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Army and Navy — The Band Wagon (Fri. and Sat.), jam session (Sat., 5-8:30 p.m.) Downtown Legion — Leon Ochs (Sat.) Buds on Broadway — Wild Bunch (Thurs.), Riff Raff (Fri. and Sat.), Sunday night jam...
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Event listings are a free, community service offered by Bridges. Listings will be printed if space permits. Submission deadline is two weeks before the event date. Please send submissions to...
View ArticleCuthand: Indigenous artifacts belong with indigenous people
A couple of weeks ago, a Saskatoon lawyer and Kawacatoose band member was on holidays in London when he came across a display on Chief Poundmaker in the British Museum. Along with a picture and some...
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Please send items for Parish Notes to weekend@thestarphoenix.com with the words “Parish Notes” in the subject line. Submission deadline is Wednesday at 10 a.m. Exploring the Soul Energies of the...
View Article'Beyond our wildest dreams': 'Come From Away,' co-created by Sask. native,...
NEW YORK — The married co-creators of “Come From Away” were celebrating their six-year-journey from Gander, N.L., to the bright lights of Broadway on Tuesday as their uplifting, made-in-Canada...
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Concerts/Events Said the Whale: Saturday at Broadway Theatre at 9 p.m. Tickets $25; available at 306-652-6556, broadwaytheatre.ca. L-R: Said the Whale’s Ben Worcester, Jaycelyn Brown and Tyler Bancroft...
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Army and Navy — Jett Run (Fri. and Sat.), jam session (Sat., 5-8:30 p.m.) Downtown Legion — Trevor Young (Sat., 3:30 p.m., Lounge), The Rhythmaires (Sat.) Buds on Broadway — Blue Bandoleros (Thurs.),...
View ArticleSSO to be first Canadian orchestra to host citizenship ceremony on stage
The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra will host a citizenship ceremony on stage before its final concert this season, making it the first Canadian orchestra to do so. Twenty people are scheduled to take the...
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Event listings are a free, community service offered by Bridges. Listings will be printed if space permits. Submission deadline is two weeks before the event date. Please send submissions to...
View ArticleJazz fest asks city to waive fees for closing Spadina
The SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival free stage is moving again this year, but this time it could cost the festival thousands of dollars. Construction on the Traffic Bridge means locating the free...
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Please send items for Parish Notes to weekend@thestarphoenix.com with the words “Parish Notes” in the subject line. Submission deadline is Wednesday at 10 a.m. Pancake Breakfast: Today, 7:30 to 11:30...
View ArticleOne pod, two peas: Tim and Tommy just hit it off
You could say that performing with Tommy Banks is like a tonic for Tim Tamashiro. “It is my favourite music experience of my entire lifetime. He’s my hero. To come out and do shows with Tommy is like...
View ArticleAllen ends the SSO season with a bang … literally
A year’s worth of rehearsal time is about to pay off for the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra’s principal percussionist. Bryan Allen has been spending months driving between rehearsal spaces preparing for...
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Concerts/Events O, Canada: The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra celebrates Canada’s 150th birthday Saturday at TCU Place at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $17 to $66; available at 306-975-7799, tcutickets.ca. Vesna:...
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Army and Navy — Jones Boys (Fri. and Sat.), jam session (Sat., 5-8:30 p.m.) Downtown Legion — Phoenix (Sat.) Buds on Broadway — Rivers Edge (Thurs.), The Nightrain (Fri. and Sat.), Sunday night jam...
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Event listings are a free, community service offered by Bridges. Listings will be printed if space permits. Submission deadline is two weeks before the event date. Please send submissions to...
View ArticleSaskatoon StarPhoenix daily update: May 12, 2017
Stay up to date with the news and stories that matter in Saskatoon and beyond, delivered each morning Monday through Saturday. LOCAL Early estimated property increase for 2018 near seven per cent...
View ArticleBono chats with Saskatoon fan after Vancouver concert
Tanis Robertson knew something was up when her husband Ross kicked her under the table at the restaurant they were dining at in Vancouver last weekend. They’d been to the U2 concert the night before....
View ArticleMusic teacher's mentorship touched generations of young performers
Lyell Gustin spent decades mentoring young musicians. In the years since his death, his name has remained ever-present among music students. Gustin was born in Fitch Bay, Que., in 1895. His family...
View ArticleHitchcock fans take a stab at podcasting
Did you know that Alfred Hitchcock’s childhood home was above the family’s grocery store? You would if you listened to Good Evening: An Alfred Hitchcock Podcast. The show was created by Regina’s...
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