Entertainment

Later this year, the National Toy Hall of Fame could induct snow — yes, the cold, white stuff that falls from the sky. But only if it ices out enough of the competition — a group that features hugely popular board games, outdoor favorites and giggling plushies. The Hall of Fame announced its 12 finalists [...] Read More »

TORONTO — The Writers’ Trust of Canada is deepening the purse for its fiction prize, increasing it to $100,000. The organization says the winner of the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize would receive $70,000, up from $60,000, while the runners-up will receive $7,500 instead of $5,000. The Writers’ Trust announced the change on Wednesday [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Yves Jarvis has won the Polaris Music Prize for his album “All Cylinders.” The fifth full-length record from the Montreal rock musician was selected for the $30,000 prize by an 11-member grand jury, which named it the best Canadian album of the year based on artistic merit. He took the stage at Toronto’s [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Lorie Lee Sekayumptewa, a former administrator with the Navajo Nation Film Office, remembers seeing Robert Redford at traditional cultural dances at the Hopi village of Hotevilla in New Mexico. It was more than 30 years ago and he was serving as executive producer of the 1991 release “The Dark Wind,” a [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Yves Jarvis has won the Polaris Music Prize for his album “All Cylinders.” The fifth full-length album from the Montreal-based musician was selected for the $30,000 prize by an 11-member grand jury, which named it the best Canadian album of the year based on its artistic merit. The Polaris is considered one of [...] Read More »

After focusing on comedies for the bulk of the past few seasons, Medicine Hat Musical Theatre is stepping back into the world of drama with 12 Angry Men, and it does not disappoint. Opening tonight for the first of six shows, 12 Angry Men give the local playhouse room to flex its more serious muscles, both [...] Read More »

Every day my first order of business is to turn on my computer and review what tickets have been sold on TIXX.ca over the past 24 hours – this information is vitally important to every part of the rest of my day. Although choosing and securing entertainment for the Esplanade is fun and exciting, there’s [...] Read More »

“We know our successes are even bigger than what the public sees.” This was a part of a conversation with a colleague recently, and it made me reflect on some of the auxiliary pieces of my job. My title as Food and Beverage Manager can be a little broad, especially with how many different events [...] Read More »

As Event Services Coordinator for the Community Development Department, I’m sometimes asked what I do. My main role is managing rentals at our facilities. At the Esplanade I book meeting rooms, theatre rental shows, children’s birthday parties and weddings. At the Cultural Centre I book the city’s rooms for non-profit organizations such as studio space [...] Read More »

Who’s ready for some camp at the cabin in the woods? Medicine Hat Musical Theatre’s production of Evil Dead The Musical premieres tonight at 8 p.m. with its first of nine shows, promising plenty of laughs, a touch of shock value and an overall bloody good time. Based on Sam Raimi’s cult classic film trilogy, [...] Read More »