Tag Archives: Arts
GPLT preparing for 60th anniversary season
Grande Prairie Live Theatre is set to launch its 60th season this fall. Their schedule of shows for the 60th anniversary season will be unveiled during a special social event this Sunday.Incoming GPLT...
May 09, 2022
Viola Davis, 'Schitt's Creek' among SAG Awards winners
List of winners for the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards, presented Sunday in a virtual ceremony: MOVIES Actor: Chadwick Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Female actor: Viola Davis, "Ma Rainey's Blac...
Apr 05, 2021
Tenille Townes kicks off CCMA Awards weekend with a pair of awards on Saturday night
Canadian Country Music Association awards weekend has gotten off to a great start for Grande Prairie's Tenille Townes. She picked up both songwriter and video of the year for "Jersey on the Wall" duri...
Sep 27, 2020
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
Art Gallery of Grande Prairie launches Summer Art Camps
The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie has announced the opening of registrations for their Summer Art Camps. Janay Rowland, who is this years Gallery Youth Ambassador made the announcement for the program...
May 26, 2019 Photo/ Curtis Galbraith
Bear Creek Folk Music Festival gets $87,500 worth of funding from the City
The City has approved $87,500 worth of funding to go to the Bear Creek Folk Music Festival. The funding was awarded to the festival, as part of the city's 2019 Large Scale Tourism Grant Funding progra...
May 07, 2019 2018 Bear Creek Folk Music Festival. Photo/ Martine Martell
Local sisters place at World Irish Dance Championships
Jenna Maxwell and Maria Maxwell, two sisters from Grande Prairie have successfully competed and placed at the 2019 World Irish Dance Championships. The competition took place in North Carolina from Ap...
Apr 28, 2019 Jenna (Left) and Maria (Right) Maxwell
Grande Prairie Live Theatre loses founding member
Jennie Tetreau, a founding member of Grande Prairie Live Theatre, passed away at the age of 88 on April 21. That is according to a Facebook post from Grande Prairie Live Theatre.Tetreau had been invol...
Apr 25, 2019 Jennie Tetreau / Photo- GP Live Theatre- Facebook