Evening Fall
October 2017
Lovely sunset outside NQ office as we stroll home after a day’s prep on our (you won’t have to wait long for it) surprise…
“It felt like home”: Live Shakespearian Theatre returns to St John’s
by Robert Ormsby Live Shakespeare performance returned to St John’s this summer with Shakespeare By The Sea’s (SBTS) staging of Pericles at the Fortis Courtyard Amphitheatre outside The Rooms. Director…
Folkin’ Wonderful: My First Time Volunteering At the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival
BY NQ
“Oh, for the love of God and all that is holy, please stop raining before my volunteer shift starts,” I groan, looking out the window. A rainstorm going into the…
Making Album Rock
BY Matthew Hollett
You can find such surprising and funny things while digging through archives. The Pilote de Terre-Neuve, published in 1869, is full of dollhouse-like illustrations of Newfoundland’s coastline, complete with tiny ships and houses. I also came across a sea captain’s letter to his daughter, in which he describes “seven little gulls recently hatched” that he is attempting to raise.