DiverseCity Festival

The DiverseCity Festival is returning for its 20th year, bringing celebrations to seven communities across Prince Edward Island this summer. The festival will kick off in Charlottetown on June 28…

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Summer’s here!

There’s a particular kind of relief that arrives in June. It’s my birthday month, and the grey has lifted, the soil is warm, and the farm stands are filling up…

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Field to fork

Last month, we focused on outsmarting the grocery store. This month, we’re shifting our attention to the relationship between the kitchen and the farm. It’s the handshake between the person…

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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…

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A Night with Chris Nilan

“A Night with Chris ‘Knuckles’ Nilan,” a fundraising dinner in support of The Equality Project, will take place on June 26 at the Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown. The event will…

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Irish Festival

Photo by Engin Akyurt [Unsplash.com]

The first annual Irish Festival on PEI will take place in March.  “Last year the B.I.S. celebrated its 200th anniversary with festivities right across the Island from Tignish to Souris,”…

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Simple plates

By the time March rolls around, most of us are exhausted by the simple act of deciding what to eat. We’ve spent the last few months hunkered down with heavy…

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2026 Spring Festival Fair

The Chinese Society of Prince Edward Island will present its third annual Spring Festival Fair on February 21 from 9:30 am–3:30 pm and 6:30–9 pm at Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown. …

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Eating for energy

As the sun dips below the horizon before the workday ends, many of us feel that familiar tug of hibernation. The frosty winter air has a way of draining our…

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Square dance with Colin Grant

Cape Breton fiddler Colin Grant will bring his high-energy traditional music to Charlottetown for a special square dance on February 14 at the Pourhouse, presented by the Queens County Fiddlers.…

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