Belly Dance

January 14 - April 1, 2014
Starting this Tuesday at Fame Studios
6:45 - 7:45 pm - Belly Dance Fitness/Technique- DRILLS $150
8:00 - 9:00 pm - Belly Dance Tunisian - Choreo and FUN $150
Instructor: Jasmin Ulmer
Phone 780.808.5657 if you need more details.

Prairie Winter Art Show

Prairie Winter Art Show

Dawn Interiors  

January 14 - February 28, 2014

Local artists present our prairie winter

Artist Face-Off

January 14, 2014
Alberta Building - Lloydminster Exhibition
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Free Admission

There will an artist Face-Off on January 14, 2014, at the Opening Reception of Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada, at the Alberta Building, Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds, starting at 7:00 pm.

Cake and coffee. Student Art Awards, Lloydminster Hockey HistoryWalk, Interactive Hockey Skills Challenges, Hockey Hall of Fame Exhibits.

The Face-Off will feature 7 local artist: RaeLynn Lake (potter), Dawn Lawrence Floen (jeweler), Michelle Lake (acrylic artist), Graham Flatt (watercolourist), Brandi Hofer (mixed media artist), students Argel Alcobilla (Lloydminster Comprehensive High School), and Allyx Nakonechny (Holy Rosary High School). Each artist will have one hour to create a unique piece of art that will be auction off that evening.

Dignitaries and celebrity Ron MacLean are scheduled to open the evening. Please come out to support local artists, school artists and students and enjoy the opening of SHDIC. For more info, go to http://www.lloydminster.ca/shdic

CBC After Party with The Barrelmen

CBC After Party with The Barrelmen
January 18, 2014
The Root: Community Emporium
Phone: 306.825.5885

Shane Philip

Shane Philip
Didgeridoo, Guitar & Drum
January 16, 2014
The Root: Community Emporium
$15
Phone: 306.825.5885

Local Showcase Night at The Root

Local Showcase Night with Taylor Nelson and Earl Stevenson 
January 17, 2014
The Root: Community Emporium
Pass the Hat Event

Comedian Gerry Dee

The Real Mr. D 2014 Comedy Tour
January 17, 2014 (Friday)
7:30 pm
Vic Juba Community Theatre
Box Office: 780.872.7400

Presented by
Gerard ADHD Entertainment Inc.

All Seats: $59.00



Gerry Dee is the star and co-creator of the hit CBC sitcom, "Mr. D".

2013 Winner of a Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in A Continuing Comedic Role.

This former school teacher, turned comedian, also just released a new book called "Teaching: It's Harder Than It Looks". You also know him from The Score as "Gerry Dee-Sports Reporter" and Donny from "Trailer Park Boys-The Movie". He finished third on Season 5 of NBC's Last Comic Standing, the highest result by a Canadian in the show's history.

Video: Mr. D
Video: Just For Laughs Festival

Canadian Country Music Legends

January 24, 2014 (Friday)
7:00 pm
Vic Juba Community Theatre
Box Office: 780.872.7400

Presented by
Association of Canadian Country Music Legends

All Seats: $39.00
Tickets at the Door: $44.00



This concert will feature Joyce Smith, Bev Munro, Alfie Myhre, Randy Hollar, Pete Hick, and Myrna Lorrie with Canada’s finest Traditional Country Music Band “Rodeo Wind". For more information on these musicians: please click: here

Youth Art Programs

Do you have a child interested in arts and culture? Lloydminster Cultural & Science Centre (former Barr Colony Heritage Cultural Centre) offers a variety of art based classes and programs.

“ArtVentures” is a fun class is for curious artists who will create their own works of art. This program is offered for two age groups:

Junior: Ages 6-9
Wednesdays – 5 sessions
January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Cost: $100

Senior: Ages 10-15
Thursdays – 5 sessions
January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Cost: $100 + GST

Lloydminster Cultural & Science Centre is also offering Mixed Media Acrylic Painting classes with Saskatchewan artist Jinny Nieviadomy. Your child will be taken through the steps to create a multi-media diptych masterpiece!

Ages 10-15
Saturdays – 2 sessions
January 11, 18
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Cost: $70 + GST

Call Lloydminster Cultural & Science Centre at 306-825-5655 to register for these classes.

Del Barber and 100 Mile House

January 28, 2014
7:30 pm
Vic Juba Community Theatre
Box Office: 780.872.7400

Presented by
Lloydminster Concert Series Association

Series Pricing: $25
Single Ticket Pricing: $38
Students: $5



Del Barber
One of Canada’s most promising young troubadours

Del Barber has a keen sense of narrative, homegrown charm and well-worn wit that will steal your heart. Del has earned the 2011 Juno for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year and 2011 Western Canadian Music Awards for Independent Album of the Year as well as Roots Solo Recording of the Year.

Video: here


100 Mile House
“Some of the most polished and touching live performances” - Katherine Duncan, Key of A - CBC

100 Mile House’s unique, lyrically driven, brand of transatlantic folk has led them to some of Canada’s biggest folk festivals and garnered them industry recognition across Canada and abroad. Their 2011 release Hollow Ponds was nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award and won the Edmonton Music Award for ‘Folk/Roots Album of the Year 2012.’

Video: here

Workshops

Pottery classes with local potters Eleanor Shaw & Christiane Dumas will take place at Lloydminster Cultural & Science Centre (former Barr Colony Heritage Cultural Centre) on January 7, 14, 21, 28, February 4, 11, 25 (Tuesdays) from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Participants will have the opportunity to explore both hand building and wheel pottery. No experience necessary. All tools and one bag of clay provided with registration fee. Additional clay can be purchased. The cost to register in the pottery classes is $225 + tax.

“Mixed Media Acrylic Painting” sessions will take place at Lloydminster Cultural & Science Centre on January 11 and 18 (Saturdays) from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Join Saskatchewan artist Jinny Nieviadomy as she takes you through the steps to create a multi-media diptych masterpiece. The cost to register in this 2-session workshop on mixed media acrylic painting is $90.00 + tax.

A workshop on “Encaustic Beeswax Painting” will take place at Lloydminster Cultural & Science Centre on January 23 (Thursday) from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Encaustic painting is the art form of using heated beeswax, tinted with colour pigments, to create a one of a kind piece of art. Join local fine artist Brandi Hofer as she teaches you the techniques of encaustic painting, including a multimedia component. All materials supplied. No experience necessary. The cost to register in this workshop on encaustic beeswax painting is $65.00 + tax.

Call Lloydminster Cultural & Science Centre at 306-825-5655 to register for these classes.

Beginner Latin Dance

Beginner Latin Dance
Jan 22 - Mar 6, 2014
The Root: Community Emporium
Instructor: Michele Charles Gustafson
6 Weeks – Wednesdays 7:45 – 8:45 pm
NO CLASS FEB 19

Learn the basic steps of the most popular styles including Salsa, Merengue and more. You’ll also be taught the mechanics of partner dance that would put you on the dance floor at any club or party. You’ll learn to feel the music in your body so you look like a pro.

If you've taken my class before, this can be a refresher, another chance to practice and I'll show you some new things too!

You need to be a duo so find a friend to dance with (2 gals is perfectly cool)!

$150/couple
Register at The Root: Community Emporium
Phone: 306.825.5885

The Wilderness of Manitoba - Jan 31

The Wilderness of Manitoba
January 31, 2014
The Root: Community Emporium
Phone: 306.825.5885
$15


“The singing is never short of heavenly as (they) soar through rich choral arrangements that often sound eerily like Simon and Garfunkel or Crosby, Stills, and Nash. The Wilderness of Manitoba sound simply breathtaking.” – No Depression

Dimensions

Dimensions
January 13 - February 28, 2014
Lloydminster Cultural & Science Centre

Dimensions is the Saskatchewan Craft Council’s touring, juried, exhibition of Fine Craft. It is a dynamic, colourful exhibition of 35 Fine Craft works in a wide variety of media. 2013 celebrates the 30th Dimensions exhibition organized by the Saskatchewan Craft Council.

The exhibition was selected by Michael Hosaluk, Saidye Bronfoman Award winning wood worker, designer, and educator from Saskatoon. Michael has had much previous experience with Dimensions as a participating artist, awards winner, and juror. The out-of-province juror was Susan Rankin, a glass artist from Apsley, Ontario. Susan grew up in Saskatchewan and maintains family and artistic ties in the province. Her work is exhibited internationally and nationally.

122 new and experienced craftspeople submitted up to two handcrafted items each, for consideration. Dimensions features 35 works by 33 exceptionally talented Saskatchewan craftspeople – the best in Saskatchewan Fine Craft.

Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada

Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada – Ghosts of Violence
An Evening of Inspiration & Awareness
February 5, 2014 (Wednesday)
7:30 pm
(Wine & Cheese Reception @ 6:00 pm)
Vic Juba Community Theatre

Box Office
780.872.7400

Presented by
Lloydminster Interval Home Society

Lloydminster Interval Home Society along with their sponsors are proud to present their fundraising event of the year.

Experience an evening of dance with the renowned Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada. Ghosts of Violence is an emotionally charged work inspired by the lives of women who have lost their lives at the hands of an intimate partner. This ballet captures the memory of these silent victims, their struggles, hopes, joys and ultimately all of our loss.

An Evening with Diamond Rio

An Evening with Diamond Rio
February 13, 2014 (Thursday)
7:30 pm
Vic Juba Community Theatre

Box Office
780.872.7400

Six-time Vocal Group of the Year, Diamond Rio won their first Grammy for their album The Reason, which also garnered the band their first Dove award. Formed in 1984, Diamond Rio features lead singer Marty Roe, guitarist Jimmy Olander, drummer Brian Prout, keyboardist Dan Truman, bassist/harmony Dana Williams and Gene Johnson on mandolin/harmony. The band signed with Arista in the early 90's and embarked on one of the most successful careers in country music. The band has sold over 10 million albums earning three platinum and five gold records and won the Country Music Association’s Vocal Group of the Year award four times as well as netting two Academy of Country Music Awards in the top Vocal Group of the Year category and thirteen GRAMMY ® nominations. When they debuted in 1991 with the hit “Meet in the Middle,” Diamond Rio became the first group in the history of country music to have a debut single reach No. 1. They continued to place 32 more singles on the Billboard chart, including “How Your Love Makes Me Feel,” “Norma Jean Riley,” “Beautiful Mess," “Love a Little Stronger," and "One More Day."

www.diamondrio.com
Video: Meet In The Middle
Video: Finish What We Started
Video: Unbelievable
Video: Bubba Hyde
Video: How Your Love Makes Me Feel

School Art Contest

Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada 2014 school art winner at Rendell Park School is Grade 6 student Kiera Jade Paniak. She did "pebble art". The player is celebrating after the goal... or in hockey lingo, a "CELLY".

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras
February 15, 2014 (Saturday)
Doors Open 7 pm
Stockade Convention Centre - Lloydminster

Ticket locations are: Capstone Denture, Art & Soul, and Vivid Hair and Esthetics.

Buy tickets online: mardigraslloydminster.org

Winter Fest

Winter Fest
January 18, 2014 (Saturday)
10 am to 4 pm
Mike's Oilfield Park (between the Civic Centre and the Exhibition Grounds)

FREE to the public, it will be a day filled with winter activities for families to enjoy.

There will be an opportunity for the artistic minds to create snow paintings between the Wild Rose Building and the Stockade.

Inside the Alberta Building, visit the Lloydminster Hockey History Museum and the Hockey Hall of Fame Interactive Hockey Skills Challenges.

Start your day with a Toonie Pancake Breakfast (Stockade Convention Centre), then dress warm and enjoy the outdoor activities:

• Snowshoe Adventure Centre
• Toboggan Hill
• Skating with Ron MacLean
• Curling
• Climbing Rock Wall
• Euro Bungee Jumping
• Bale Maze
• Snow Mural Painting 
• Hockey Clowns
• Ceremonial Teepee Raising 11:00 am
• Sleigh Rides 11 am - 3 pm 
• Dog Sled Rides
• Kids' Chuckwagon Activity
• Ice Sculpture Demonstration
• Food Vendors 

Indoor activities at the Wild Rose Pavilion

• Hockey Carnival Games
• Arts and Crafts Tables
• Aboriginal Cultural Events - Interactive Artifact Display, Cultural Dancing, Artisans, Demonstrations & Games

Indoor activities at the LEX Alberta Building

• Face Painting
• Bounce Houses
• Photo Booth (11:00 am - 3:00 pm)
• Hockey Hall of Fame and more  

 
Catch the Winter Festival Community Shuttle:
Route Map

Route One - every half hour starting at 9:00 am
Holy Rosary High School
City Hall
Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds

Route Two - every half hour starting at 9:15 am
Servus Sports Centre
Jack Kemp Elementary School
Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds

For more info, go to http://www.lloydminster.ca/shdic