Bryan Adams started toying with photography back in the late ’90s while on tour and he’s become a venerable force in the field. His startling images of servicemen and servicewoman who have sustained devastating wounds were compiled into a book, Wounded: The Legacy of War, which was published last year.The images will be featured on public […]
Category Archives: Conditions for Community Health
Remembrance Day Tribute
Judith MacLean contributed this photo as a Remembrance Day Tribute on Old Photos of Antigonish FB page. Her father, the late Alex MacLean of Georgeville is in the centre. The photo was taken when he served with the RAF in the UK during WWII. She goes on to say he served in Scotland and London […]
Photographic Memories of Loved Ones who Served Canada in Uniform
How about collecting photo memories of loved ones from the Antigonish area who served Canada in uniform. Please post here if you have such photos. Like this WWI photo of Peter Murray Marshall, older brother of Maurice Marshall of Paqtnkek First Nation. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/11/07/remembrance-day-how-we-remember_n_6117518.html?1
London-based Photographer Sandi Ford showcases stunning maternity photos.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/06/pregnancy-photography-sensual-sexy_n_6109776.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000023&ir=Good+News London-based photographer Sandi Ford showcases the “sensual, sexy, attractive, and elegant” side of pregnant women through stunning maternity photos. For me, the black and white photos are the most striking and evocative.
Tribute to the Sisters of St. Martha: Antigonish Heritage Museum, November 10, 2014 7:00 p.m.
“A Tribute to the Sisters of St Martha” Speaker: Fraser Dunn Time: 7pm Date: Monday Nov 10th Location: Antigonish Heritage Museum All are welcome.
Update on Imagine Antigonish in The Casket, November 5, 2014
http://www.thecasket.ca/archives/41923 Emily Hiltz interviewed us in the Antigonish Heritage Museum, and how skilfully she has crafted this story from our far-ranging conversation. We chose this banner for the photo deliberately because it represents the diversity of the Antigonish community — the Mi’kmaq, Acadians, Dutch, Chinese, Scots — and the co-op housing movement. And look […]
Imagine Antigonish Banners at the R. K. MacDonald Guest House November 2014
The Imagine Antigonish Banners — all 14 of them — will be displayed in the chapel at the R. K. MacDonald Guest House for the month of November, 2014. November is Global Arts for Health Month, so how appropriate. Many residents and visitors attended the opening on November 3. John Graham-Pole and Dorothy […]
1866 Headstone uncovered at Tenbrinke home in St. Andrews
http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=484097 This CTV story with Dan MacIntosh unfolds the story of the 1866 headstone of Catherine Livingstone, found buried at doorstep of the 150-year old home of Mary and Jerry Tenbrinke in St. Andrews. Catherine MacGillivray, an amateur researcher with the Antigonish Heritage Museum, says a major clue in solving the mystery of the headstone […]
Secrets of the Creative Brain
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/06/secrets-of-the-creative-brain/372299/ The Secrets of the Creative Brain in the July/August 2014 issue of The Atlantic by Nancy C. Andreason, could have the effect of reinforcing the widely circulating idea that you have to be slightly mad to be a creative genius. Even this 1971 image of writer Kurt Vonnegut –his family has a history of mental illness […]
Hallowe’en Costume Party 1899 Halifax
This 1899 photo of a Hallowee’en costume party comes from the Nova Scotia Public Archives. Any old photos of Hallowe’en parties or “trick and treat” activities from Antigonish. This photo looks like the train station in Halifax’s South End, but it did not exist until 1928, replacing the North Street Station, built in 1877. Could […]