Local Arts

Preparations are underway for next summer’s second installment of the Blueberry Jam Music Gathering. A general meeting was held on Nov. 1 to name board members and discuss ways to expand the gathering for next year.

We came, we saw and we conquered at the Manitoba Arts Network (MAN) Showcase Conference in Portage la Prairie the weekend of Oct. 26.

CBC’s North Country radio program is back on the air, and its new host hopes to bring a new feeling to the show.

Flin Flon Home Routes is in action this week featuring Montreal blues performer Adam Karsh. He has played all across North America and has crossed Canada by train, giving performances in literally hundreds of venues.

At a passing glance, there’s almost nothing that would suggest Nash Neufeld has an extraordinarily rare medical condition. He is active and social, cracking jokes, often running around with boundless energy.

My dad promised me when I was very young that he would get me to a Disney park. As time passed I was beginning to believe he had made a promise that he wouldn’t be able to keep.

Organizers said Flin Flon’s annual fall festival of arts and culture was a success – despite Mother Nature deciding to hinder rather than help.

Farewell to summer, we hardly knew ye. September long weekend, specifically the Monday of, is the saddest day of the year. That’s the day camping season closes at Baker’s Narrows Provincial Park.

With Culture Days and the first snowfall now behind us, it’s time to get serious about the season – arts and culture season, that is, and all that Flin Flon and the surrounding area has to offer to the north.

Michael Lylyk wants to tell the world the stories of his people – Flin Flonners. Lylyk is currently working on a documentary on the community and its history, using humour and visual aids to tell stories of the city’s founding and establishments.