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The Monarch Theatre is premiering the second-to-last film of their summer series ‘Films Al Fresco’ on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 9:00PM at the Kin Coulee Park Band Shell. The movie this evening will be the 1987 twisted fairy tale The Princess Bride starring Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Billy Crystal, Fred Savage, Peter Falk, Mandy Patinkin, Christopher Guest, Chris Sarandon, and Wallace Shawn.
The Monarch The Princess Bride
“It’s a lively, fun-loving, but nevertheless epic look at the nature of true love.” – Rita Kempley, The Washington Post
Welcome to the magical kingdom of Florin, the ultimate imaginary land, complete with dashing heroes, cowardly princes, rhyming giants, shrieking eels, rodents of unusual size, fancy swordfights, and yes…even some kissing. When the lovely Buttercup is kidnapped (and saved from an undesirable engagement to be married), she is pursued by a mysterious stranger in black who bears a striking resemblance to her true love Wesley, who she thought had died many years earlier. As Buttercup and her motley crew of captors make their way across the land, trying to evade the man in black, she comes to realize that courage, honour, heroism, friendship and love are just life’s little excuses to have a great adventure. A clever, satirical, and outrageously funny fairy tale for all ages, The Princess Bride is arguably one of the most entertaining films of all time.
New look for the Santa Claus Fund website
Lately, I’ve been trying to get around to featuring all the new local websites that have been popping up lately, but it’s really hard writing about all of them on a weekly basis now. It almost seems like around 2 or 3 of them pop up per week – I guess I am not helping the situation either, as it’s part of my profession, haha.
This week we have a new website for the Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund (Society). The logo was designed by local design studio, December 2nd, while the website was created and designed by TriCube Media for a Medicine Hat News organization. It’s great when three local companies can come together and develop something; albeit, TriCube Media and Medicine Hat News were already working together. The website URL has also changed over to “mhsantafund” rather than the obscure “mhscf”.
A great section of the site is the event section which is a huge list of events taking place as part of the Santa Claus Fund. The 17 or so events are all happening from July to December and most of them are recurring yearly. Hopefully we can even post a couple of them on Medicine Hat Media when they are near. There was a full story about the make-over posted in the Medicine Hat News today.
All information about the organization can be found on the new website.
The Medicine Hat Mall is hosting “Rock Your Way Back to School” which is a Guitar Hero tournament for ages 10 to 18. You only have a couple more days to register for the event which ends on August 17th, so make sure you stop by the customer service desk. If you’re interested, you can stop by there when you go to see District 9 that everybody is raving about.
Anyways, there’s only 100 spots available and the tournament will be held on Sunday, August 23rd from 12PM-4PM. The tournament is presented by, you guessed it, EBGames in the mall.
Hit n' Run Reunion Poster
The Hit N Run Reunion Benefit Dance is being held in honor of Ralph & Shirley Seefried who lost their home to a fire on April 31st, 2009. Unfortunately due to lack of insurance on their home of 40 years and no money to start over, this benefit dance and BBQ is designed to help raise money to assist them in rebuilding their lives.
The event is scheduled for Saturday, August 29th, 2009 at the Redcliff Rectangle Arena. It will start for the public at 6PM kicking off the BBQ (with open bar). Live music will begin at 6:30PM with performances by Psycho CirKiss (A local Kiss tribute band, amazing name by the way), Whiskey Ridge (country/rock band) and Hit n’ Run, a rock band that played locally in the 1980’s and 1990’s who will be reuniting for this event.
Hit N Run Reunion Benefit Dance Facebook Group
Tickets can be purchased in advance at Tower Junction (TJ’s) Pub when they go on sale Friday, August 14th. Alternatively, although not recommended as this show will sell out, any remaining tickets may be purchased at the door. Tower Junction is also sponsoring this event exclusively.
If you have any questions, please call Len Seefried at (250) 961-9204. Thanks for the submission, Len.
Submitted by Wendy Bosch:
Medicine Hat, AB, October 4, 2009 – The 4th Annual Bustin’ Loose Race To End Breast Cancer will be held at the Heritage Pavilion in Strathcona Park, beginning at 11:00 a.m. This is a 3 km, 5 km, 10 km fun run/walk event in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (prairies/nwt region). To date this event has raised over $110,000 with generous support of our sponsors and overwhelming community response.
To register for this event visit www.bustinloose.ca or phone 403-527-5899 for more information.
The event is open to walkers and runners of any age or gender. For logistical reasons and to ensure the best possible event, the event will be capped. There will be a 500 participant limit. This makes it essential for those who wish to participate to ENTER EARLY! This event fills up each year.
Those who wish to raise pledges are advised to register early even if they plan to continue raising pledges up to race day in order to guarantee their spot in the event. Raising $60.00 in pledges will waive the individual registration fee. Family registration fee will be waived if each participant collects $60.00 in pledges.
*Update* This event has been canceled due to weather conditions.
The Monarch Theatre is premiering the sixth film of their summer series ‘Films Al Fresco’ on Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 9:00PM at the Kin Coulee Park Band Shell.
Monarch - Viva Las Vegas
The movie this evening will be the 1964 Elvis extravaganza Viva Las Vegas starring Elvis Presley and Ann Margaret.
“It’s all color and glamour and sexy fun.” – Sean Axmaker, msn.com
In this high-voltage musical, the King plays Lucky Jackson, an aspiring auto racer with a dream of winning the Grand Prix. While desperately trying to raise the money for a new engine he meets sexy, spunky Rusty Martin (Ann Margaret), a swimming instructor who falls for him against her will. The King croons, shakes, and shimmies while Ann-Margret shows her mastery of 60’s dance moves in the glitzy, electric production numbers. It’s a jewel of a film that ranks among Elvis’s best. The movie is rated PG for mild thematic elements.
People are reminded to bring a blanket or lawn chairs, as there is no fixed seating available in the park. Come early to get the best spot and to enjoy some pre-show Elvis entertainment.
As with all of the films in the “Films Al Fresco” series, this event is being held as a fundraiser for the Monarch Theatre Revitalization Project, and admission is by donation. The suggested donation is $5.00. Concessions (pop, Monarch popcorn, chips, candy, chocolate bars) will be available for sale on site, and all proceeds will benefit the Monarch Theatre.
The ‘Films Al Fresco’ series is sponsored by CHAT 94.5 FM and MY96 FM. Viva Las Vegas is additionally sponsored by Hebert Wellness and the Zucchini Blossom Cafe.
For more information visit www.themonarch.ca.
The Monarch Theatre is premiering the fifth film of their summer series “Films Al Fresco” on Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 9:00PM at the Kin Coulee Park Band Shell.
E.T. poster by The Monarch Theatre
Our movie on this evening will be Steven Spielberg’s unforgettable family film “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” (1982) starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, and Drew Barrymore.
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is Steven Spielberg’s warmhearted classic delight for both children and adults. It tells the story of an alien creature, E.T., mistakenly left behind on Earth. When a young boy, Elliott (Henry Thomas), finds E.T. and hides him in his home, both their worlds are changed forever. E.T. teaches Elliott and his two siblings (Drew Barrymore and Robert MacNaughton), whose parents have recently separated, about caring and love while the children protect E.T. from the scary and sometimes sinister
world of grown-ups.
The movie is rated PG for language and mild thematic elements.
People are reminded to bring a blanket or lawn chairs, as there is no fixed seating available in the park. Come early to get the best spot!
As with all of the films in the “Films Al Fresco” series, this event is being held as a fundraiser for the Monarch Theatre Revitalization Project, and admission is by donation. The suggested donation is $5.00. Concessions (pop, Monarch popcorn, chips, candy, chocolate bars) will be available for sale on site, and all proceeds will benefit the Monarch Theatre.
The series is sponsored by CHAT 94.5 FM and MY96 FM.
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is additionally sponsored by Rapscallion Design and The Patio Café.
‘Hatters young and old are encouraged to attend an old-fashioned Sunday in Kin Coulee Park on Sunday, August 9. The local fundraising group Angels for Angela is hosting the event from 12 PM – 4 PM near the park’s band shelter.
Many events are planned for the day including a bake sale, dunk tank, live local entertainment, Corvette show, three-legged races, gunny sack races, horseshoes, inflatable bouncers, face painting, pedal tractors, barbecue, cotton candy, popcorn, raffles, a silent auction and much more. Dunk tank volunteers include Alderman Jeremy Thompson and several local teachers.
Many local businesses have rallied to support the group’s efforts and have donated high-value raffle prizes and silent auction items including a broom-finished driveway package (up to 500 sq. ft., valued at $3500), a huge assortment of gift baskets, golf and ski packages, hotel packages, children’s items, Saskatchewan Roughrider tickets and more.
This weekend is heritage day long weekend and as part of the celebrations, The Esplanade is hosting a public one-day festival on Saturday, August 1st from 10AM to 4:30PM. In Alberta, Heritage Day is a civic holiday celebrated on the first Monday in August to increase community awareness of Alberta’s heritage and to celebrate the history of the province.
More than 30 heritage groups and organizations are participating in this year’s festival that will be performing various events scheduled throughout the day including:
- Live Entertainment on the Outdoor Stage
- Historic Walking Tours at 11AM and 2PM
- Doll-making workshop from 11AM – 3PM in the Discovery Centre
- Quilt Display and Vintage Vehicle Display
- Heritage Skits, Readings, Movies and Jiggers in the Studio Theatre
- Free Admission to the Galleries including the exhibit “Playful Revelations Toys: 1880 – 1980”
- Live Chess Demonstrations at the Giant Chess Board
- Local Community Heritage Showcase, and Showcase by local Toy Collectors
For more information, view the Heritage Festival section at the Esplanade website or download the brochure (PDF).
Story submitted by Christiann Munro
The Canadian Red Cross in conjunction with the Redcliff Youth Centre will be putting on a Fun in the Sun day for Youth. It will be on Friday August 14, 2009 at 4:00pm to 8:00pm at Riverside Park (Train Park) downtown Medicine Hat.
We will be entertained by the music of Mahoney, a local Medicine Hat cover band, who will play for youth and their families, while the community enjoys a charity BBQ.
In addition, The Magic of Trevor Moore, a professional Medicine Hat magician specializing in hand and illusion tricks, will be awing the crowd with his magic tricks.
Throughout the evening, The Canadian Red Cross has organized a Banana eating Contest, Potato sack races and a poster building contest. Great prizes will be given to the winners of these challenges!
Fun in the Sun is a celebration of the youth in Medicine Hat, Redcliff, Brooks and surrounding areas. Everybody is welcome to help honor the difference youth make in our communities.
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