Gather your friends together for a winter evening of gallery hopping in downtown Fredericton. View the latest exhibitions, meet the artists and gallery owners and directors and enjoy light refreshments and music. Participating galleries include Gallery 78, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the Artisan District, NBCCD’s George Fry Gallery, Gallery on Queen, It’s Hip to be Square Art Show and the three gallery spaces at Charlotte Street Arts Centre.
Gallery admissions are free of charge during the gallery hop.
One might ask – Can classical violin and piano fully express the modernist jazz idioms of Wynton Marsalis’ ‘Fiddle Dance Suite’? How about faithfully voice the blues, spirituals and Black folk music influences in Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s ‘Blues Form’ and ‘Louisiana Blues Strut’? What about capturing the expressionism of the Harlem Renaissance sculptures that inspired William Grant Still’s ‘Suite for violin and piano’? Billy Childs’ ‘Incident on Larpenteur Avenue’ and Alvin Singleton’s ‘Jasper Drag’ present additional challenges, speaking directly to incidents of racialized violence against black men. Nadia and Carl explore the music and these issues.
MusicUNB invites you to listen for yourself, with a full program of works by Black composers reaching from 1927 to 2018. With Nadia Francavilla, violin, and Carl Philippe Gionet, piano.
Join award-winning saxophonist Joel Miller and guitar wizard Sebastian Fleet in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery as they collaborate on an enchanting musical exploration that fuses jazz, indie rock, and folk that is sure to warm up your winter afternoon.
RUBBERBAND dance company expertly blends urban and contemporary dance, while including theatricality and highly athletic segments. Vic’s Mix is a highlight reel of artistic director/choreographer Victor Quijada’s repertoire. In this remix of his own work, Quijada goes further in his experiments defying notions of theatricality and audience expectations, orchestrating the clash between urban pop and classical composition. These dancers are sure to astound in this creative and athletic dance collection.
Vic’s Mix is a RUBBERBAND production supported by Festival international DansEncore, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and the Ontario Arts Council.
“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.
Award winning Fredericton group, The Hypochondriacs are live at Charlotte Street Arts Centre Friday, February 17th. Along with special guest, Maude Sonier.
The Hypochondriacs have resurrected from the traditional country genre, to a fresh and raw take to the standard genre. Though profoundly influenced by early Rockabilly, a taste of 60’s doo-wop & 70’s folk-rock.
The band has opened for Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real, Corb Lund & Trooper, The Reverend Horton Heat to name a few.
From an early age, singer-songwriter Maude Sonier has found pleasure, comfort and wonder in music. Originally from Miramichi, New Brunswick, she first began her musical journey at classical music festivals in her region. Around the age of 12, she will finally combine her two great passions; writing and composition, from which his very first original songs were born.
A Literary Translation Workshop led by / un atelier de traduction littéraire animé par
Simon Brown & Jo-Anne Elder
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 4 to 9 pm, at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre
How do literary translators work with poetry or fiction? Is it even possible to recreate an image or a metaphor, maintain a rhythm, or do justice to regional expressions in another language? Join literary translators Simon Brown and Jo-Anne Elder on February 16 to learn more about the literary worlds of Acadie and to translate writing by Jean Babineau, Herménégilde Chiasson, Dyane Léger, and writers from Ancrages. Whether you are a language student, enjoy reading books in other languages, or are bilingual or multilingual, the Bridges between Books workshop is an opportunity to experiment with words and forms and to help build bridges between cultures.
This workshop focuses on French to English translation and takes place on February 16 from 4 to 9 pm in the Community Room at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. An English-French workshop, De la plume au micro, will be held in Moncton on February 11 and 12. Both are offered in partnership with the Frye Festival, The Fiddlehead, Ancrages, LTAC, Fredericton Public Library, and Théâtre l’Escaouette.
Registration: $25, includes light supper. Participants register in advance at info@wordfeast.ca. Fees may be paid by EFT to the same email or by arrangement. Scholarships are available. This workshop will be conducted in English. Participants should have a reading knowledge of French and a good level of reading, writing, and speaking skills in English. A knowledge of another source or target language is welcome. Bring your laptop, assistive devices, or print dictionaries and thesaurus if you prefer. A source text in French by an Acadian writer will be sent when you register, so you can prepare ahead of time if you wish. Other materials will be provided to participants at the workshop.
We ask workshop participants to mask and distance. The building is accessible; please let us know how we can meet your individual needs.
Individual or small group follow-up sessions will be scheduled after the workshop. Participants will also be invited to meet the invited authors and take part in the Many Voices / Multiples voix reading on February 24.
For more information or to register, write to info@wordfeast.ca
Singer-songwriter Adam Baldwin has been a mainstay of the Atlantic Canada music scene for over a decade. With his sophomore full-length, Concertos & Serenades, Adam Baldwin – born and raised “inside these imaginary lines” that denote Nova Scotia – offers an east coast testimony that challenges the typical tourism marketing gloss. Through eight masterful yarns, the songwriter bears witness and pays tribute to a tradition of desperation: sinners and losers, perpetual failures, and down-and-out phantoms that haunt his home’s coastlines and back roads – without a passing judgement. Some of the tales happened, some didn’t, and most walk a tightrope between truth and fiction.
Starting as a member of rock combo Gloryhound before joining Matt Mays & El Torpedo in 2009, Baldwin’s own music has continued to evolve since his award winning self-titled solo debut EP in 2013. In 2016 Baldwin released his first full length album No Telling When (Precisely Nineteen Eight-Five) featuring the singles “Daylight” and “Anytime”. In 2019 he released the follow up No Rest for the Wicked, including “Salvation” and “Dark Beside the Dawn”.
In March 2020, with in person performances impossible due to COVID-19, Baldwin launched his Cross-Country Chin Up concert series, almost every Friday evening on YouTube. In addition to making this weekly opportunity to connect virtually with fans, he also raised funds for the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia, Red Cross Stronger Together Nova Scotia Fund, RCMP Fallen Officer Fund, and the Black Cultural Society for Nova Scotia. The online concert series also produced two digital EPs: Chin Up Sessions (originals) and Songs for the Parlour (covers)
Put your skills to the test in this advanced improv course. Become a master storyteller as you and your cohort explore the boundless possibilities of long-form improv! This intensive program is the final chapter in Solo Chicken’s improv training and will leave you prepared to spread your wings and fly into your own improv troupe!
Suitable for anyone who has taken our Level 1 and 2 classes or has similar extensive improv experience. Please note that Level 3 requires a cohort of experienced improvisers and will only run when there is sufficient interest. To express interest in Level 3 or for more information, please email jeanmichel@solochickenproductions.com.
Goal: Create complex narratives and characters, gain an appreciate for the diverse styles of improv, and create a profound simpatico with the members of your cohort.
Class size: 6 min – 12 max
Next session: Thursday Nights 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, February 2nd – March 23 2023
Join us for an artist talk with Heather McCaig and learn about her creative process.
McCaig is an Ontario-born flameworked borosilicate glass artist who now lives near Sussex, New Brunswick. Entirely self-taught, she is at the forefront of glass art in Atlantic Canada.
McCaig is the recipient of the 2022 Nel Oudemans Award from the Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation and has received grants from ArtsNB. She is currently on the board of Craft NB and the AX Arts and Culture Centre in Sussex. In 2021, her series of works, Shadows, a statement on the climate crisis, was selected by Heritage Canada and the provincial Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture to represent New Brunswick in a virtual exhibition at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Black Box Productions Presents: The Fofana Kingdom Location: Black Box Theatre 51 Dineen Dr. St. Thomas University Campus
Dates/Times: Thursday Feb 2nd – Time: 7:30pm Friday Feb 3rd – Time: 7:30pm Saturday Feb 4th – Time: 2:00pm Saturday Feb 4th – Time: 7:30pm
Cost: PWYC, Tickets available at the door or to reserve email theatre@stu.ca
Fredericton, NB – Black Box Productions is honoured to invite you to join us on the St. Thomas University campus for the premier of the original production, FOFANA KINGDOM, that celebrates diversity and strives to reimagine what theatre can be. Join Princess Ozanna of Fofana Kingdom, as she embarks on a quest in search of an answer to the timeless question, ‘Where is home?’. Told through the lens of ancient Africa from the seat of Sierra Leone – The Lion Mountain, this epic tale examines globalization and immigration in the modern era. Co-Directed and Written by two incredible STU alum, Saa Andrew Gbongbor, an artist and activist and former refugee from Sierra Leone and Lucas Gutiérrez-Robert, an emerging artist and first-generation Argentinian, who harness their unique artistic skills and personal experiences to bring you a beautiful, heart opening work of theatre.
Saa Andrew Gbongbor, through the generous support of ArtsNB, has been Artist in Residence with Black Box Productions since September 2022. During his residency Saa created a welcoming space where the most diverse cast in the history of the company, featuring students and community members of all ages, could come together to play, create, and build community. Lucas Gutiérrez-Robert joined this wild ride in September and the two immediately forged a collaborative relationship that fostered the creation of a dynamic script and a joyful rehearsal process.
The cast and crew have also all brought their own stories, cultures, and experiences to the work, making Fofana Kingdom a true modern tapestry. Trinidadian, Incan, Mayan, and Indian cultures guide Ozanna, a face cream mogul and her smooth henchman are perfect villains and a trio of gossipy girls from Fofana provide comic relief. All set against a background of lush African fabrics, cascades of gold and stands of grass, Fofana Kingdom will light up your heart and invite you to ask yourself, ‘Where is home’?
