Local Arts

Local actors moved audiences to both laughter and tears in the Ham Sandwich performance of Over the River and into the Woods last weekend. The play portrayed a young man’s struggle to build a new life apart from his loving Italian-American family.

At the risk of repeating myself, lots of great stuff happening in Flin Flon in the coming weeks! That is a common opener for this column, and it’s always true.

Graydon James and Laura Spink of Toronto folk-roots band The Young Novelists performed at Johnny’s Social Club on Tuesday, April 12 for the last Flin Flon show in the 2015-16 season of the Home Routes concert series.

Harry Hobbs and Glenda Walker-Hobbs shared in reading Glenda’s poem “Computers and Catspeak” to an appreciative crowd that included Ron Burwash (centre) at the 15th annual poetry reading, sponsored by the Flin Flon Writers Guild, Flin Flon Toastmaste

Does a tree know when to stop growing too high Or does a small voice whisper, “You’re too close to the sky”? And does that voice whisper to a baby bird, “You must stop cheeping so your song can be heard”? Is it the same voice that a child can hear ca

Flin Flon area artists enjoyed success at the 2016 Northern Juried Art Show, held over the weekend in The Pas. Indigenous sculptor Irvin Head of Cranberry Portage won best in show for his three-dimensional piece entitled “Eagle Prayer.

While there is usually a lot of love in close-knit families, there is also a lack of breathing room at times.

The big news in the arts scene in northern Manitoba this week is the opening of the Northern Juried Art Show (NJAS) being held in The Pas.

Artistic expression can be a powerful tool for healing. For illustrator Kevin Anderson, it has been a crucial one.

Well, what a weekend just past! We had a visiting reporter from the Winnipeg Free Press here to do some research for a piece on the astonishing selection of arts and cultural events on offer in Flin Flon.