Awareness and understanding By Rob Vogt Local Press Writer Stavely’s Unique Character House, or SUCH Drama, is hosting an educational, interactive community workshop to foster awareness and understanding of Indigenous experiences. “The Blanket Exercise” will take place in downtown Amundsen Park on Saturday, July 24, with registration at 10 a.m. and the group session starting at 10:30 a.m. The workshop will … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer Alec Harrison was about seven years old when “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” sparked an interest in music and storytelling that has led his work to be heard around the world. That includes “SpiderMable – a real life superhero story” an inspiring Alberta film about a courageous girl battling cancer and raising awareness, which appeared on … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer Have you ever started reading a series of books but, because it takes so long between books, you either forget what is happening or lose interest? Claresholm author Susan Bohnet did not want that to happen with her series “The Viking Setstokkr Series”, so she undertook what she describes as a rapid release. The … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer She had to keep it a secret for a month. When Stavely singing sensation Mariya Stokes was picked to co-host the Country Music Alberta Awards with George Canyon, a Canadian country music legend, there was a chance she would be announcing herself as a winner. After all, she was nominated for Horizon Female Artist … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer Stavely singing sensation Mariya Stokes continues to make waves on the music scene, recently garnering three Country Music Alberta Award nominations. The award nominees were announced by livestream on Jan. 5 where Stokes received nominations for Horizon Female Artist of the Year, Interactive Artist of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year for “Christmas, … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer Art imitates reality in the latest film by local fillmakr Peter Morton, although in this case the art came first. The Claresholm filmmaker and his Little Piggy Films recently completed shooting the feature “After” this past year. It is a post-apocalyptic story where a pandemic wipes out much of the population, spawning civil wars … Read more…
