THE MOOSE JAW CULTURAL CENTRE

CONEXUS VISUAL ARTS CENTRE

AND

MAE WILSON THEATRE

The Mae Wilson Theatre                                                                  Photo: Rob Hoskins

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MOOSE JAW CULTURAL CENTRE

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At the
Conexus Visual Arts Centre

Now

in the

Gallery

To Feb. 29th, 2012

An Exhibition of Paintings by

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2012

Feb. 4th.

Paquin Entertainment

presents

The adventure continues! Koba Entertainment’s smash hit Quest for the Extra Ordinary Aliens is an out-of-this-world theatrical production that will lead families on a heroic quest through the whimsical escapades of The Backyardigans.

Quest for the Extra Ordinary Aliens takes the audience on a non-stop musical expedition as The Backyardigans become Daring Detectives, Cookie Security Guards and Space Ace Reporters who travel in hot pursuit of a mysterious space ship and its missing passengers – the cookie-crumbing Aliens! Tag along with the gang and their extraordinary host as they travel to shivering Frozen Toes Mountain, the blistering Hot Footsy Desert, and the volcanic Lost Pirate Island – singing and dancing the whole way!

The Backyardigans’ Quest for the Extra Ordinary Aliens is a finger-snapping, toetapping, mind-boggling adventure that will have the whole family dancing on the edge of their seats.

Produced by Koba Entertainment, Quest for the Extra Ordinary Aliens is among the company’s roster of other memorable theatrical productions including Max & Ruby: Bunny Party and Toopy and Binoo and the Marshmallow Moon.

Set to 21 eclectic songs by The Backyardigans’ TV series composer Evan Lurie, this engaging musical brings together Koba’s artistic director Patti Caplette for direction and Broadway-style choreography and Beth Kates for scenic and state-of-the-art 3D video design.

Showtimes: 1pm & 4pm

Tickets: $23.50

Please note that ticket prices are inclusive of taxes but not of any service charges.

On Sale Now!

Tickets available online. Please click on button below.
Website purchases subject to additional charges:

All Tickets available at MJCC Box Office 1-306-693-4700
 

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Feb. 9th

presents

Hypnotist

Hypnotist - Wayne Lee returns once again to bowl you over with laughter as you are entertained and amazed at the power of suggestion. Over the years, Wayne has used hypnosis to excite, entertain and mesmerize thousands of audiences across North America. He has performed over 2500 shows, hypnotizing over 25,000 people to explore the limits of their imagination, dance outrageously and even act out their dream careers.

Wayne Lee is a former five-time Canadian amateur wrestling champion and schoolteacher who had an unrelenting passion for entertaining and empowering people. He took a childhood interest in magic and a fascination with visualization and transformed himself from classroom instructor to Canada’s Crown Prince of Entertainment and Empowerment. Wayne found a new way to educate people about the power of the mind and spread his philosophy that “laughter is the best medicine.”

Start Time: 8:00 PM.

Two 45 minute sets.

Theatre doors open 30 minutes before the performance begins.

There is one 30 minute scheduled intermission.

Tickets: $25.00 person plus 5% tax

Tickets available in person at Casino Moose Jaw

or by calling 694-3726

People must be over 19 to purchase tickets at the casino.

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Feb 12th

MJCC Presents

Louise Pitre

From Broadway to Paris

Star of Mama Mia on Broadway!

Louise Pitre

Louise Pitre - Bio

Louise Pitre has had a career rich with success.

Her awards include the Dora Mavor Moore Award in Toronto, the National Broadway Touring Award in New York, a Special Award from the San Francisco Theatre Critics Circle, a New York Theatre World Award and a Tony nomination for her portrayal of Donna Sheridan in MAMA MIA! - the ABBA inspired Musical that took Canada and the United States by storm.

Louise is currently the host of 'Star Portraits' which began airing on BRAVO! in September 2009 and is now in its second season.

In 2001, after wowing audiences in Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago, Pitre made her Broadway debut when MAMA MIA! opened at New York's Winter Garden Theatre. She held the lead role for 2 years on Broadway.

Louise has released 4 CDs to date: "Songs My Mother Taught Me', "All of My Life Has Led To This" (which includes 2 songs from MAMA MIA!), "Shattered" produced by the famed Fred Mollin and featuring the great Jimmy Webb on piano on 3 of his compositions and finally "Could You Wait?" - the original cast recording of the show she co-wrote with husband W. Joe Matheson and friend and accompanist, Diane Leah.

Pitre also boasts a successful concert career, performing as a solo artist with accompanist Diane Leah or with her trio, adding bassist George Koller and drummer Tom Jestadt. She has appeared with most Symphony Orchestras in Canada. 

The Ontario native (born in Smooth Rock Falls) graduated from the University of Western Ontario with an Honours Bachelor Degree in Music Education as a piano major.

In 1988 Louise won her first Dora Mavor Moore Award for her starring role in Blood Brothers in Toronto. By 1990 she was a favourite in Toronto's theatre community, plying the role of Fantine in Les Miserables - to critical acclaim in Toronto, Montreal (bilingual production) and Paris (Paris cast recording).

Louise was catapulted to national fame in 1992 when she portrayed legendary French singer Edith Piaf in 3 different productions of Piaf. She won her second Dora Award for this role. She also earned accolades for her work in Sweeney Todd; Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change; The World Goes Round; Tartuffe; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; The Roar of The Greasepaint, The Smell of The Crowd; Cabaret; Applause; Jon Gray's Rock 'N Roll - to name a few.

In 2005 Louise led the hybrid production of Annie Get Your Gun at Toronto's Massey Hall with a 50-piece Symphony Orchestra. In 2006 she starred in Song and Dance at the Danforth Music Hall with Rex Harrington and Evelyn Hart.

Louise has been turning her sights on television and film. She has filmed 2 Lifetime MOWs: Recipe For a Perfect Christmas with Christine Baranski and A Christmas Wedding with Eric Mabius and Sarah Paulson. Louise can be seen as Taff Baron on the CBC series MVP and plays Therese Dion (Celine's mother) in the mini-series Celine on CBC.

www.louisepitre.com

LOUISE PITRE – Review Quotes

Pitre is sensational. Every word, every phrase counts for something. 

Paula Citron, Globe and Mail, 2006

" Louise Pitre is a national treasure. Watching and hearing her is thrilling. She was born for the stage."

Glenn Sumi, Now Magazine, 2005 

If I'd built up the show in my mind; if I believed, as I did, that she would wow the crowd, dazzle us with her theatricality, style and sheer stage presence, all the while holding us spellbound with her vocal talents.....Pitre is one of those electric performers who makes you feel that she's giving every song, and each person in the audience, everything she's got.

Lynn Peppas, Welland Tribune, 2004

"Louise Pitre is sensational. She is absolutely riveting, and every sound she utters, either spoken or sung, is completely believable. She just doesn't sell a song, she lives it."

Paula Citron, Classical 96.3FM, 2003

Showtime 8:00pm

Theatre doors open at 7:30pm

Tickets $25 + taxes and charges

Tickets available online. Please click on button below.
Website purchases subject to additional charges:

All Tickets available at MJCC Box Office 1-306-693-4700

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Feb 25th

Showtime: 8pm

Theatre doors open at 7:30pm

Tickets: $25+charges

Upper Balcony $20+charges

Tickets available from the MJCC Box Office 1-306-693-4700

or on line (click button): (add. charge when purchased on line)

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Feb 26th

"Sweet Dreams of Patsy Cline"

featuring

Michelle Anseeuw

&

The Inclines

Message from Michelle Anseeuw:

Patsy Cline is one of those stories of human perseverance that

transcends toughness.  She had a tenacity that only a tragedy would stop.  With only her mother and herself supporting the family, she still knew exactly what she had that could not be denied.  That voice, infused with passion, from a life that needed passion for day to day survival, would prove unstoppable.

Paying tribute to this talent is a passion of mine and there’s no end of areas to draw inspiration from.  Ready to take the next leap, timing is right for me to perform, for the rest of the world, the show I have loved performing for 10 years at major venues in and around Manitoba. Along with 6 phenomenal talents to share the stage, I look forward to continue sharing my passion and her legacy with you.

Showtime: 7:00pm

Theatre doors open at 6:30pm

Tickets: $20

Tickets available from the MJCC Box Office 1-306-693-4700

or on line (click button): (add. charge when purchased on line)

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Mar 2nd

Moose Jaw Cultural Centre

presents

The Regina Symphony Chamber Orchestra

Programme

- Allegro

- Andante

- Minute

- Finale

Tickets available from the MJCC Box Office 1-306-693-4700

or on line (click button): (add. charge when purchased on line)

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Mar 10th

MJCC Presents

Quartette

Quartette

Since their debut in 1993, the four members of Quartette have been both publicly and critically acclaimed for their lush harmonies and delightfully diverse repertoire. Cindy Church, Caitlin Hanford, Gwen Swick, and Sylvia Tyson are seasoned singer/songwriters whose influences range from blues and gospel to folk and country to jazz and pop.

The group’s first appearance, a showcase of Canadian women songwriters, took place at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre. What began as a “songwriter in the round” concert of musical friends grew into an inspired collaboration. This initial performance generated an appearance on CBC Radio’s Morningside with host Peter Gzowski. The phones began to ring with requests for a recording, and seven months later in April of 1994, the self-titled album, “Quartette,” was released to rave reviews. This was followed by coast-to-coast tours of theatres, folk festivals, performances with symphony orchestras, and live appearances on radio, including two appearances on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion.

In 1995 a second album, “Work of the Heart,” was released and, following this, CBC’s Adrienne Clarkson Presents profiled the group in an hour-long special.

With the untimely death of original member, Colleen Peterson, in 1996, Quartette elected to continue performing, and welcomed another musical friend, Gwen Swick, to the group. Gwen’s skills as a songwriter and vocal arranger carried the group to a new level as they prepared to record once again, and the result was “In The Beauty Of The Day,” released in 1998.

Quartette has received several Juno nominations, won a Canadian Country Music Award for best vocal collaboration, performed with major symphony orchestras across Canada, and recorded the CMT-TV special, “A Quartette Christmas.” They have also released two Christmas CDs, “It’s Christmas!” in 1996, and “I See A Star” in 2002, both of which are collections of traditional and original Christmas songs, and their Christmas shows have become a tradition with audiences across the country.

Quartette continues to tour and record. In October of 2007, they released their sixth recording, “Down At The Fair,” produced by legendary guitarist, arranger and producer Colin Linden.

An evening with Quartette is always a magical musical journey.

www.quartette.com

ShowTime: 8pm

Theatre doors open at 7:30pm

Tickets: $28.50 + taxes and charges

Tickets available from the MJCC Box Office 1-306-693-4700

or on line (click button): (add. charge when purchased on line)

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March 15th

Sasktel Youth Tour

presents

Tree Boy

by Michele Rimi

recommended for Elementary students

In an attempt to be a lone hero and save the planet, Avery moves into his treehouse. He calls himself Enviroman, but to everyone else, he's Tree Boy. In order to save his tree from being cut down, Avery has to learn that even heroes have to depend on others and work together to achieve common goals.

Themes: Environmentalism, Friendship, Perseverance, Identity.

Curriculum ties: Environmental Science, Arts Education, English Language Arts, Character Education.

ShowTime: 9:30am

Tickets: $5 incl. taxes

Available at MJCC Box Office 693-4700

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The Canada Show:

The Complete History of Canada in One Hour

by Ryan Gladstone and Bruce Horak

recommended for High School students

With comedy, song and a lot of originality, The Canada Show will take you on a journey through the history of our great nation. From the arrival of the first explorers to Confederation to Avril Lavigne, you'll learn in this hilarious revue all about what makes the home of the maple leaf and the toonie so unique and wonderful!

Themes: Cross Cultural Relations, Perspective Taking

Curriculum ties: Canadian History, English Language Arts, Arts Education

ShowTime: 1:15pm

Tickets: $5 incl. taxes

Available at MJCC Box Office 693-4700

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Mar 16th

presents

Carlene Carter

Carlene Carter

Country – Carlene Carter has always straddled the line between country and rock. Daughter of the legendary and beloved June Carter Cash and Country Music Hall of Famer Carl Smith, and stepdaughter of the enduring Johnny Cash, she is heir to one of the richest musical legacies of all time. Carlene took the Carter sound and name in another direction, to yet another generation, as she mixed the traditional music of her heritage with the current rock & roll of the late 1970s. Carlene's biggest success came with her Grammy-nominated country hit I Fell In Love album and single in 1990, and the innovative Every Little Thing video and single from her Little Love Letters CD in 1993.

Carlene has now carried the Carter name well into the new millennium with her aptly-titled Stronger CD. Carlene's acclaimed music career is now in its fourth decade of carrying on her family traditions, and blazing her own trails at the same time.

Songs: Every Little Thing, I Fell In Love, Sweetest Thing, Hurricane, Love Like This, Come on Back, Do It in a Heartbeat, Baby Ride Easy, Me and the Wildwood Rose & Unbreakable Heart

www.carlenecarter.net

Start Time: 8:00 PM.

Two 45 minute sets.

Theatre doors open 30 minutes before the performance begins.

There is one 30 minute scheduled intermission.

Tickets: $35.00 person plus 5% tax

Tickets available in person at Casino Moose Jaw

or by calling 694-3726

People must be over 19yrs to purchase tickets at the casino.

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Mar 18th

The University of Regina's

Theatre Department

is proud to present

their production of

Much Ado about Nothing is a rollicking comedy about pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero. Benedick and Beatrice are engaged in a "merry war"; both talk a mile a minute and proclaim their scorn for love, marriage, and each other. Claudio and Hero are sweet young people who are rendered practically speechless by their love for one another. By means of "noting," Benedick and Beatrice are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and Claudio is tricked into rejecting Hero at the altar. Constable Dogberry discovers the evil trickery of the villain, the bastard Don John. In the end, evil is punished and everyone celebrates the marriages of the two couples.

Curtain at 7:30pm

theatre doors open at 7pm

Tickets:

Adults $16 taxes included

Seniors & Students $11 taxes included

Children 12 and Under $6 taxes included

Tickets available from the MJCC Box Office 1-306-693-4700

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Mar 24th

Moose Jaw Relay For Life

presents

Mister Moose Jaw 2012

Silent Auction

Appetizers

Audience Voting

Event commences at 7pm

Theatre doors open a 6:30pm

Tickets $25 per person

To participate in Mr. Moose Jaw you must be a male of 19years or older.

Contestant rules and Information Package available at Conexus Moose Jaw.

Proceeds go towards Moose Jaw Relay For Life.

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Apr 15th

MJCC

presents

Connie Kaldor

Connie Kaldor

Connie Kaldor wrote this and more about the unexpected twists and turns of life and love. She could well have been writing about her personal artistic complexities. Music pundits have tried to define the essence of the prairie-born acoustic performer for over two decades, but even the most eloquent have fallen short of perfection.

Fact is, Connie Kaldor is a performer without borders. A contradiction in terms. She is a Juno Award-winning singer who has flourished on the folk music scene for over two decades, yet her repertoire of original material blurs musical boundaries, embracing elements of gospel, rock, country and western, folk, blue grass and adult contemporary.

Her live performances are legendary and her fan base broad and fiercely loyal. People come back to see heragain and again because a Connie Kaldor performance is about more than just the power of music. It is also about the power of personality. What she says between songs is as intriguing as the lyrics she sings.

She has traveled prairie backroads to visit modest community centers and sold out concert halls in major cities. From Beijing to New Delhi to Saskatoon to Washington, Connie has triumphed with a mix of song and spoken word honed in pacing and tone by the many years she spent performing.

Like many prairie girls in the 50s and 60s, Connie grew up singing in the church choir and listening to Patsy Cline and The Beatles on her record player. But it wasn't until the 1980s, after four years spent performing with an avant-garde theatre company in Toronto, that Connie turned to music full time and was welcomed with open arms by the folk scene.

For additional information:  www.conniekaldor.com

ShowTime: 7pm

Theatre doors open at 6:30pm

Tickets: $20 + taxes & charges

Tickets available from the MJCC Box Office 1-306-693-4700

or on line (click button): (add. charge when purchased on line)

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Apr 21st

presents

Carroll Baker

'Thanks for the Memories'

Carroll Baker

Country – Known as “Canada’s Country Sweetheart,” Carroll Baker's career includes many genres, live performances, radio and television. She is the winner of multiple awards, including Juno awards, Canadian County music awards and is an inductee in the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. She was the first Canadian country music singer to receive a certificate Gold and Platinum Record for her record sales.  She has more than twenty #1 records, fourteen of which were consecutive number one records.

Her first album, Mem'ries of Home was released in 1970. The title track was a hit as well as the song Love Now and Pay Later. In 1977, the album Carroll Baker was released with hits: I've Never Been This Far Before, One Night of Cheatin' and Tonight With Love. Hollywood Love (1980) featured #1 singles Still Falling in Love and the title track. Other #1 singles include: Why I Had to Pass This Way, Portrait in the Window, I've Never Been This Far Before & The Hungry Fire of Love.

Songs: Mem’ries of Home, Ten Little Fingers, Mama What Does Cheatin' Mean, I Might as Well Believe (I'll Live Forever), It Always Hurts Like the First Time & The Morning After Baby Let Me Down

Additional information: www.carrollbakersinger.ca

Start Time: 8:00PM.

Theatre doors open at 7:30pm

One 90 minute set.

There is no scheduled intermission

Tickets:$30.00 per person plus 5% tax

Tickets available in person at Casino Moose Jaw

or by calling 694-3726

People must be over 19yrs to purchase tickets at the Casino

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    May 2nd

       Paquin Entertainment

       presents

In a brand new live production, Koba Entertainment brings you the theatrical debut of a longstanding classic whose best-selling books and television series' have been enjoyed by families for over 50 years. For the first time ever, Richard Scarry’s Busytown will take the stage and become larger than life!

Richard Scarry’s Busytown: Busytown Busy captures the incredible world of Richard Scarry and follows the adventures of Huckle Cat, Sally Cat, Lowly Worm, Sergeant Murphy, and many of their unforgettable friends. Busytown will be hosting a talent contest and everyone is buzzing with excitement. Together, the friends attempt to discover their true talents with lots of laughter – and only a few hiccups - along the way!

With catchy sing-along songs and lots of audience interaction, Richard Scarry’s Busytown: Busytown Busy will bring out the showman in us all!

Produced by Koba Entertainment, Richard Scarry’s Busytown: Busytown Busy is among the company’s roster of celebrated theatrical productions including Max & Ruby: Bunny Party and The Backyardigans: Quest for the Extra Ordinary Aliens.

Richard Scarry’s Busytown: Busytown Busy is based on Richard Scarry’s catalogue of over 300 children’s books, which have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide. Broadcasted on CBS (North America) and CBC (Canada), Busytown Mysteries features loveable characters and focuses on preschool problem solving and learning. Its delightful stories have been enjoyed by children in more than 80 countries around the world.

Showtime: 6:30pm

Tickets: $23.50

Please note that ticket prices are inclusive of taxes but not of any service charges.

On Sale Date is November 5th at 10am.

Tickets available online from Nov. 5th at 10am
Website purchases subject to additional charges:

All Tickets available at MJCC Box Office 1-306-693-4700
 

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