Digging it

Digging it

Like Boston, another seaport city, Summerside Prince Edward Island has been enduring its own big dig. Both seemed to go on for the same interminable length of time — in Summerside’s case it took seven years to complete — and a new cityscape has emerged. Now that it has been built, will the people come? ‘We need to get people …Continue Reading

Marshaling the urban corps

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Moncton’s well-deserved reputation for entrepreneurial brio, technological sophistication and cultural vibrancy should be reflected in its downtown. Some say it is. Others say not entirely. Most concede there’s work to do. MARC CHOUINARD, this May morning’s peripatetic guide to all things downtown Moncton, stops suddenly to survey the crater that opens like a wound in the centre of an otherwise …Continue Reading

They Should Have Come For The Ruckus

Executive Producer John Brunton, Set Designer Peter Faragher on the Set at Mile One.

The Juno Stage was unveiled at the Mile One Center today, and the theme of this year is Icebergs. The set is made out of canvas stretched over aluminum frames, and the patterns are projected — which means that these ‘bergs will be changing colors, displaying media, and all kinds of things. As far as themes go, Icebergs are safe …Continue Reading

Ruckus Schmuckus

Ruckus Schmuckus

We’re just under half way through Juno week, and we’re three for four with the Ruckus On The Edge. Ruckus on the Edge was supposed to take what is usually just a weekend event, and fill it out to take up a whole week. Apart from that, the ruckus was designed to showcase artists from Newfoundland and Labrador (who are …Continue Reading

Briefs – Stocks to Jonze

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