Welcome to Crater Creatives, a monthly artist profile series offering a unique look into the artists that call Sudbury home! There’s certain type of creativity that’s born up here in Northern Ontario, maybe it’s the wilderness that surrounds us, or maybe it’s just our resourceful spirit. Whatever the case may be we’re here to shine a spotlight on the innovative artists of all sorts in this big old crater! Have an artist you’d like to recommend for a future Crater Creatives profile? Shoot an email to jessica@ourcrater.com and tell us all about it! Darshan Geer is the young dancing......
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The summer is nearing an end but there is still a few weeks left to indulge in some delicious frozen treats before days get shorter and the weather gets colder. Today we’re sharing our Top 5 Instagram worthy frozen treats spots you can find in Sudbury. Huckleberries Chocolatiers Of Canada Huckleberries Chocolatiers Of Canada recently moved downtown to Durham street and offer a crazy delicious variety of novelty chocolates, chocolate dipped candies and heaping ice cream cones. Pick up an ice cream cone and a chocolate dipped sour key – you won’t be disappointed. View this post on Instagram A post......
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Theatre Cambrian is hosting “Songs of Summer Music Festival” this weekend! On Friday, July 28th, 2017 starting at 12:00 pm at Memorial Park, local talents Sex and Summer, Tea and Whiskey, Natalie Crispo, The Committed, Sugarboom, Be Here Now, Jopo and The Rize, Matt Neveau, Celine Tellier, and Larry Berro will take to the bandshell in a show to raise funds for the local theatre. On a true Sudbury Saturday Night at Theatre Cambrian, Taw Connors: The Canadian Stompper will be playing a tribute concert to his father, the late Tom Connors. To wrap up the weekend, Kass Bazinet......
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Welcome to Crater Creatives, a monthly artist profile series offering a unique look into the artists that call Sudbury home! There’s certain type of creativity that’s born up here in Northern Ontario, maybe it’s the wilderness that surrounds us, or maybe it’s just our resourceful spirit. Whatever the case may be we’re here to shine a spotlight on the innovative artists of all sorts in this big old crater! Have an artist you’d like to recommend for a future Crater Creatives profile? Shoot an email to jessica@ourcrater.com and tell us all about it! If there had to be a......
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Wine and cheese – need I say more? This incredibly hip eatery is known for its great atmosphere and hosting abilities! Fromagerie Elgin is definitely a spot you will need to check out because let me tell you it is more than just cheese! Enjoy delicious eats accompanied by weekly local music, poetry readings, trivia fun, dance-a- thons and so much more! We spoke with the manager, Laura, to get the inside scoop at the Fromo. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Delanie (@delaniepearson) Tell us about yourself and Fromagerie Elgin. Where did the inspiration to create a specialty cheese shop......
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A year is a long time in the fast moving life of a singer-songwriter, and Big Nickel native Tessa Gooden can most certainly attest to that! After releasing her very first EP ‘Blackwater’ last spring Tessa was swept away on a whirlwind USA tour (read about it here and here), a slew of big city shows in Toronto and locally a performance at the official Our Crater Launch Party last July and Up Here in August. Now signed to a label with Akashic Rekords and more driven than ever Tessa has hit us with another shockwave with her second......
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July 18, 2017
Ramakko’s Source for Adventure is Here to Help You Enjoy the Great Outdoors!
Are you the adventurous type? Do you love to explore the outdoors? Are you a hiker, hunter, fisher or camper? Then you absolutely need to make regular visits to Ramakko’s. Just a quick drive to the South End, located at 2345 Regent, Ramakko’s Source for Adventure has been serving Sudbury and the surrounding area with specialist gear, next-level customer service and local experts to help make your adventures truly special. Brian Ramakko and his family have been in business for 33 years, starting with 1000 square feet and $12,000 as a bait and tackle shop, all the way to......
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Lifestyle |
July 17, 2017
FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO CANADA- BRINGING CHILD WELLNESS AND MINDFULNESS TO SUDBURY
Starting in Cape Town, South Africa, Tarryn Cothill launched Little Souls in 2015- which offers training for parents on baby massage, as well as yoga for children. Now located in Sudbury, Tarryn wants to care for her new community. Tell us a little about yourself and Little Souls. My family and I moved from Cape Town to Sudbury this past January. I have a diploma in kinesiology, am registered Yoga4Kids teacher and registered infant massage trainer. I was in South Africa when I had a dream with little hands and feet waving in the air. I knew it was......
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I’m sitting in a coffee shop and my friend looks over at me and says, “Have you ever heard that quote from Warren Buffett; “I couldn’t tell you what colour my room is because I have numbers running through my head all day”? That quote might not be exact but I hope if it isn’t you will correct me. It was a very cool thing for me to hear at that moment because I have spent years trying to figure out why “we” remember certain things and forget other things. I was a horrendous student. Especially when it came to testing that required......
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A new dance training duo has hit the scene hosting pre-professional dancers 15+ and leaders in the dance community. Offering a unique week of intensive dance training, branch will expose Sudbury dancers to styles and techniques to prepare them for the next level in their professional career. Mikaela Demers and Denise Vitali, both accomplished dancers locally in their own right have joined forces on this ambitious new endeavour in an effort to strengthen and continue to build Sudbury’s dance community. Demers local dance experience includes, Sudbury Secondary School, Sudbury School of Dance, Dance Evolution, Diane Boulais Studio de Danse,......
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