This is the first post I’ve done of this kind on Medicine Hat Media. Small tweaks and changes over the sites short history were always just done and never commented about. The changes done in this case are more important – or important enough to do a post about.
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New Logo
Somebody recently asked us for our logo which made us come under the realization that our “logo” was more of just a site header rather than a traditional logo-type that could be used in multiple applications. Which really was bad considering I never do that for any of my projects and I did graduate from the Visual Communication program after all. I was also never satisfied with what I created in the first place – it was just too busy and meaningless for the sites function.
Although I’m traditionally opposed to using the “tipi” imagery since it’s so cliche; I think it speaks more about our site than anything else ever could. I also wanted to add things like “art” and “music” symbolism into the logo but was too busy and maybe was too specific anyways since this site ranges topics a lot more now than it did in the past. So more than anything, this site is about commenting about Medicine Hat – the reference that the speech bubble with the tipi conveys.
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I felt kind of guilty by not posting this before with my Mary Anne Barkhouse posting on February 12th. At the time, I didn’t even know Dean Francis was also having a show on the same night. Well, no problem – you might have missed out on the reception but his work is still being displayed until April 1st, 2009.
Light Magic - Dean Francis, 2009 - Photography via the Esplande
His work involves very technical, almost photo realistic oil paintings about wildlife, nature, and the open landscape. In some instances his brush strokes appear to be looser on some paintings, especially when painting grass and tree branches, but in other cases, when he is painting clouds and animals, they seem very detailed and the brush strokes are not as apparent. I believe all the paintings he has in the Esplande are new works from 2008 and 2009.
Dean Francis has been painting for over 30 years, being outside recording and analyzing the landscape, nature and the animals in the outdoors. His paintings are very vibrant which is odd considering much of the subject matter that some would consider “the boring prairies”, but I think he captures the settings in his own “light” and conveys their real beauty without being over the top.
Lindsey Sine from the Loudly Whispered Theatre writes into us:
From the people who brought you Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol last December comes one of David French’s most beautiful stories about the Mercer family. Loudly Whispered Theatre is proud to present Soldier’s Heart by David French. Set in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland in 1924, the play focuses on the young son of a soldier who fought in World War I. The boy confronts his dad to relive the horrific memories of war on July 1, 1916 that still haunt and torment his father eight years later.
Soldier's Heart - Courtesy of Loudly Whispered Theatre
Soldier’s Heart runs in Medicine Hat, AB at the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre in the Studio Theatre with four nightly shows and four matinees. Showtimes are Friday April 24th at 8:00 PM, and a matinee on Saturday & Sunday April 25th – 26th at 2:00 PM. Then Thursday, Friday & Saturday April 30 – May 2nd at 8:00 PM, and a matinee on Saturday & Sunday, May 2nd – 3rd at 2:00 PM. Cost to see this play is $24.00 + S/C, GST. Seniors and Legion Members $20.00 + S/C, GST. from April 24-26 & April 30-May 3. Purchase tickets by calling 403-502-8777 or online at www.tixx.ca.
March 27th, 28th and on the 30th the College Players at the Medicine Hat College will be presenting “Helen: A Spartan Love Story”. The show will take place at 7:30PM each night but there will also be a matinee at 10AM on March 31st.
Helen - Email Handout
Written Description:
“What you might know about Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships” is a ruse. Helen was in Egypt the whole time the Trojan War was being fought. Helen’s image was used as bait by Aphrodite to lure a foreign prince while Helen biding her time awaiting news about the war being fought over “her”. Helen’s rightful husband, Menelaus, is shipwrecked in Egypt and discovers the reason for his entire expedition to Troy (and it’s destruction) was a false trail. The new Pharaoh doesn’t intend to honor his father’s agreement to keep her safe but plans to force her to marry him instead. Will they escape Egypt in time?”
This stage adaption of Helen: A Spartan Love Story is a look into what might of happened if 20th Century Fox asked Marilyn Monroe to film this project. Be sure to come check out this nostalgic mash-up of Sparta, Troy, Egypt and 1950’s actors and actresses. Thanks to Charleen Wilson for this submission.
Cast
Blair Lukacs, Deborah-lee Balmer, Ian Wearmouth, Bradford Thomson, Heather Midori Pautler, Dara Sutton, Hannah Rud, Mike Coughlan, Kayla McLeod, Whitney Kambeitz, Amber-Dawn Elizabeth Moore, Riley Schentag, Kristen Olson
College Players presents
Helen
A Spartan Love Story
March 27th, 28th and 30th at 7:30 p.m.
March 31st, matinee at 10 a.m.
College Theatre
Tickets $15 + s/c + GST
Facebook group (with pictures)
View Sean’s review of Helen here.
Kirby, also known as John Kirby, is a talented Canadian folk artist and will be playing at The Ottoman Lounge, March 19th, and again on April 17th. Kirby has toured Canada solo three times in 2008 in support of his second release “The Good Fight EP”. Now, on this tour, he has 32 separate dates all across Canada.
The Good Fight EP Cover
Listening through some of his online stuff and even downloading his full set of releases; yes that’s right, you can legally grab all of his music (including demos and other stuff) in good ol’ MP3 form right off of his website here – he seems to be a very talented folk artist in the traditional acoustic singer-songwriter fashion, reminding me of John Mayer in my limited scope. Lots of his music seems depressing or more introspective on a basic level, but as one commenter put it, Craig Webster, on his blog,
“On the surface, you might think songs like “Defeat” and “Lost Loved Ones” are songs of sorrow and despair, but you’d be wrong. Instead, they are songs about overcoming your obstacles, and they show the listener that no matter how bleak life and its situations might look, there is an optimistic way to look at it.”
I think I would tend to agree with him, especially when viewing his first video single “The Good Fight” (shown below).
Videos and links after the jump!
A Canadian movie, just released (March 6th) called ‘One Week’ with Joshua Jackson from Dawson’s Creek fame. It was filmed across Canada and there is an interesting story of the filming in Medicine Hat.
From the website, Director Michael McGowan talks about how the film was made on a shoestring budget and explains that this type of guerrilla filmmaking mirrored the spontaneous nature of the story and the lead character’s journey. “Countless times, if we happened to drive by a location that we liked, we’d just stop and shoot,” McGowan says. “Fortunately, everything that could have gone wrong– everything from Josh falling off the bike to bad weather to locations we couldn’t get–didn’t happen.”
For example, one of the most stunning locations in the film is ‘Fran’s ranch’. Finding the location was pure luck. “This was always going to be an ambitious day of filming. We needed a stunning vista, a pick-up truck, a farm. Horses for the actors to ride and not to mention lunch for the crew,” McGowan says. Typically this would involve wranglers, extensive location scouting and organizing the infrastructure to shoot in a remote location. By the time the crew arrived in Medicine Hat, on a Friday, they still didn’t have a location for their Monday shoot.
Tomorrow (Tuesday, March 10th, 2009) The Ottoman Lounge will feature CD releases from renowned local musician, Brett Nelson and Thomas DiNinno’s new project entitled “Funs”. There will be DJ sets by The Overtone Documents, Chocolate Blake and Capital RRR’s. On top of all this, Thomas will also be launching the new Medicine Hat local music zine called “Fan Club Music Club”. Admission is $5 as usual but you will also be getting a free copy of the new 32-page Fan Club Music Club zine.
Fan Club Music Club
Show Poster
We’ll have more information about the zine in a later post.
The Ottoman Lounge
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
8:00pm – 11:00pm
502 South Railway Street SE
Brett Nelson @ MySpace
Funs (Thomas DiNinno) @ MySpace
Fan Club Music Club @ MySpace
Tomorrow (Saturday, March 7th, 2009) at 8PM there will be a Visual Communications show at the Medalta Squared Gallery. The exhibition will feature best work from the first years in the Medicine Hat College’s Visual Communication program. There will be plenty of art and plenty of snacks.
Best of First Year Show 2009 - Photograph via viscomonline.ca
Medalta Historic Clay District, 713 Medalta Ave. SE
March is Nutrition Month across Canada. This year the national campaign highlights food to fuel active lifestyles and healthy eating tips before, during, and after activity. The Seminar of Champions will be hosted in the courtyard room in the Medicine Hat College on March 24th, 2009 from 7 to 9PM. Complete and detailed information on power tips, activity inspiration, recipes, guidelines for nutrition and ergogenic aids will be provided by a Registered Dietitian and a Certified Exercise Physiologist.
Seminar of Champions
It will be free to intend, but you have to register. For more information, call Angie at 403-502-8249. This post was suggested by Emily Burt who wrote in to us.
Informational Links
More fundraising today, second post in a row! Tonight, at 7:30PM there will be a open house informational gathering for Relay For Life by the Canadian Cancer Society at the Medicine Hat College (room #S159). The meeting will be an informational discussion about how you can join and help the program. The event itself is a fundraiser where teams of 10 participate for 12 hours in a overnight non-competitive relay, taking turns walking or running around the track. It will take place on May 29th, 2009 in Kin Coulee Park from 7PM to 7AM.
Relay For Life - Promotional Banner
For more information, contact:
Canadian Cancer Society
Josie Doll
medicinehat.relayforlife@cancer.ab.ca
403-581-1038
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