Committed to excellence and presenting the best to patrons, the Arts and Culture Centres offer a wide variety of programming from the best that Newfoundland has to offer to diverse artists from across Canada and abroad
Avion Players is a community theatre company co-founded by Barbara Barrett and Ken and Marion Pagniez in 1953 in Gander, Newfoundland. The Avion Players usually perform two productions per year as well as organize an annual craft fair. Since its' earliest beginnings Avion Players has participated in the provincial drama festival formerly known as the Dominion Drama Festival. The Players have traveled to numerous locations in Canada as well as internationally to participate in theatre festivals. Past activities include cabarets, talent competitions, haunted houses, seasonal recitations, and dinner shows.
Identify and pursue funding for projects in rural communities & Lewisporte; promote the development of our natural, economic, and social resources with the hope of improving the income and employment opportunities in the area
Create economic and cultural resilience for Fogo Island Create opportunities for contemporary artists and thinkers Present artistic/cultural programming which engages with key ideas of contemporary concern
The Fogo Island Film House is Newfoundland and Labrador's first e-cinema installation and the NFB's first English-language community e-cinema in Canada.
The Kiwanis Club of Gander meets on the first and third Thursday of each month, except for July and August, at 7:30 pm in the Conference Room at the JR Smallwood Arts and Culture Center, Gander, NL. The club's main projects are the Gander and Area Kiwanis Music Festival,and the Kiwanis Summer Music Camp.
Formed in 1950, the Newfoundland and Labrador Drama Society is the leading dramatic association in Canada's most easterly province, and fosters, promotes and facilitates many of Newfoundland and Labrador's most stories community theatre companies.
Since 1978, Rising Tide Theatre has been an innovator and leader in the cultural life of Newfoundland & Labrador. Under the guidance of Artistic Director Donna Butt, Rising Tide has been the genesis of a repertoire of original stories including Canada's 2001 Governor General's Literary Award-Winner for English Language Drama 'Harps of God'.