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CBC
12-05-2025
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Acadian women's clothing exhibit shows diversity of dresses over the years
More than two dozen articles of clothing are on display at the Université de Moncton's Acadian Museum.
CBC
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Funeral for Antonine Maillet to be held in Moncton on Saturday
Social Sharing A public funeral for renowned Acadian writer Antonine Maillet will be held in Moncton on Saturday. It will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral on St. George Street. Flags will also be flown at half-mast across all three campuses of the Université de Moncton in her memory. Maillet was born in Bouctouche in 1929 and died at her home in Montreal on Feb. 17 at the age of 95. She received many literary awards in her career, including the Governor General's Award for Don l'Orignal, published in 1968, and the Prix Goncourt in 1979 for her novel Pélagie-la-Charrette, the first Canadian writer to receive the prestigious French literary award. She wrote 12 plays and 20 novels and was called "the greatest voice of Acadia" by New Brunswick Tourism Minister Isabelle Thériault. "In everything — in her books, in her plays, in the music — she wanted Acadie to shine and that's actually what she accomplished … she allowed Acadie to shine throughout Canada and the world," said Thériault, when news of Maillet's death was announced. On the day Maillet's death was announced, Monique Poirier, executive and artistic director of Le Pays de la Sagouine, the theatrical village in Bouctouche, said, "It's a very sad day, but we are so grateful for everything that she has done." The village brings to life the characters Maillet created, including her famous La Sagouine. That play was first staged in 1971 with Viola Leger in the title role Moncton's annual literary festival, the Frye Festival, will honour the late novelist and playwright with a special literary show on May 4, to showcase the depth of her writing. Ariane Savoie, the festival's executive director, previously said Maillet helped inspire the idea to create the festival in 1999. At the time, Maillet was co-organizing a bilingual conference in Moncton with author John Ralston Saul, Savoie said. "That idea of the Frye Festival kind of generated from that event specifically," she said. "Having a bilingual literary conference here in Moncton brought up the fact that Moncton needed these activities." In 2006, the first Maillet-Frye Lecture took place at the Frye and has since become a staple of the festival.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
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Funeral for Antonine Maillet to be held in Moncton on Saturday
A public funeral for renowned Acadian writer Antonine Maillet will be held in Moncton on Saturday. It will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral on St. George Street. Flags will also be flown at half-mast across all three campuses of the Université de Moncton in her memory. Maillet was born in Bouctouche in 1929 and died at her home in Montreal on Feb. 17 at the age of 95. She received many literary awards in her career, including the Governor General's Award for Don l'Orignal, published in 1968, and the Prix Goncourt in 1979 for her novel Pélagie-la-Charrette, the first Canadian writer to receive the prestigious French literary award. She wrote 12 plays and 20 novels and was called "the greatest voice of Acadia" by New Brunswick Tourism Minister Isabelle Thériault. "In everything — in her books, in her plays, in the music — she wanted Acadie to shine and that's actually what she accomplished … she allowed Acadie to shine throughout Canada and the world," said Thériault, when news of Maillet's death was announced. French President Emmanuel Macron awards Canadian novelist Antonine Maillet with the Legion of Honor at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Nov. 24 , 2021. (Yoan Valat/The Associated Press) On the day Maillet's death was announced, Monique Poirier, executive and artistic director of Le Pays de la Sagouine, the theatrical village in Bouctouche, said, "It's a very sad day, but we are so grateful for everything that she has done." The village brings to life the characters Maillet created, including her famous La Sagouine. That play was first staged in 1971 with Viola Leger in the title role Moncton's annual literary festival, the Frye Festival, will honour the late novelist and playwright with a special literary show on May 4, to showcase the depth of her writing. Ariane Savoie, the festival's executive director, previously said Maillet helped inspire the idea to create the festival in 1999. The Frye Festival will pay tribute to the late Antonine Maillet with a literary show on May 4. (Submitted by Ariane Maillet) At the time, Maillet was co-organizing a bilingual conference in Moncton with author John Ralston Saul, Savoie said. "That idea of the Frye Festival kind of generated from that event specifically," she said. "Having a bilingual literary conference here in Moncton brought up the fact that Moncton needed these activities." In 2006, the first Maillet-Frye Lecture took place at the Frye and has since become a staple of the festival.
CBC
15-03-2025
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- CBC
Antonine Maillet tribute set for Moncton's annual Frye Festival
The event will be held on May 4 at the Université de Moncton Moncton's annual literary will honour late Acadian novelist and playwright Antonine Maillet with a special literary show, showcasing the depth of her writing. Ariane Savoie, executive director of the Frye Festival, told CBC Radio's Shift that Antonine Maillet, who died in February, helped inspire the idea to create the festival back in 1999. At the time, Maillet was co-organizing a bilingual conference in Moncton with author John Ralston Saul, Savoie said. "That idea of the Frye Festival kind of generated from that event specifically," she said. "Having a bilingual literary conference here in Moncton brought up the fact that Moncton needed these activities." Still today there is the Maillet-Frye Lecture as part of the festival, which began in 2006 and has become significant event. "The critical aspect of literature was brought up specifically through these lectures," said Savoie. The literary tribute, Le grand Peut-Être, will be staged May 4 at the Université de Moncton and was written by Georgette LeBlanc, the festival's artistic director. It will involve a blend of lectures, with excerpts from Maillet's books and plays, performed by actress Mélanie LeBlanc, said Savoie. LeBlanc took inspiration from two of Maillet's more personal books, Clin d'œil au Temps qui passe and Mon testament, to create a character that represents Maillet to tell the story of her life. "[LeBlanc] basically went through those two books and took out pieces and fragments of her thoughts, of her writing, that were very personal to Antonine Maillet and created a character that goes through her life on a really intimate level," said Savoie. Before her death, Maillet was heavily involved in the conception of the tribute show and took part in an hour-long interview as part of that. "We're going to reuse that in the show as well, to bring her back to the public," Savoie said. The title of the show, Le grand Peut-Être, is from a quote in Maillet's book, Mon Testament, and translates to "The big maybe." It speaks to Maillet's consistent message that there are infinite possibilities in life, she said. Maillet died on Feb.17 and the age of 95. Her funeral will be held at Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral in Moncton on April 12 at 11 a.m.
CBC
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Saint John's trolley-toppling railway strike of 1914 inspired N.B. playwright's new work
Social Sharing Just two weeks before the outbreak of the First World War, a railway strike that turned into trolley-toppling riots broke out in Saint John. More than a century later, one New Brunswick playwright is taking that pivotal moment in labour history and bringing it back to the forefront. "You have to imagine, in the main uptown street in Saint John, 10,000 people rioting, turning over streetcars, setting them on fire, cavalry charge from the barracks by the Royal [Canadian] Dragoons to try to disperse the crowd," said playwright and Université de Moncton professor Thomas Hodd. "It's just this amazing, epic event that happened in Saint John history, and almost nobody in this province probably has ever heard of it." Hodd's play, titled O'Brien, will be touring the province starting Wednesday with Theatre New Brunswick. The play is based on the July 1914 event which started with simmering tensions between the newly formed union and the railway company. According to the website for the Frank and Ella Hatheway Labour Exhibit Centre in Saint John, the railway company fired the union leader and more than 130 men walked out on strike. A crowd of supportive citizens began to form over the next three days and a riot eventually broke out. The mayor at the time read the Riot Act and authorized the deployment of a small detachment of Dragoons. The crowd overturned two stalled streetcars and took to the company's powerhouse, causing a city-wide blackout. Eventually, a deal was negotiated between the sides and trolley service returned to normal. And while Hodd is only now bringing the story to the stage, this event has been on his mind since the early '90s when he worked for the New Brunswick Museum as a historical interpreter. He was given the task of sharing stories with the public relating to objects in the museum. Using the trolley strike and a military uniform, he wrote a five-minute monologue to share with tourists. Then, just a couple of years ago, the story came back to him with international conflicts growing — such as the invasion of Ukraine — and the fight for reproductive rights in the United States. Coupled with that, Hodd learned that 2023 was an exceptional one for labour strikes. The amount of disruption — measured using person-days not worked — reached an 18-year high in 2023. Hodd said everything happening in the world sounded similar to the larger issues at play in 1914. "I thought, 'Wow, maybe this is the time to try to finally put the story to paper and to put it on stage,'" he said. But when he decided to write the story, he didn't want to write about the mayor or the union head or a military leader. He wanted to tell it using the average working-class union member. "Having grown up as the son of a working-class union worker, I understood a bit about what it means to have to make those choices and what it means to deal with striking and putting food on your table," said Hodd. So the story is told from the perspective of a third-generation Irish New Brunswick family. The family dynamic is one of dysfunction, with one extended family member being a prominent local suffragist, a few of them working for the railway company and one of the sons being a member of the local militia. Hodd said he likes to describe the play as a heritage drama as opposed to a historical drama because the story is rooted in the family, exploring the real conflicts and tensions that would have existed at the time. Hodd said he hopes people can see themselves in the family — from the dysfunction to the real situation of potential job loss and struggling to make ends meet.
