Matching Articles"Society" (Total 8)

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  • About the life and talent of entertainer Émile Benoit, one of the most renowned individuals to emerge from Black Duck Brook in Newfoundland.
  • Before mass media, popular culture was dominated by the spoken word. The wonder-tale (or fairy tale) provided people with the joys of narrative art.
  • The Grenfell Mission provided some of the earliest permanent medical services in Labrador and northern Newfoundland.
  • A brief history of types of music in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • A look at traditional dance in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • About traditional instrumental music in Newfoundland and Labrador, with particular empahsis on the accordian and the fiddle.
  • A look at traditional songs from Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • About the statue, The Veiled Virgin, created by renowned Italian sculptor Giovanni Strazza.