Arts and Culture
Corner Brook is home to Grenfell Campus, Memorial University where a strong and vivacious arts community exists both within the school and well into the public. Corner Brook Arts and Culture Centre among other institutions thrive in promoting the arts on all levels from visual arts to theatre and well beyond.
Visual Artists living and working within the community include Jordan Bennett, Rodney Mercer, Tina Dolter, Jillian Parsons, Jonathan S. Green, and Ellen J. Wareham.
Corner Brook is home to Stage West Theatre Festival, a summer theatre festival running through the month of July, and Gros Morne Summer Music, a classical music festival that spans July and August.
The March Hare literary festival occurs every March and celebrates poetry and written works from around the world, featuring poets from around Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and the world.
In April, the April Rabbit showcases new and young writers.
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