Where to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Sudbury!

Do you love tacos and margaritas? I think the real question should be, who doesn’t? Well Cinco de Mayo is only three days away and this year it’s on a Saturday! Can you say day drinks? And if the weather holds out we can even day drink on a…patio?! Even better. If you’re looking for somewhere to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in style we suggest one of these places (or all of them if you’re making day of it…which you should). Tucos Taco Lounge 582 Kathleen Street Saturday: 11am-11pm Tucos is sure to be serving up some of the best......

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SHOP LOCAL: NICKEL CITY BEARD BLENDS

Listen up boys! If you’ve been working hard growing out the perfect lumberjack chic beard it’s time to step up your game with Nickel City Beard Blends! Gone are the days of brittle, dry and itchy chins now that all natural small-batch beard oils and balms are on the scene. Stephane & Monique are the pioneers behind the brand bringing supple ‘staches and gorgeous goatees to the Crater. To find out more about the brand and how you can add Nickel City Beard Blends to your routine we talked with Stephane, the master beardsman himself. Tell us more about......

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CRATER CONVERSATIONS EP20: LISA O'CONNELL

Welcome to another edition of Crater Conversations, a weekly show live on CKLU now on at a brand spanking new time Tuesday’s at 5PM! So, what exactly is the show all about? Join your host, Crater co-founder Jess, each week as we sit down with a local guest. We’ll talk about their projects, their passions, and the things they love about our little rock town! We’ll be sitting down with performers, entrepreneurs, community leaders – anyone with a story. Personal anecdotes, first inspirations, childhood follies, who knows where this will take us but we can’t wait to find out!......

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La Fromagerie Introduces the “Cheese of the Month Club”

The newly re-opened Fromagerie has launched a delicious new venture that will make is easier for cheese lovers to enjoy artisan cheeses from an assortment of regions on a monthly basis.  With the first in-store pick up date set for May, members of the new “Cheese of the Month Club” will have access to exclusive, speciality cheeses that will not be available to patrons visiting the store location. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lᴀ Fʀᴏᴍᴀɢᴇʀɪᴇ (@thefromo)   “Our goal with setting up this subscription box was so that people can try different cheeses that they......

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CRATER CONVERSATIONS EP19: LEE SERVISS

Welcome to another edition of Crater Conversations, a weekly show live on CKLU now on at a brand spanking new time Tuesday’s at 5PM! So, what exactly is the show all about? Join your host, Crater co-founder Jess, each week as we sit down with a local guest. We’ll talk about their projects, their passions, and the things they love about our little rock town! We’ll be sitting down with performers, entrepreneurs, community leaders – anyone with a story. Personal anecdotes, first inspirations, childhood follies, who knows where this will take us but we can’t wait to find out!......

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ESSENTIAL OILS AND HOW TO USE THEM

Let’s start with the basics: what is an essential oil? For those of you who are not aware an essential oil is the concentrated natural oils found in plants extracted through a distillation process. What might this be used for? The list of things I use my essential oils for is never ending. Some examples are: room fresheners, steaming my floors, cleaning my counter tops, laundry, mouth wash, baths, topical treatments, and bug spray. Essential oils are a big part of my life and were integrated into my lifestyle years ago before I even had much knowledge on them.......

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IT MUST BE SPRING: NATIONAL CANADIAN FILM DAY RETURNS TO SUDBURY

In Wiarton, they have a groundhog who predicts spring based on seeing his shadow or not: Willy where are you? In Sudbury, for me anyway, spring has come to be associated with the annual #CanFilmDay April 18th. Bring on a dose up of great Canadian-made movies on the big screen. It feels like the start of many great things to come that are grassroots and local as the weather warms up. Normally, I‘ve finished exams and still don’t have my summer job routine set, so I can slow down and smell the -not exactly roses- but the grit in......

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DOWNTOWN SUDBURY HAS YOUR BEST ALIBI YET

The Alibi Room, Sudbury’s latest edition to the Downtown nightlife, hosted a VIP opening over the Easter long weekend. Sudburians have been eagerly anticipating the revival of the space after the closure of the Speakeasy in late 2017. The prohibition era theme we’ve all come to love remains, now re-imagined as a more sophisticated and swanky version. Kyle Marcus, the owner behind The Alibi Room, sat down with us and gave us all the details on what you can expect at this new hot spot. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Alibi Room (@thealibirm) Tell......

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NLFB ROSTER IS SHAPING UP FOR 2018

With mother nature teasing us with the promise of warmer weather to come we can’t help but get excited for all the music festival fun the summer has in store for us here in Sudbury. Northern Lights Festival Boréal (NLFB) has been working hard all year carefully selecting an electrifying lineup of performers for the 2018 festival – they are after all the kick off to your summer in the Nickel City! After a record breaking turnout for the 2017 edition, NLFB is adding an extra night of festival fun for the second year in a row with a......

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CHECK OUT AFRICAN BEATS IN THE HEAT WITH NLFB

Each year Northern Lights Festival Boréal (NLFB) challenges its audience to expand their musical horizons, introducing attendees to music from all sorts of different cultures, disciplines and wonderfully weird sounds. Heading into 2018 it’s clear to see this year will be no exception. NLFB Executive/Artistic Director Max Merrifield is taking us on a journey into his own music collection and the African music that has captured his imagination. “For the past few years, I have been fascinated with various styles of music from the African continent, I wanted to share that sincere love with the festival audience,” says Max,......

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