Local Arts

With the traditional R.D. Parker Collegiate music program cabaret not possible under current public health rules, graduating music students were recognized at the first Cabbie Awards in the Letkemann Theatre June 16.

The 54th-annual Thompson Festival of the Arts is kicking off March 13-14, with two days of dance competition at the Letkemann Theatre. “This is a community festival dedicated to promoting the arts,” festival organizer Jolene Brow said.

Australian turned Churchill resident Roy Mexted has taken the inspiration provided by the Northern Manitoba town he and his girlfriend have made their home by recording a CD made up almost entirely of songs written in and about the Hudson Bay port.

Back off Taylor Swift … and get lost Mozart. Avenue 46, an “energetic, pop-punk-alt-rock band with a twist” will be blasting their musical fusion in the Thompson Regional Community Centre Feb. 29.

Louis Riel once said, “My people will sleep for 100 years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirit back.

Music night at the Heritage North Museum, a monthly event, was a great success on Feb. 13.

As part of Manitoba 150 celebrations, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) Aspirants will bring their On the Edge Tour to Thompson March 22, “where the next generation of dancers will showcase a sublime and powerful repertoire for audiences of all ag

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Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist Kahill Gibran once said, “Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life, bringing peace, and abolishing strife.

Kendra Martinussen, a 17-year-old Grade 12 student at R.D. Parker Collegiate, has been selected to perform in the prestigious National Youth Band of Canada for the second year in a row. This year’s event runs from April 26 to May 3 in Halifax.