Local Arts

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.

Tomson Highway showcases his newest musical in the Hub of the North

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.

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

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

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.

Thompson residents who crave smaller, more intimate settings for their live music are in luck, since the Living Room Live house concert series is coming back to the Hub of the North May 24.

The 53rd Thompson Festival of the Arts is reaching its final stage following a visual arts showcase at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena May 15−16.

Pimicikamak Cree Nation’s Ernest Monias – the “Elvis of the North” – will be honoured with the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Indigenous Music Awards at Club Regent Casino in Winnipeg May 17.

Jennifer Dysart screened six short documentary films at the Thompson Public Library May 14 as part of the national Home Made Visible archival project.