Search Results for Nakeesa Aghdasy

Polka Dot Door

Confederation Centre of the Arts invites families to step through the Polka Dot Door this summer for a joyful, music-filled adventure celebrating imagination and kindness. Based on one of Canada’s…

From page to stage

A few days before I sat down with Kris Williams, I had the pleasure of seeing him win the Emerging Artist of the Year Award from the City of Charlottetown.…

Big band sound

In the autumn of 1995, with a fresh master’s in jazz from McGill University, tenor saxophonist Barry Sorensen founded the Charlottetown Jazz Ensemble. His objective was to create performance opportunities…

Outsmart the till

We all feel it at the grocery checkout. That sinking feeling is a shared experience across the Island as a basic week of eating costs as much as a monthly…

“Wrastlin”

Growing up, I spent a lot of time hanging out with my Grandma. She had this tiny lemon yellow TV, black and white screen, complete with the rabbit ear wires…

Leaving a mark

What were we up to in the arts in 2006?  The fifth iteration of the Music PEI awards saw Catherine MacLennan lauded for Church Bell Blues and the Lifetime Achievement…

Tide Clock

We’ve recently had some home repairs carried out by a local handyman, and is there anyone more praise-worthy than a competent handyman? Daily life consists of things going wrong and…

Prowling for owls

I learned about owls from a young man named Toma at an environmental education centre in New York state more than forty years ago. Toma stood in a clearing surrounded…

Music PEI Award Winners

On March 7, the 25th annual Music PEI Week culminated with the Awards Gala presented by the City of Summerside at Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside. The celebration was hosted by…

My Gaelic Grandmother, Memories of Mary Stewart: Rural Life in Valleyfield and Brudenell, Prince Edward Island (1894-1987)

PEI author Bertha Campbell has produced a limited number of copies of My Gaelic Grandmother, Memories of Mary Stewart: Rural Life in Valleyfield and Brudenell, Prince Edward Island (1894-1987) Revised…