Theatre Kingston's Storefront Fringe Festival is back and official this year with 17 diverse shows spanned across eight days taking place in three empty storefronts on Princess Street. Festival director Mariah Horner explains the exciting part about a fringe festival is everything is spontaneous, from the selection of shows, to the locations they play in. “In order to be considered a fringe festival, all of the shows must be chosen by chance. And we actually pulled them out o

The Skeleton Park Arts Festival is back for another year and seems to be celebrating a lot of blasts from the past. “The thing that people seem to be talking about the most is Fred Penner,” says one of the festival’s founders, Greg Tilson. “Which was a little bit of a surprise – I mean the guy’s been around since the 60s.” He says he thinks the reason behind it is because middle-aged folks like himself, who now have young kids, are excited to get nostalgic while bringing thei

Want to find fun creative ways to spend your weekend? Below you'll find events suitable for all ages and artsy types. THE BURNING SENSATIONS, THE DISCARDED – LIVE AT THE MANSION June 16 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. 506 Princess St. The Discarded bring their fun rocking, energetic garage rock band to Kingston supporting their self-titled debut album. Supporting them are locals "The Burning Sensations" with a fantastic set of old school punk covers that will have you up on the dance floor

Expression is active and moving! After completing my final year in the Journalism: On-line, Print and Broadcast program at Loyalist College in Belleville, the opportunity has arisen to run Expression as a full-time business for the summer. Thanks to the Summer Company Program, Expression is launching back in my hometown of Kingston. Look out arts community of Kingston: Expression is coming! #Expression #Kingston