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Cowboy poetry show next weekend

By Medicine Hat News on September 20th, 2019

The inaugural Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry and Western Music show is just eight days away. The event is the brainchild of Medicine Hat’s Jen Zollner. With cowboy poetry gatherings taking place in other locations such as Calgary and Maple Creek, Zollner wanted to bring the experience to Medicine Hat. It will take place at Redcliff’s ... Read More »

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Eye on the Esplanade: Meeting people from all over the world

By Krista Wilde on September 20th, 2019

We’re lucky to work in a building that brings together so many different visitors. People who love art, culture, music, history and some who love to explore. People come from near and far to see what lies behind the big glass doors and we’re the fortunate ones that have the pleasure of greeting them and ... Read More »

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After Dark Sept. 19-25, 2019

By Medicine Hat News on September 19th, 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 »

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Radio Ramblings: Fall into … something

By Park Warden on September 19th, 2019

Considering the Autumnal Equinox is literally only hours away (fall arrives at 1:50 a.m. on Monday), it would probably make more sense to admit that summer is actually over, as opposed to trying to coax more sunlight by still dressing like it’s July. You’re pretty much begging to get caught in a September snowstorm with ... Read More »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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After Dark Sept. 12-18, 2019

By Medicine Hat News on September 12th, 2019

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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 »

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