at the door.
L’Aubergine is the oldest clowning company in Quebec to produce shows for young audiences, and has carved out a special niche by nurturing a unique artistic vision. In this clownesque fable about the strength of friendship, four artists fall asleep in a theatre waiting for their guests. To their surprise, the audience is already there when they wake up! The show begins, but things get all mixed up. Day-to-day life interferes with the performance and forces it down a new, unpredictable path.
For these four pals, time is a great travel companion that sparks their curiosity and sense of awe, and enhances their tremendous joy in being together. In their hands, everyday objects like musical instruments and masks become the tools for creating a wacky universe bordering on the absurd. Letting their imaginations run wild they dive into their eccentric world, bringing the audience along for the fantastical ride!
Suitable for ages 5- 12.
“Pay What You Will” is offered on select performances. Here’s how it works:
– You still need a ticket. Book your seats in advance at tickets.theplayhouse.ca, by calling our box office at 458-8344, or visiting us at 686 Queen Street.
– At the performance, we will provide an envelope and ask audience members to pay whatever amount they wish (based on their own individual experience) following the performance.
You decide the price of your tickets!
The objective of “Pay What You Will” is to increase access to our programs, and to encourage our patrons to take a chance on new and exciting performances.
