Local Arts

Grade 4 Haig School students Hayden Scott, Caden Dennis, Ayden Schultz, and Santana Chapman release their inner rockers during a Christmas concert rehearsal on Thursday morning.

Midale-based musicians “Magic of Karpty”, comprised of Bogdan Vatsyk and Nadia Babchouk, show the traditional dress and violins they wear when performing traditional Ukrainian music.

Kelsey Hennig and Asia Montreuil each work on their final projects for the first semester at the Weyburn Comp, during art class on Wednesday morning.

The quality of the voices this year “is just wonderful,” said musical director Ed Retzer in describing the talent that will be featured at this year’s Northwest/Southeast Chorus Christmas concerts.

Chris Henderson has played his music in almost every public venue in his hometown, the Energy City, but his appearance at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum on Dec. 5 will be his first in those cozy surroundings. “I’m really looking forward to it.

Award-winning photographer Larry Easton says that capturing images of some of Saskatchewan's historic places of worship “took five years and 50,000 kilometres to complete,” and resulted in 'Legacy of Worship', a recently-released coffee-table book by

Both the Creelman Theatrical Club and the Twilight Star Theatre from Lake Alma are ready to stage dinner theatre productions. The 34th annual dinner theatre for Creelman Theatrical Club is “Out of Sight … Out of Murder”, by Fred Carmicheal.

Chef C.K. Lai mixes ribs seasoned in black bean sauce with sautéed peppers and onions during a Chinese food cooking class that he instructed at Signal Hill Arts Centre on Thursday night.

The local Weyburn art gallery scene is busy with both existing and new shows set to open.

Fiona Babcock, the old lady character (played by LaVaughn Duxbury) discusses with Addie the maid (played by Amber Keller) which of the characters in "Out of Sight Out of Murder" might get murdered first.