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October is shaping up to be a busy month in Prince Albert!
Culture Days continue, fall programs are underway at all of our facilities, and hockey returns with the Raiders, Mintos and Northern Bears.
Get out and take part, safely, following all Saskatchewan Health Authority public measures.
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The Government of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Health Authority have implemented as today (Friday, October 1st) new public measures.
This has an effect on a number of city entertainment and recreation facilities.
For the latest information of what you need to know before your head to a City facility, please click here.
Culture Days 2021 - RE:IMAGINE the Possibilities
Culture Days is a national celebration of arts and culture. Again for 2021, Culture Days will run for a full month from September 24 to October 24! Culture Days programs invite the public to get hands-on and behind-the-scenes to highlight the importance of arts and culture in our communities.
Prince Albert, through a committee of several partnering organizations and with the support of the SaskCulture Culture Days sponsorship, host FREE Culture Days community events. Watch for the many events and programs happening on the Culture Days website or Facebook page.
Margo Fournier Centre has a complete set of programs including Pound, Zumba, Yoga and more. Also have a look at the many Drop-In classes.
As well, Ruth Griffiths' ever popular Easy Adult Fitness returns for an easy way to stay fit for our older residents.
Get back into the swing of things this month at the Alfred Jenkins Field House!
Sign up for one of the great Fall Programs or work out when you can at a Drop in class this month.
There is public skating this month at the Art Hauser Centre and Dave G. Steuart Arena. Free Seniors & Adults and Tots & Parent sessions also continue at the Steuart.
Here is the schedule.
The Frank J. Dunn Pool is now open daily!
Check out the FJD Pool schedules including Public Swim, Lane Swim and Aquasize.
You need to pre-register for Aquasize classees on-line.
Upcoming fall courses at the FJD:
Lifesaving Instructor is October 21 - November 7.
National Lifeguard is November 27 - December 12.
EA Rawlinson Centre for the Arts October Events
The North Sound with guest Gunner & Smith
The North Sound is ever-changing with lyrics spanning across haunting metaphors and a sound balanced between today's modern production and the era of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris blazing the highways. The group was formed in 2014 by lead singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Forrest Eaglespeaker, with his partner Nevada Freistadt supplying harmonies. The North Sound was created to share stories in keeping with Forrest’s Blackfoot identity and traditions from Treaty 7 Territory. Opening for The North Sound will be Gunner & Smith: hope and redemption.
Get your tickets..
Michael Bernard Fitzgerald is a Canadian singer/songwriter who has collected an audience of fans across North America drawn to simple honest words and a genuine smile. Having released 4 full-length albums to date, Fitzgerald has spent his career since 2006 creating music, touring, developing as a songwriter, and connecting with audiences. Fitzgerald’s unique and innovative ideas coupled with his inherent warmth allow him to engage with people in a way that always leaves them meaningfully connected.
Tickets are still available.
Sylvia Chave is Saskatchewan’s superstar to the sweet and sticky. Her one-woman music show inspires littles and bigs to giggle and wiggle together. With her witty song hooks and wacky wardrobe changes, Sylvia can grab an audience’s attention like a new box of Girl Guide cookies. Her bright-orange “transformation station” is jam-packed with creative costumes that whisk both her and her audiences into a whimsical world of make-believe. Whether dressed as a fancy, flamenco-dancing fish or a boisterous, bearded pirate, Sylvia is sure to deliver grins.
Get your tickets today!
We have many programs to choose from this month at the Prince Albert Arts Centre. Try your hands (or feet!) at Flamenco Dancing, Watercolour Florals (painting), Beaded Mini Lanyards, Kids Photography, Pottery, Drum Making, Sterling Silver Rings and more!
You can check out other opportunities at the Arts Centre like Create Your Own Program, Take & Make, Birthday Art Parties, and Equipment Rentals (Paper Maker, Printing Press, and more) in our Fall Program Guide and/or the Instagram Page.
Studio 1010 is a group of artists that meet Monday afternoons at the Arts Centre to work on their art pieces. They share ideas, techniques and socialize. There is no criteria in terms of skill level or subject matter and new members are always welcome. The show is a display of watercolor, acrylic, oil, and pastel.
Opening reception is Saturday, October 2 from 2 to 4 pm.
Mann Art Gallery Current Exhibits
The Mann Art Gallery is pleased to welcome Diana Chabros: samskāra. This exhibition of paintings explores forms of energy, cycles of life and death, and authentic relationships through story as a means to understand Chabros' interdependence with the land. Known to artists, biologists, photographers, tourism operators, ranchers and other locals as grasslands, to the Lakôta as maka tatanka, and to the nehiyaw/Cree as buffalo land or paskwâw mostos askiy, Saskatchewan’s southwest and its natural inhabitants are celebrated for their beauty and resiliency to survive under extremely harsh weather conditions. Through accelerated human intervention, the lives of these inhabitants are compromised to the point that even the soil has become a "species at risk."
Closing reception is Oct. 21 at 6:30 p.m.
The Mann Art Gallery is pleased to welcome Hanna Yokozawa Farquharson: Gaia Symphony. The works in this exhibition use antique kimonos that are carefully taken apart and reconstructed. Rigorously produced in serial formats, they are substantially allied to the minimalist tradition; the artist writes about her great admiration for the Saskatchewan-born artist, Agnes Martin. These beautiful, meticulously crafted works draw on the artist’s deep respect for and knowledge of Japan’s iconic garment. As a young woman, she attended kimono classes and recalls how beautifully her mother’s hands moved when folding and caring for her own kimonos.
Closing Reception is Oct. 21 at 6:30 p.m.
About the 3-Day Retreat with Diana Chabros:
Where are you in life? Are you pondering transition? Engaged in healing? Looking to find footing on a new path? Or perhaps experiencing a block in you creative practice? Acknowledge your inner wisdom through paint. Using humble materials surrounded by a group of supportive peers who are each on their own journey, both non-artists and artists alike will find the Nature in Me Intuitive Painting Process to be a transformational self-inquiry process like no other! Some preparatory readying required so inquire early!
Dates: Oct. 22 (Friday evening), Oct. 23 (Saturday all day), Oct. 24 (Sunday morning & early afternoon).
$350 for the 3-day retreat, 6 spots available.
To inquire and register, contact Diana Chabros:
skystory@sasktel.net
306-550-5377 (call or text)
The Historical Museum is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Other museum tours can be arranged by appointment. Call 306-764-2992.
On Saturday October 9th there will be a Free Family program day sponsored by the Community Grant program that will run from 1 to 4 at the Historical Museum. This program is aimed at newcomer and low income families. Participants are encouraged to pre-book by calling Joanna at the Historical Museum at 306-764-2992 or emailing museumeducator@historypa.com.
On October 14th we will be hosting a “Teachers Night” to introduce educators in the community to all of the resources the Historical Society has to offer. This will run from 4:30-6:30. We are planning to have this as an in-person event but may pivot to virtual depending on the Covid-19 situation. More information will be sent to schools in the coming weeks (and be added to our social media channels!).
On October 23rd, the museum will have Culture Days Mural Reveal at 2 p.m.. Again, we are planning for this to be an in-person event but may transition to virtual.
Interested in becoming a Historical Society member? Contact us at 306-764-2992.
COVID protocols will be followed for all tours and programs.
For more information, check out their website or Facebook page.
The John M. Cuelenaere branch of the Prince Albert Public Library is open, and the branch at the Bernice Sayese Centre is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 12:30 to 4:00 p.m.
The JMCPL branch is offering a variety of free Craft in a Bag activities that are perfect for fun at home! Supplies limited.
Also check out upcoming Online Story Times, TD Summer Reading Club, the Online Book Sale Auction, and other online programming like creativebug, Hoopla and Flipster Magazines.
For more information about their curbside, online, and all other services, visit their website or Facebook page.
NEW!!!
Concessions at the Art Hauser Centre now offer Mobile Ordering for all Raider, Minto and Northern Bears games this season.
Scan the QR code, go to the mobile app, order and pay, then pick your food up at a special window!
The Fall/Winter Edition of the City’s Free Recreation Programs Brochure is out and can be viewed here.
The Public Art Partnership Stimulus Fund provides up to $2,000 in matching funds to support one to two public art partnership projects per year. The program is aimed at supporting a professional artist to create art that is accessible to everyone in a public location. Examples include murals and participatory community public art projects. Project budgets submitted must include appropriate compensation for artists using CARFAC (Canadian Artist Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens) rates.
Full program criteria and the application form is available here.
Are you a youth looking for funding for the Arts?
The Public Art Partnership Stimulus Fund provides up to $2,000 in matching funds to support one to two public art partnership projects per year. The program is aimed at supporting a professional artist to create art that is accessible to everyone in a public location. Examples include murals and participatory community public art projects. Project budgets submitted must include appropriate compensation for artists using CARFAC (Canadian Artist Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens) rates.
Full program criteria and the application form is here.
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