The article “Dinner Theatre Atlantic style,” in your May/June issue, was an enjoyable and useful reminder that this cheerful Maritime hybrid of cabaret, comedy and improv is an invaluable training ground for hundreds of aspiring young performers across Atlantic Canada.

Down here in hot and dry Texas, this Canadian keeps up with the Maritimes with the great fortune of a Saltscapes subscription, given to me by my brother. My Texan hubby and I are taking two teenage Texas gals for a Maritime treat at the Grafton Dinner Theatre in August, thanks to your fun article (“Dinner Theatre Atlantic style,” May/June)—my siblings confirmed it’s one of their favourite places. Ya’ll keep it up—eh?

I can’t believe it! I read your July/August issue twice, as usual, and there were no illustrations by Bruce John Wood—I like his work because it is old-fashioned and nostalgic. Please don’t let it happen again!! 

The Amistad story (“Sailing to Africa on the Amistad,” July/August) is another provocative window into the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. Though it is commonly known that many freed slaves arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone, via Nova Scotia, less is known about what happened to them after their arrival on African shores.