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Eye on the Esplanade: Live entertainment is going strong

By Medicine Hat News on December 1st, 2017

As an arts presenter I have to admit, there is no better feeling than standing at the back of a theatre to watch an artist perform to an energetic, engaged audience. Regardless of whether there are 25 or 2,500 people at the show, that feeling never gets old. Back in the early 2000s there were ... Read More »

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Selah Singers’ popular Christmas concerts set for this weekend

By Peggy Revell on December 1st, 2017

prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevell Bringing tidings of comfort and joy, local community choir the Selah Singers will be ushering in the holiday season this weekend with their annual Christmas concerts. “There’s a lot of bad news going around, and this is good news,” said choir director Ralph Browne. “The kids, the orchestra, the choir, they’re so upbeat.” ... Read More »

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MonkeyJunk coming to Medalta

By Medicine Hat News on November 24th, 2017

Medicine Hat News No monkeying around, MonkeyJunk will be at Medalta on Sunday. The Ottawa-based trio has added swampy blues and rock to its previously established sound. The band’s latest release, “Time To Roll,” incorporates elements of the band’s previous four albums. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $20 plus service charges and GST, ... Read More »

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Celtic stars to perform at Esplanade

By Medicine Hat News on November 24th, 2017

Medicine Hat News The Barra MacNeils Christmas tour comes to Medicine Hat this weekend at the Esplanade. Titled An East Coast Christmas, the five musical siblings are often regarded as some of the best live Celtic performers anywhere in the world. The Nov. 26 show is “full of seasonal favourites, original tunes, songs, stories and ... Read More »

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Library Chat: Knowing readers’ likes, dislikes key for librarians

By Medicine Hat News on November 24th, 2017

At Monday night’s Scotiabank Giller Prize ceremony an emotional Michael Redhill was honoured for “Bellevue Square” and took home $100,000. Each of four runners-up were presented with $10,000. I always am interested, when awards are given, in how the books are faring in Medicine Hat. Every town has a different readership and different titles do ... Read More »

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After Dark Nov. 23-29

By Medicine Hat News on November 23rd, 2017

THURSDAY – Karaoke, Oly’s Alehouse and Eatery, Johnny with Dynamite Sound, win a $100 gift certificate, 9 p.m., 403-548-6597 – 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 Renn Davies, Temptation Night Club, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. – Intimate with ... Read More »

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Northern Pikes, Abbamania set to hit Esplanade stage

By Medicine Hat News on November 18th, 2017

Medicine Hat News There’s still time to cast your line and reel in a ticket or two to see The Northern Pikes at the Esplanade next week. The Saskatoon rockers are out on their first full, cross-Canada tour in more than a decade, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of the band’s breakout album ... Read More »

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Eye on the Esplanade: Preserving local heritage

By Medicine Hat News on November 17th, 2017

Squirrelled away in my cubicle at the Esplanade, I work on a variety of exciting projects to support the city’s Heritage Resources Committee, more commonly known as the HRC. This busy and devoted committee is never short of ideas on ways to protect and increase public awareness of our heritage resources. Born and raised in ... Read More »

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Barenaked before the holidays

By Medicine Hat News on November 16th, 2017

Stan Ashbee Special to the News Touring Canuck Country earlier in November during the Barenaked Ladies’ Canada 1-Five-0 tour, the Canadian icons noticed a plethora of great live music venues. “There’s smaller towns and they invest in good sounding quality theatres,” said Barenaked Ladies drummer and vocalist Tyler Stewart, from Camrose, smack dab in the ... Read More »

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Rock Ramblings: Putting the ‘special’ back in specials

By Medicine Hat News on November 16th, 2017

Thanks to technology, there’s this thing we have now called “instant gratification,” which can be great and also not so great. Like those times when you can’t think of the name of that guy from that movie who was in that show you just watched É you know the one. No longer do you have ... Read More »

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