The Own Your Media tour had its first on-time arrival in Antigonish, though we had some stiff competition a Bob Dylan tribute show was playing the same night.
An enthusiastic crowd nonetheless filled up the Antigonish fixture the Tall and Small Café, and peppered us with questions following a longer-than-usual presentation.
We didn't get as much of a chance to hear about local issue, though many told us that the Tar Sands issue found resonance in the region.
We did, however, stay at a farm featured in Briarpatch Magazine's "Alternative Routes" series, thanks to artist-and-resident Fenn, who, along with Tall and Small Proprietor Meghan Peters and St. FX student Jesse Watkins Coady, helped organized the local stop.
Jesse's great-uncle was Moses Coady, the founder of the Coady Institute, an affiliation than many attendees shared.
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