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I just spoke with Sherri at The Scope, St. John’s arts and entertainment newspaper and she said to me

“hope you enjoy your stay on the rock and party “right hard” as we say here.”

Party right hard. You gotta love that. You betcha I will Sherri.

The Scope has a mighty cool little blog going on the web. Hmmm - seems the local hip hop scene is alive and well in St. John’s. Phew, I was so worried.

Reading along. New restaurant Bacalao is offering Nouvelle Newfoundland cuisine, like Jiggs Dinner Cabbage Rolls. An updated version of Jiggs Dinner.

all we love about Jiggs Dinner in an appetizer! Salt beef, turnip, potato & carrot in a tender cabbage leaf, on a dollop of pease pudding, with a pot-liquor shooter & homemade mustard.

I’ve never had a Jiggs Dinner, but this sounds like it’s way worth a visit ( 65 LeMarchant Road.) I wonder what they do to pierogies?

By the way, Bacalao is the Portuguese word for cod. I know that because I used to live in Little Portugal in Toronto.

The Scope also has a daily event guide. Just click on the link “What’s going on today?” on the top right of the page under Event Calendar. Easy peasy.

Ahhh, look. There’s a bar called Bitters in town. That’s certainly got my name all over it. (Ah, I kill myself sometimes.)

Wow, Ron Sexsmith, Ontario singer-songwriter extraordinaire, will be in town on Friday the 19th*, the day Archetypes, the 3 films I directed will be screening at the Majestic. I wonder if he will have some time to check out a screening or two while he is in town. If you see him, please direct him to the link of the official SJIWFF schedule. (It works, I’m going to save lots of time not needing to type out the whole name of the festival each time.)

Double wow, Jill Barber’s the opening act. I loooooove Jill Barber. I wonder if she could push back her start time just a bit to see our show. How hard could that be?

The show starts at 8pm, at Holy Heart Theatre. That’s not that far from the Majestic, is it?

*This date was updated after Liz Zetlin kindly noted a blunder in the date.

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Tags: Jill Barber, International Women’s Film Festival, Ron Sexsmith, The Scope, St. John’s, Irene Duma, Bacalao, Newfoundland cuisine

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