Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Taking care of each other with Fred Penner

Fred Penner performs at the Mae Wilson Theatre at
the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre on Feb. 7, 2015.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Audience participation is something Fred Penner values above all in any performance.

That included at his concert on Saturday night at the Mae Wilson Theatre at the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre, where he performed a wonderful and entertaining show to a full house of children, adults and grandparents.

“Being able to communicate with an audience on that level is really critical to me because then it becomes an experience. It’s not just a musical concert where you hear somebody play for a bit and you enjoy the music and you are there and then it’s over,” said Penner, a Canadian family entertainer.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Putting pen to paper on the prairies

(From left): Derek Dallaway, Carol Ferguson, Pam Vossler,
Melanie McFarlane, Jeanette Dow and Christina Ritchie
gather together at the Prairie Pens writing group meeting
on Feb. 7, 2015 at the Moose Jaw Public Library.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Six individuals sat facing each other in the South Meeting Room.

“Welcome everyone,” said Christina Ritchie, president of the Prairie Pens writing group. “Now we always do what we love doing – our seven-minute free write where everybody just writes something on the lovely word of snow: a poem, short story, whatever you want.”

This was the opening few minutes of the February meeting of the Prairie Pens writing group at the Moose Jaw Public Library on Saturday.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Liberals aiming to make a comeback

Federal, provincial elections topics of discussion at Liberal breakfast

Perry Juttla, federal Liberal candidate for
Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan, talks at a
Liberal breakfast that took place at Jame's
 Chinese Restaurant on Feb. 7, 2015.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Perry Juttla has been involved in politics ever since he was 14.

Now 32, he will be running as the federal Liberal candidate for Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan in the upcoming federal election currently scheduled to take place on Oct. 19.

“Justin Trudeau, I feel, represents positive change and I feel like he’s someone that most people can really believe in. I think he’s a man of integrity,” said Juttla. 

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: It's a magical place

By Lisa Goudy

"Are you watching closely?"

Magic is something most people find intriguing. Whether to you intriguing means becoming a magician or skilled illusionist or intriguing as in fascination in watching the magic tricks, magic has a way of getting to us in a fun way.

This past Wednesday, for instance, I was at the Moose Jaw Firefighters Charity Fund annual Magic Variety Show at the Mae Wilson Theatre at the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre. 

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Being Liberal at upcoming breakfast

By Lisa Goudy

On Saturday, Moose Javians will have a chance to talk liberally with two Liberals and there will be a free breakfast to boot.

“The big topic is going to be election preparedness,” said Gerry Hiebert with the Moose Jaw Liberal Association and the past president of the Palliser federal riding that is transitioning into the Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan riding because of new ridings.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: An international awareness

Poverty Costs Challenge receives Global Citizen Award

By Lisa Goudy

It’s the little things and big things that count.

That’s one of the primary messages the Saskatchewan Council for International Co-Operation (SCIC) would like to get out there.

“What we’re really trying to promote, especially through the Global Citizen Awards that we do, is this idea that we’re all connected and that we all have a responsibility to contribute to positive global systems. So everything that we do actually does have a global impact,” said Robbie Humble, communications officer with the SCIC.

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Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Abracadabra!

Moose Jaw Firefighters Charity Fund hold annual magic show

Trevor and Lorena Watters perform some magic for the
crowd during the Moose Jaw Firefighters Charity Fund annual
showcase Magic Variety Show on Feb. 4, 2015 at the Mae
 Wilson Theatre at the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

Giant dice sat on either end of the stage. The buzz of excitement echoed on everyone’s lips and faces in the Mae Wilson Theatre

Wednesday night was the Moose Jaw Firefighters Charity Fund annual showcase Magic Variety Show at the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre featuring Trevor and Lorena Watters and guest Roberto the Magnificent.

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