Local Arts

Now that we are into the month of August, it's a good time to look at the state of the summer box office race. The first conclusion we can come to is that I am no good as a prognosticator.

Elinor, June and Rob Florence were on hand at the Fred Light Museum Tuesday afternoon for the unveiling of a painting based on Alan Light's encounter with a ferry cable during a training mission by Marvin Schwartz.

"I found I could say things with colour and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for." Georgia O'Keeffe The Battlefords Art Club "Art Trek 2014" group will be leaving the Don Ross parking lot at 8 a.m. Saturday.

The skies were blue, but the mood was warm at the Battlefords Art Club weekly get together Tuesday. Enthusiasm was high at our discussion of the art show and sale hosted last weekend. Attendance was down, but it was still a successful event.

Like most kids growing up in Saskatchewan in the 1920s and '30s, Greg Raskob lived in the shadow of a grain elevator. Almost every village, town and hamlet had its own elevator, and they were often a source of pride and economic opportunity.

There is a debate raging in Saskatoon about a street art installment in the Mayfair area of that city.

It's that time of the year once again when Humboldt dusts itself off and sparkles on the national stage for the Communities in Bloom (CIB) competition.

It hasn't been seen since the late '90s and no, it's not the Hale-Bopp comet. It's the Humboldt street festival, dubbed Street Fest 2014, and it's going to be back with a punch this year.

Will April showers bring May flowers? Hey, you know one sure sign spring is here - the ice cream shop is open again! If you want to see some beautiful creations, created by beautiful souls, then head to the "Quilt until you Wilt" quilting bee, being

Humboldt will be host to some high-profile Canadian musicians on April 18, when Harlequin and Alan Frew of Glass Tiger perform at the Uniplex Curling Club. Also performing will be local group 40 oz. Philosophy.