Tag Archives: Arts
Local CJNS on-air talent takes home a Saskatchewan Country Music Association award
The 31st annual Saskatchewan Country Music Association Awards were handed out May 16 and Meadow Lake's CJNS's Matt Ryan, took home an award for on-air personality of the year in a secondary market. Th...
May 20, 2020
Tune-in virtually for the 31st Annual Saskatchewan Country Music Association award show
This year's Annual Saskatchewan Country Music Association (SCMA) Awards will be virtual for the first time ever. Tune-in online or on your television to see who takes home the coveted 'Mikee' SCMA Awa...
May 16, 2020
Sask. Country Music Awards show moving to TV and online format, due to COVID-19 precautions
Country music fans will still be able to take in the 2020 Saskatchewan Country Music 31st Annual Awards Show despite the COVID-19 provincial restrictions since the entire event is moving to the virtua...
Apr 06, 2020 The 2020 Saskatchewan Country Music Awards Show will now take place on Access TV Channel 7 at the new date, May 16. It will also be available through the online link at scma.sk.ca. (Facebook/Saskatchewan Country Music Association')
Actor, singer, 'The Gambler': Kenny Rogers dies at 81
Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as "Lucille," "Lady" and "Islands in the Stream" and embraced his persona as "The...
Mar 21, 2020
Carlton High School artist set for historic first in P.A.
For some, the thought of their kids punching holes in and painting and drawing all over their bedroom walls might raise their blood pressure. But a Carlton Comprehensive Public High School student is ...
Mar 07, 2020 Carlton High's Maria Hirsi will become the first Indigenous high school female to get the John V. Hicks gallery all to herself. (Submitted/Maria Hirsi)
Pride of the Northwest competition kicks off in Battlefords
They came with their best song and hopefully their best chops, aiming for a chance to be selected as one of the finalists in the Gold Eagle Casino's Pride of the Northwest MMXX.A succession of perform...
Feb 23, 2020 Participant Liezl McLeod sings a Whitney Houston number during Saturday's event - the second night of the preliminary competition. (Angela Brown/battlefords NOW Staff)
New faces and perennial contenders highlight Saskatchewan Country Music Award nominations
This year's crop of Saskatchewan country music talent is abundant.Many of this year's nominees for the Saskatchewan Country Music Awards (SCMA's) are country stars making waves in the industry across ...
Feb 19, 2020 Cal Gratton. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
La Loche man wins Indigenous artist grant on first attempt
La Loche artist Bobby Janvier received a $6,370 Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists grant to "build a skiff, sled and a canoe."Janvier told meadowlakeNOW, he applied for the grant to buy new tools to c...
Feb 04, 2020 (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Art Board Facebook)
Meadow Lake Museum granted flexibility to improve displays
Members of the Meadow Lake District Museum and Historical Society can rest a little easier now that the society is formally recognized as its own entity under the city's purview.Mayor Merlin Seymore a...
Nov 28, 2019 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Local artist promotes traditional beadwork
Trish Auger has been creating beadwork for nearly 20 years.Beading is a traditional Indigenous art form that is typically passed down through generations, but Auger's story is different; her family's ...
Nov 19, 2019 Trish Auger has been beading for more than 20 years. (submitted photo/Trish Auger)