Tag Archives: Arts
North Battleford Public Library hosting '80s themed escape room
Residents will have the chance to travel back in time this weekend at the North Battleford Public Library.Saturday, the library is hosting a 1980s themed escape room event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Group...
Jul 10, 2019 Illustration 132539939 © Taras Gavryliuk - Dreamstime.com
Homecoming and healing: Musicians return to P.A. stage
It was the story of both a comeback and a homecoming, as two Prince Albert raised musicians took to the stage at the first-annual Chesterfest just west of P.A. July 5 and 6.Performing at Chesterfest w...
Jul 09, 2019 Regina-based band The Dead South features P.A. raised banjoist Colton Crawford, far right. The band returned to Prince Albert to perform at Chesterfest on July 5, 2019
Hundreds attend annual Napatak Ramble festival near La Ronge
The seventh-annual Napatak Ramble near La Ronge delivered two days of musical festivities for residents of all ages. "I think we set another bar this year as far as making the event more mature and pr...
Jul 08, 2019 Artistic Director Colin Jolly estimates up to 500 people attended the event. (submitted photo/Katee Pederson)
Artists take on 2016 oil leak that impacted North Saskatchewan River
It's an artistic list that depicts a dark episode for a critical waterway: an adding machine, the colour black, fauna displaced, visual cut-outs of children "lost" by environmental damage, and quilted...
Jul 06, 2019 Artist Heather Hochbaum shows her art project depicting the river and the communities that access it. (Angela Brown/battlefoNOW Staff)
Hoop Dancer vows to unite people on provincial tour
An accomplished grass and hoop dancer from Regina will be touring the province this summer, and the elimination of racism is one of his key messages.Terrance Littletent has been performing for over 30...
Jul 05, 2019 (Facebook/ Terrance Littletent)
Local artist of Ukrainian descent tells story of Canada's immigrant internment camps
Sandra Semchuk wants to bring to light many of the untold stories of those who suffered in internment camps in Canada, largely from the present-day Ukraine, during the First World War with her new boo...
Jul 05, 2019 Sandra Semchuk will present her book The Stories Were Not Told: Canada’s First World War Internment Camps at an upcoming event in North Battleford. (submitted photo/The Chapel Gallery)
Hidden gems of Prince Albert
Prince Albert finds itself in an advantageous position when it comes to historical education.The city's four different museums offer great destinations for both residents and tourists."We're on the wa...
Jul 05, 2019 Prince Albert's Historical Museum. (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)
Downtown North Battleford set to host the sixth annual International Street Performer Festival
Downtown North Battleford is set to transform into a giant outdoor theatre.The North Battleford International Street Performer Festival is returning for its sixth straight year from July 26 to 27. The...
Jul 04, 2019 Festival goers take in a live performance (Facebook/NB Street Festival)
Hollywood casting call for Indigenous talent
If you're a budding Indigenous actor in our region, here's a chance for stardom.Paramount Pictures is looking for a female lead and supporting male to play Native American high school students in an u...
Jul 03, 2019 Rez Sisters, a play featuring a cast of around eight performers was staged by Spark Theatre in 2017. (Gord Barnett/ P.A. Spark Theatre)
Local artist featured at Nutrien Wonderhub
A Prince Albert based educator and artist has had her work featured at the national level, after designing an interactive painting for Saskatoon's Nutrien Wonderhub.Mackenzie Dupre, a teacher at Princ...
Jul 02, 2019 Prince Albert based teacher and artist Mackenzie Dupre was commisioned to paint this interactive mural featured at Saskatoon's Nutrien Wonderhub. (submitted photo/Mackenzie Dupre)