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After Dark June 13-19
By Medicine Hat News on June 13th, 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!Forty years later, Stampeders still rockin’ Canada
By Chris Brown on June 7th, 2019
cbrown@medicinehatnews.com @MHNBrown Take a look at music charts and and old Canadian venue posters from the 1970s and one name will be seen over and over again – The Stampeders. The Calgary band went coast to coast, back again and toured internationally during the first half of decade. Life on the road then is what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After Dark June 6-12, 2019
By medicinehatnews on June 6th, 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!Fiddle master Scott Woods is back at the Monarch Theatre this week
By Medicine Hat News on June 4th, 2019
Renowned Canadian fiddle champion Scott Woods will be Fiddlin’ Around in Medicine Hat this week. The fiddle master, always a hot ticket when he comes to Medicine Hat, will perform his new show, titled Fiddlin’ Around on June 6 at 7 p.m. at the Monarch Theatre. The “Branson-style” show will fiddle tunes, traditional country and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eye on the Esplanade: What’s new with the HRC?
By Karen-Anne Cherwonogrodzky on May 31st, 2019
As the heritage assistant with the city, my main role is to support the heritage resources committee, more commonly known as the HRC. This is a very active committee that in 2018 recorded a total of 828 volunteer hours. These hours do not include the 160 hours donated by the Ewart Duggan House Heritage Garden ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boney M booked for December
By Medicine Hat News on May 31st, 2019
Boney M, singers of the Christmas staple “Mary’s Boy Child,” will be in Medicine Hat in December. The group that also counts “Rasputin” “Ma Baker” and “Belfast” among its eight No. 1 singles on the European charts will perform at the Canalta Centre on Dec. 6. “Boney M. has a live show that is as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Radio Ramblings: Music can make or break the movie
By medicinehatnews on May 30th, 2019
I was administering the appropriate amount of ketchup to my KD recently when it hit me harder than a stubbed toe in the wee hours of a house full of family that the best part about macaroni and cheese is the always overlooked cheese portion of the Tuesday evening supper staple. Without the cheese all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks’ at Medicine Hat Lodge cancelled
By Medicine Hat News on May 25th, 2019
The local presentation of “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks” scheduled to begin its run on Wednesday has been cancelled. The Medicine Hat Lodge, the host venue, issued a release on Friday afternoon. “Due to conflicting schedules we have had to cancel ‘Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks’ starring Morgan Fairchild, which was scheduled to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Library Chat: Busy days ahead at MHPL
By Ken Feser on May 24th, 2019
The library runs a reading program every summer. I am under strict instructions from my Head of Youth Services to never ever call it a day camp because it is not really designed to be that; nevertheless it involves dropping kids off for a few hours a day so it is as popular with parents ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Radio Ramblings: Cranking it up to 10
By Chrissy Cruickshank on May 23rd, 2019
What did you want for your 10th birthday? I imagine I was hoping for a new My Little Pony to add to my collection, or maybe that was the year I got my Gameboy, or that awesome blue push-scooter I’d been begging for. It had a hand-break and everything, which was necessary to stop the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eye on the Esplanade: A lot of magic happens behind the scenes
By Phil Stark on May 17th, 2019
Welcome to the dark side! For the last 14 years I have worked in an office with no windows. My team and I mostly work 12-hour shifts; evenings and weekend. You normally don’t see me unless something is wrong. I work in the theatre at the Esplanade, and I love my job. In 2005 when ... Read More »
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