Her Honour, Lt. Governor of Alberta,

Salma Lakhani, and

His Honour Dr. Zaheer Lakhani

make first visit in rural Alberta.

1 pm Picnic at Battle Lake Campgrounds

2 pm Program: Battle River Headwaters

Covid-19 guidelines will be observed.

You can read about Her Honour ‘s appointment here: https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/alberta-businesswoman-named-lieutenant-governor-first-muslim-in-role-in-canada-1.24162594

You can view the installation ceremony, Alberta Legislature here:
https://www.assembly.ab.ca/about/news-and-announcements/2020/08/28/watch-the-installation-of-salma-lakhani-as-alberta's-19th-lieutenant-governor

For information: Call 780/672-9315; (C): 780/781-2487

Canadian Northern Railway Family Day event for all
ages and interests at Meeting Creek. Spend a marvelous day in the country.

Linear Park open all day from early morning. Organized events 10-4pm.

Admission by Donation.    

•                                                bird watching trip along the Linear Trails west on the Alberta East Central Natural Linear Parks to Edberg (4 km return trip). and east to Highway 56 using the Discovery brochure.  Examine the flora along the trail and adjacent grasslands. Listen for the Meadow Lark, raptors and prairie birds. Take a Discovery Self-guided hike or cycling adventure using prepared discovery packs, with your group family or friends. Contact us to book the Discovery packs if hiking prior to 10 am.

• Take a horse-drawn interpretive wagon ride down the Canadian Northern abandoned rail line linear trail east of the site through the prairie grasslands to highway 56 overpass. Stop and walk the labyrinth. Learn about the grassland restoration.

• Family Special Pioneer Activity Fun With Folklore will take place in the community hall. Adults can help children build a pioneer town, learn to dance the Virginia Reel, sing some pioneer songs and following move outside and take part or watch the children in sack or three-legged race with your children or try your luck on the stilts.

• Give your children a chance for safe creative play by going back in time at this historic site at the playground and other areas on the site. Dress like pioneers for added fun.

• At the Station site before riding the motor car, meet Fireman Garry and hear what his job on the railway was all about. Tour the 1913 station and 1917 elevator with knowledgeable guides.

• Homemade Chili and Sunny Boy Bread; cookies, homemade pies, and beverage will be available for purchase at the community hall.  Admission to the event is by donation. For more information call 780 672-3099 or e-mail canadiannorthern@telus.net.

  Web site: www.canadiannorthern.ca

BATTLE RIVER WRITING CENTRE HOSTS 13th WRITING WORKSHOP!

PLACE: Camrose Railway Museum and Station

Cost: $50.00. To register, contact Jane Ross at T:780/672-9315 E: source21@telus.net
Limited to 15 participants. Lunch & breaks included.

Home and Away: Writing the Land

In this workshop, we’ll explore how the lands we carry with us can be both places of belonging and epicentres of disconnection. Drawing from Robert Macfarlane’s lyrical book of essays, Landmarks, we’ll look at creating our own word-hoards for the places we live and the landscapes we carry within us in the form of personal or familial memories. Writers of all genres and all levels are most welcome. 

Jenna Butler: AUTHOR. TEACHER. ENVIRONMENTALIST.

Jenna Butler is the author of three critically acclaimed books of poetry, Seldom Seen Road (NeWest Press, 2013), Wells (University of Alberta Press, 2012), and Aphelion (NeWest Press, 2010), an award-winning collection of ecological essays, A Profession of Hope: Farming on the Edge the of Grizzly Trail (Wolsak and Wynn, 2015), and a poetic travelogue, Magnetic North: Sea Voyage to Svalbard (University of Alberta Press, 2018). Her new work includes the forthcoming memoir Revery: A Year of Bees, essays about beekeeping, climate grief, and survival.

Butler’s research into endangered environments has taken her from America’s Deep South to Ireland’s Ring of Kerry, and from volcanic Tenerife to the Arctic Circle onboard an ice-class masted sailing vessel, exploring the ways in which we impact the landscapes we call home. A professor of creative writing and environmental writing at Red Deer College, she lives with seven resident moose and a den of coyotes on an off-grid organic farm in Alberta’s North Country.

PROJECT BRING BACK THE GROUSE

The Grouse Working Group is hard at it, planning the 2nd Grouse Symposium to be held in the Wainwright area – venue will be announced soon.

During YEAR OF THE GROUSE 2019, a great amount happened in support of grouse learning and understanding:

• Lek Watch at Czar (Wainwright Wildlife Society)

• recognition (Anne Mirejovsky),

• logo (Kelly Skinner)

• sightings (Janet Enns),

• stories (regional contributors – wait til you see the list and read or hear the stories!),

• grouse walks (Susan Kokas) and interpretations (Don Ruzicka)

• scientific research (Myrna Pearman, Glen Hvenegaard),

• policy scans (Cliff Brown, Isabel Plasse)), documentation (Janet Enns),

• photography (Peter Mirejovsky, Joe ,

• music (Jack Ross),

• habitat (Glenys Smith)

• taxidermy (Rudiger Schmidt),

• sculpture (more coming),

• drama (Sheldon Frissell),

• dance (Maskwacis Chicken Dancers).

• Poetry (many poems by Battle River Writers with more on the way!)

• Film (Eastlink Community Television – several programs)

• Advent (Grouse were factored into the regional Advent service at Fridhem Heritage Church when Stephanie Thunberg reported on her biological research and Caroline Taylor presented the poem about her Ruffed Grouse neighbour).

Start planning now to attend, and, like last year, come with items for the Pop-Up Art Show!

The Grouse Working Group is hard at it, planning the 2nd Grouse Symposium to be held in the Wainwright area – venue will be announced soon.

During YEAR OF THE GROUSE 2019, a great amount happened in support of grouse learning and understanding:

• Lek Watch at Czar (Wainwright Wildlife Society)

• recognition (Anne Mirejovsky),

• logo (Kelly Skinner)

• sightings (Janet Enns),

• stories (regional contributors – wait til you see the list and read or hear the stories!),

• grouse walks (Susan Kokas) and interpretations (Don Ruzicka)

• scientific research (Myrna Pearman, Glen Hvenegaard),

• policy scans (Cliff Brown, Isabel Plasse)), documentation (Janet Enns),

• photography (Peter Mirejovsky, Joe ,

• music (Jack Ross),

• habitat (Glenys Smith)

• taxidermy (Rudiger Schmidt),

• sculpture (more coming),

• drama (Sheldon Frissell),

• dance (Maskwacis Chicken Dancers).

• Poetry (many poems by Battle River Writers with more on the way!)

• Film (Eastlink Community Television – several programs)

• Advent (Grouse were factored into the regional Advent service at Fridhem Heritage Church when Stephanie Thunberg reported on her biological research and Caroline Taylor presented the poem about her Ruffed Grouse neighbour).

Start planning now to attend, and, like last year, come with items for the Pop-Up Art Show!

Camrose Outdoor Club on March 2nd at 6:30 pm
Camrose Heritage Railway Station
Potluck followed by
Presentation: Glenys Smith - “Eyes on Israel Trip”

Poetry Punch
Spoken word night + open mic

Address: 950 8th Ave, Canmore AB T1W 2T1

Phone: 403-609-2623

Tickets: $10.00

POETS
Cathie Bartlett, Lenard Calon, Ashis Gupta, Erik Johannesen, Jack Ross, Jane Ross
present at  ARTS PLACE CANMORE

featuring performance poet Erin Dingle and emceed by Canmore's Tim Murphy — celebrates spoken word in all its wonderful forms: poetry mixed with dance, music and media arts. Come to watch or share your poetry!

Come early to sign up if you wish to perform.  

Guest Poet

Erin Dingle tells it like it is. Whether it’s sad, silly, science or whatever, she “takes that confused feeling or idea you’ve never had words for and paints it into poetry you’ll understand.” Erin came second at the Canadian Independent Poetry Slam in 2014 and was part of 5 consecutive Calgary Slam teams. She has spoken at festivals and events across Canada, about issues like cancer, motherhood, mental and emotional health, and sexuality. She is a Type 1 diabetic and a breast cancer survivor.

Representatives of Battle River Writing Centre will
participate as guests at Banff Centre Writers’ Retreat in discussion aboutwriting and writing trends. The Discussion leaders are well known Canadian authors, Ali Bryan and Louise Halfe.

Time: 7:30 pm at Kinnear Centre, Room 301.

Join us for coffee and a rich interactive time of talking
about writing – and a presentation of poetry readings and stories.

 Oxbow Lounge is the perfect setting: easy to get to, ambiance perfect for writers and their readings!

   There will also be discussion on book distribution, facilitated by Bayeux Arts Publishing.

  To get there: 1126 Memorial Dr NW. Parking available at the back, underneath. Just press the button and the attendant will let you in.

T:  (403) 228-4442

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 Using hands-on methods, you will be introduced to storytelling and how

to collect and tell your personal, Community, or themed stories.

•  Using worksheet examples, included in your handouts, you will practice the interview process.

• You will be introduced to the engaging of the community through the use of “In Their Footsteps” exhibition, connecting community to ancestral footsteps.

Glenys Smith is an experienced storyteller. She has collected many community

memories and has developed monologues and characters for herself and others.

She has facilitated many workshops on I nterpretation Through Storytelling, and

shares historic stories with community groups and school children.

Maximum 24 persons.

Co-sponsored by: Camrose Arts Council.

$20.00 Lunch provided

VENUE

CAMROSE HERITAGE RAI LWAY STATION & PARK

4407-47 Avenue Camrose, AB 780-672-3099

Battle River Writers regular Writing Room

from 1:30 – 4:30 pm,

followed by Christmas Supper (potluck).

Friends interested in writing and reading are welcome to attend both events.

Seasonal prompts and themes will be part of this wonderful gathering.

Local books!

in time for Christmas!

Poems from Life as it Happens: An anthology by Battle River Writers.

Poems from across the Battle River Region.

Battle River Books. $20.00

Destination Prairie by Cathie Bartlett.

A new novel set in rural Central Alberta.

Bayeux Press. $18.00

Contact Jane Ross and/or Cathie Bartlett

source21@telus.net

T: 780/672-9315

The BRWA is hosting a Winter Tales open house on Thursday Dec. 12th and would love to have you attend. It will be from 2:00pm to 5:00mpm in our office at the Mirror Lake Centre.

The event will include holiday baking and warm drinks, crafts and activities for kids, and storytelling . . . themes of bringing people together to celebrate the season.

We will have some storytellers lined up, but will also include an "open mic" time so that others can join in too.

Nathalie Stanley Olson

Education and Outreach Coordinator
Battle River Watershed Alliance

Mirror Lake Centre (Ground Floor)

5415 49 Ave, Box 3, Camrose, Alberta. T4V 0N6

Office: 780-672-0276
Cell: 780-678-6857
www.BattleRiverWatershed.ca

Join the BRWA on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram

December 1, 2019.

8th Annual Concert in a Country Church with Augustana Mannskor under
the direction of Dr. John Wiebe! 

This is a much loved concert - symbolic of rural places, our histories and beauty of place.

We are honoured to have this much-loved choral group return! This year promised to be even better. In case you haven’t heard the good news, Dr. Wiebe has been awarded the Richard T. Eaton Distinguished Artist award for his stellar work in chorale leadership and music.

As always, a Duket Bord will follow. Duket Bord is Swedish for a seasonal fellowship table.

Getting to Fridhem: 4 miles east of Ferintosh on Township Road 440. South side of the road.

FRIDHEM means “peaceful home” in Swedish. Fridhem country church has its origins in the late 1800s when Swedish and other settlers began arriving in the areas south of the Battle River at places that later became known as Meeting Creek, Edberg, Ferintosh, New Norway, etc. Even Camrose had yet to be born at the time of the early Fridhem settlement.

For information, call Jack Ross: 780.672.9315

artsPlace Canmore

NOTE: Nan Hughes Poole and her husband, Peter Poole, hold the LIVING TREASURES OF BATTLE RIVER COUNTRY AWARDS 2019. This important award recognizes people who have contributed significantly to the creative fabric of the region and beyond. To date, 19 individuals have been honoured with this award. The organization, ALL of ALBERTA, has since 2012 been documenting the lives and contributions of the award holders, and is in the process of documenting the contributions in short biographical films. For more information, please call 780/672-9315.

THE RADIO HOUR

Event: The Radio Hour Sat. Nov. 23 at 7:30 pm

artsPlace | Details

CBC radio personality, Katherine Duncan hosts Radio Hour with Bow Valley musicians – mezzo-soprano Nan Hughes Poole and pianist Susanne Ruberg-Gordon – as well as cellist Beth Root Sandvoss. The programme takes the listener through the playful and capricious sounds of Debussy, the lyric expressions of Schumann, and Janáček’s fairy-tales, with humour, intrigue and sophistication. Katherine Duncan will intersperse entertaining anecdotes about the featured composers throughout the programme.

Open seating: $35

Program Fee Member: members $29.75 / youth $17.50CBC radio personality, Katherine Duncan hosts Radio Hour with Bow Valley musicians – mezzo-soprano Nan Hughes Poole and pianist Susanne Ruberg-Gordon – as well as cellist Beth Root Sandvoss.

To Register: https://artsplacecanmore.secure.force.com/ticket/#sections_a0F1N00000xeIyGUAU

Nan Hughes 

Nan Hughes is a lyric mezzo-soprano, whose interest in a variety of musical genres has taken her around the globe. Solo orchestral appearances include the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, in Vienna and Eisenstadt (Mozart), the Norddeutscher Rundfunk Orchestra in Hamburg (a live broadcast of Pendereçki’s music, conducted by the composer), the Dnipropetrovsk Symphony Orchestra in Kiev, the Calgary, Edmonton, London and Vancouver symphonies in Canada, and the Charlotte Symphony in North Carolina (Beethoven).  She has toured throughout Europe, the United States, Ukraine and Brazil as soloist with New York’s Continuum contemporary chamber music ensemble, working with composers such as John Cage, Earl Kim, Giya Kancheli, Leon Kirchner, and Roberto Sierra, among many others. A member of the vocal trio, Times Three (www.timesthree.org), she appears, in Andrews sisters’ style, with pops symphonies in the USA and in Canada. In Macedonia, she filmed Dimitrije Buzarovski’s Songs of Peace and War for Macedonian television.  That cycle was written specifically for her.  Other premieres include the title role in Sebastian Hutchings’The Agony of Mrs. Stone (Banff, 2009) and the role of Katherine Anne Porter in Anton Coppola’s  Sacco and Vanzetti (Opera Tampa, 2001). She has many recordings to her credit, most recently Berg and Zemlinsky with the Gruppo Montebello chamber orchestra (October 2017).  Of that recording, Opus Klassiek writes, “Last but not least, is Nan Hughes's magnificent voice that gives these songs an optimum expressive vocal form.”

Cellist Beth Root Sandvoss has a notably varied career as a recitalist, chamber musician and pedagogue. Beth lives in Bragg Creek, Alberta, and enjoys an active performance career in Canada and abroad. She has recorded for WERN Madison public radio, RTHK Radio Hong Kong, and CBC Radio.  Beth has recorded six commercial CDs and has premiered more than 50 new works for solo cello, cello/piano and chamber ensemble. Beth has an intense interest in new music and is a founding member of the acclaimed Juno nominated Land’s End Ensemble. Beth is also a member of the UCalgary String Quartet in residence at the University of Calgary. Nominated as Instrumental Group of the Year, the UCalgary String Quartet has completed live recordings of all the Beethoven String Quartets as well as the CD Far Behind I left My Country which features Klezmer and East European Folk Music. Beth has the great pleasure and privilege to perform on an award - winning cello made by her husband, Luthier, Christopher Sandvoss.“The performance brought out its depth of passion.... Beth Root Sandvoss has a beautiful sound, coupled with an excellent sense of harmony—“ Gordon Rumson, Music and Vision

Swedish-born pianist Susanne Ruberg-Gordon’s passion for chamber music is evident. Quoted by the Chronicle Herald as “A superb musician” and other critics as “accomplished, experienced….providing an evening of musical magic”,  she has collaborated with artists such as Andres Cardenes, Ron Leonard, Andras Diaz, Desmond Hoebig, Ian Swensen, Alain Trudel, Jens Lindemann, Ning Feng, Ni Tao, Arnold Choi and Nikki Chooi. Studies at the Banff Centre Music and Sound program brought her to the Bow Valley where she now resides with her family. Her primary teachers include Jose Ribera and Greta Eriksson from the Edsberg Institute of Music in Stockholm where she graduated with a Diploma in Chamber music, but she has also had the privilege to learn from Gilbert Kalish, Marc Durand and David Moroz.Susanne has been on faculty at the Mount Royal University Conservatory since 1991 where she is the coordinator of Collaborative Pianists and teaches chamber music. She has also been a Collaborative Artist for the acclaimed Morningside Music Bridge program in Canada, China and Poland since 2001.

Programme

Jules Massenet: Élégie for Voice, Cello & Piano

Leoš Janáček: Pohádka (Fairy-tale) for Cello & Piano

Robert Schumann: Lieder

Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 for Cello & Piano

Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello & Piano

de Falla: Siete Canciones populares Españolas for Voice, Cello & Piano

Nicolas Slonimsky: Five Advertising Songs

Jack Ross and Jane Ross participated in an evening of poetry at Canmore Arts Place.

Jack read his poem, Listen to the Message, then sang it for a highly receptive audience – many who expressed their delight with a “sung poem.”

Jane presented two poems: Young Muskrat and Maria Campbell.

The book of poems is available from Battle River Books at source21@telus.net for $20.00. An excellent Christmas gift!

Lots of exciting things happening with Battle River Writers!

At the November 15 event, we will  

• Update our efforts for the Places that Matter publication – begun in response to the invitation from Alberta Culture to write responses to the Alberta Heritage Art Series.
To  date there are 16 pieces of visual art work and 15 pieces of written responses in the form of poems, short stories, reflective essays and music.  

Some will remember the Art/Writing exhibitions we partnered on two winters ago with Augustana, Sacred Arts and Alberta Historic Resources Branch. Our efforts were also presented at the National Trust conference in Ottawa, 2017. Since heritage places and artistic interpretations do not outdate/age, our work is current, meaningful and getting ready for publication.

 • Discuss the Grouse Compendium, which is an emerging body of work based on 2019 Year of the Grouse and Project BRING BACK THE GROUSE.

 New people are welcome to join Writing Room at

Story’s Way, 176 William Street, Braim.

For information, call 780/672-9315.

If you haven’t yet picked up copies of our published work,

you can find the information under the PURCHASE page of this website.

They are excellent Christmas gifts!
  The two works published to date are:
            Poems from Life as it Happens. (2019). $20.00; French flap cover; 147 pages.

            Beauty Everyday: Stories from Life as it Happens. (2016). $30.00; Hard cover; 325 pages.

- Poems from Life as it Happens is out and launched at the Lt. Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Awards.

We need to book time at various venues for presenting the poems - do you have some suggestions?

Can you help with the arrangements for readings?

- Destination Prairie by our own Cathie Bartlett is due out any day now. It comes with exciting possibilities for connections Cathie had not anticipated when she situated her novel at Rutherford House! Did you know there is Rutherford House, Edmonton; Rutherford House, Banff and the Rutherford inspiration in Cathie's novel?

- Alberta Writing Contest: I've asked Judy Louis to report on her experience and the outcomes of this context. The winners were announced during the program on September 21.

- Other News? Your news! Fall is a good time for writing and there is lots to write about.

Some of us made the trip to the Endwaters of Battle River on September 30 - an experience that was profound and informative in so many ways. Our commitment to linking our river's Headwaters and Endwaters is complete, now the new opportunities begin.

CAMROSE, ALBERTA. September 18, 2019                                                            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Local musician Ryan Lindsay will be joined by prairie musicians for an intimate evening showcasing the stories that have inspired their song writing and music in support of the Spirit of the Land Foundation.

The Artists:

Ryan Lindsay: An Augustana Alumni, Ryan is a fast-rising country artist and singer-songwriter, winning the Country 105 rising star in 2018 and, following the release of his first album this year was selected as a top 12 artist in Alberta Music's artist development program, "Project Wild".

Don Amero: Don is an engaging storyteller, songwriter and performer. With 7 albums to his name he has already garnered numerous national and international awards, including a JUNO nomination in 2013 and two more in 2016.

Joni Delaurier: Born into a large musical family, Joni has been in music her whole life. She considers herself a songwriter first, and her music has made her a SOCAN Award Winner and CCMA Songwriter of the Year nominee during her career.

Troy Kokol: Troy Kokol is a singer, producer, video director and songwriter with over 200 cuts to his name in a variety of music genres. Troy is a recipient of the SOCAN Award for Country Music and is a 2-time CCMA Songwriter of the Year nominee.

The Fundraiser:

Spirit of the Land Foundation has been created to continue the legacy generated by the Spirit of the Land program at Augustana, U of A Campus, Camrose. Over the past 7 years students as well as many individuals from the larger community entered into a common journey to explore our relationship with the land and with each other.  The program heightened the awareness of participants to the need to care for and nurture an environment that provides for our livelihood as well as our mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. 

The newly formed Spirit of the Land Foundation will focus on providing opportunities for place based, hands-on learning activities in the community and surrounding rural areas. The Foundation will also address the issue of making farmland affordable for new young agrarians through co-operative and community land ownership.

A kick-off fundraiser concert, “Prairie Song,” will be hosted by the Spirit of the Land Foundation on Saturday, October 5 at the Camrose Regional Exhibition (CRE) in Camrose beginning at 6:30pm. For more information, visit www.spiritoftheland.ca or phone 780-781-5620.

The Affirming and Reconciliation Committee of Gaetz United Church in Red Deer is planning to have a RedDress exhibit in Red Deer on RedDress Day, October 4. Stay posted for further details, or for more information, contact Gaetz United Church; T: (403) 347-2244 or the Redress Project: http://www.theredressproject.org/

June 5, 2012 

There is much to learn in Battle River Country. Soon we will make the trip to Battleford at its eastern end. Like the river, it has survived the passage of time. As one of the oldest communities in Western Canada if has impressive historical sites. Founded in 1875 as a Fur Trading Post and the first established NWMP post, Battleford is amongst the oldest communities in Saskatchewan and boasts spectacular historic sites which have survived the passage of time.

Excerpted from “Who will Speak for the Mother Grouse?” (Jane Ross)

The time has come to make that trip to the Battlefords and the Endwaters of Battle River ― something for which preparations have been in the making since 2012.

On April 13, 2019, Jack Ross, Judy Louis, and BR LGAAA Co-Chairs Roy Louis and Jane Ross, travelled to Battleford. As a guest of the Allen Sapp Gallery and Leah Garven (Curator, North Battleford Galleries and Museums), Elder Roy Louis offered protocol to Elder Gladys Wapass- Greyeyes for connecting the landscape, communities and arts of Battle River Region. On that day, Elder Gladys Wapass-Greyeyes of Thunderchild First Nation accepted the offering, signifying willingness to receive Battle River visitors on September 30, 2019. 

The visit coincides with Orange Shirt Day. 

Please bring expressions of friendship and regionality:

e.g., books, commemorative objects, etc.

In preparation for the Battlefords and Endwaters visit on Monday, September 30,

Rayne Johnson, (Working Group Member for Battlefords) offers these background suggestions and insights:

• Visit the nearby site of the former residential school: https://battlefordsnow.com/2018/05/10/former-residential-school-cemetery-designated-heritage-site/

   

• Fort Battleford National Historical Site:

  https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/sk/battleford/culture/histoire-history  A 10 minute drive from the Alan Sapp gallery. The Fort will be closed for the season however, we can see the setting and the Endwaters is a very short drive from there.
  
  

• Indigenous Cemetery:  We will have to walk through a pasture and down a hill. So bring walking shoes. It is a beautiful view from above for any who chose to wait while others walk to the site. 

. . . from Battle Lake to Battleford . . .  

BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE PROGRAM 

Monday, September 30, 2019

1: 30 pm: Meet at Allen Sapp Gallery

https://www.allensapp.com/

ADDRESS

1 Railway Ave. E., North Battleford. T: 306-445-1760
Contact: Leah Garven. Curator / Manager N.Battleford Galleries & Museums

RSVP

If you are attending this event, please email

jackross@telus.net or call 780/781-2487 by 6 pm, Saturday, September 29.

Our Battleford hosts want to know the number for planning purposes.  

Arts that flow as stories from our landscape.

Conclude Battle River Group September Festival where the Battle River joins the North Saskatchewan River. Ceremony acknowledging the integrity, length and meanings of the Battle River for Indigenous, Settler and New People.

Illustrated historical talks and explanatory visits to Allen Sapp Gallery.

Battleford: in cooperation with Allen Sapp Gallery, North Battleford.

Allen Sapp. Painter

Allen Sapp, OC, SOM was a Canadian Cree painter, who resided in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. His art and his story have become well known throughout Canada. His paintings tell a personal story, and many feature images of his grandmother. His work and life story have been the subject of a number of books and television documentaries.

Born: Jan 2, 1928 · Saskatchewan, Canada

Died: Dec 29, 2015 · North Battleford, Canada

Spouse: Margaret Sapp

Awards: Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration (2003)

Jonas Applegarth Theatre, Maskwacis. Flags will mark the route to the theatre.

See CamroseLive for tickets.

Event details to follow.

Maskwacis Receives Alberta.

STAY POSTED FOR NEWS ABOUT THE BUFFALO TREATY EVENTS.

Day-long activities.

Evening reception at River Bend: cancelled.

Details to follow

 The day will include  various activities that are yet within the planning stages.

BUFFALO TREATY CELEBRATION

An invitation to gather in Samson Cree Nation, Maskwacis, Alberta

THE BUFFALO: A TREATY OF COOPERATION, RENEWAL AND RESTORATION

In partnership with Widlife Conservation Society https://www.wcs.org/

PRESENTATIONS:

History of Buffalo Treaty Celebrations.
Dr. Leroy Little Bear. University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada 

Habitat for Buffalo.

Convention of Treaty Resolutions with active participation ty signatories to previous Buffalo Treaties and other Tribes and First Nationals attendees.

For additional information:

Kurt Buffalo: Samson Cree Nation. T: 780/585-3793. E: kurtb@samsoncree.com

Delorna Mackinaw: Samson Communications Department: 780/360-9115. E: dbmackinaw@gmail.com

Beverly Crier: Samson Museum and Archives. T: 780/585-4530. E: blcrier@gmail.com

Buffalo Image by Artist Dieter Schlatter; used with permission.

SCHEDULE AND PROGRAM

BUFFALO TREATY GATHERING,

MASKWACIS TERRITORY

Friday, September 20, 2019 

7 am               Pipe Ceremony

10 am            Unveiling of Rudiger Schmidt Gift to Samson Cree Nation

11 am             School Play at Jonas Appelgarth Theatre

1 pm              Speaker Dr. Leroy Little Bear

1:30 pm        Speaker Dennis Omeasoo. Drum/Dancers

2:30 pm        Signing of new Signatories to the Buffalo Treaty

3 pm              Closing

15

Heritage Ecumenical Gathering (11 am)

In the spirit of reconciliation with representatives of Indigenous, Settler and Immigrant communities.

For more information, please call Fridhem Society Board Members:

Ted Wigglesworth: 780.877.2383; Arlene Lidberg: 780.679.5946; Jack Ross: 780.672.9315

ANTIQUE TOOLS: POP-UP EXHIBITION. 10 am-5 Please bring your own items (labeled with your name and the purpose of the tool) for this informative exhibition of our history:

•  INDIGENOUS: Stone tools, arrowheads, etc.

• SETTLER: Farming tools - treasure these items and learn about them

• ETHNIC: Tools from communities represented by the diverse peoples of Alberta and Battle River Region

For information, call Stanley Johnson, 780/877-2429

BASHAW ART CLUB: Special exhibition! For background information about this dynamic art club, visit  https://www.bashawstar.com/news/annual-bashaw-art-club-show-focused-on-local-talent/

VENUE: Fridhem Heritage Church. Ferintosh/Edberg location Township Road 440, 5 kms. east of Highway 21.

DUKET BORD: (Swedish - “Coffee Table” with light refreshments; contributions are welcome.

Fridhem Social area and Heritage Room

By the Light of the Harvest Moon

A Celebration of Creativity & Community

Long Table Dinner

September 14, 2019

Castor Community Hall, Castor, Alberta

All food served is sourced through The Prairie Farm Project and prepared by Chef Mel from The Northern Table with local libations provided by Balzac Craft Brewery and wine pairings selected by Richard Harvey from Calgary’s Metrovino Fine Wines . Artistry and creativity from those connected to Castor, Coronation and Stettler communities will be showcased. The long table meal will tastefully be accompanied by music and poetry; photography and visual art from local artists will be displayed.

3 pm Tour of the Castor & District Pharmacy Museum
5 pm Long Table Dinner featuring:

Red Tail Farms, the Prairie Farm Project & Chef Mel from The Northern Table

Balzac Craft Brewing Company (Airdrie)

Metrovino Fine Wines (Calgary)

Literary | Musical | Visual | Arts featuring:

Roger Admiral, piano

Alexandra Brigley, voice

Karen Fawcett, voice

Rosemary Griebel, poet

Anthony Holland, singer songwriter
Pat Lang, painter

Angela Nyberg, voice

Audrey Pfannmuller, painter

Rita Renschler, painter
Edward Ries, prairie bard

Paul Sapergia, sculpture
Rhonda Sylvester, voice

Veronica Weber, piano

Dan Wood, photography
Herb Zinger, photography

Tickets $65 available online at this LINK or available at (403) 882-3935

For tickets & additional information, contact 

Kathleen Charpentier 403-882-3935

kathleen.charp@gmail.com

Castor and the Slow Food Scene

The Prairie Farm Project has been truly inspired by the groundbreaking work of Richard Griebel and Kathleen Charpentier. Over the last thirty years, Richard and Kathy traveled the world to witness global movements committed to ethical agricultural practices, honouring the land and the bounty that exists at the local level. They were invited to attend Terra Madre/Slow Food International events on numerous occasions. Together with his wife, Dana, Ian Griebel established Red Tail Farms (3 km south of Castor) to commemorate the pioneering vision and spirit of his father, Richard. The Prairie Farm Project composed of Red Tail Farms, Lazy T Ranch (Brett & Jenna Hauck) and Lady's Hat Farm (Nikki Wiart) are renowned for their advocacy and dynamic farm to fork connection throughout the province hosting farm tours and long table dinners as well as supplying high quality products to committed customers throughout the province.

The Prairie Farm Project is closely related to the Balzac Craft Brewing Company in that Thecla Wiart, brewmaster, is Kathleen Charpentier's niece and a cousin to Ian Griebel. Balzac Craft Brewing Company will supply refreshing before-dinner refreshments for long table guests.

Providing suitable wine pairings for the evening, Metrovino Fine Wines is owned by renowned oenophile, Richard Harvey, brother-in-law to Kathleen Charpentier and husband to one of Alberta's finest poets, Rosemary Griebel—featured artist at By the Light of the Harvest Moon.

Culinary Arts

Chef Mel, the owner of The Northern Table, creates delicious herbal blends that span the seasons--the perfect cup you sip each morning & the herbs you reach for time and time again at the table. She is inspired both by the richness of Canadian agriculture and by her experience further afield in the kitchens of women around the world. She believes in the ritual of gathering. She knows that nothing makes life richer than sharing a cup or a plate of something delicious with folks you love. Inspired by Indigenous tradition of the three sisters--squash, beans & corn--now at the cusp of being harvested, Chef Mel will bring Latin street food to meet the Alberta harvest at By the Light of the Harvest Moon. To highlight the region, fresh produce & beef will be sourced from The Prairie Farm Project; a seasonal dessert will be accompanied by coffee and hand-blended teas by The Northern Table.

Literary, Visual & Musical Arts

Over the last century, the Stettler/Castor/Coronation Highway 12 corridor within the Battler Region has spawned a diverse assortment of talented artists who will be showcased at By the Light of the Harvest Moon.

The literary arts will be represented by Rosemary Griebel, an award-winning poet deeply connected to the Alberta prairie landscape and author of Yes, published by Frontenac House. Edward Ries carries on a century-old family tradition of poetry recitation, bringing epic poems to life through dramatic interpretation and dynamic delivery.

The visual arts will be represented by a number of established painters from the Battle River Region: Pat Lang, curator of the Castor Art Gallery (Castor) & Audrey Pfannmuller, curator of Candler Art Gallery (Camrose), will display their works alongside Rita Renschler (Ries) and sculpture from the late Paul Sapergia. Exquisite photographs of the Battle River Region will commemorate and showcase the outstanding work and vision of Dan Wood and Herb Zinger.

The Stettler/Castor/Coronation Highway 12 communities are proud of a venerable musical tradition established already in the early 1900s. By the Light of the Harvest Moon will feature serenades by the lovely Central Alberta-inspired voices of Alexandra Brigley, Anthony Holland, Karen Fawcett, Angela Nyberg & Rhonda Sylvester as well as exhilarating performances by solo and collaborative pianists, Dr. Roger Admiral and Veronica Weber (Griebel).