The Cove Journal
by JoDee Samuelson

The season of gingerbread houses, eggnog and fruitcake is upon us. And craft fairs. Do we need this many potholders, aprons, wall hangings, scarves, bowls, mugs, earrings, wreaths, wooden potato bins, jams, jellies, pickles, chutneys, squares and sugar cookies? No, we don’t need any of it, but since we want to support our neighbors, and everything looks so nice, w

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Catherine O’Brien lands job at Harbourfront Theatre

by Peggy Miles

Although the new year has yet to be ushered in, the offices at the Harbourfront Theatre are busy preparing, planning and plotting for their 2013 summer season. Assisting with that effort is well known Island stage luminary Catherine O’Brien who will fill the role of Artistic Director for the theatre’s summer programming.

O’Brien is a

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The Other Notebook
by David Helwig

Recently I was given a 1931 copy of a magazine called The Dickensian: A Quarterly Magazine for Dickens Lovers. My copy presents—among reports from far flung branches of the Dickens Fellowship—essays on the use of alcohol in Dickens’ novels, on his fictional waiters, and on the sources of the songs quoted by Dick Swiveller in The Old Curiosity Shop.

You might call

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Bandwagon

Band members/instrument(s): John Hashem (vox), Jason Cudmore (guitar), Mark Wells (guitar), Ian Smith (drums), and Aurthur Mason (bass). The group is looking for a drummer and a bass player.

Style, influences etc: Sister play hard rock. They describe the sound as “music for both sides of your brain with an in your face attitude—power-scream vocals with catchy guitar riffs.” Influences include Pearl

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Profile: Lionel Stevenson

by Jane Ledwell

"Photography is a vast subject," says Lionel Stevenson. "There is no discipline, from medicine to astronomy, that doesn't use photography. But fine art photography is not concerned about the things that are recorded so much as the expression."

Though he grew up in New Brunswick, Lionel Stevenson's beginnings as a photographer were here. In 1947, at eight

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Mary Gallant carries on an old tradition of furniture repair

In Her Own Write
by Ann Thurlow

The fall sun is streaming in the big windows at McAskill’s woodworking in Charlottetown. The air smells of wood. All around are beautiful, sleek pieces of handmade furniture. By the window, Mary Gallant sits with an old chair in front of her, slightly hunched over, her fingers swiftly weaving long strands of r

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The Cove Journal
by JoDee Samuelson

With the wind blowing impetuously and chestnuts in their sharp casings crashing onto the roof like small bombs, this is a good day to be inside by the fire. I’m kind of glad I’m not out holding a HONK sign on the Trans Canada.

I can’t help thinking of those folks who were camped last month down by the hemlocks on Peter’s Road. They had a lot of rain, and the campsite was

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I’m Dining Out Here
by Andrew Sprague

It is a risky proposition to try to be all things to all people. To attend to the needs of such a wide variety of individuals could drive a business owner mad. That’s why Charlottetown’s newest food venture is so intriguing. Not only is Terre Rouge Bistro Marché a market, bistro and deli, but it has one of the biggest menus I’ve ever seen and some of the most original offeri

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New publishing company aims for young adult market

by Ann Thurlow

Sometimes a great idea is a lot of hard work. And sometimes a great idea is a confluence of small things, an opening suddenly created, an opportunity seized. Not to say that the birth of Fierce Ink Press didn’t involve a lot of hard work. But the women behind Fierce Ink—Kimberly Walsh and Colleen McKie—definitely had their eyes open for a

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Notes from the Road
by Catherine MacLellan

This past September, I had the opportunity to be part of Music PEI’s Artist Exchange program. Founded last year between Music PEI and the English Folk Dance and Song Society, the program arranges for a British songwriter to travel to the Island to work on songwriting with a local musician. I was the local and Mr Sam Carter of London was the UK part.

When I

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