🅿️ YSJ’s giving you an hour

Good morning, Saint John! Tomorrow is Remembrance Day, and we’re taking the day to honour those who served and remember those who never made it home. We’ve put together a guide to ceremonies across the Saint John region to help you find one close by. We’ll be back in your inbox Thursday.

Here’s the lowdown for the day:

Let’s get into it!

-Geoff Walsh, Publisher

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YSJ gives you an hour on the house ✈️

Starting January 4, the Saint John Airport is giving drivers their first hour free in the short-term lot right in front of the terminal. You can park, go inside and meet your people at arrivals. The reunion no longer has to happen through a rolled-down window.

The same day, parking rates rise to $4 hourly, $18 daily and $90 weekly. The free hour applies to the short-term lot only.

What it costs to raise a family in Saint John 💵

A family of four in Saint John needs about $84,450 a year to cover the basics, according to the Human Development Council’s new living wage report. For the family in its model, that works out to $24.44 an hour for each parent working 35 hours a week, about $8.54 above New Brunswick’s minimum wage.

Here’s where the money goes. The report budgets $1,616 a month for a three-bedroom rental, $1,441 for food and $1,111 for child care. Those three bills alone add up to nearly $4,170 a month, before you’ve paid for power or put gas in the car.

Twelve families are getting new keys in Grand Bay–Westfield 🏠

Twelve families are expected to move into new public housing in Grand Bay–Westfield over the next few weeks. Construction and inspections wrapped up in October, and Housing New Brunswick announced Monday that the homes are ready to welcome tenants.

All 12 are two-bedroom row houses. Six are single-storey and six are two-storey. The homes are being added to the province’s public housing portfolio, giving families another affordable housing option in town.

Your art could end up on the City’s walls 🎨

Saint John is buying original work from local artists for its public art collection. The City’s Art Bank is taking submissions until December 6 from emerging and professional artists, collectives and collaborative groups based in the city.

Paintings, photos, sculpture, fine craft and mixed media are all eligible. The collection is displayed in public spaces around Saint John, so your next exhibition could be one seen by anyone, anywhere around town.

A Remembrance Day heads-up 🌺

Saint John Transit won’t run on Wednesday, November 11. City Hall, the City Market and the municipal offices on Rothesay Avenue and Adelaide Street will also be closed. On the West Side, Wednesday’s Remembrance Day parade will close Manawagonish Road between Catherwood Street and O’Brien Street.

Garbage and compost collection will run as scheduled, and parking at Peel Plaza will be free all day. See the City’s service notice and find your nearest Remembrance Day ceremony.

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We had a great time last week and are expecting an even better time this week! Come have some fun with us tomorrow evening!

SJ Today’s, Geoff Walsh hosts Trivia Night at Beer Bread each Wednesday at 6:30pm. Round up a team of 2–6 for food, drinks, and a little friendly competition. Winning team scores free grub for next week, but really the bragging rights are all that matter!

Let us know you’re coming! Hit reply with your team size and we’ll save you a table.

Theatre Talk Tuesday 🎭

Golden Boy | November 10
A gifted violinist trades his bow for boxing gloves in Depression-era New York. Saint John Theatre Company screens Sam Yates’s production, filmed at London’s Almeida Theatre with a live string quartet, at BMO Studio Theatre at 7:30pm.

Symphony NB presents HeartStrings | November 12
Violinist Danielle Sametz joins Symphony New Brunswick at Imperial Theatre at 7:30pm. Mélanie Léonard conducts a program that follows love from the ache of longing to the tenderness of finding someone again.

Mass for Shut-Outs | November 14
Sunday service comes a day early at Imperial Theatre. This stage show borrows the shape of a Catholic mass to look at faith, doubt and the politics of organized religion, with room for a laugh along the way. It starts at 7:30pm. Tickets are $40 or $35 for members.

Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny | November 18
British comic Jimmy Carr brings his stand-up tour to TD Station at 7:30pm. Expect sharp one-liners and a few jokes you’ll be glad you heard in a room full of strangers.

Tales of a Charlie Brown Christmas Trio | November 20
The jazz from A Charlie Brown Christmas gets a night of its own at Imperial Theatre at 7:30pm. The trio carries on the work of the late Jerry Granelli, who played drums on the original Vince Guaraldi soundtrack. Tickets are $40 or $35 for members.

HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis | November 21
Hypnotist Asad Mecci calls up volunteers, then Colin Mochrie of Whose Line Is It Anyway? builds an improv show with them while they’re still hypnotized. Consider this your chance to sit in the audience and let somebody else be brave. It starts at 8pm at Imperial Theatre. Advance tickets start at $56.25.

Coming soon…

Frozen | November 25–29
Saint John Theatre Company brings Disney’s Broadway musical to Imperial Theatre, complete with Anna, Elsa, Olaf and the song you’re already hearing in your head. Shows run at 7:30pm November 25–28, with 2pm matinees November 28 and 29. Tickets are $70 regular, $65 for seniors and $40 for students.

Bad Words for Uptown Fridge 3 | November 28
Bad Words for a Good Cause brings New Brunswick comics to Wasted Day Brewing at 7:30pm for its third stand-up benefit for Uptown Fridge. The show supports the community fridge and its work getting food to people who need it.

To Every Thing There is a Season | November 30
Four siblings remember the Cape Breton Christmas that changed their family. New Brunswick playwright Ryan Griffith adapts Alistair MacLeod’s short story for Theatre New Brunswick, with traditional and original Celtic music woven into the play. It’s at Imperial Theatre at 7:30pm. Tickets are $45 for adults and $25 for students.

Christmas from the Heart | December 6
The Raise Your Voice Ladies Choirs, Treble Makers, Tiny Tunes and Pitch Perfect share the Imperial Theatre stage with special guests Sistema NB. The local holiday showcase starts at 3pm.

📍Discover tons more upcoming events across the Saint John region.

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