Now –  Sunday

Remai Arts Centre

There are only a handful of tickets left for the Saskatoon Summer Players production of Legally Blonde The Musical. This is the story many of us know about sorority sister Elle Woods who, after being dumped by her boyfriend, decides to enrol in law school and prove to everyone she can be serious. This is a production full of incredible dance and music numbers that takes the story and amps it up. Tickets $25 – $35 are going fast.

Follow this link for all the info.

 

Breathe

Thurs. & Fri.

Various Neighbourhood Parks

Only two days left to catch Sum Theatre’s annual Theatre in the Park in Saskatoon. Thursday night the team is in Wildwood Park at 7pm and Friday the show closes with a performance in Buena Vista Park. Breathe is a musical journey that follows a fish seeking refuge on an island inhabited by a reclusive, fire breathing dragon. The two must adapt to survive. It’s a story about finding your place in the world and achieving things beyond your wildest imagination. It’s free for everyone to attend.

For details follow this link.

 

Images from Monique Martin’s latest work An Ocean of Plastic. (moniqueart.com)

An Ocean of Plastic

Now – Fri.

Nutrien Wonderhub

Saskatchewan’s children’s museum, Wonderhub, is hosting artist Monique Martin’s An Ocean of Plastic. The exhibit features 50 silkscreened cloth panels and mixed media to show the  Pacific Garbage Path and plastics in the ocean. It invites the public to think about the plastics we are dumping into our oceans and what we can do to protect our water systems. On Friday, Martin and her studio assistant Kelsey Ford will be holding a printmaking workshop open to families.

Here’s the link for more information.

 

Back Alley Antics

Fri. – Sun.

Various Venues

Free Flow Dance Theatre is back with another weekend of dance performances popping up in unexpected places. This year marks 10 years since Back Alley Antics began and it is a spectacle that transforms outdoor locations like alleys and street corners into stages right before your eyes. The event starts at 6:45pm nightly and after meeting at the Victoria School stone stage on Broadway, you follow the carrot to the performance location. Make sure you wear good walking shoes as you do need to travel with the group to see the show. Tickets are $10 – $30 or a family ticket for $50.

Here’s the link for more information.

 

Southern Cross: The Songs of Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young

Fri. & Sat.

The Bassment

They were one of the greatest supergroups of all time. The music of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young was some of the best songs the late 60s had to offer. Now, local favourites B.C. Read, Terry Hoknes, and Brent Taylor have whipped up a tribute performance fitting for these folk-rock heroes. There are two shows to choose from tickets are $26 – $36.

Grab your tickets here.

 

Dazed and Confused

Friday

Broadway Theatre

I can’t think of a better flick to watch at the end of a school year than this one. Dazed and Confused is the story of a gang of high school students in 1976 out for a night of bongs and bell-bottoms. The soundtrack is killer and everyone knows that classic “Alright, alright, alright” from a young Matthew McConaughey. Tickets are $12.

Here’s the link for all the details.

 

Canada Day

Tuesday

River Landing

Celebrate our country by joining in the Canada Day festivities along the riverbank.  The fun kicks off around noon there will be live entertainment by our city’s many cultural dance groups, facepainting, bouncy castles, and games for the kids, a DJ keeping the party going and, of course, plenty of local food vendors waiting for you along the Traffic Bridge. The fireworks go off at 10:30pm from Rotary Park.

More info, follow this link.

 

GET READY TO GROOVE…

The SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival kicks off July 3rd. I’ll have a special Jazz Fest edition of Brit’s Picks to help you plan next week!