Earlier news postings

2011

May – Up Front at the Centre 5
Profile of Cara Berube or Precision Pilates; current exhibition Wake of the Flood by Adam Jeffrey, a fundraiser for Charlotte County flood relief; May 7 inventory and seconds craft sale; May 12 Hope for Haiti in the auditorium; May 13 film screening of Wrong way to Hope; May 27 information session with the Canada Council for the Arts; May 28 Jimmy Rankin in concert; May 31-June 2, sessions on community radio.

April-May – Up Front at the Centre 4
Profile of WhiteFeather, executive director; coming exhibition Wake of the Flood by Adam Jeffrey; Nasty Shadows theatre presents The Table Experiments April 18-20; early bird discount for Fredericton EdVentures courses until May 31; April 27 Michael Haan lectures on New Brunswick's population changes; Allison Crowe in concert April 29; Royal Wood in concert April 30.

March – Up Front at the Centre 3
Profile of Erica Sullivan, arts development officer; current exhibition Colours of My Soul by Heather Perritt; Fredericton Music Festival in the auditorium April 11 to 15; Dan Mangan concert April 31; Richard Gloade Esq & Co. new house band for openings and receptions; Film award for Cat Leblanc of the N.B. Filmmakers Co-op; New blog at http://frederictonarts.blogspot.com.

February – Up Front at the Centre 2
Profile of Tim Boreland; Craft Council Object of Desire; FAL Annual General Meeting; Dance Thursdays in the Multi-Purpose Room; Colours of My Heart, Heather Perritt paintings, opening March 4; NB Choral Federation; Karen Burk pottery studio; New blog at http://frederictonarts.blogspot.com.

January – Up Front at the Centre 1
Profile of Laura Chatterton; Heritage week workshops with Angela Black and Ned Bear; Watercolour classes with Margaret Bannister; Madrigal group with Judy Lavigne; Yoga with Jenny Rolls or Maziar Tehrami; Concert with The Junctions and Seh Roars!; New cafe menu; and Precision Pilates in Room 103.

2009
July – Artist in Residence José Luis Torres creates a sculpture in the new Culture Garden behind the centre.
May 25 – FAL President Penny Ericson celebrates her 70th birthday with a fundraising party.
June – Children from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery's after-school program paint our picnic tables.
January – The Fredericton branch of RBC makes a $1,500 donation to the Centre's outreach programs.

2008
Jan 19 – Exhibition space named to honour Charlotte Glencross.
July 16 – A new Grand Piano arrives at the Centre.

2007
July 30 – Outreach program brings dance to youngsters.
July 21 – Trio Beausoleil raised $563 for the Centre with a benefit concert at Christ Church Cathedral.
July 20 – Penny Ericson accepts a $1,500 cheque from the Fredericton Community Foundation
May 13 – Jean Hayden wins a photo from Brigitte Noel.
Jan. 7 - Telegraph Journal calls centre the 'best new thing' in the arts

2006
Dec. 12 – The Queen's Square Neighbourhood Association has a party at the Centre
Oct. 28 – Goose Lane Editions launches its fall books
Oct. 21 – CSAC celebrates its first birthday and opens two new exhibitions
Oct. 13 – Night of a Thousand Eyes raises more than $1,000 in colourful mask auction.
June 15 – Member of the FAL board roll up their sleeves on a spring cleanup.
June 8 – FAL President Penny Ericson is honoured for her work opposing family violence.
April 27– Two members of the Charlotte Street Arts Centre family – Mike Kimball and Cathie LeBlanc – are named "unsung heroes" by the City of Fredericton.
April 19 – Charlotte Glencross is honoured with an award of excellence from the New Brunswick Arts Board.
April 12 – Camera obscura installation gives visitors a walk-in view of a camera, and turns the streetscape on its head.
February 21 – FAL's annual general meeting shows first year of operation ends in the black.
February 19 – FAL programs include outreach workshops for young Frederictonians.
January 4 – The four Fredericton candidates in the federal election spell out their policies on the arts to a packed house in the CSAC auditorium. The forum was organized by the Fredericton Arts Alliance.

2005
December 3 – Students at Renaissance College make CSAC the beneficiary of their annual fund-raiser.
November 7 – Federal Cultural Affairs Minister Belinda Stronach chose the centre as a venue for announcing new money for arts and training.
October 29 – Performing Arts NB, formerly the New Brunswick Arts Council, launched its new identity and booking services with a day-long Celebration of the Arts
October 22 – The Harvest Ball culminates a day of free workshops and a general Open House.
October 19 – Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson, and Justice Minister Brad Green participate in the official opening of the Centre
October 16 – Film shoot and fiddle workshop take advantage of the new facility.
October 12 – Fredericton Rotary clubs honour FAL prime mover Charlotte Glencross with the Paul Harris Fellowship Award.
October 8 – A volunteer work party takes over the school to clean and paint. Members of the board, tenants and the neighbourhood association pitch in,
Ballet and breakdance lessons liven the Dance studio and students study violin.
September 9 – New signs reflect tenants moving in; craft college students draw the Centre
August 31 – Orientation at the craft college
August 30 – Moving at the Film Co-op
June 17 – N.B. Premier Bernard Lord presents FAL with a $100,000 cheque
June 10 – The 4 Engineering Regiment from Base Gagetown spent six months bringing the Centre up to code.