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Eye on the Esplanade: Children’s art is something to celebrate
By Julie Downey-Hoglund on June 28th, 2019
In June, the Esplanade’s Sensory Art Classes for Tots and Preschoolers celebrated the end of the spring session with the first Discovery Centre Art Show and Mini-Gala. Each class had a one-night-only display of artwork created by the 2- to 5-year-old artists during their eight weekly classes. I thoroughly believe children’s art is something to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat JazzFest courting a younger audience
By medicinehatnews on June 27th, 2019
cbrown@medicinehatnews.com@MHNBrown “I’m going to JazzFest. Are you?” You may have heard that phrase over the past few weeks and will this week as well with Medicine Hat JazzFest on now. It came from a loose committee of Hatters tasked with reaching out to the city’s younger demographic and getting them to give JazzFest a listen. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After Dark June 27-July 3, 2019
By Medicine Hat News on June 27th, 2019
Note: Some listings may be cancelled due to the Canada Day long weekend. Check with the establishment. 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, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Radio Ramblings: Strolling, rambling down Penny Lane with Steve Krysak
By Steve Krysak on June 27th, 2019
If you don’t know, June 25 was Global Beatles Day. It was on that day in 1967 the Fab Four sang “All You Need Is Love” on the BBC program “Our World.” That just happened to be the first-ever live, international, satellite television production. It’s believed more than 400 million people watched that broadcast. While ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Library Chat: New play space will be ‘all kinds of awesome’
By Ken Feser on June 21st, 2019
The Library and Southlands Co-op had a barbecue on Monday. Co-op came prepared to feed about 350 and by the end of the night they had served 1,500 burgers and hot dogs. They had to restock three times and I’m told the Medicine Hat stores were pretty much cleared out by the time we were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Steel Panther’s bite worse than its growl
By Stan Ashbee on June 21st, 2019
ashentertainment@live.com Steel Panther could be considered Spinal Tap’s ugly stepsister or the bastard love child of Poison, Warrant, Ratt, Cinderella, Slaughter, Stryper and even Winger – all rolled up into one cheesy rock ‘n’ roll burrito. Long live hair metal! Steel Panther graces the Cypress Centre Auditorium stage this Friday with special guest Striker. On ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jazz Pick: Traditional jazz, late at night from Jillian McKenna
By Lyle Rebbeck on June 21st, 2019
@MedHatJazz THE JILLIAN MCKENNA PROJECT With just a few days remaining until the beginning of JazzFest, the anticipation grows throughout the city. Now is the time to take a look through the brochure and really plan out your week. And if you’re not sure where to start, remember JazzFest 101 in the front of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat’s MacKenzie Porter engaged, wedding could be here
By medicinehatnews on June 20th, 2019
Medicine Hat’s MacKenzie Porter is engaged, according to people.com. The site reports the singer and actress recently became engaged to actor Jake Etheridge. “So, we’ve been secretly engaged for a few weeks now — soaking it in with our family and friends,” Porter says in the article. “We’ve been best friends for five years and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medicine Hat JazzFest has been on Tara Kannangara’s mind
By Chris Brown on June 20th, 2019
cbrown@medicinehatnews.com@MHNBrown Achievement unlocked. For a few years now Medicine Hat JazzFest organizers have been trying to book Tara Kannangara. She’s heard good things from her peers who’ve played here and has had her eye on Medicine Hat. “I have a lot of friends that have played there and they love the festival,” Kannangara told the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Radio Ramblings: Cross the pond for Euro festival fun
By Park Warden on June 20th, 2019
parkwardenvoice@gmail.com Summer solstice is tomorrow, which means if you haven’t made any epic plans for the next three months, you might wanna call your travel buddies and start looking at what’s up, because summer officially starts tomorrow! If you’re a fan of 1980s-style hair-metal, or at least a somewhat reasonably modern take on it, with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After Dark June 20-26
By Medicine Hat News on June 20th, 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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