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Steve Smith: This is it for Red Green
By Chris Brown on September 19th, 2019
cbrown@medicinehatnews.com@MHNBrown When he was planning his current Red Green tour, Steve Smith wanted to leave himself a little bit of wiggle room. He thought he might have two tours in him, so he called this one This Could Be It, with plans to call any follow-up tour This Is Definitely It. But something happened while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Library Chat: Record-breaking summer at MHPL
By Ken Feser on September 13th, 2019
The library has had a very busy and successful summer. We had the largest number of visitors to the library this summer in years. We also had the highest-ever use of our fiction collection in July; that is especially impressive because book circulation in public libraries has tended to be flat or in slight decline ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lloyd Spiegel is bringing the blues from the Land Down Under
By Chris Brown on September 13th, 2019
cbrown@medicinehatnews.com@MHNBrown The series is the same, but the artists are all brand new. The Esplanade welcomes Australian blues performer Lloyd Spiegel to Medicine Hat to kick off this season’s Medicine Hat Brewing Company ON-Stage Series on Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Spiegel is an 11-time at the Australian Blues Awards, including three album of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Radio Ramblings: Canada’s Killer B’s are doing the country proud
By John Carter on September 12th, 2019
I have always considered myself a proud Canadian. We really do live in the greatest country in the world. There have been, and are, so many great Canadians to draw inspiration from. Two of these greats are young ladies who are both mature beyond their years, extremely poised, polite to a fault, and a joy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local artists put it out there and Up Front
By Chris Brown on September 12th, 2019
cbrown@medicinehatnews.com@MHNBrown Local artists will be front and centre at the Esplanade this weekend. Actually, they’ll be Up Front and outside. The front lawn of the downtown arts and heritage centre will become a studio/gallery space as artists create temporary public art from Sept. 13-15 for The Up Front Project. Wes Bell, a member of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After Dark Sept. 12-18, 2019
By Medicine Hat News on September 12th, 2019
THURSDAY – Live jam, Cecil Hotel, 9 p.m. – Ride the Mechanical Bull, Ralph’s Texas Bar and Steakhouse, 9 p.m. – Top 40 DJ music with Ryan Stewart, Temptation Night Club, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. – DJ jam nights, Corona, 9 p.m. – Karaoke, Mainliner Pub – Cozy Comedy’s Netflix & Chill comedy special on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Clerks’ director Kevin Smith coming to Hat
By medicinehatnews on September 11th, 2019
Comedic film director Kevin Smith is coming to the Hat on Jan. 19 to screen his latest film, which stars a couple familiar faces – Jay and Silent Bob. The duo appeared in most of Smith’s acclaimed films throughout the 1990s and early-2000s – “Clerks,” “Dogma,” “Mallrats” and, of course, “Jay and Silent Bob Strike ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hat Art Club wants new members
By Medicine Hat on September 7th, 2019
The Hat Art Club is hosting a Membership Night on Sept. 11, aiming to increase its membership and thereby show the community just how important creativity can be for the individual and the collective. Communication coordinator Kelly Boreson-Charland says “You do not need to be an artist to become a member but instead just a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eye on the Esplanade: TREX launches group exhibition of women by women
By Xanthe Isbister on September 6th, 2019
This September the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program (TREX) begins its 34th season with 16 exhibitions touring communities throughout southeastern Alberta. The exhibitions feature artworks created by Alberta artists and are displayed in schools, public libraries, and community venues such as Kianai High School in Standoff, the Duchess and District Library and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Moscow Ballet’s Kissy Doll Tea Party at mall next week cancelled
By Medicine Hat News on September 6th, 2019
UPDATE: A note on the Canalta Centre Facebook page on Tuesday, indicates the event has been cancelled. —————————— Excitement is growing for the upcoming performance of Moscow Ballet’s “Great Russian Nutcracker.” It may reach a fever pitch next weekend. Moscow Ballet, the Canalta Centre and the Medicine Hat Mall have partnered for The Kissy Doll ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat native Keri Kelly ready to ‘Rock’ her hometown
By MO CRANKER on September 5th, 2019
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker The North American tour of “We Will Rock You” will be making a stop in the Hat in early January and it will showcase local talent in a prominent role. Keri Kelly moved to Medicine Hat at a young age and spent many years here before graduating from Medicine Hat High School and leaving ... Read More »
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