Expanding Performance Venues
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- Created on Friday, 27 January 2012 05:14
The Culturual Exchange and Saskatchewan Arts Board are working to help venues in rural communities present Saskatchewan performers. Photo by Brigid McNutt.
By Brigid McNutt
The Cultural Exchange is taking musicians on the road as part of its pilot project Presenters Network. The goal is to expand the network of performance venues throughout the province. By working with rural communities to develop new venues, the project seeks to inspire more frequent cultural events in rural communities, and help Saskatchewan artists to share their music.
“It serves as an opportunity for the program to show Saskatchewan how much talent lives within their own province they may not be familiar with, and also allow those artists the opportunity to build new audiences,” said Mike Dawson, program officer for the Presenters Network.
Ho ho ho means no
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- Created on Friday, 25 November 2011 21:33
Laura Hamel rehearses for her role as Vixen in the upcoming play The Eight: Reindeer Monologues. Photo by Sean Trembath.
by Sean Trembath
A new theatre production at the University of Regina is putting Santa on the naughty list. The Eight: Reindeer Monologues is a darkly comic tale set in the North Pole, where eight famous reindeer debate going on strike after an alleged sexual assault on one of them by Kris Kringle himself.
An inspring career rewarded
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- Created on Friday, 30 September 2011 16:26
Robin Schlaht at work in his home office. Photo by Sean Trembath.
by Sean Trembath
The University of Regina’s Media Production & Studies department honoured one of their most successful alumni Thursday evening with an award ceremony and film screening at the Regina Public Library.
Robin Schlaht, a Regina based documentarian, was presented with the department’s inaugural Distinguished Alumni Award. In almost 20 years as a filmmaker, Schlaht has received multiple awards and has had his work screened around the world.
The impact of typeface
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- Created on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:15
by Deborah Shawcross
A lot of thought is put into the typeface and design of a newspaper and many papers have made changes to stay visually appealing to readers. Words can be big or small but in the world of print news size does matter. A bold headline catches the eye of a reader but after they are hooked a slim text has to keep the sentences flowing.
Books unbound
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- Created on Friday, 21 October 2011 19:12
Angel McDowell shows off an 8.5 x 5.5-in sketchbook in the U of R Art Store. Photo by Sean Trembath.
by Sean Trembath
Last November, Aaron Wandler was given a small black sketchbook, the theme, “You Remind Me…” and three months to come up with anything he could think of.
“It seems pretty obvious what you’d want to do with it – write in it,” said Wandler, a fourth-year University of Regina visual arts student. He opted to go a different route, using a rotary tool to carve out the pages of the book in a play on the concept of life and death.
Venue closing leaves musicians in the cold
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- Created on Monday, 19 September 2011 20:54
by Kelly Malone
The closing of an all-ages venue in Saskatoon has created a hurdle for musicians and promoters. Sept. 4 marked the final show for Jale as musicians came together to say farewells through 10 hours of music.
First Aboriginal Prairie Showcase to rock Regina
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- Created on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 15:31
by Ntawnis Elyse Piapot
Aboriginal singers and musicians will get a chance to showcase their talents on stage this month. The first-ever Aboriginal Prairie Showcase is being held at the Exchange Club on March 27.