Tag Archives: Arts

Music camp at SMVS this week inspiring local youth
The La Ronge Youth Music Camp is taking place this week at Senator Myles Venne School.This marks the second year the music camp is occurring in the tri-communities. Various instructors, including musi...
Jul 24, 2023

Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
NEW YORK (AP) - Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" graced a decades...
Jul 21, 2023

Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leaders of a Hollywood actors union voted Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades, shutting down production across the entertainment indust...
Jul 13, 2023

Dubnick, Johnstone have artwork exhibited at Government House
Government House in Regina is currently showcasing Retreat to Morning Lake, an art exhibit featuring two La Ronge area artists. Back in 2021, visual artist Hilary Johnstone received a $6,400 Independe...
Jul 11, 2023

Another successful year for the Napatāk Ramble festival
For more than a decade, an arts festival takes over Potato Lake in northern Saskatchewan and that tradition continued over the Canada Day long weekend.The Napatk Ramble was held on June 30 and July 1 ...
Jul 04, 2023

Canada Day in La Ronge includes several activities
There are plenty of activities happening on Canada Day that residents of the tri-communities can enjoy. Festivities begin with a free pancake breakfast between 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at Patterson Park ...
Jun 30, 2023

Beaded medallion given to King Charles III made by La Ronge woman
A member of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band recently got the surprise of a lifetime.A few months back, Kathleen Lavallee was asked by her cousin Russ Mirasty, the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, to ...
Jun 21, 2023

Sci-fi musical about climate change coming to northern communities
Sum Theatre will be presenting a new musical play called Zero Gravity later this month in Rosetown, Prince Albert, Stanley Mission, and La Ronge."Theatre in the Park is a free, professional, family-fr...
Jun 16, 2023

Muskoday teacher hopes arts will connect communities as music festival approaches
The organizer of an upcoming music festival at Muskoday First Nation is saying the event is more than just music, it's about changing the narrative.Kevin Joseph lived most of his life in Prince Albert...
Jun 13, 2023

Melfort's CJVR radio brings home hardware from SCMA's
The 34th annual Saskatchewan Country Music Awards (SCMA) show took place this past weekend in Assiniboia and a radio station in the northeast took home a big honour.FM Country 105.1 CJVR in Melfort wo...
Jun 12, 2023