Saturday, February 27, 2016

The Sheepdogs

Feb 27, 2016 7:30 pm
Vic Juba Community Theatre
Tickets: www.vicjubatheatre.ca
Or
Box Office: 780-872-7400 

The Sheepdogs

Presented by
Stampede Entertainment


All Seats: $45.00
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Trends come and go, styles fall in and out of fashion, but The Sheepdogs remain steadfast in their commitment to rock n’ roll excellence. Since their inception, the band has always sought to play the kind of music they themselves love: “Pure, simple, good-time music,” as singer/guitarist Ewan Currie puts it. It’s no surprise, then, that the band’s fifth LP, Future Nostalgia, is firmly rooted in the rock tradition that listeners have come to expect from the boys.

The idea was simple: find a nice, quiet, secluded place and make a record packed with all the hot guitar licks and sing-along choruses they could muster. So the band holed up in a rented house in the remote, idyllic setting of Stony Lake, Ontario, and set about creating a studio where they could work all hours of the day. “We wanted to cut out all the noise and get back to a place where we could just fully immerse ourselves in music,” says Currie, who took on production duties for the album. “We worked hard, but we also made sure to keep it loose and have ourselves a good time.”

Future Nostalgia is the middle ground between the JUNO-winning, platinum-certified Learn & Burn, which spawned the rock radio staple “I Don’t Know,” and its equally successful follow-up, 2012’s The Sheepdogs, featuring the instantly-recognizable, Gold-certified singles “Feeling Good” and “The Way It Is.”

The former was recorded by Currie and the band in their hometown of Saskatoon before they were propelled to fame as the first unsigned band to grace the cover of Rolling Stone, pressure free and at their own pace. Its follow-up, however, recorded in Nashville with producer and Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney, was a much more formal and rigid studio experience. This time, the band aimed to combine the successes and lessons learned from these opposite ends of the recording spectrum.

Future Nostalgia builds upon The Sheepdogs’ foundation of feel-good vocal harmonizing and nasty guitar jamming. “Our musical journey has been about trying to find how we sound our best,” states Currie, and the album represents the pinnacle of their progress thus far. That’s made immediately clear from the opening riff of “Downtown,” an undeniable straight-up rocker that sparkles with the warmth of summer. Down at the other end of the street is “Bad Lieutenant,” which walks a dark and sexy strut courtesy of bassist Ryan Gullen and drummer Sam Corbett, who also tear up the furious “I Really Wanna Be Your Man.”

Newcomers Rusty Matyas and Ewan’s brother Shamus Currie, on guitar and keys respectively, bring a new spirit to the wistful back porch vibes of “Same Old Feeling” or the brooding melancholy of “Jim Gordon.” Elsewhere, the ominous groove of “Help Us All” calls to mind the bleak violence of Blood Meridian as sung by Sly & the Family Stone, punctuated by a devastating trombone solo from Shamus.

Now, The Sheepdogs are eager to embark on the next leg of their journey, which will involve many miles logged and stages played. “I’m excited for people to hear the album, because it’s a labour of love,” Currie says proudly. “Now, it’s just about getting it out there and getting people into it.”

From their cramped Saskatchewan jam space to gold and platinum records and shows with rock icons, The Sheepdogs haven’t strayed from their goal of sharing pure, passionate rock n’ roll with anyone who’ll listen – and Future Nostalgia is packed with it.


Saturday, February 13, 2016

The Trews

Feb 23, 2016 7:30 pm
Vic Juba Community Theatre

The Trews

Vic Juba Community Theatre
presents
Dr. H. A McDonald Season
    
Box Office: 780-872-7400


All Seats: $49.00
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Perennial favourites return for the first time in 7 years for an acoustic performance! Despite being certified rock brawlers, The Trews have been piling up the accolades touring acoustically. With over 5 studio albums, the band has cemented their spot in both Canadian rock and the fabric of Canadian history with their song "Highway of Heroes". This is a band with a stubborn refusal to play it safe.


Laura Smith


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February 17, 2016
The Root: Community Emporium
Phone: 306-825-5885
$20


Laura has won two East Coast Music Awards (Female Artist, Album of the Year) and two Juno nominations (for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots and Traditional Album). In 1995, her song “Shade of Your Love” was the most played AC song in Canada. In 1997, she won a Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series. At the request of CBC radio personality, Peter Gzowski, who was receiving a Governor’s General Award, she performed “My Bonny” at the prestigious Ottawa ceremony. Her heartbreaking adaptation of the Scottish chestnut, on b’tween the earth and my soul, had haunted the broadcast host since he first heard it.

Mardi Gras Lloydminster TONIGHT

Feb 13, 2016 7:00 pm
Stockade Convention Centre
Doors open at 7 pm


Tickets: $42
Corporate Tables: $450 - includes 2 bottles of wine & logo signage on table (Tables of 8)
Please forward logos for corporate tables to Cindy Gratton at cindy@fopa.ca

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Tickets purchased online or over the phone may be picked up at the door.

Mardi Gras Lloydminster 2016

Presented by
Friends of the Performing Arts (FOPA)


Live music on two stages from 7pm – 1am
Jambalaya served at 11 pm
Costume prizes for best female, best male, best couple and best group
Door prizes
Photo Booth
Popcorn
Slush Machine
Join our parade where all the musicians go through and parade through the crowd and throw goodies and candy and beads
King Cake Auction


Friends of the Performing Arts (FOPA) is a group of volunteers dedicated to keeping the performing arts alive in the community, and enhancing the quality of music education. All proceeds from Mardi Gras are donated to local performing arts needs. In the past, contributions have been made to school band, music and drama programs, dance and music festivals, and various scholarships.

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Grim and Fischer by WONDERHEADS

Feb 18, 2016 7:30 pm
Vic Juba Community Theatre

Box Office: 780-872-7400
or
Order online at www.vicjubatheatre.ca

Wonderheads: Grim & Fischer

Presented by
Lloydminster Concert Series Association

Co-Presented by
Leona and George Leighton

Regular: $38
Student: $5
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Pie will be served in the Upper Lobby following the performance.

The Grim Reaper’s got a schedule to keep. He’s about to fall behind.

The Grim Reaper meets his match in Mrs. Fischer, a stubborn senior whose will to live is a force to be reckoned with. Equal parts hilarious and touching, this award winning physical comedy is the story of a tenacious granny who comes face to face with the Grim Reaper himself and must put up the fight of her life to escape his definitive grip.

Grim and Fischer is performed in full-face mask, a form so magical you will forget your age and marvel in childlike delight. Wordless and whimsical, it has been described by audiences as watching a living cartoon, or live-action Pixar.

The show has been touring the continent since 2009 and leaving sold out houses and delighted audiences in its wake. A profoundly fun blend of physical theatre, comedy and pathos, Grim and Fischer is an extraordinary experience you won’t soon forget.

Grim and Fischer is recommended for ages 10 – adult.

“Grim and Fischer is utter magic.” – CBC
“You will laugh, you will cry, you will stand in awe.” – Edmonton Sun
“Fantastic, in every sense of the word.” – Cincinnati Enquirer
“It’s all wonderful, original, beautiful fun to watch unfold on stage.” – Calgary Herald
“The intense comical elegance you get from the best of the old Warner Brothers animations.” – Cincinnati Citybeat
“It is powerful, surprising, and, yes, moving.” – The Globe and Mail

Full Mask Comedy



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Johnny Cash: Ring of Fire

 



Feb 17, 2016 7:30 pm
Vic Juba Community Theatre
Box Office: 780-872-7400
or
Order online at www.vicjubatheatre.ca


All Seats: $35.00
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The ultimate tribute to the iconic Johnny Cash, Ring of Fire tells the story of finding love, success, faith and redemption.  Performed by a multi-talented cast featuring some of Saskatchewan’s finest artists, this Globe Theatre production includes all of Cash’s classic hits: "I Walk the Line," “A Boy Named Sue,” and “Folsom Prison Blues.”   Ring of Fire is a powerful tribute to the Man in Black, an endlessly entertaining journey that will leave you cheering for more!

Mardi Gras Lloydminster 2016

Mardi Gras Lloydminster
Feb 13, 2016 7:00 pm
Stockade Convention Centre
Doors open at 7 pm

Mardi Gras Lloydminster

Tickets: $42
Corporate Tables: $450 - includes 2 bottles of wine & logo signage on table (Tables of 8)
Please forward logos for corporate tables to Cindy Gratton at cindy@fopa.ca

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Mardi Gras Lloydminster 2016

Presented by
Friends of the Performing Arts (FOPA)
Friends of the Performing Arts

Live music on two stages from 7pm – 1am
Jambalaya served at 11 pm
Costume prizes for best female, best male, best couple and best group
Door prizes
Photo Booth
Popcorn
Slush Machine
Join our parade where all the musicians go through and parade through the crowd and throw goodies and candy and beads
King Cake Auction


Friends of the Performing Arts (FOPA) is a group of volunteers dedicated to keeping the performing arts alive in the community, and enhancing the quality of music education. All proceeds from Mardi Gras are donated to local performing arts needs. In the past, contributions have been made to school band, music and drama programs, dance and music festivals, and various scholarships.

To volunteer for the event, go to https://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/1156739868057

For more information, contact Cindy Gratton at cindy@fopa.ca or call her at (780) 870-0586 or visit the Mardi Gras Facebook page http://on.fb.me/1OPu9wj, or visit the FOPA website www.fopa.ca.

Monday, February 8, 2016

Author Visit - The Frog Lake Reader

Superannuated Teachers of Lloydminster have an author at an upcoming event

"The Frog Lake Reader" by Myrna Kostash
Date: February 16, 2016
Time: Noon until 2:00 pm. Lunch at noon then followed by the literary event.
Where: Legacy Centre


No cost to attend the presentation only. If lunch is desired please RSVP to Laurie at 780-875-6637 or email her at greghnat@telus.net.

RSVP Deadline for Lunch: February 11

Non-fiction authority Myrna Kostash merges the past and the present in The Frog Lake Reader, which offers a startlingly objective perspective on the tragic events surrounding the Frog Lake Massacre of 1885. By bringing together eyewitness accounts and journal excerpts, memoirs and contemporary fiction, and excerpts from interviews with historians, Kostash provides a panoramic perspective on a tragedy often overshadowed by Louis Riel's rebellion during the same year. The history is contentious and its interpretation unresolved, but The Frog Lake Reader, with its broad survey of vital historical accounts and points of view, offers the most comprehensive and informative narrative on the Frog Lake Massacre to date.