Tag: Arts & Entertainment

  • Okotoks Art Gallery Presents: Light Horse Tales of an Afghan War

    Okotoks Art Gallery Presents: Light Horse Tales of an Afghan War

    Several years ago, Alberta artist and veteran, Alan Henderson, saw a number of friends and former colleagues go to and return from Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan.  Over time their stories created a desire to express what he had been told and shown as art. He was drawn to the details that were being missed…

  • Get Creative at the Sheep River Library

    Get Creative at the Sheep River Library

    Program Registration is by phone: 403-933 3278 or in person at the library. Go Crackers! Save money by never buying crackers again. Learn how to make your own with Doris, our resident cracker expert. Dates: Wednesday January 21 at 7 p.m. Location: Sheep River Library Cost: 1 class, no cost Quilted Winter Wall Hanging We will…

  • ET Canada Hits a High Note with Viewers on New Year’s Eve

    ET Canada Hits a High Note with Viewers on New Year’s Eve

    Over 4.2 million Canadians tuned in to the live broadcast to ring in the New Year Download images of the show here: http://we.tl/xHXYFpKLQo For additional photography and press kit materials visit: shawmedia.ca and follow us on Twitter at @ETCanada /@GlobalTV_PR / @shawmediaTV_PR  TORONTO, Jan. 2, 2015 /CNW/ – ET Canada‘s New Year’s Eve at Niagara Falls…

  • Sheep Creek Arts Council Invites you for Soup and Conversation

    Sheep Creek Arts Council Invites you for Soup and Conversation

    Submitted by Muriel Dais On January 10, 2015 the Sheep Creek Arts Council invites all in the community to join us for soup, conversation and a beginning of the creative New Year at 133 Sunset Blvd. West in Turner Valley between 11:00am and 2:00pm. This will provide an opportunity to discuss and see samples of…

  • CBC: Vinyl records making major comeback with Canadian music lovers

    CBC: Vinyl records making major comeback with Canadian music lovers

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  • Oilfields High School: Seasonal Decor from Learning Commons

    Oilfields High School: Seasonal Decor from Learning Commons

    This is the wonderful “textbook tree” that our Learning Commons Facilitator Ms Nadine Russell has created for students and Staff to enjoy.

  • From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Elizabeth Strout and Garth Stein

    From My Bookshelf ~ Featuring Elizabeth Strout and Garth Stein

    By Lynn Willoughby The Burgess Boys ~ Elizabeth Strout Memory is a fickle thing, and childhood memories are often based on stories we are told. What is the thing you first remember – a birthday, a picnic, a broken arm? This novel is about three siblings – twins Bob and Susan, and their older brother…

  • Leigh Hutton: From Millarville to Australia

    Leigh Hutton: From Millarville to Australia

    Need a stocking stuffer for that horse lover? Why not try Jump Girl, the newest fiction novel from Leigh Hutton? Set in the world of international show jumping, the book tells the story of Ebony Scott Harris, a teenager (and World Equestrian Games hopeful) who is mourning the death of her adoptive mother. Ebony sets…

  • Gumby, The World’s Original Clayboy Turns 60

    Gumby, The World’s Original Clayboy Turns 60

    Re-mastered episodes from the ’50s and ’60s make global debut on TELETOON Retro Sunday, January 4 at 7 p.m. ET/PT TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2014 /CNW/ – The timeless adventures of Gumby return to television this January as TELETOON Retro brings the world’s original clayboy back with newly re-mastered episodes from the ’50s and ’60s. Set…

  • Canada Reads 2015: One Book to Break Barriers

    Canada Reads 2015: One Book to Break Barriers

    Join CBC host Wab Kinew as he hosts Canada Reads. Which of the 15 books on the Canada Reads 2015 longlist do you want to see make the final five? Fill out the ballot and share your picks! Choose one title from each panelists’ list of 3 for your dream Canada Reads: One book to…

  • Sony Pictures Movie – The Interview

    Sony Pictures Movie – The Interview

    After careful consideration of this unprecedented and complex situation, Cineplex Entertainment (“Cineplex”) will postpone presentation of the Sony Pictures movie, The Interview. Cineplex takes seriously its commitment to the freedom of artistic expression, but we want to reassure our guests and staff that their safety and security is our number one priority. We look forward…

  • Nominate a Deserving Individual, Organization or Business for a Calgary Award

    Nominate a Deserving Individual, Organization or Business for a Calgary Award

    Calgarians are invited to recognize fellow citizens for their contributions in making Calgary a dynamic, progressive and compassionate city by nominating them for a Calgary Award, a City of Calgary initiative that has been recognizing exceptional citizens since 1994. The City of Calgary encourages all Calgarians to consider nominating a colleague, community leader and neighbour…

  • Longview Library News: Holiday Reading

    Longview Library News: Holiday Reading

    Marigold Library System is offering a new library service called “Me”. It is an Alberta Wide Borrowing system that is web-based, and allows you to use your library card to create an account, and access the collections of all Alberta’s public libraries. Why join Me Libraries? You can access more library items for free, and…

  • WOA: Locating the Scene

    WOA: Locating the Scene

    By Laura Ly  Arts alumnus Ben Owens searches the province for the perfect filming locations for TV shows and movies Arts alumnus Ben Owens (`96 BA, Film Studies) has always been an avid outdoorsman who regularly hikes, bikes and climbs throughout Alberta — but he probably never imagined that his knowledge of outdoor locations would…

  • Millarville Community School is proud to present It’s Christmas, Carol!

    Millarville Community School is proud to present It’s Christmas, Carol!

    Thursday, December 11, 2014 Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Show 7:00 p.m. Please join the students from Kindergarten to Grade 8 as we share a seasonal musical that sees a very Scrooge-like Elf named Carol change from bitter to better through the power of friendship and caring. As this musical takes place in Santa’s Workshop,…