ESTEVAN — Drinks, music, dances and the glamour of the Prohibition era.
The Estevan Art Gallery and Museum has announced details of a thematic night out and a fundraiser.
Art fans and partygoers are invited to the EAGM's first-ever Gin Joint Speakeasy fundraiser, slated for March 23. The exciting evening will offer food, drinks and dancing to live music provided by North Portal folk Americana family duo Last Birds.
"We haven't done any big events in a couple of years, so we decided that it was time to calm the cobwebs off and do something," shared the EAGM director/curator Tye Dandridge-Evancio. "We were talking different ideas, and one idea that just kept coming around was something Great Gatsby inspired, something from the roaring 20s. So, we eventually came up with the idea of doing a speakeasy with a theme.
"We are planning on having the '20s theme to the event and décor ... And we're going to have specialty cocktails, inspired by that era.
Fancy 1920s attire for the night is highly encouraged but not required for the atmospheric event, Dandridge-Evancio said.
The night is for those 18 and over.
There are up to 200 tickets available. They are $40 each and are selling quickly. Tickets can be purchased in person or online through the eagm.ca website with an e-transfer to director@eagm.ca.
The thematic party at the gallery starts at 7 p.m. and runs until midnight.
Proceeds from the event will go to EAGM's regular operations and programming.
"We don't like to charge for attendance, and we like to keep the cost of participation in our programs and events as low as possible. We always want to offer our programming and facilities to the community like a completely open land, without there being too much of a barrier to be able to participate and take in culture and arts programming.
"So, doing fundraisers like this helps us generate that extra bit of money to keep the facility going, to keep our equipment up to date and fund the fun, engaging events that we offer throughout the year," Dandridge-Evancio said.
For more information, call the EAGM at 306-634-7644.
