Profile of Sally Cole

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Sally Cole is a features writer with The Guardian. She welcomes comments about her column as well as suggestions for future columns from readers.

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• Crafter with a cause
  At first glance, pieces in the Catherine Miller: Changing Environs exhibition are pretty and colourful.Textured and intricate, they appeal to the ...
• Plenty to celebrate
  When MacKenzie Cutcliffe started classes this past September at the Island Dance Academy (IDA), she realized she was at a pivotal point in her ...
• Part of the team
  Joe Rowledge knows what it’s like to lose family members to cancer. In the 1990s, he dealt with the deaths of his sister, Della Murphy, his ...
• Taking flight
  Strapped into a harness with a wire attached to her back, Brynn Cutcliffe is lifted high above the stage of the Homburg Theatre.Spreading her ...
• Growing into their roles
  At first, the idea of playing Seymour, the nerdy orphan who works at Mushnick’s Flower’s Shop in Skid Row, was a little bit weird for Owen ...
• Images from under the big top
  With her perilous performance in the ring behind her, the bareback rider takes a moment to sign an autograph for a clown fan before heading to ...
• Finding their colours
  By Sally ColeThe GuardianAs a draftsman, Mike Smitherman spent his working life creating pen and ink technical drawings for architects.Not once ...
• The stage is set
  Caitlin Francis and Jillian Winter have pushed themselves to the limit in dance, over the past year. As participants in the intensive dance ...
• Ready to riot
  As a slow air fades in, Irish settlers arrive at the polling station and begin passing around a brown paper bag with a bottle in it. When it’s ...
• Upping the beat
  After developing her musical style on an acoustic guitar, P.E.I. singer-songwriter Drea MacDonald is expanding her repertoire.She’s making the ...
• Showing their creative colours
  With so much emphasis placed on sports and academics in high school, the arts often take a back seat. Montague Regional High School (MRHS) wants ...
• Sharon McKay to launch War Brothers: The Graphic...
  Author Sharon McKay isn’t afraid of venturing into deep water. She wades into the murky world of child soldiers in her new graphic novel, War ...
• A classic returns
  As a child, Reasha Walsh loved to snuggle up on the couch to watch Cinderella. As soon as the opening credits appeared on the screen and sweet ...
• Listening to his instincts
  Garry Lichach knows a good thing when he hears it. That’s why the Toronto music producer got a great idea after hearing that a stage musical, ...
• An act of friendship
  As actors, they practise their lines in coffee shops and food courts — anywhere they can find a quiet space.They rehearse their dance moves in ...
• Keeping with the classics
  In 2007, George Canyon recorded a musical tribute to the traditional country artists and songs that inspired him as a child.Entitled Classics, it ...
• Memories of a mentor
  Georgie Read Barton made an unforgettable impression on her students.Marlene Cameron recalls how the late P.E.I. artist would always keep her ...
• Embracing an Island welcome
  Islanders will remember Tim Archer as the man who purchased part of Woodleigh Replicas, moved in and, with the help of volunteers, started fixing ...
• On the flight path
  The thousands of birds and tourists who visit Prince Edward Island each summer share a common love — our beaches and shorelines.“We don’t have a ...
• Crossing the bridge
  Life is a series of transitions — childhood to teenager to young adult and beyond. Sometimes, it’s smooth sailing; more often it’s a challenging ...
• A new rhythmic mix
  Like a freshly made cocktail, Two Hours Traffic has shaken things up a little.The highly energetic P.E.I. pop group, fronted by Liam Corcoran, ...
• P.E.I. actress changing with the stage
  A perennial performer with the Charlottetown Festival, Glenda Landry is enjoying a whole new theatrical experience this winter. She’s the newest ...
• In it for the long haul
  The Popalopalots like staying a few steps ahead of the audience.In the past, this improv performance troupe has achieved this goal by introducing ...
• Soldiering on
  Eric Payne has opted to look on the bright side. When the motorcycle he was driving was hit head-on by a truck travelling in the wrong lane in ...
• A time to shine
  When Sandy Zinck began searching for a show for the senior musical theatre class in Confederation Centre’s youth dance program, she had certain ...
• Shades of winter
  January Dunes is the first winter scene that Pierre LeFebvre has ever painted.And it came with a learning curve for the artist that calls Clinton ...
• Off in a new direction
  It’s opening night of the new menu offering from Feast Dinner Theatre.And the six-member cast has the audience at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel ...
• Concert of concern
  P.E.I.’s Teresa Doyle is passionate about music.She also feels strongly about the environment.So the singer-songwriter is looking forward to ...
• Covered in mystery
  Bev MacPhail is asking people to help her solve a double mystery.Like a modern day Nancy Drew, the Argyle Shore resident is on a quest to locate ...
• A natural appreciation
  In one of the paintings, a leafless tree is silhouetted against a vibrant orange, yellow and blue sky. On the horizon, a narrow red bank juts out ...