Chyana Marie Sage’s national-bestselling memoir Soft as Bones poetically examines the legacy of generational abuse and trauma born of Canada’s residential schools and Sixties Scoops programs, which forcedly removed Sage’s paternal grandfather from his family. Her book revisits the painful experience of growing up with a father wounded by ancestral trauma. She weaves her own personal history together with Cree stories, offering readers a unique and impactful story of healing.
Soft as Bones is published by House of Anansi Press Inc. and is available from your local bookseller.
Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet’s new painting exhibition Your Hands Touch Between Brambles compiles a visual exploration of quotidian gestures and jokes that have been shared amongst family members. Currently on display at the Art Gallery of St. Albert, her work fills the gallery with nostalgia and a sense of the importance of the land she grew up on.
This Friday, curator Emily Baker will lead a tour of the exhibition as part of a joint tour with the Musée Héritage Museum, offering viewers unique insight into the artist’s work.
Tour Your Hands Touch Between Brambles at the Art Gallery of St. Albert on Nov. 28 from 3 to 4 p.m.
Formed in 2008, Canadian alternative folk rock band The Strumbellas started out small, playing street festivals and farmers markets in Toronto.
They broke onto international charts in 2016 with their song “Spirits” and had continued success, touring internationally. Then, in 2022, the band announced that lead singer Simon Ward would be transitioning away from fronting the band to a more behind-the-scenes-role.
The band is back with a new lead singer, Jimmy Chauveau, and are coming to Midway Music Hall to tour Part Time Believer, their 2024 album.
See The Strumbellas at Midway Music Hall on Nov. 29.
