May 16, 2014. Welcome to a long weekend unless you’re one of the people who has to work. Bring along Queen Victoria party favors to make the day go by faster. (I have no idea what a Queen Victoria party favor is.) Lots of things on Scene & Heard today: Curtis Goodman reminds everyone that…
May 15, 2014. Yesterday we stopped by Southminster United Church to see a bit of the production of Hansel & Gretel which is a wonderful collaberation between the U of L Conservatory, The Symphony and the U of L Opera Workshop. It’s a chance for young school kids to get a taste of symphony music…
May 14, 2014. I had a day off yesterday and that gave me the opportunity to finally get to mowing my lawn for the first time this year. I had recently called Lawnmaster and they had just applied the growth fertilizer when the rains/snows came. So after yesterday I had 5 bags of lawn clippings…
May 12, 2014. About 14 years ago I met Sandi Richard who was promoting one of her early “Cooking For The Rushed” books. She was at Chapters and she actually cooked something for us in the back shelves to show how quickly it could be done. Getting families to cook good meals and actually sit…
May 9, 2014 Today we talked to Derek Stevenson about the one year birthday of CASA. Events will take place next Wednesday May 13. Get some cake at about 11am. Derek tells me that since moving from the Bowman, attendance at the new building is 5 times what it used to be. Side note: Derek…
May 8, 2014. We stopped by the Mocha Cabana this morning to hear from Don Robb about the great line-up that’s coming to the Lethbridge Jazz Festival June 8-14. Among the performers is Ellen Doty who will be opening for Michael Kaeshammer on June 14. Ellen tells me her grandmother lived across the street from…
May 7, 2014 It’s always a pleasant conversation when I get the chance to chat with renowned pianist Glen Montgomery. He is the guest artist at this Saturday’s Gold Band concert called Shades of Blue. Glen will be playing Rhapsody In Blue by Gershwin. Glen says it was that song that inspired him to play…
May 6, 2014. Today we spent some time over at Fleetwood Bawden School where it was Scientists in School Day. We met an actual scientist Mark Goettel who is an entomologist. He was sharing his love of bugs with the kids and judging by the noise in the classroom they were quite thrilled about the…
May 5, 2014. It was an honor to meet Shobha Shrestha who is from Nepal and has formed Women for Peace & Decmocracy which is part of the organization World Accord. She will be speaking tonight at the Community of Christ Church at 7pm about empowering women globaly. She was brought in to Lethbridge by…