Black History Month event also aims to help high school students’ trip to South Africa
A free screening in Iqaluit of Sarafina!, a 1992 musical drama about the courageous efforts of South African students during the 1976 Soweto uprising in South Africa, is being hosted Friday by the African and Caribbean Association of Nunavut.
Dozens of people visit the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre in Iqaluit Feb. 14 for the launch of a photo and video exhibition about food sovereignty. The exhibit includes photos of country food captured by hunters and youth in Kinngait and Pond Inlet as part of a three-year research project on food sovereignty in Nunavut. Dozens of people visited the exhibit throughout the evening with country food provided to them. The food centre will host the installation until September. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
The musical duo Twin Flames performs in front of 350 fans at a fundraiser for Kamatsiaqtut Help Line, organized by Aqsarniit Hotel on Saturday afternoon. The performers are Chelsey June, left, and Jaaji, who is Inuk and Mohawk and who goes by one name. The musicians drew children from the all-ages crowd onto the dance floor early in their set. The event raised $500 for the help line, which can be reached by people in crisis by calling (867) 979-3333, 24-hours a day. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Faith Russell covers “Little Black Submarine” by the Black Keys, on karaoke night Tuesday at the Storehouse Bar and Grill in Iqaluit. Russell hosts the weekly karaoke nights. Other singers performed songs by artists like Gnarls Barkley, Tracy Chapman, Tom Waits, the Georgia Satellites, and Neil Diamond. (Photo by Daron Letts)