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Cinema on wheels tours Northern Manitoba showcasing Indigenous films

Cinema on wheels tours Northern Manitoba showcasing Indigenous films

Filmmakers Mathilde Benignus from France and Evan K.
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Concert in the Park moves to evenings for 2019 shows

Concert in the Park moves to evenings for 2019 shows

Concert in the Park is making its return to MacLean Park July 24, although there’s going to be a slight change in format.
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First-time contestant wins Thompson’s Got Vocal Talent competition

First-time contestant wins Thompson’s Got Vocal Talent competition

CHTM radio host Robyn Thomson took her voice from the airwaves to the main stage of Nickel Days June 23 for the 2019 Thompson’s Got Vocal Talent contest.
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Escape artist will defy death during Thompson’s Canada Day celebration

Escape artist will defy death during Thompson’s Canada Day celebration

Throughout his lengthy career, professional daredevil Dean Gunnarson has travelled the world in the hopes of finding new and inventive ways to put his body on the line for people’s enjoyment.
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Junior bands and choirs hold year-end concerts

Junior bands and choirs hold year-end concerts

Following on the heels of their 34th cabaret , R.D. Parker Collegiate’s music program hosted a pair of year-end concerts at the Letkemann Theatre June 11-12 for junior and elementary school musicians.
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Presenting songs in the key of Cree

Presenting songs in the key of Cree

Tomson Highway showcases his newest musical in the Hub of the North
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Senior music students get wild for this year’s cabaret

Senior music students get wild for this year’s cabaret

R.D. Parker Collegiate’s senior music program capped off the school year in style with their 34th annual cabaret-style concert, which took place inside the Letkemann Theatre June 4.
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Going out on a high note

Going out on a high note

The 53rd Thompson Festival of the Arts came to a close May 28-29 with a pair of highlights concerts at the Letkemann Theatre.
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Nickel Days musical performers announced

Nickel Days musical performers announced

The Nickel Days board jumpstarted the countdown to the 2019 edition of the summer fair – 22 days from now – May 24 at River View Restaurant, hosting sponsors and guests at a reception where they revealed the performers who will be preceding Nickel Da
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RDPC drama students try their hand at writing horror

RDPC drama students try their hand at writing horror

After years of experimenting with different genres, members of the R.D. Parker Collegiate drama department continued to expand their horizons by staging an original horror-themed play titled Kingston 1989 at the Letkemann Theatre May 24.
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