Canada Day at the Museum – Join NORMHC as it celebrates Canada Day and the 100th anniversary of the museum house. Free admission, live music, and fireworks to cap of the night. BBQ and Beer Tent on site. 10:00 a.m. @ Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre – 26 Bloor Street, Capreol. Multicultural Canada Day Celebration – The Sudbury Multicultural and Folk Arts Association cordially extends an inviation to the Sudbury community as we commence the celebration of Canada’s 149th birthday at the Sudbury Arena. The City of Greater Sudbury Police Serices Pipe Band will launch the commencement of these......
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When: Sunday July 10, 2016 – 10:30 p.m. – Tickets Origin: Toronto, ON Genres: Pop, rock, singer-songwriter Discography: Heal Thyself Pt.1: Instinct (2016) A Different Sort of Solitude (2012) Page One (2010) A Singer Must Die (2010) The Vanity Project (2005) Steven Page, arguably one of the most notable voices in Canadian pop music makes his triumphant return to Sudbury! As the front man for the Barenaked Ladies, Page has already been a familiar voice for decades with hits such as If I Had A Million Dollars and One Week maintaining radio play even today. Since leaving the group Page has gone on......
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When: Saturday July 9th, 2016 – 10:30 p.m. – Tickets Origin: Troy, Nova Scotia Genres: Celtic, Dance, East-Coast, Fiddle, Folk, Traditional Discography: One (2015) MacMaster, an acclaimed Canadian fiddle legend and Leahy the leader of the award winning family band aptly named Leahy both NLFB veterans return to the stage for the festivals 45th anniversary! Joined together by marriage now their debut collaborative album One brings the ‘first couple of contemporary Celtic music’ on stage together! Electrifying audiences with passion and exuberance, this mesmerizing fiddling duo bring the tradition of their Cape Breton Island roots to life! Performing not only new material from......
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When: Friday July 9, 2016 – 10:30 p.m. – Tickets Origin: Toronto, ON Genres: Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock Discography: Pink Strat (2009) Barchords (2012) Bahamas Is Afie (2014) Afie Jurvanen aka Bahamas is a Barrie, ON native and Juno award winning singer-songwriter. His latest album Bahamas Is Afie released in 2014 was featured on Q’s Top 20 Albums of 2014 list, won a Juno for Adult Alternative Album of the Year and Jurvanen himself won a Juno for Songwriter of the Year. His soft minimalist tones will make you feel like you’re floating on a raft made of clouds on Ramsey Lake rather than......
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Monday, June 27 Open Resume Clinic – We offer 15-minute walk-in visits for quick résumé and cover letter critiques, on-the-spot job search advice, overview of services, and introductory career decision-making guidance. Walk-ins are available on a first-come, first-served basis in the Career Centre in room 2409. No appointment necessary. A paper (hard) copy of any documents (cover letter, resume, etc.) to be reviewed is required. 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. @ Cambrian College – 1400 Barrydowne Road Tuesday, June 28 STN: Loves John Cusack – 3 rounds of 15 questions, and one bonus question per round. Pages are marked a-la grade 5......
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SudburYAY (Summer Sampler) Wowza this summer is gonna be more lit than a backyard bonfire! I recommend that you stock up on at least 1lb of earplugs because tinnitus is so last year and there are four hype A F music festivals you’re going to need to go to this summer. For this playlist I compiled my favourites (that are available on Spotify) from this summer’s line-ups at Up Here, River & Sky, Northern Lights Festival Boreal, and Jazz Sudbury. And goddamn, these line-ups are hella dope. Turn it up ladies n’ gents!...
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Friday, June 24 24th Street Wailers – Cost: $10 – 10:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. @ The Townehouse Tavern – 206 Elgin Queer North Film Festival – CAROL – 7:00 p.m. – THOSE PEOPLE – 9:00 p.m. @ Sudbury Secondary School. Tinder/Grinder Party @ Zig’s 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25 Twin Forks Community Yard Sale – Join us June 25th at Twin Forks playground in New Sudbury for a community yard sale and barbecue. If you would like a free table to sell items please call Mike at 705-560-7044. 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Twin Forks – 1475 Gary Avenue Yard Sale Fundraiser......
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Welcome to Our Crater’s Trendsetter Thursday microblog! Here we show you our favourite looks and styles and give you some of our top fashion tips and tricks. Have any ideas for upcoming microblogs or want to know how to wear a particular item? Send to message to info@ourcrater.com and you might see it in a future post! Favourite Fashion Item: T-shirt dresses, aka the ultimate summer wardrobe staple T-shirt dresses are the easiest way to stay cool in the summer, in my opinion. This one in particular is from the Gap (similar styles here and here); not going to......
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Rule of Seconds interlaces the lives and stories of four generations of one family in Sault Ste. Marie where the author, Shawna Partridge, grew up. Spanning from the 1920s to present day, the narrative depicts the extraordinary lives of the narrator-protagonist Sheila, her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Searching for the cause of her epilepsy, Sheila looks to her family history for answers; what she uncovers is years of secrets. This is Shawna’s first book and we were really excited to find out more about her novel, the publishing process and her future writing plans! How did you come up with......
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The summer has arrived and with it come the long hot days and cool nights that make for the perfect setting to enjoy all your favourite acts! There’s nothing like grabbing a group of friends and spending a weekend immersed in a festival – it’s almost like another world! Ontario is home to some of the best festivals in the country and with scenery that keeps diehards coming back year after year. We know you Sudburians are last minute folk so we took the liberty of putting together a list of road trip worthy festivals to hit up this......
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