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ACT a community theatre - ACT is an amateur association promoting community theatre. This is an open community weblog.
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Anne and Gilbert The Musical - This blog is about the new musical Anne and Gilbert, based on Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island. The musical will be produced at the Harbourfront Jubilee Theatre in Summerside July 12th to September 3rd 2006.
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  • Anne & Gilbert, The Musical marks 500th performance
    Anne & Gilbert, The Musical marks 500th performanceThe GuardianThe celebrated musical about Anne of Green Gables in love, Anne & Gilbert, The Musical will mark its 500th public performance tonight.This landmark is unusual for Canadian musicals, one of the few Canadian musicals in recent decades to have received so many performances. The 500 performances have been spread across the country,
  • Hello Gilbert: An Anne and Gilbert Review
    I came across this review of Anne and Gilbert on a blog called The Way I See It by Amanda Campbell and wanted to share it.
  • Free Children's Tickets to the Anne and Gilbert Musical
    This info was listed in the Tourism PEI e-mail newsletter today:The internationally celebrated musical about Anne of Green Gables in love is offering FREE children's tickets to this year's production. Acclaimed by Newsweek as "Such a Hit!" and The Guardian as "Hands down the best!" Anne & Gilbert runs until September 19th. For more information and to book tickets: 1-800-708-6505.Children 12 and
  • Recording Artist Michael Hughes Joins the Anne & Gilbert Cast
    When Anne & Gilbert begins it run this Tuesday, June 23, a new actor and recording artist will be assuming the role of Gilbert Blythe. Michael Hughes will be portraying the role for the first time opposite Rebecca Parent's Anne Shirley, who is the acclaimed Island actress returning for her third season. Photograph courtesy of www.mickehughes.comIn addition to being a gifted actor, Michael
  • Made for Marilla
    Here's a nice article on Martha Irving, the actress playing Marilla Cuthbert for a second year in Anne and Gilbert - The Musical.Made for MarillaMartha Irving uses her early years on P.E.I. to influence her character in the Harbourfront Theatre production of Anne & Gilbert - The MusicalBY SALLY COLEThe GuardianCharlottetown, P.E.I.June 19, Friday, 2009Martha Irving believes her life has many

Avonlea's Journal - This is the community for the show "Road to Avonlea" which started back in 1990 based on the novels by PEI's Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Beachwalker Films - Mark Sandiford's blog - Beachwalker Films makes television programs that explore the interaction between people and their cultures. Beachwalker produces documentaries, dramas and interactive multi-media projects for broadcast and educational markets. Mark Sandiford is their president.
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  • Wed., December 31st, Qallunaat! wins a Gemini Award
    I am absolutely delighted to say that Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny has won a Special Gemini Award. The Canada Award honours excellence in mainstream television programming which best reflects the racial and cultural diversity of Canada. I will be travelling to Toronto to receive the award on October 20th. Unfortunately, Zebedee Nungak will not be able to join me. He will be over in Scotland shooting another film. Congratulations and a huge thanks to everyone who worked on Qallunaat!
  • Wed., December 31st, First Scientists is back in distribution
    I am delighted to be able to say that First Scientists is now available on DVD through Distribution Access. For two year since the demise of Magic Lantern, First Scientists has been unavailable. Meanwhile, I have been inundated with requests for copies from schools, colleges and libraries around the world. You can order your copy by clicking here or by pasting the following url into your browser: http://www.distributionaccess.com/new/index.cfm
  • Wed., December 31st, Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny and Qallunaank Piusiqsiuriniq on DVD
    The National Film Board has released Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny and Qallunaank Piusiqsiuriniq on a single DVD. I am delighted. The price for Canadian home use is $19.95. Click here to order. Happy viewing!
  • Wed., December 31st, Qallunaat! Wins at Yorkton
    On Saturday, May 26, Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny won a Golden Sheaf award at the Yorkton Short Film Festival in the Best Aboriginal category. Yorkton is the granddaddy of Canadian film festivals, celebrating its 60th year. Qallanaat! is in fine company, joining The Danish Poet, Little Mosque on the Prairie and The Nature of Things on the platform. Qallunaat! is to be released any day now on DVD by the National Film Board. Stay tuned.
  • Wed., December 31st, Qallunaat! to Air on ASN
    Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny is having its world broadcast premiere on ASN, CTV's satellite and cable network in Atlantic Canada. It will air Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 8 PM Atlantic time, 8:30 in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Beater Blog (Kier Kenny) - Beater Days in Beaterville. Beateromics in action. I am the bar tender at Brennan’s on Victoria Row around the corner, Kier is my name. Brennan’s is the local hangout of the Beater Boys.
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  • Thu., July 3rd, #1 in the world Central Boiler - Outdoor Furnaces - Wood Stoves
    While visiting Rollo Bay in search of fresh strawberries I found Atlantic Canada's largest central boiler dealer. Driftwood Gardens is a family operated pesticide free farm exploring the possibilities of wind generated power and biomass heat generation with the goal...
  • Thu., February 14th, Happy Valentine Day
    U know who U are, love U....
  • Wed., December 12th, (no subject)
    How long have I been gone? . It's Christmas across the entire galaxy, it's a great feeling to be on ones home planet for the holidays. The Doctor and I have been on quite a journey, time zones, solar systems,...
  • Wed., November 7th, Back On Planet Earth
    Did you miss me?...
  • Sun., July 29th, Canadian Tire
    I was walking through the automotive section looking for wiper blades. "Is that you" I looked around and there he was "Hi Doc how you doing?" He laughed "Haven't seen you since the night we met Harry." "Yeah what a...

Bloody Terror - Dave S from Charlottetown reviews horror movies.
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  • MY HORROR AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION
    Clive Barker (Author)


    Dario Argento (Dir, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Suspiria, Deep Red)


    Herschell Gordon Lewis (The Godfather of Gore)


    Herk Harvey (Dir, Carnival of Souls)


    Linnea Quigley (Return of the Living Dead; Savage Streets; Silent Night, Deadly Night; Night of the Demons)


    Autographs M.I.A.: David Cronenberg, Tom Savini.
  • FAVE HORROR FLICKS 2000-2010


    Ya know, there have been some pretty decent horror flicks released since the dawning of the 00's. In my eyes anyway. Here's what I'm thinking:

    28 Days Later
    The Devil's Rejects
    Final Destination 2
    Grindhouse
    High Tension
    Hostel: Part II
    The House of the Devil
    House of Wax (seriously)
    Inside
    Ju-on
    Let the Right One In
    Martyrs
    The Orphanage
    The Others
    Pontypool
    Rec
    Session 9
    The Strangers
    Trick R Treat
    Trouble Every Day

    Other Notables: The Host, The Descent, Drag Me to Hell, Slither, Ginger Snaps, Uzumaki, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Devil's Backbone, Jeepers Creepers, Bubba Ho-Tep, May, House of 1,000 Corpses, A Tale of Two Sisters, Calvaire, Shaun of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Sheitan, The Hills Have Eyes, The Mist, The Woods, Cloverfield.
  • 70's Cult Project


    The Mike over at From Midnight, With Love poses this question: "What would you say are the most essential cult films of the 1970s?". Sez The Mike, "You can pick whatever you want, as long as you formulate a ranked TOP 5 in this category. After everyone has created their list, I will compile an overall list that will use YOUR picks to determine a final list of The Midnight Warriors' Most Essential Cult Films of the 1970s! I'll plan on trying to finish this in two weeks, so I'd like to have lists from people by Monday August 30th."

    With thanks to The Mike, here's the Bloody Terror List of the Most Essential Cult Films of the 1970's:

    FORMER #5. Suspiria (1977, Dir. Dario Argento)

    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Suspiria (1977) ... each of these deserve to be on this list. BUT I gotta get rid of this/these choices to make way for Bloody Terror's REAL choice for #5 (see below).


    5. The Poseidon Adventure (1972, Dir. Ronald Neame)


    4. The Streetfighter (1975, Dir. S. Ozawa)


    3. Supervixens (1975, Dir: Russ Meyer)


    2. El Topo (1971, Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky)


    1. Eraserhead (1978, Dir. David Lynch)
  • My Canuxploitation Film Festival


    While perusing the essential Canuxploitation website, I got to thinking... If I were to program my own little festival of Canadian exploitation films, the schedule would run like this:





















  • Classics Re-Arranged

    From Miss Jinx over at Totally Jinxed via Tim Grant of Post-Mortem Depression:

    ?Below are twenty horror films which are universally accepted as classics listed in alphabetical order. Just rearrange the list by cutting and pasting them into your own order based on how you would rate them. For instance, if you think that "The Hills Have Eyes" is a better movie than "Hellraiser" then cut and paste it higher up in the list. Repeat this with all the titles until you have your own personalised top twenty. Other people will then be able to see if you have the same tastes in horror as them or not.?

    The Bloody Terror List:

    The Exorcist (1973)
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
    Psycho (1960)
    Halloween (1978)
    Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    Dawn of the Dead (1978)
    The Haunting (1963)
    The Thing (1982)
    Night of the Living Dead (1968)
    The Shining (1980)
    Alien (1979)
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
    Friday the 13th (1980)
    The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
    The Wicker Man (1973)
    An American Werewolf in London (1981)
    Hellraiser (1987)
    The Omen (1976)
    The Lost Boys (1987)

Brackley Drive-In Theatre - Now with RSS!
(Added: 12-Sep-2004 Hits: 538 Rating: 1.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

Carol Little - News and reviews related to PEI author Carol Little.
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  • Books For Sale
    I'd like to sell you a book. Order one today & receive free shipping & pay no tax, plus receive a $5 discount if you order my novel and poetry book. Msg me if you're interested. :)
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    Recent article from Cairns Magazine ... http://www.cairnsmedia.com/archives_feature_author-Little-shows-big-flair-potential_06112010.html
  • Book Giveaway
    Win a signed copy of Hide Your Life Away with Open Book Toronto.
  • (no subject)
    Recent interview with Open Book Toronto.
  • (no subject)
    I'm in the process of creating a new website littlebooks.ca where you will be able to purchase copies of Hide Your Life Away and my new collection of poetry A Study in Love.

City Cinema Schedule - PEI's repertory theatre. Downtown Charlottetown.
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  • Fri., September 3rd, Cyrus at Friday, September 3, 2010 at 9:10
    Only 4 days left to see this film.

    Rated: 14 Accompaniment (Coarse Language)
    Runs: 92 minutes
    Director: Jay Duplass/Mark Duplass
    Country: US
    Released: 2010
    Starring: Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, John C. Reilly, Catherine Keener

    “Middle-aged romance can be a dicey prospect. And it gets more complicated when children are in the picture. But it gets more complex still if the ‘child’ is actually 21, and creepily meddlesome... What makes this dark comedy work so well is the way in which directors Jay and Mark Duplass build an original story on a broad, even farcical, foundation and leaven it with nuance. It's an edgy, engrossing comedy... Amid the laughs, emotional truths loom large for each of its rather odd characters. The story centers on John, a sad sack whose ex-wife, Jamie, is soon to be remarried. John's life is a cringe-fest until he meets the warmhearted Molly.... Reilly and Tomei have credible chemistry, convincing us that these two damaged adults may actually have found their soul mates. But their romance runs into a rather sizable snag in the form of Molly's maladjusted son, Cyrus. Molly and Cyrus have an unusually close bond that gives new meaning to the term ‘mollycoddled.’ A rivalry between Cyrus and John is hilarious... Hill plays a very different character from his usual harmless geeks in Get Him to the Greek or Superbad. He nails Cyrus' sense of menace laced with brattiness, making this his best and most complex performance... The Duplass brothers fuse comedy, tragedy and discomfort... Above all, it deftly captures the ambiguity and absurdity of human relationships... Cyrus is an off-kilter charmer.” - Claudia Puig, The Washington Post. “Painfully funny farce... one of the best and most surprising movies of the year.” - Georgia Straight

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  • Fri., September 3rd, The Kids Are All Right at Friday, September 3, 2010 at 7:00
    Only 2 days left to see this film.

    Rated: 14 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Coarse Language, Nudity)
    Runs: 104 minutes
    Director: Lisa Cholodenko
    Country: US
    Released: 2010
    Starring: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo
    Awards: Winner - Best Film, Berlin International Film Festival

    “The story of a family that is both as unique and as ordinary as any other, Kids may sound like typically quirky arthouse fare. But this is a movie for everyone - and, in one way or another, about everyone, too. It really doesn't matter if you have two mothers, like California teens Joni and Laser. Or if you're an affluent, mildly new-age lesbian like their moms, Jules and Nic. What you'll recognize most about this clan is how they relate to each other, in each beautiful, comical, and painfully familiar way. Granted, their immediate issues are somewhat unconventional. When Joni and Laser decide to find their moms' sperm donor, they meet Paul, an easygoing, happily single restaurateur. Much to his surprise, he likes the idea of being a dad. But adding a new member to a tightly knit family turns out to be, well, just as complicated as you might expect. It's such a pleasure to watch actors and filmmakers working at the very top of their game... Every scene has its highlights, from amusing observations about sex to poignant truths about parenting and partnerships. But what you'll remember most is the exquisitely lovely final scene, in which Cholodenko reminds us that all we need is a single moment of perfection -in a family, or even in a film - to believe that somehow, things will always be all right.” - Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

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  • Thu., September 2nd, The Kids Are All Right at Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 7:00
    Only 3 days left to see this film.

    Rated: 14 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Coarse Language, Nudity)
    Runs: 104 minutes
    Director: Lisa Cholodenko
    Country: US
    Released: 2010
    Starring: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo
    Awards: Winner - Best Film, Berlin International Film Festival

    “The story of a family that is both as unique and as ordinary as any other, Kids may sound like typically quirky arthouse fare. But this is a movie for everyone - and, in one way or another, about everyone, too. It really doesn't matter if you have two mothers, like California teens Joni and Laser. Or if you're an affluent, mildly new-age lesbian like their moms, Jules and Nic. What you'll recognize most about this clan is how they relate to each other, in each beautiful, comical, and painfully familiar way. Granted, their immediate issues are somewhat unconventional. When Joni and Laser decide to find their moms' sperm donor, they meet Paul, an easygoing, happily single restaurateur. Much to his surprise, he likes the idea of being a dad. But adding a new member to a tightly knit family turns out to be, well, just as complicated as you might expect. It's such a pleasure to watch actors and filmmakers working at the very top of their game... Every scene has its highlights, from amusing observations about sex to poignant truths about parenting and partnerships. But what you'll remember most is the exquisitely lovely final scene, in which Cholodenko reminds us that all we need is a single moment of perfection -in a family, or even in a film - to believe that somehow, things will always be all right.” - Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

    Advance Tickets ~ IMDB on Film ~

  • Wed., September 1st, Solitary Man at Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 7:00
    This is the last night for this film.

    Rated: 14 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Coarse Language)
    Runs: 90 minutes
    Director: Brian Koppelman/David Levien
    Country: US
    Released: 2010
    Starring: Michael Douglas, Mary-Louise Parker, Susan Sarandon, Jesse Eisenberg, Danny DeVito

    “Michael Douglas in one of his best performances, as a once rich and famous car dealer, now in hard times but still tireless as closing the hardest sell of all - himself. He's a seducer, a cheater, a user, but running outgo of options, in a smart comedy/drama with an excellent supporting cast.” - Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Times. “In contrast to the emotional inertia of the character he plays, a former big-wheel car dealer gunning toward self-destruction as he nears 60, Michael Douglas surges ahead in Solitary Man with the best work he's done in the decade since Wonder Boys. Douglas portrays Ben Kalmen, a New York player gone to seed and divorced from a good, mature woman (Susan Sarandon, equally revitalized). He's squandering the love of his adult daughter (Jenna Fischer, superb). And he's compulsively chasing inappropriate women ... With an outstanding screenplay a story that could have been generic turns into a precise, honest, and affecting drama. And recognizing the gift of such a character, Douglas does Ben Kalmen the honor of playing him exactly as he lies.” - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

    Advance Tickets ~ IMDB on Film ~

  • Tue., August 31st, Solitary Man at Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 7:00
    Only 1 days left to see this film.

    Rated: 14 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Coarse Language)
    Runs: 90 minutes
    Director: Brian Koppelman/David Levien
    Country: US
    Released: 2010
    Starring: Michael Douglas, Mary-Louise Parker, Susan Sarandon, Jesse Eisenberg, Danny DeVito

    “Michael Douglas in one of his best performances, as a once rich and famous car dealer, now in hard times but still tireless as closing the hardest sell of all - himself. He's a seducer, a cheater, a user, but running outgo of options, in a smart comedy/drama with an excellent supporting cast.” - Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Times. “In contrast to the emotional inertia of the character he plays, a former big-wheel car dealer gunning toward self-destruction as he nears 60, Michael Douglas surges ahead in Solitary Man with the best work he's done in the decade since Wonder Boys. Douglas portrays Ben Kalmen, a New York player gone to seed and divorced from a good, mature woman (Susan Sarandon, equally revitalized). He's squandering the love of his adult daughter (Jenna Fischer, superb). And he's compulsively chasing inappropriate women ... With an outstanding screenplay a story that could have been generic turns into a precise, honest, and affecting drama. And recognizing the gift of such a character, Douglas does Ben Kalmen the honor of playing him exactly as he lies.” - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

    Advance Tickets ~ IMDB on Film ~

Confederation Centre - What's on at the Confed. Centre
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Dale Sorensen’s Blog - one trombonist’s thoughts about the world - Hi. I am a professional trombonist in Prince Edward Island Canada. I created this blog to share thoughts or stories about things that are important to me - things like classical music, the environment, my family, and yes, the trombone.
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  • Of Mice and Men
    Last night I had a dream. I dreamed that there was a mouse in our house, and when I discovered it, in my dream, I caught it by the quickest, most resourceful method I could come up with in the spur of the moment – with my bare hand. It was a wiggly little thing, [...]
  • International Trombone Week 2009
    Today marks the first day of International Trombone Week 2009, and I intend to celebrate! I am going to attempt to write a post a day here on my blog, and I even have a performance planned with the UPEI Trombone Quartet. It is fitting that I should be performing in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony with [...]
  • Making Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
    Considering my recent obsession with dark chocolate and my fondness of peanut butter, it’s only natural that I should want to eat them together. With Reese’s as my model, I’ve been making my own chocolate peanut butter cups, and it goes like this: Using a double boiler (to avoid scorching), melt some nice dark chocolate. [...]
  • 25 Things About Me
    I was recently tagged here in the 7 Things thing, and coincidentally tagged by my wife on facebook with the 25 Things thing there. So here I am, killing two birds with one stone, and ending my blogging hiatus with my list of 25 things you don’t really need to know about me. 1. My [...]
  • Windterra Wind Turbine
    When we built our off-the-grid house in 2000, our power system consisted primarily of 8 photovoltaic solar panels. Since then, we have been keen on adding a wind turbine to complement the solar, but just haven’t made that step yet. My father-in-law recently pointed out a small ad in the newspaper about a new Canadian-made [...]

Deryl Gallant's Blog - Deryl Gallant, Bassist and Web Developer from PEI, dispensing his thoughts online.
(Added: 2-Jul-2005 Hits: 542 Rating: 9.00 Votes: 3) Rate It

Don't Feed the Writer-Adventures in Writing for Canadian TV and Film - David Moses is a film and television guy based in Charlottetown. He is often in Vancouver working on the Robson Arms television production. Its blog is at http://robsonarms.typepad.com/
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Haunted PEi - I’m a writer conducting research for a book featuring ghost stories of Prince Edward Island. I’m looking for stories about haunted areas, public buildings and homes.
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  • Ghost tour of Savannah
    Well, this doesn’t qualify as a PEI story but kind of interesting anyway. Last month my husband and I took a trip to Savannah Georgia, purportedly the second-most haunted city in the US (after Salem). The last night we were there I took a carriage ride ghost tour. For a number of reasons, a significant [...]
  • Meeting spirits
    It’s only fair, I suppose, that if I’m soliciting ghost stories I should start out by telling a bit about my own experiences. I’ve fairly often met spirits of the recently passed, whether they were intentionally coming to me or that I happened to be in their physical path. I didn’t know what was happening [...]
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K-Rock 105.5 Blogs - PEI's new rock station. Blogs from the K-Rock jocks. No RSS feeds.
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