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Anna Williams is an artist whose sculptures employ the animal and narrative to examine the constrictuon and manipulation of identity in contemporary society - That's the textbook description. Her piece, Dark Timber, currently on display at Eastern Edge G

The Strange Sun Theatre has chosen The Drowning Girls as their debut production, off-Broadway in New York City at Walkerspace. Jessica Bashline is the director of The Drowning Girls and co-artistic director of Strange Sun. She speaks with host Mack Furl

Nancy Dahn and Timothy Steeves, Duo Concertante, maintain a heavy touring schedule as in-demand performing artists, run an international chamber music festival, teach at Memorial University's School of Music, and raise two children. They stopped by to ch

John Ennis is an Irish poet who has a special connection to Newfoundland and Labrador - he has edited a book of Irish and Newfoundland poetry; he's attended several festivals here over the past few years; and he'll be back again next week. But now John a

Eastern Edge Gallery on the Harbourfront has opened a new show in the Rogue Gallery. Gerald Vaandering's Ripped Apart is paired with Meagan O'Shea's Stitched Together to create a joint effort called Rethinking Justice. Mack met with Gerald and his wife,

Traditional music - the next generation! That's what the critics are saying about The Freels, an enthusiastic young group, with the emphasis on young - two of the members study at Memorial and the other two are still in high school. The Freels consists

For painters, printmakers, sculptors, and installation artists, the Venice Biennale has long been the Holy Grail. Visitors, upwards of a half-million of them, make the pilgrimage to the Island city, attending the bi-annual event which showcases some of t

An art exhibit that commemorates the lives of children and women from Newfoundland and Labrador who are missing or have been murdered - That's The Faceless Dolls Project, coming in March. The idea is to create a felt doll in the name of each and every one

Veselina Tomova's new showCrossings opens this week at the Red Ochre Gallery in St. John's. It explores that place between the old world and the new, between departure and arrival, the space where we are pulled in two directions. Mack visited with Vesel

Mack Furlong's conversation with St. Fintan's native Al Brake; from his current come in Fort MacMurray, Alberta. Al has just released his debut, self-titled, country album.

The Lawrence Jackson Writer's Award is an annual prize of $500 that also encourages and promotes original and creative thought in all genres of writing. It honours the memory of writer Lawrence Jackson. Catherine Hogan Safer won this year's award. Cath

Curtis Andrews is an award-winning musician with a high profile. He plays jazz, rock, reggae and ska. He also studies and performs African and Indian drum music, travelling to both continents for the purposes of studying with masters. Ghana in particul

Host Mack Furlong speaks with Meghan Coles and Shannon Hawes of The Poverty Cove Theatre Company about their production of Meghan's script Our Eliza.

Here at the Weekend Arts Magazine, we like to find out what people behind the scenes in the arts world do. The set designers, booking agents, or wardrobe designers are at. Today, Geoff Martin. Geoff has engineered himself into a major position at one

Michael Wert is a writer and researcher with a passion for the stories of the Blue Puttees. Who were they? What were they like? How did the war affect them? If you are related to a member of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment who served in World War I,