Arts & Culture
Drum and didg’ musician to make first Jasper stop Print
MATTHEW TIMMINS, PHOTOJOURNALIST   
March 18, 2010

photo417.jpg Jasper is a fitting stop for Shane Philip, known for playing in ski towns and mountain communities, although it is one he has never made before.

Coming off a series of huge Olympic shows, the one-man band is promising Jasperites a show for those who love to move.

“It’s going to be upbeat, percussive –  full on dance,” he says of the upcoming show at the Jasper Legion.

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The Art of the Earth Show and Sale Print
BRADLEY HALLETT, INTERN   
March 11, 2010

photo408.jpg The Art of the Earth Show and Sale opened at the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archive on Friday evening.

Artists Wanda Whaley, Edith VanderKloot, and Anna Carnell spent all day Friday setting up the show, and in the evening the doors opened to the public.

Wanda Whaley, from Bentley, Alta. makes cave style paintings using the traditional means of grinding rock into a powder and combining it with oil to make paint.

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Jasper goes Southern Gothic: Glass Menagerie comes to town Print
JUSTIN BRISBANE, EDITOR   
March 11, 2010

The pungent streets of East St. Louis will replace the clean Canadian Rockies air for one night in Jasper.

The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, will be at the Jasper Activity Centre on March 20, as part of Arts Jasper’s latest offering.

Director Bonnie Gratz said mounting a production of such a famous play presents new challenges, so an intense and unorthodox rehearsal regimen was put into place that emphasized memory and experience instead of lines.

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Vancouver rapper to sweat it out in Jasper Print
KYLE MULLIN - Special to the Fitzhugh   
March 04, 2010

His shadow simply wouldn’t shrink or grow- the sun cast it tall and lanky for hours behind him, on into what felt like the dead of night, as Kyprios marched away from a Canada Day show in the North West Territories that he’d played with fellow members of Vancouver rap crew Sweatshop Union. And as the lead MC basked in that endless solstice midnight high noon, he was struck by a swooning, sinking feeling.

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August in March? Print
LEIGH JACKSON - Special to the Fitzhugh   
March 11, 2010

August, is coming to Valemount on March 20 – four delightfully fun-filled, witty women, each award-winning recording artists and songwriters in their own right. Linda Kidder, Beverley Elliott, Meg Tennant, and Rae Armour from the lower mainland.

Why the name August?

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Share spreads the love in Jasper Print
BRADLEY HALLETT, INTERN   
March 11, 2010

photo409.jpg On Sunday, March 14, the East Coast band Share will play at the Brushfire Gallery.

Andrew Sisk, the band lead, says he is excited to be playing in Jasper again. Last year in June, Share rolled through town and left a lasting impression on both Jasper and themselves.

“We are always excited to go to Jasper; there are all the reasons in the world to want to go to Jasper,” said Sisk.

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International Women’s Day to explore Filipino culture Print
JUSTIN BRISBANE, EDITOR   
March 04, 2010

Leaving a family and career in The Phillipines to work as a housekeeper in Canada is a reality many Jasper women have chosen. But it’s a decision many local residents don’t fully understand.

That dilemma and others will be examined on next Wednesday evening, as an exploration of the lives of Filipino women will highlight Jasper’s International Women’s Day celebrations on March 10.

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