Natalie Williams Calhoun
@nwcalhoun.bsky.social
Cellist, composer, creator of music
I endorse Hannah Bell for leader of the Green Party of PEI. She understands that a vibrant grassroots membership organization is at the heart of successful Green parties worldwide. I believe that she has the leadership skills to guide the Party to soar to new heights. Believe in better!
Got to talk about my project on a local @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social program this week! Have a listen 😬😃 Mainstreet PEI with Steve Bruce: The Bayfield String Quartet www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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We made it!! 100% funded with 4 days to go ❤️ Huge thanks to everyone who reposted, shared the campaign & of course giant hugs to those of you who supported me & supported the project! I love my PEI community but also have so much love for the wider community of friends that I have around the world ❤️
90% funded and 5 days to go! Can you help me get over the finish line? 🤞💪#acousticeastcoast
69% funded with 11 days to go! Can you help us get to $10k? If you can’t donate, please share! #acousticeastcoast #stringquartet #instrumentalcovers #petersdream
49% funded in less than 2 weeks - huge thanks to everyone who has contributed!! If you are able to help out, check out the project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/nwc... and help me to get to $10k!!
Exciting news for today: I’m launching a kickstarter to help fund the creation of ‘Acoustic East Coast’, a show that will be produced on PEI this August. If you’re able to help us financially, I really appreciate it - if you’re not, perhaps share the link? 🙏 www.kickstarter.com/projects/nwc...
Acoustic East Coast
Help support the creation of a brand new concert celebrating the music of Canada's East Coast as performed by string quartet.
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It was a huge honour to receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal today, as nominated by the PEI Symphony Orchestra! Here is a picture of myself with the PEI Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable Wassim Salamoun, MD and Laura Ono, Head of Operations for the PEISO.
I’m launching a kickstarter campaign next week to write charts for a new show to be produced in August. Perhaps you can help out? Check it out here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/nwc...
Coming soon: Acoustic East Coast
Help support the creation of a brand new concert celebrating the music of Canada's East Coast as performed by string quartet.
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And I totally realize that there are many worse things going on the world that I could be posting about. But part of me hopes (as I write in the post) that someone in the world might have an experience with #dissociativefugue like my husband and might have words of wisdom as to what lies ahead 🙁
If anyone wants to continue on with the next Substack installment of what happened to me a year ago… substack.com/@nwcalhoun/n...
Natalie Williams Calhoun on Substack
Continuing the story, little bit by little bit… it’s amazing how, even only a year on from this crisis, it feels so unreal and yet so close.
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Maybe someday, women in America will have as many rights as Cybertrucks do.
The next Canadian Prime Minister should appoint Trudeau as Ambassador to the United States.
The typical teen spends more time on their phone each day than they spend reading over an entire month. Why are so many parents so concerned about allegedly harmful books instead of the media that children actually consume? thewalrus.ca/book-banning/
This isn't a trade war. This is Donald Trump trying to drag Canada into the massive political dumpster fire he started in Washington. Canadians won't be bullied. We will remain: True. North. Strong Free. Elbows up. Read my latest here: charlieangus.substack.com/p/message-to...
MESSAGE TO TRUMP: CANADA WON'T BURN IN YOUR DUMPSTER FIRE
This Is Canada's Moment
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So its been a year, and so I did a thing… open.substack.com/pub/nwcalhou...
One year on...
Feb 27, 2025
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Our Prime Minister sitting in the crowd, singing his heart out. Fier de notre pays. 🇨🇦 #canadasky #cdnpoli #hockey fb.watch/xNbbr_k5ZQ/?
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“Without John Williams, bikes don't fly, nor do brooms in Quidditch matches, nor do men in red capes. There is no Force. Dinosaurs do not walk the earth. We do not wonder, we do not weep, we do not believe.” Happy 93rd birthday, Maestro!
Have you signed the Pledge for Canada? We have almost 50,000 names. Let's get to 60,000. Sign and share. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
Sign the Pledge for Canada
This petition is intended as an invitation to Canadians to reflect on the current challenges Canada faces and what we can all do to respond to the risks and to contribute to building a more resilient ...
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To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 canada.ca/en/public-he...
This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else. Constantly reevaluating and learning.
Message to the grifter king from Canada: "We will have no parley with you, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst and we will do our best. We do not expect to hit without being hit back, and we intend with every week that passes to hit harder." - Winston Churchill