Local Arts

This column is our last chance to share the wonder that is going to be, as it was last year, Blueberry Jam Music Gathering. Anyone who was there in 2018 (and there were lots, over 1,000 attendees by some estimations) knows how much fun it was.

Bob O’Connell doesn’t know how he got the nickname ‘Superbob.’ “ People still call me that,” he said sipping a coffee, speaking with a gravel in his voice.

Artist Hugh Howat hopes his new book of sketches will enhance the memories of scenes from Flin Flon’s hard rock mining past. Howat, a miner-turned-artist, has produced a book featuring sketches of Flin Flon’s “hustle-and-bustle” past.

“Hot time, summer in the city…” Perhaps not exactly with the weather we have been getting but, Flin Flon is still a happenin’ place for arts and culture in July. In the next two weeks, we have a couple of fine events for your enjoyment of the region.

We are all about Trout this week in Flin Flon, Creighton and Denare Beach. Trout Festival is our big kick-off for summer fun, although the Main ARTery opening gala gave it a bit of competition last week.

Choir will perform at famed New York venue for third time in April 2020

As Flin Flon, Creighton and Denare Beach gear up for summer, arts and cultural happenings just keep on coming. The big event in this time period is the opening night of the Main ARTery public art gallery on Main Street in Flin Flon and in Creighton.

Flin Flonners won six awards and received nine top-three finishes at the recent Northern Juried Art Show in Thompson.

The sweet taste of Blueberry Jam seems to have reached across the Atlantic. More than 70 separate acts are now confirmed to be playing at this summer’s Blueberry Jam Musical Gathering according to organizers.

Days before the debut of the Flin Flon Community Choir’s production of Mamma Mia, the cast and crew behind the show are hard at work ensuring each detail is pitch perfect. The rehearsals are intense, done at full show speed and volume.