Category Archives: Arts & Entertainment

Fall Festival of New Plays – Event Schedule

Fall Festival of New Plays – Event Schedule

We’re getting close to the start date of our Fall Festival of New Plays. In advance of our opening October 15 reading of Norm Foster’s new play ‘Wildly Romantic’, we’re excited to share our full schedule with you.  We have 13 free events planned for this year’s festival. As you read this, actors, directors, dramaturges and… Read more »

63rd – 2020 Miramichi Folksong Festival

63rd – 2020 Miramichi Folksong Festival

The 63rd – 2020 Miramichi Folksong Festival will be held from Sunday, August 2nd, 2020 to Monday, August 3rd, 2020. This year’s festival will be hosted by Melanie Ross-Breen. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic this year, this will be a virtual online festival and can be viewed at: www.miramichifolksongfestival.com, Miramichi Folksong Festival Facebook page and on YouTube. Featuring over… Read more »

Clergy Appointments for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John 2020

Clergy Appointments for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John 2020

The Most Reverend Christian Riesbeck, CC, Bishop of Saint John, announces the following clergy assignments effective August 1, 2020 unless otherwise noted. Those priests who have been appointed Pastors will be dispensed from the requirement of Canon 527 that they be placed into canonical possession of their parishes and will automatically become Pastor on August… Read more »

Retirement Celebration for Father Joseph Arnold “Arnie” Hachey

Retirement Celebration for Father Joseph Arnold “Arnie” Hachey

On Friday, July 26th, 2019, from 7 pm to 9 pm, come out to Saint Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church Parish Centre, 12 Saint Patrick’s Drive in Nelson (Miramichi) for a Retirement Celebration for Father Joseph Arnold “Arnie” Hachey. Hosted by the parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Unit – Saint Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Nelson (Miramichi), The Most Pure Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church, Barnaby River and Saint Edward’s Roman Catholic Church, Chelmsford. Light snacks will be served, along with tea, coffee and juice. Read more »

Father Antonio Reyes 35th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood Celebration and Birthday Celebration

On Thursday, June 13th, 2019, come out to the Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, located at 360 Newcastle Boulevard in Newcastle (Miramichi West) for the 12:05 p.m. noon mass for Father Antonio Reyes’ 35th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood Celebration and Birthday Celebration. Following the mass, everyone is welcome to a lunch in the basement of Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Church. Read more »

“Through Sunlight and Shadows” – By Raymond Fraser – “Winner of New Brunswick Book Award for Fiction”

“Through Sunlight and Shadows” – By Raymond Fraser – “Winner of New Brunswick Book Award for Fiction”

Pottersfield Press is pleased to announce that Through Sunlight and Shadows, by the late Raymond Fraser, a Miramichi born writer has won the New Brunswick Book Award for fiction. Through Sunlight and Shadows is an autobiographical novel about a young boy set in the small New Brunswick town of Bannonbridge in the 1940s and 1950s. The New Brunswick Book Awards are awarded annually by The Fiddlehead and the Writer’s Federation of New Brunswick. Read more »

Most Reverend Bishop Robert Harris, D.D. 50th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood

Most Reverend Bishop Robert Harris, D.D. 50th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood

You are cordially invited to the 50th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood of Most Reverend Bishop Robert Harris, D.D. Most Reverend Bishop Robert Harris, D.D. is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church Diocese of Saint John, Saint John, Saint John Parish, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada. A con-celebrated Mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated on Friday, May 24th, 2019 at 12:10 p.m. noon at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Immaculate Conception Parish), 91 Waterloo Street, Saint John. Following the Mass of Thanksgiving, there will be a reception at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Rectory. All are welcome and Best Wishes only! Read more »

The Salt Spring National Art Prize Calls to Artists Across the Nation

The Salt Spring National Art Prize Calls to Artists Across the Nation

Submissions are now open for the prestigious 2019/2020 Salt Spring National Art Prize (SSNAP). Salt Spring, a small Canadian island known for its large artistic community, created this exciting national art competition in 2015 to celebrate and promote the importance of art in Canada. As one of the largest national art prizes in Canada, the third biennial event offers $40,000 in prize money and significant national exposure to artists.

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