New fund supports PEI film industry
The Province is launching a new film fund to grow the film and television industry on PEI. The goal of the PEI Film Production Fund (PEIFPF) is to: g...
Author: Greg Webster
A healthier future
Parks Canada presents the Park Promise
On June 21, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Parks Canada will be launching the Park Promise. As stewards of PEI National Park, Parks Canada is passionate ...
MacLean gets Stompin’ Tom award
The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) unveiled the recipients of the 2021 Honorary East Coast Music Awards and PEI singer-songwriter Tara MacLean is...
Reason to Believe
Zimbabwe’s Black Umfolosi collaborate with Bob Jensen
Zimbabwe’s Black Umfolosi released Reason to Believe, Songs from the Poetry of Bob Jensen in May. The album consists entirely of songs that the grou...
JOYRUS, Joy in PEI
Exhibit of artwork by Qinjuan Gu at Gallery @ The Guild
The Gallery @ The Guild in Charlottetown will present works by artist Qinjuan (Susan) Gu in June. The exhibit, JOYRUS, Joy in PEI, will open June 15 w...
Obedient Compliance
PEI’s artist-run centre, this town is small, presents Obedient Compliance by Becka Viau at Receiver Coffee in Charlottetown. The exhibition of drawi...
Youth exhibits at Kings Playhouse
Kings Playhouse Gallery in Georgetown will present two art exhibitions in June, First Bloom and Rahma & Friends–Seeking Refuge. The second inst...
Three Oaks art
Culture Summerside will once again host the Three Oaks Senior High (TOSH) Graduating Art Exhibit. The group exhibit will be on display from June 3–2...
Provincial Art Bank
Eight pieces by Island artists selected for purchase
Artist Oneil Kuku’s work was one of eight pieces selected for purchase by a peer-review jury out of 136 submissions for the Provincial Art Bank. ...
Scatman CD
Groovin’ with... Scatman, an album by the late Benjamin Sherman “Scatman” Crothers (1910-1986), will be released June 18. The album was produced...
Voyageur by Dekz
Premiere of local DJ’s new music and video project
Local disc jockey Dexter “Dekz” Shea is set to launch his new project Voyageur on May 29 via YouTube. The film features Dekz performing a live DJ ...
Indigenous art
Artists selected for new art bank and arts grants programs
PEI Mi’kmaq and other Indigenous artists in PEI have been recognized as the successful applicants for the new Indigenous Art Bank and Indigenous Art...
This perfect day
If I don’t appreciate this perfect day, then I don’t deserve to live here. It’s a festival out there. The ground is strewn with crimson maple f...
Single release: Pin Me To The Wall
By Jenna-Marie Gallant
Bilingual Acadian singer-songwriter Jenna-Marie Gallant from Rustico has released her latest single, “Pin Me To The Wall.” The song was co-produc...
Video release: Home
By Russell Louder
Electro-pop artist, Russell Louder, recently released the official video for the lead single “Home”off their debut album, Humor (February 2021). D...
Single release: Cry No More
By Arsenal Mills
Charlottetown based rockers Arsenal Mills recently dropped “Cry No More,” a new single from their forthcoming EP, Lovesick & Broke. The band...
Single release: Prospects
By Layne Greene
Singer-songwriter Layne Greene will release his new single,“Prospects,” on June 10. The song marks the first of several singles the artist plans t...
Finding new flora
The go-to place for information on native plants in Prince Edward Island is the Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre website (accdc.com). They hav...
Bound By Love
Dennis Ellsworth releases final album in three part series
Dennis Ellsworth closes the loop on his landmark Bound By Love Series, with Wolves Not Far, sharing ten portraits of fatherhood and life amid the stru...
Market-ready producers
Meet the inaugural participants
The National Screen Institute— Canada (NSI), in partnership with FilmPEI and Creative PEI, welcome five producers from PEI who recently began traini...
Midnight Baby
Justin Shaw’s comedy at Harmony House—June 25
Justin Shaw’s Midnight Baby will be on stage June 25 at Harmony House in Hunter River. The one-person comedy, written and performed by Island story...
Invisible Hand
Sierra Club Atlantic Canada Chapter host online screening
The Sierra Club Atlantic Canada Chapter is hosting an online film screening of Invisible Hand, a documentary on the Rights of Nature movement, followe...
Rainbow Brunch
Kings Playhouse—June 26
Georgetown’s Kings Playhouse will host their first all-ages Rainbow Brunch on June 26. Hosted by Drag Queen Lizzy Strange, the event will feature l...
Book release: Basin Head Bad Boys
By Anne Hotchkis
Basin Head Bad Boys by Anne Hotchkis will be released in June. Ethan Laird, the boy with a prosthetic leg, was a popular kid at Colonel Gray High Sch...
Book release: Bits and Pieces: Memories Old and New
By Thane J. Birch
In Bits and Pieces, a collection of short stories about growing up in the Lot 16 area of PEI, Thane J. Birch recalls an era when technology was moving...
Book release: The Miramichi Fire: A History
By Alan MacEachern
On an unusually hot day in October 1825, Islanders from West Point to North Cape watched in alarm and disbelief as huge plumes of smoke rose above the...
Island Summer Review
Patrick Ledwell and Mark Haines are back in Hunter River
What’s the inspiration behind The Island Summer Review? Show creators and performers Patrick Ledwell and Mark Haines hope that, once they enter the ...
Book release: Wally: Driven to Win
By Gary MacDougall
Retromedia Publishing will release Wally: Driven to Win, a book by author Gary MacDougall, in June. Wally: Driven to Win reveals the story of PEI har...
Book release: Historic St. Mary’s: A Brief Account of Three Indian River Churches 1814–2020
By Bertha Campbell
Historic St. Mary’s: A Brief Account of Three Indian River Churches 1814–2020 traces some of the rich history of Indian River, PEI, from its ear...
Book release: The Chemistry of Innovation: Regis Duffy and the Story of DCL
By Mo Duffy Cobb and Lori Mayne
How did a farm boy from PEI become a successful businessman, mentor, and community philanthropist? A new book by Mo Duffy Cobb and Lori Mayne tells th...
Manifest Jeunesse 2.0
Youth performing and visual arts exhibition returns—June 8
ManiFest Jeunesse, a youth performing arts production and visual arts exhibition, is back for its second edition. Premiering via Facebook on June 8 at...
Island Fringe Festival
Alternative indie theatre planned for mid-summer
Celebrating independent and alternative theatre in downtown Charlottetown, the Island Fringe Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. ...
Be happy for a while
Harmony House announces shows for summer season
The summer season at Harmony House in Hunter River will showcase a new concert, Inside American Pie, running alongside The Island Summer Review, as we...
A Mighty Wind
PEISO presents music for organ and brass ensemble
The PEI Symphony Orchestra (PEISO) will present A Mighty Wind, a special chamber music concert featuring music for organ and brass ensemble, this June...
Art in the Open
Exhibit reflects on festival’s 10 year history
Art in the Open, Charlottetown’s outdoor public art festival, is 10 years old. With a decade of memories piling up and 2021 marking the final year o...