Local Arts

The day was stormy, the crowd was large, and the performance was memorable. About 200 people came out to Assumption Church in Marysburg on a stormy evening to take in a performance of the Saskatoon Children's Choir.

Take a break some afternoon in the near future to experience the newest exhibition in the Main Salon of the Chapel Gallery. "Meditations" features works by painter Jean E. Sonmor and will be on display until Aug. 30.

The crowd was small, but the sound was large at the second concert of the 11th season of the Marysburg Summer Festival of the Arts.

It took blood, sweat, tears, and more hours than he could count, but he's walking out of the IA classroom with something he can strum. Last fall, Christopher Struck, a Grade 12 student at Lake Lenore School, had an idea.

He's Mr. Junior CanDance. And he lives in Humboldt. Dawson Keller, the 12-year-old son of Dayna and Al Keller, recently attended a dance competition in Regina.

A LeRoy-born filmmaker has claimed an award at a prestigious Saskatchewan film festival. Maury Loeffler has won a Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award for best drama for his film, "Pooka.

Humboldt's historic courthouse was once again the stage for one of the most important trials in the history of Canada last week.

There was a small crowd to hear a big voice in Marysburg last week as the 11th season of the Marysburg Summer Festival of the Arts got underway.

It was a daunting task, distilling 100 years of history into one book. But as has been the case throughout their history in the Humboldt area, once again the Sisters of St. Elizabeth got by with a little help from their friends.

It's like being away from the noise of the world. That's how Greg Schulte describes the concert experience at Assumption Church in Marysburg.