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Upcoming Climate Discussion: “Talk to Me About Climate Change”
As many students know, climate change has been a rising concern in the past few years, becoming a major topic in the 2019 Federal Election. During the past two seasons, the Town of Wolfville has been sending representatives door to door in order to receive input from community members on the hot topic of climate change.
Gill Cormier, a town representative, stated that the Town of Wolfville asked community members these four questions:
- How concerned are you about climate change?
- What specifically worries you about climate change?
- What are you doing to lower your impact on the environment?
- What is holding you back from lowering your impact?
After gathering the information and teaming up with Acadia’s Sustainability Officer Max Abu-Laban, there will be an event entitled “Talk to Me About Climate Change” on February 4th at 7pm in the Students’ Union Building (SUB).
Cormier explained that there will be a short presentation at the beginning of the meeting to lay some basic foundation for a lively conversation about climate change. The event will discuss cover many different areas including how we as a community can lower our impact, the barriers we face and the concern for our environment worldwide.
In the recent Students’ Representative Council (SRC) meeting Abu-Laban shared that there will be popcorn and catering at the event sponsored by the Town of Wolfville.
“We want to hear from the population of Wolfville, and that includes Acadia students!” Cormier stated.
Any students who are passionate about the environment or are worried about our planet’s future are encouraged to attend, even just to listen if they do not feel comfortable contributing to the main discussion!
January 31, 2020
Have Hope for 2017
Sitting down at the dinner table with my family I faced an awkward conversation. It started with griping about the state of the world: America, Europe, crisis after pandemic after crash. It was a depressing start to a conversation, to say the least. The picture that was painted was one resembling the worst of the first Mad Max film, or the beginnings of Roland Emmerich’s 2012: undesirable and unnecessary.
After some thinking, I chimed into the conversation. Yes, I wasn’t going to lie, things did look bad. There were a lot of things that were beyond the scope of positivity. But after the dinner was over I stopped and asked my parents: why did they think things were so bad? Their answers were different in their wording but the general message was the same: things were changing and they were changing in a direction they didn’t like.
It’s undeniable that the world is changing. Former reality TV star Donald Trump is now President of the United States, the UK is (trying to begin the process of) leaving the European Union, Syria is falling back under the control of Bashar Al-Assad, and the Islamic State is branching out around the world, with attacks occurring everywhere from Christmas markets in Berlin to bazaars in Turkey and malls in the United States. It’s a different world, and it’s one that doesn’t have the prettiest face. By a lot of metrics, the world is sliding back into a reality eerily reminiscent of the 1930s, with fascism, racism, and neo-Nazism on the rise and tensions erupting around the world. This all came to the boiling point in 2016, a year we’re all very glad is over.
Denying that the world is facing a challenging new reality is arrogant and irresponsible. To say that everything is going to be fine and dandy is dangerously naïve. But it doesn’t warrant being pessimistic about the future.
2016 will be a year that will be long analyzed by historians of the future. We lost countless stars, from David Bowie to Prince and Carrie Fisher, we saw the worst of humanity in Aleppo, and we saw hate take precedence over love through xenophobia and racism. Needless to say, it was a year that will live in infamy.
But it doesn’t warrant despair. In the face of adversity, the worst thing one can do is curl up in a ball and refuse to believe that anything they do can change things. Even the littlest of things, from throwing your coffee cup in the recycling or telling somebody they look good today, makes a difference. It may be small and but it is not insignificant. Maya Angelou once said “people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”. In the face of an uncertain future it makes all the difference to be there for one another.
As much as those around us may want to pessimistic about 2016, there were just as many reasons to be optimistic. The Colombian government signed an agreement with the FARC, ending a decades long conflict that had killed thousands. Tiger numbers around the world were on the rise for the first time in 100 years. A solar powered airplane flew across the Pacific Ocean. World hunger has reached its lowest point in 25 years. People pouring buckets of ice over their heads raised enough money to help isolate the gene that causes the disease. When you look back over the bigger events, last year wasn’t so bad.
It’s impressive how far we’ve come in the past year. The Paris Agreement has been signed, and even though there are plenty of climate change skeptics and outright deniers in high office, the ball has begun rolling towards a greener future. We’ve seen compassion in Canada, with our own Prime Minister personally greeting refugees fleeing war and utter devastation. Love him or hate him, it takes someone with genuine character to take ownership of an issue and face the fruits of their labour head-on. Even here at Acadia, our first year population has grown by 25%. New blood and new minds are being welcomed into Wolfville, a stark contrast from the previous year’s intake.
I have hope for 2017. There are elections coming up around the world where candidates are basing their campaigns on an ‘us vs. them’ message, fearmongering and hatemongering. But while there are those candidates, there are just as many promoting what makes democracy worth fighting for: peace, compassion, tolerance, justice, and love. The fight for a free and fair society isn’t an easy or bloodless one. Relationships are ruined, reputations are soured, and feelings are hurt. But if you truly believe in something worth fighting for, stand up for it.
There will always be headlines that strike fear into our hearts. There will always be those who preach hate and practice malice. There will always be those who believe that the impossible is exactly that- impossible. And yet there will always be those tiny instances of human compassion that amount to something greater. There will always be those who preach love and practice tolerance. There will always be those who believe that the impossible is exactly the opposite- possible.
Let’s not despair for 2017. Let’s go out and make it a good one.
January 30, 2017
Books Start Here
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: MARCH 17, 7-9pm
Books Start Here events raise awareness about Nova Scotia’s publishing industry
Stakeholders in the Nova Scotia book trade have launched the Books Start Here campaign to grow their industry in the province. The campaign’s two main goals are to communicate the news that there is a vibrant local publishing industry ready to grow and to convince the provincial government to support the industry at levels matching other provinces.
A Books Start Here event will be held on Thursday, March 17 from 7-9pm at the Fountain Commons on the Acadia University Campus in Wolfville, and is hosted by the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association with support from Acadia’s English Department and the Vaughn Memorial Library. This event is free and open to all members of the public who are interested in learning more about our regional book trade.
Attendees will hear from authors, publishers, booksellers, and librarians, including Maggie Neilson (academic librarian/director of One Book Nova Scotia), Andrew Steeves (author/publisher, Gaspereau Press), Ami McKay (author of The Birth House and Jerome: The Historical Spectacle), Errol Sharpe (author/publisher, Fernwood Publishing), Alexander MacLeod (author of Light Lifting), Andy Brown (publisher, Conundrum Press), Hilary Drummond (bookseller, The Box of Delights Bookshop), and many others.
Several regional publishers will also be in attendance with books on hand for viewing and purchase, including Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press, Formac Lorimer Books, Conundrum Press, Gaspereau Press Printers & Publishers, and Fernwood Publishing.
Books Start Here’s organizers hope to encourage the provincial government to include measures in the 2016 budget that implement promises of consultation and support made in the 2015 budget. Publishers are looking to expand production, marketing and sales, generating more local jobs and higher profiles for Nova Scotia authors across Canada and internationally.
The Books Start Here campaign launched at a free public event in February at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, attracting more than 200 people. Canada’s new poet laureate, George Elliott Clarke, lent his support to the event, as well as several other Nova Scotia authors and illustrators. A second successful event was held in Mahone Bay on February 24.
More information can be found at nsbooksstarthere.wordpress.com.
Panel: “Local Publishing and the Ecology of the Book”. Topics include:
1. Our personal relationship or experience with books (How did books become a significant part of your life and what role do they play in it now).
1. The local and the global (How do we interact – creatively, culturally, economically – with the wider world while also engaging in and sustaining the local? How do we foster vital local cultural activity that is ‘the real deal’ and engaged with the wider world and not just premised on protectionism or local boosterism?)
1. Books and civics (culture and community sustainability; What role does a healthy literary culture and creative economy play in our community’s health and sustainability, and what role does our community, and government, play in supporting and nurturing them?)
March 16, 2016
Review: Laugh, Inspire, Talk Event
I have to get this off my chest – LIT (Laugh, Inspire, Talk) was amazing. This singing and spoken word event intended to brighten our lives during winter time happened last Friday. It was hosted by the very talented Cazna Hinds. Hinds is an amazing singer, but LIT showed some of her other talents as well. The exciting and festive event was Hinds’ enterprise project for both her ECON 3883 and MUSI 2903 classes. I think that her teachers should give her an A on the project for effectively hosting an event full of talented singers, rappers, and poets.
With an unbiased opinion (mind you – I performed at the event), I recall some of the best performances and some of the most interesting performances. It’s hard to say who was the best performer, but I got to give it to my girl, Cazna Hinds. She planned on performing two songs, but because the crowd loved her so much she pulled it together and performed the last song of the night, “Listen.” This was a song recorded by Beyoncé, and as we all know it takes a lot of talent to master Beyoncé. Hinds had the talent! However, let’s not get carried away and think this entire event was about her. There were other performers as well.
The most memorable performance from LIT was when Budaprince performed. What started out as a poetic retelling of spiritual enlightenment quickly turned into a prayer like hymn. Honestly, it was an experience. At one point I really felt that I was experiencing enlightenment. Budaprince was a singer, a rapper, and a poet that night. I give him the trophy for most memorable performance because I will never forget his act.
There were so many performances. Sen-Ken performed a sexy duet of Britney Spears’ “Toxic,” while Wambaire sang a Swahili version of Adele’s “Hello.” Chase the Rapper performed an original rap, while Colin Bullard attempted to sing “Living on a Prayer.” There were so many other talented performers. During the intermission period, our MC Khadijah Cooper played an interactive game with the audience. The game was engaging, but it also exposed a lot of truths about the audience. Audience members were asked questions like “would you rather,” or a “what would you do.” No lie, it got very personal very quickly.
Overall, LIT was a great experience. I had a lot of fun listening to a lot of very talented students singing, rapping, and reciting poetry. Well done Cazna.
March 8, 2016
Martin Luther King Vigil and Panel Review
Last week, in honour of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, the Faculty of Arts hosted a candlelight vigil and a panel discussion. The vigil, held outside the SUB by Chaplain Tim McFarland, allowed students, faculty, and community members to listen to the Chaplain’s words honouring the spirit and memory of King.
The panel discussion aimed to address the importance of service in society today, and evoked much discussion about many other dynamic aspects of the mixture of activism, academia, community, and the societal woes that such actions work to address. To begin the panel portion of the evening, Dr. Claudine Bonner of the Sociology Department reminded us of King’s activism, emphasizing that his actions and involvement are not as far removed from our own lifetime as we may believe them to be. Moderating the panel was graduate student Jessica Bundy, who posed many thought provoking questions and quotations to the panel. The Panel consisted of four individuals: Fourth-year sociology honours student Reed Power-Grimm, Third year English and Women and Gender Studies student Sawyer Carnegie, Ph.D Candidate and Faculty of School of Education student in the area of inclusive education and disability studies Cynthia Bruce, and professor in the History Department Dr. Michael Dennis.
The panel discussion, which lasted over an hour and a half, consisted of vibrant discussions and audience input. Although each panel member brought a unique approach and set of ideals to the questions posed, several common discourses emerged. One of these was the necessity for collective, inclusive action; activism that is not elitist, hierarchical, or exclusionary. It was stressed, as King preached outside of his traditional “I have a dream” legacy, that we need to move away from “selfish individualism” and instead encourage individuals from all backgrounds and with diverse life experiences to take up the issues that matter most to them, to break the silence, and to disrupt the existing ideologies. The idea of social media was discussed in regards to using these platforms as powerful tools for organizing groups of people, again back to the notion of collective action.
The concept of hope, both how individuals maintain hope in today’s society and its power, was an additional emerging theme. Discussion revolved around King’s capacity to use words to engage the masses, to raise hope, and how this was powerful enough to threaten power structures to make change. Hope can exist through pushing dialogue, through engaging in conversation in all realms of life, not just within the exclusionary confines of the university. Hope was articulated to exist in many ways. Hope in communication, in arguing, in speaking, thinking, and encouraging others to do the same; there is hope in solidarity.
Overall, the event was very successful and lead to some thought provoking questions and dialogue, leaving the imprint of King’s actions to be remembered, and to encourage continuing his legacy of engagement to target social inequalities.
March 3, 2016
Acadia Musical Theatre Valentine’s Day Fundraiser
On Sunday February 14^th, the Acadia Musical Theatre Society went to the Wolfville Nursing home to perform for residents at dinner time. Two society members travelled to four different dining rooms and entertained staff and residents. The Society had held a raffle and awarded one lucky winner with a Valentine’s Day Serenade by third year violin major Allison Stewart. The group raised funds of over $100 and was given the freedom to choose a Serenade destination by the winner of the draw, who was unable to obtain their prize in person. “It was really a nice thing to do, I think the residents really enjoyed it” quoting President Hope Latta, who also founded the Society in August of 2015. “It’s important for Acadia students to give back to the community, and it’s especially fun to do so through Musical Theater. Going to places like nursing homes is a great way to contribute and it’s a pretty fun thing to do. Once you’ve gone once, it’s the sort of thing that you’d want to do again and again. Staff members can be a great audience, so it’s a great way to perform without the commitment of doing a show.” The concept of playing at a nursing home is inspirational because it provides students with an application of the things that they are learning to do. It’s important to spend time interacting with people who watch you perform because it can provide valuable insight and give you more practice with the concept of audience interaction. Such skills also further development in other fields of study, such as theatre and communication. Being able to access such easy ways to perform is a gift, and it shouldn’t be taken for granted, especially when it is so loved by both parties that are performing. Being able to share the things you learn provides a foundational appreciation for your craft, and it also enriches the experience of being a student overall. Having those sorts of experiences are also good for developing a critique eye for audience response. Often times there is an alienation between the audience and the entertainers where students perform for an audience that they can’t see due to formal lighting. This distance makes it harder for people to grasp the atmosphere in the room that they are performing to. It’s a special skill to be able to play off the audience and to take their energy into account when making choices on stage. These sorts of opportunities are great for strengthening receptive skills, as well as for providing extra experiences in performing. Being able to see your skill make somebody else happy is something that provides extra motivation to keep going through with the program you are in, especially if you are in the arts. It can be a really fun thing to do, and it makes studying a little bit easier. Acadia Musical Theatre is proud to be able to connect Acadia Students to the community at large, and they encourage members to perform where they can. They also provide information on local productions and mini performance opportunities. Funding from the event will also go towards bringing in education workshops in the realm of theatre. To find out more check out their Facebook page and group and email them at [email protected].
February 11, 2016
Peeling Away Conceptions of Crazy in The Acadia Theatre Company’s The House of Blue Leaves
“Crazy” can mean many things to many people: cracked, flawed, erratic, unusual, extreme, obsessive, and insane.
The Acadia Theatre Company’s upcoming production of The House of Blue Leaves certainly paints pictures of each and every one of the ways you could see the word as ”crazy”. The volatile and quirky atmosphere manifests grimly and hysterically. Artie and Bananas who are husband and wife, exemplify two very different aspects of the term. While Bananas is mentally ill, the Artie, is unable to appreciate and care for Bananas, and his job. He is also unable to live in the moment because of his obsession with fame. Robert Seale, director of the ATC’s upcoming production, refers to this as, “our unbelievable pursuit of material wealth and… celebrity worship.” The black comedy illustrates what can happen to a longstanding and deep relationship when one of the parties is driven by these pursuits.
Despite having been originally written in the late 1960s, The House of Blue Leaves is still an incredibly relevant play. In many ways, it’s about the desperation for fame and validation, and the ways in which this desperation drives an individual’s actions. “Witness Facebook,” says Seale, “or the constant onslaught of tweets… We constantly need to know how many followers we have, know how many people like us… [We want others to] think well of us or think that we’re something that they’re not privileged enough to be.”
In fact, Bananas is the only character that is clearly looking out for others more than for personal material gain. Jenna Newcomb, the actress playing Bananas, states that, “she is probably the calmest character as well as the sanest character in the play… Which is kind of funny and ironic considering everyone thinks she’s crazy. But, [the other characters] are so wrapped up in their own lives… and very driven to get what they want.” In fact, Bananas’ schizophrenia is treated in a way that makes it clear that, as Newcomb states, “she’s not the one in the wrong and that the way [the other characters] treat her is not okay.”
Seale cites the inclusion of Bananas as a central character and catalyst as one of the things that makes The House of Blue Leaves so groundbreaking and courageous. Mental illness is incredibly present in everyday life. “We could talk about vets coming home from Afghanistan and committing suicide,” says Seale. “We could talk about Robin Williams and his depression. We could talk about… the de-stigmatization of a number of mental disorders and our wish to have them simply considered like any physical malady… They should be on an equal basis.”
Although each character shows glimmers of “crazy” throughout the production, there is also a far gentler side that only leads to explosive chaos after misunderstanding. As Chris McEwen, who plays the role of Artie said regarding his own character, “he’s just trying to be accepted by everyone, and loved by everyone… but, he doesn’t go about it the smartest ways… He’s just very out of touch with reality and himself.”
One of Seale’s hopes for the audience is that seeing the characters show the many layers of their personalities, bit by bit will cause “some questioning and some searching and some re-examination of one’s own attitudes – as a result… I think that’s a good thing for anybody at any stage in their life.”
Synopsis:
Artie Shaugnessy is a songwriter with visions of glory. Toiling by day as a zoo-keeper. He desperately wants to escape his lower middle-class existence and become a popular singer and songwriter. He lives with his wife, Bananas. Much to the chagrin of Artie’s downstairs mistress, Bunny Flingus. Who’ll sleep with him anytime but refuses to cook until they are married. The ambitious Bunny hatches a plan to commit Bananas and move to Hollywood so that Artie can collaborate with his childhood friend Billy Einhorn, who grew up to be a film producer. Also on the scene are a deaf movie actress (in Billy’s tow), a trio of excitable nuns, and a relation of Artie’s, having gone AWOL.
November 25-28 & December 1-4, 7:30pm Denton Theatre. Tickets at the Acadia Box Office (902) 542-5500 or at the door. $15 regular, $10 students & seniors, $7 for groups of 8 or more. 25% OFF JOE’S BREAKFAST & LUNCH WITH PROOF OF ATTENDANCE.
November 19, 2015
The Delectable Details of the Devour Festival
This November 4-8^th marks the 6^th Annual Devour Food Film Fest. I met with directors of the festival, Michael Howell and Lia Rinaldo, to learn more about the festival, it’s origins, and what the event has to offer our community.
What is the Devour Festival?
Devour is a five-day annual food film festival, located here in Wolfville from November 4^th-8^th. The event features 75 films related to food and drink, as well as 78 diverse events surrounding cuisine; that is creation, critiquing, and of course consumption. he basic guiding premise of the events is to show a film, and to follow the film with food inspired by the cinematic piece. Notable chefs and film-makers alike travel from across the world to celebrate and indulge in all Devour has to offer.
Who created the festival?
Chef Michael Howell is the executive director of the Devour festival. It was his long time support and involvement in the Slow Food movement that lead to the onset of the first edition festival in 2009, then called the Slow Motion Food Film Festival. Lia Rinaldo is the managing director of the festival and first began work with the festival in 2013, her extensive background in film and cinema provides her with much experience in film. The pair developed the festival in to the second edition in 2013 to what is now Devour.
Why a Film and Food Festival in Wolfville?
The festival originally grew out of the Slow Food movement, following the same basic premise of good, clean, and fair food for all. Howell, who owned and operated former local restaurant ‘The Tempest’, indicated that the festival served also to increase economic activity in the Annapolis Valley during the shoulder season, and to attract diverse crowd through the use of food-oriented films. This year, the festival is entering it’s 6^th year, and is projected to attract 8-10,000 attendees.
What events are recommended for students?
The festival boasts numerous budget and schedule friendly events:
- For $20.00, a student film pass is available, which gives access to all films shown at the festival. Several films, such as The Great Chicken Wing Hunt and “Cheese Please” will have complimentary samples of food included with admission.
- The always popular food truck rally on Thursday evening consists of 8 vendors, each who will offer one dish costing only $5.00. The single dish option will ensure shorter wait time, whilst still guaranteeing quality taste.
- On Friday night, a $5.00 admission fee give entrance to a tasting of of 10 chef-prepared chowders at the Chowder Smackdown, with Food Network star judge Bob Blumer
- On Friday night, $25.00 will get you admission and four drinks at the Cocktail Pop-Up Party, a great place to mixology-and-mingle and enjoy some live music
- Saturday night for $25.00, there is a Nova Scotia kitchen party, featuring Martime inspired food, drinks, and music
- All 5 days, there are different food and drink-centered bus tours available as a part of Devour the Bounty. These include the Crafty Beer Bus, the Bubbles Bus, and Acadian Express, and the All you Need is Cheese Express
For the full list of events, and other information on the Devour Festival, visit DevourFest.com
Want to get involved with the Devour Fest?
There are volunteer opportunities available for this upcoming and future festivals. Email Jill Delaney at [email protected] to inquire.
October 29, 2015
The Acadia U Political Science Film Series
The Politics Film Series hosts a screening every Friday at 6:30PM in BAC 138. The series features films which deal with contemporary, classic and critical political problems. Film is one of the most salient mediums for communication. It enforces a single perspective yet offers a plurality of viewpoints. Image and audio come together in a contained space but evokes responses which rupture this comforting frame. Walter Benjamin described it as “the training ground” for modern perception. In this way, the film is both an ordinary experience and experience which exposes the ordinary. Perhaps most importantly, film is a media which individuals may experience collectively. To this end, the evening will conclude with an open discussion on the movie lead by Dr. Geoffrey Whitehall. All Acadia students and members of the community are welcome to attend and encouraged to bring beverages and snacks of their choice.
A Thousand Times Good Night – October 30
Rebecca is a photojournalist torn between war’s frontlines and her family. After an assignment following a group of female suicide bombers in Kabul, Rebecca returns home to Ireland. She is soon drawn back to her work, this time with her daughter in a Kenyan refugee camp which comes under attack. Though framed as a personal drama, the film asks what is the responsibility of foreign journalists in war? How are lives made visible? What is seductive about the struggle and suffering of others?
Five Broken Cameras – November 6
Emad Burnat’s camera bears witness to the Israeli settlement of the West Bank – until each is inevitably destroyed. He documents the bulldozing of villages, uprooting of olive trees, and the maiming and deaths of his neighbours. The immediate perspective of the documentary sheds fresh light on what is perhaps the most polemic conflict in the world today: is Israel a colonial power? How do we make sense of the self-documented experiences of Palestinians? What does resistance look like for those on the margins?
Cache – November 13
A seemingly ordinary French couple receives an anonymous tape of their apartment. Over the following weeks, other tapes and cryptic child-like drawings begin to arrive. The family is soon confronted by a long-buried secret about their past. The film provokes unexpected questions such as : what is the legacy of colonialism? How can institutions control the flow of information? What does it mean to see another? How do we appreciate our impact on the lives of those we may not see? Who or what is truly terrifying?
October 29, 2015
Stay Gold at the Axe Lounge
WHO: Pony Girl (Ottawa) – www.ponygirl.bandcamp.com
Old Cabin (Yukon) – www.oldcabin.bandcamp.com
Keith Stratton (Wolfville) – www.keithstratton.bandcamp.com
DUANE!!! (Wolfville) – www.duane111.bandcamp.com
WHEN: Thursday, September 17th, doors at 8pm, show at 8:30
WHERE: The Axe Lounge in the SUB
HOW MUCH: $7.00
Come out to the Axe for a fun night of hip music with two bands from afar and two from just down the road! Music genres range from indie folk, to classical-infused dream-pop, to drone music. It is sure to be a unique experience that you won’t want to miss.
If you would rather sit down in a nice building, or happen to fall in love with singer from Pony Girl or Old Cabin at the Axe, don’t worry, there will be a more intimate afternoon acoustic concert on the Sunday following this show. It takes place at the Manning Memorial Chapel, on Sunday, September 20th at 2pm. Suggested donation is $10, and the accompanying act will be local heartthrob Pat Lepoidevin (www.patlepoidevin.bandcamp.com).
Here’s a word from Pony Girl about their new album:
We’re Pony Girl. Because of our six members’ various musical backgrounds, our music is somewhat difficult to pin down to one genre. To give you an idea, some of us have classical degrees, some have played in big band jazz ensembles, and others simply have the love for folk story-telling. All of this combined together creates something I’m proud to call quite unique.
We’ve just finished the production of our sophomore record “Foreign Life” which comes out on November 7th. Our sound and approach to song-writing has definitely evolved since our previous record. We took from all our favorite styles and combined them in a digestible way. We were going for the “Radiohead effect,” where the songs are catchy enough to enjoy in the first listen, but have a second level to them that keeps them interesting in repeated listens.
We’re starting an Ontario-Quebec-Maritimes tour this Saturday, 12th of September. We will be playing almost exclusively material from the new record and will incorporate its imagery and visual themes on stage around us. I’m very excited to start the tour, it’s a passion for me to be both traveling and sharing my art with as many people as possible. Our tour dates as well as our newly released music video for our song “Candy” can be found in this article: http://exclaim.ca/music/article/pony_girl-candy_video
September 16, 2015
12th Annual Deep Roots Music Festival in Wolfville
In less than two weeks, the 12th annual Deep Roots Music Festival will be taking place in downtown Wolfville. The Deep Roots Music Cooperative’s mantra is to foster “an enduring community, celebrating and enriching our culture through music.” The festival features primarily folk and blues musicians, as well as dancers, visual artists, and children’s music. It runs from September 24th to 27th.
As the former Summer Student Assistant Coordinator, I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of the preparation for this year’s festival. The most amazing thing about Deep Roots is the unwavering and passionate dedication of the Festival Committee and festival volunteers. The Festival Committee is made up entirely of volunteers, many of whom have full-time jobs and families. Yet, they have the energy and talent to organize the festival year after year. It takes months of preparation. To see their love of music manifest itself in the beautiful production of the Deep Roots Music Festival is completely inspirational.
Last year I went to only the free events during the festival. The experience of being surrounded by music for an entire day was incredibly fulfilling and memorable. Wolfville becomes filled with musicians and performers and artists who all really care about connecting with their audience and the community. The Farmer’s Market has outdoor music, a parade that takes place in the town around noon (featuring gorgeous giant puppets!), and Paddy’s hosts evening concerts. Even if you can’t make it to or afford the priced events, there’s still many events to take part in that are free.
Additionally, the Deep Roots offers student pricing on tickets and passes. The festival schedule has more details on performers, events, workshops, and pricing.
Two exciting highlight concerts of this year’s festival feature maritime-based Old Man Luedecke and Matt Andersen on Sept 24th, and Canadian folk legend Sylvia Tyson on Sept 26th.
For more details about the festival, or to volunteer, refer to their website or email [email protected].
September 16, 2015

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