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Acclaimed singer-songwriter and keyboard player Bruce Hornsby has teamed up with experimental New York chamber ensemble yMusic for an eye-opening album about water. CONTRIBUTED

DOUG GALLANT: Hornsby, yMusic serve up unique fair

One of the most interesting collaborations to surface in recent memory brings together highly regarded singer-songwriter and keyboard player Bruce Hornsby and yMusic, the experimental New York chamber ensemble founded by trumpeter CJ Camerieri and ...

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UPEI faculty of business receives $3 million donation from Don and Marion McDougall

Updated 13 hours ago |2 min read

Don and Marion McDougall have announced a $3 million donation to the UPEI's business faculty, now renamed to McDougall Faculty of Business. From left, Tina Saksida, associate professor of McDougall Faculty of Business, Tarek Mady, dean of McDougall Faculty of Business, Greg Keefe, interim president and vice-chancellor, Marion McDougall, Don McDougall, chancellor Diane Griffin, and Myrtle Jenkins-Smith, executive director of development and alumni engagement. - Contributed

Build and grow a home mushroom farm with P.E.I expert Rene Lestan

Updated 14 hours ago |5 min read

Wine cap mushrooms are an ideal starter fungi, due to their short growing cycle and minimal requirements for growing in P.E.I., said Rene Lestan, during her recent presentation on cultivating mushrooms. Caitlin Coombes • Local Journalism Initiative reporter

P.E.I. lighthouse finalist in Canadian historical place restoration competition

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Pinch Penny Fair returns to Confederation Centre of the Art

Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |7 min read

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UPEI engineering students showcase creativity at annual design expo

Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |6 min read

Ellen Astle, left, joins Emily Anne Fullerton and Julie McKenna backstage as they get ready to walk the runway at the P.E.I. Fashion Show Extravaganza on April 19 The event took place at the Delta Hotel Prince Edward Convention Centre in downtown Charlottetown. They were wearing outfits from Luxury Market Consignment Boutique, a clothing store located in downtown Charlottetown. Vivian Ulinwa • SaltWire

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Design talent on display in Charlottetown during P.E.I. fashion weekend

Vivian Ulinwa · Reporter |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |8 min read

P.E.I. Fashion Weekend returned to Charlottetown this past weekend, this year, bigger than ever. The show which has been running as a double feature for the past two years, had an average audience of 150 people for each show its first year. This ...

Rebekah Brown will be one of the leads in this season's performance of "Anne & Gilbert, The Musical." - Louise Vessey/Special to SaltWire

20 QUESTIONS: With 'Anne & Gilbert, The Musical' actress Rebekah Brown

Contributed |Updated Apr. 22, 2024 |5 min read

Rebekah Brown has been an understudy to every female role in "Anne & Gilbert, The Musical." This year the 20-year-old from Bayside, P.E.I., is stepping into the role of Anne Shirley and is one of the youngest to do so. “I just think about how ...

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce embrace after the Super Bowl in February. More recently, the pair has been spotted taking in acts at Coachella. Brian Snyder • Reuters file

KEELYWOOD: Celebrity scoops: Taylor and Travis, Harry and Meghan and more

Keely Turner · Columnist |Updated Apr. 19, 2024 |4 min read

They say when it rains it pours, and right now it is pouring press releases worth tuning in for – from new movies and TV shows to a Bachelor divorce and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce being adorable. Taylor and Travis Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce ...

Scott Parsons and The Umbrella Collective are set to bring the music of reggae’s greatest performers to the stage of Watermark Theatre on Sept. 11. File

East Coast Music Association names 2024 honorary award winners

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 18, 2024 |2 min read

P.E.I.’s own Deryl Gallant and Scott Parsons will receive honorary awards at the 2024 East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown this May. Gallant, a well-known bassist with more than 30 years in the province’s music industry, will receive the ...

Janos Bergman's Summerside home also serves as his art studio. Originally from Hungary, Bergman has lived in Canada for many years and now calls Summerside home. His artwork has been featured in many collections and galleries, including most recently in Italy at Arte Roma 2024. Kristin Gardiner

Summerside artist has paintings on display in Europe

Kristin Gardiner · Journalist |Updated Apr. 17, 2024 |8 min read

Janos Bergman can’t help but paint. “I wouldn’t know what to do with myself,” said the Summerside artist. To step into his home is to step into an art gallery. Every room and corridor boasts his paintings – old works and new – on the wall. In his ...

Singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves has just released "Deeper Well," her much-anticipated fifth album. The record’s reach extends far beyond the traditional country music audience that first flocked to her. Contributed

DOUG GALLANT: Musgraves goes deep for new record

Doug Gallant · Columnist |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |4 min read

People have come to expect good things from Kacey Musgraves. That’s because, with each new record, the Texas-born singer-songwriter has taken things up a notch in terms of both the calibre and diversity of her songwriting and the production values of ...

Brandon Massey holds a guidebook for Dungeons and Dragons. Guide books have hundreds of differing rules that change depending on the edition, time of publishing and group that publishes them. Justine Talla • Special to The Guardian

Dungeons and Dragons community in P.E.I. growing

Contributed |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |3 min read

Justine Talla Special to SaltWire Brandon Massey holds a figurine in his hand. It's a barbarian figure, unpainted and grey – a blank canvas, ready for somebody’s vision to influence it. "The beauty in these types of games is that you can be ...

Regis and Joan Duffy recently made a gift of $60,000 to Holland College’s Thrive Campaign. Contributed

Regis and Joan Duffy donate to Holland College Thrive campaign

Contributed |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |2 min read

Well-known Island philanthropists Regis and Joan Duffy recently made a $60,000 gift to the Holland College Foundation’s Thrive campaign – a $2.5 million fundraising effort to establish a centre for student wellness, resilience and success at Holland ...

When Summerside resident and local musician Owen Hann died suddenly in 2022 he left behind a legacy his family has sought to carry on. Last year they launched the Owen Hann Keeping Music Alive fundraiser in his honour, which helps support local music programs. The concert will take place again this year on April 20 at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex. Contributed

The Owen Hann Keeping Music Alive concert returns to Summerside April 20

Contributed |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |2 min read

The Summerside music community is gearing up for a big evening of memories and philanthropy as they gather for the second Owen Hann Keeping Music Alive Fundraiser. Set to take place on April 20 at the Silver Fox Entertainment Complex, doors will open ...

Chief Supt. Kevin Lewis, who was named the new commanding officer of P.E.I. RCMP in January, says his father was a police officer in Thunder Bay, Ont., and told Lewis to join the Mounties for the adventure and a change of scenery. He has since lived in four provinces and two territories.

20 QUESTIONS: With P.E.I. RCMP Cmdr. Kevin Lewis

Contributed |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |4 min read

Kevin Lewis, chief superintendent and commanding officer of the P.E.I. RCMP, took the role in January after serving the previous three years in the province as the criminal operations officer. His wife, Insp. Beryl Lewis, is also with the RCMP, while ...