July, 2018 401 First Street SE, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 8W2 Phone: 403.502.8795 Fax: 403.502.8589 e-mail: esplanade@medicinehat.ca Events are subject to change. Please consult the online version on www.medicinehat.ca for a more up-to-date schedule. Date/Time/Location Event/Details Information Contact July 1 31 Power Down Challenge The Power Down Challenge No Cost HAT Smart through the City of ( Challenge ) as part of the Knowledge Saves Power Medicine Hat City of Medicine Hat, Redcliff and project, is a City-wide voluntary energy reduction Entries are accepted until July Cypress County challenge. Participating households are encouraged to reduce their energy consumption by 5% or greater in the month of July 2019 compared to their July 2017 consumption. The Challenge is open to households in the City of Medicine Hat ( City ), Redcliff and Cypress County who receive a City Electric Utility Statement and have lived in the same dwelling for one year as of July 1, 2018 (or before July 1, 2017). The Grand prize of $750.00 will be awarded to the household with the greatest energy reduction. Additional prizes include $500 for Second Place, $250 for Third Place, and ten (10) chances to win $50. All prizes will be awarded in the form of City of Medicine Hat Gift Cards. 31, 2018 at Customer Service in City Hall until 4:30 PM MST or online at www.hatsmart.ca/power down until 11:59 PM MST July 4 Sept 12 4 PM-8PM Carriage House and Park on Stampede Grounds 2055 21 Ave SE July 7 October 6 9 AM-1 PM Cypress Centre 2055 21 Avenue SE July 15 noon-5 PM At various gardens throughout Medicine Hat July 24 10:30 AM Noon Medicine Hat Farmers Market Market in the Park If you like to sleep in Saturday mornings but don t want to miss the Farmers Market, we have great news! We are now offering you an opportunity to come out and see our market during the week. Wednesday markets will offer you many of the great products found at our Saturday market in a different setting. Food trucks will be in attendance. Come out after work, shop and relax in our park setting. Medicine Hat Farmer s Market Celebrating our 21 st season this year! Locally grown produce, local meat processors, homemade baking, crafts, jewelry, coffee, pet treats, lotions, products to pamper and so much more. Showcasing local entertainment & non-profit groups. 27 th Annual Horticultural Society Garden Tour (2018) - The Garden Tour is a self-guided tour through seven gardens spread throughout Medicine Hat. Patrons can start at any location. At the same time a ticket has been purchased, you will also receive a Garden Descriptions Passport featuring the names and addresses of the homeowners on the tour. We are able to showcase the beautiful yards and gardens in Medicine Hat. Tickets available @ Blondie s Gift & Garden, Windmill Garden Centre, Medicine Hat Visitors Centre, Crescent Heights Florist & Gifts and The Redcliff Library. Free Feeding Babies Class An Alberta Health Services Registered Dietician will answer any questions about feeding babies and making your own baby food. Includes a baby food making demo. Topics include: Breastfeeding or infant formula, Starting solid foods, Progressing to finger foods, Making baby food. Free admission Information Call : Doreen @ 403-527-1234 or visit mhstampede.com Free Admission Information Call : Doreen @ 403-527-1234 or mhstampede.com $10 each Information Call: Mel Deydey @ 503-527-0054 or medhathortsociety@gmail.com No Cost To register call 403-502-4111 or ahsmedhatnutyrition.eventbrite. com.
ESPLANADE ARTS & HERITAGE CENTRE Exhibitions Alberta & the Group of Seven MAY 26, 2018 - JULY 14, 2018 This rare exhibition highlights the little-known relationship between early Alberta artists and members of Group of Seven, Canada s most celebrated and internationally known collective of landscape painters. Guest curated by Alberta art specialist Mary-Beth Laviolette, the exhibition includes paintings and drawings of Alberta by both the Group of Seven and early Alberta artists. Jude Griebel Ground-Figure: Sculpture 2013-2018 MAY 26, 2018 - JULY 14, 2018 Humour, pathos, unusual materials and an uncanny ability to represent the indescribable characterize this Alberta/New York artist s sculptures. Jude s beings and landscapes are interchangeable, with elements of each - plants, shells, trees, man-made environments and machinery - characterizing the other. Evoking a range of human emotions, situations and environmental disasters, the sculptures are at once whimsical and touching, dismaying and delightful. The Hunt JUNE 9 - NOVEMBER 3, 2018 What does it mean to hunt? Why do people still hunt in a time when food is easy to purchase? Who are the hunters and who were they? The Hunt museum exhibit is a detailed look at the history of hunting and wildlife conservation in Southern Alberta from the earliest human habitation to the modern day. Hunting has changed much over time, but has always been a part of the culture and traditions in Alberta. The Hunt explores the changes in hunting practices and attitudes to animals over time and looks at the role of hunting in culture today. The Tales of Slippery Annie (Archives Vignette) June 16 - November 3 The Archives has a lot of information on the prominent people who orchestrated the development of our City but what about everyone else? We re looking deeper into Medicine Hat s history to find Annie Moran, a.k.a. Gentle Annie, a.k.a. Slippery Annie. Prominent is boring, let s talk about notorious. The Last Hangman JULY 24, 2018 STUDIO THEATRE 7 PM The previously untold story of Canada s second-largest mass hanging which involved four Nazi POWs, a pedophile child murderer, and Canada s last (un)official hangman. Filmmaker Carla Olson returns to the Hat to unravel this local story through interviews, including her Great Aunt in-law who was secretary to the last hangman in Alberta.
Downtown Medicine Hat Art Walk 2018 Closing Reception July 13, 2018 Art Gallery-7 PM Free Admission Head downtown for a fun filled event for the whole family. Local art galleries and cafes will be open for the Downtown Medicine Hat Art Walk. There will be live music, refreshments and other activities to compliment the wonderful art galleries located in the heart of our city. Art Walk Locations Include: Blue Lotus, FWBA Architects, Cactus Clay Pottery and retro Relics, Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre, Framing and Art Centre The Clay Trade, The Hive Artists Hub, Inspire Studio, Gallery & Café and the Medicine Hat Public Library. TREX (Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program) The Ties that Bind Cypress Hills Visitor Centre June 20-July 18, 2018 The concept of being tied or bound to others activates the exhibition The Ties that Bind. Whether depicted literally or through allegory, the imagery presented articulates, through the media of fibre and thread, connections between people; between people and the world around them; and between the past, the present and the future. Curated by Shane Golby White Nurse Medicine Hat Public Library June 20 - July 18 Medalta in the Historic Clay District July 25 - August 22 This exhibition presents a series of 20 artworks that are semi-autobiographical. The title references the slang term for heroin or morphine and speaks to Brennan s own experience prescription pain medication. This body of work is part of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts collection. Curated by Todd Schaber Mittenism and the Quest for Empathy Medicine Hat Public Library July 25 - August 22 This exhibition features a recent acquisition of etchings and lithography prints by renowned interdisciplinary artist Rita McKeough. McKeough translates her ideas through etching and lithography techniques, creating several series of works that use inanimate objects to explore the complex emotion of empathy. Curated by Xanthe Isbister The Wild Medalta in the Historic Clay District July 25 - August 22 Jenn Demke-Lange has combined traditional ceramic techniques, such as surface relief and overglaze, with digital illustrations to create a series of large porcelain plates. The overall narrative theme of these plates, and the exhibition as a whole, is based around her identity as both a Canadian and a mother. Curated by Xanthe Isbister
Education Programs More information at www.esplanade.ca/education, www.tixx.ca/summerart2018, at Esplanade Guest Services or 403.502.8777 2018 Summer Art Camp Parents can register their children ages 5-8 for up to three weeks (A, B and C) and for ages 9-12, up to two weeks (A and B). Week 1» Ages 5-8 (A)» July 3 July 6 (no class on July 2) Week 2» Youth Open Studio (Ages 13-15)» July 9 July 13 Week 3» Ages 5-8 (B)» July 16 July 20 Week 4» Ages 9-12 (A)» July 23 July 27 Week 5» Ages 5-8 (C)» July 30 August 3 Week 6» Ages 5-8 (A)» August 7 August 10 (no class on Aug. 6) Week 7» Ages 9-12 (B)» August 13 August 17 Week 8» Ages 5-8 (B)» August 20 August 24 Baby and Toddler Storytime (Drop-In) Mondays @ 10:30 AM 11:00 AM July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Preschool Storytime (Drop-In) Fridays @ 10:30 AM 11:00 AM July 6, 13, 20, 27 Monoporead Kick-Off Party Monday, July 2 @ 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Monoporead (Drop-In): Jul 2 Aug 23 Mondays: 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Tue, Wed & Thu: 10:00 AM 12:00 PM and 1:30 PM 4:00 PM TD Summer Reading Club: Challenge Week July 2 6 & July 9 13 @ 9:00 AM 4:00 PM Kids Yoga with Lindsay Wednesdays, July 4 & 18 @ 10:30 AM 11:00 AM Mary Lambert Concert Wednesday, July 11 @ 10:30 AM 11:30 AM TD Summer Reading Club: Imagination Week July 16 20 & July 23 27 @ 9:00 AM 4:00 PM TD Summer Reading Club: Arts Week July 30 August 3 @ 9:00 AM 4:00 PM Minecraft (ages 7 9) Saturday, July 14 @ 1:30 PM & 3:00 PM For ages 4 36 months. Songs, rhymes, tickles and knee bounces. Children must attend with a parent or other adult caregiver. For 3-6 year olds. Stories, songs and rhymes on various themes. Children must attend with a parent or other adult caregiver. Your favourite summer reading game is back! Join us tonight to play your first round of Monoporead special prizes will be awarded to every child who plays during this first night! Thanks to RBC Royal Bank for sponsoring new game boards and prizes for the kick-off party! Children ages 3 12: drop-in Mondays to Thursdays during the summer to play your favourite summer reading game, Monoporead! Read your way around the game board and win prizes along the way! Registration in our FREE TD Summer Reading Club begins on Saturday, June 23. Please note that a $100 deposit is required upon registration. Full details at mhpl.shortgrass.ca/td-summerreading-club. An excellent introduction to basic yoga poses for children led by local yoga instructor, Lindsay Barron. In the case of inclement weather, this program will move inside the Library. Please bring a mat if you have one. Singin Along and Adventure Songs with Juno Award Nominee, children s musical performer, Mary Lambert. This performance is highly interactive - audience members who volunteer might even wind up on stage! Registration in our FREE TD Summer Reading Club begins on Saturday, June 23. Please note that a $100 deposit is required upon registration. Full details at mhpl.shortgrass.ca/td-summerreading-club. Registration in our FREE TD Summer Reading Club begins on Saturday, June 23. Please note that a $100 deposit is required upon registration. Full details at mhpl.shortgrass.ca/td-summerreading-club. We're playing Minecraft in the Library! For ages 7-9. Registration required starting the Tuesday the week of the program - call 403-502-8526.
Tweens (ages 10 12) are invited to join us every Monday night throughout the summer for fun Tween Nights. For every tween night you attend during the summer, receive a ballot to enter our end-of-summer draw for a $100 Medicine Hat Mall gift card! Tween Night: Karaoke Dance Party Monday, July 2 Tween Night: Out of This World Monday, July 9 Tween Record Night Pt. 1 Monday, July 16 Tween Record Night Pt. 2 Monday, July 23 Tween Movie Night Monday, July 30 Have a blast singing and dancing to your favourite songs. We ll have a karaoke machine set up as well as a group sing-along using the projector screen! For ages 10 12. Larry Dye the Space Guy will be here to give a special presentation. Come learn about space and get involved with some fun games and activities. For ages 10 12. Compete to have your name in our version of the Guinness Book of World Records! Attend one or both nights; you ll face different challenges at each. For ages 10 12. More record-breaking fun! No need to have attended part 1 to participate this week. For ages 10 12. Vote on your favorite of several movie choices - the winner will be played that night. Popcorn will be served! For ages 10 12. Flipping the Pages of Summer: Teen Reading Contest June 1 August 31 For ages 13 18 Teen Summer Videogaming Nights Wednesdays, July 4, 11, 18 Dungeons and Dragons for Teens Tuesday, July 3 @ 6:30 8:30 PM; Friday, July 13 @ 2:00 4:00 PM; Friday, July 27 @ 2:00 4:00 PM. Improv Games for Teens Thursday, July 12 4:00 PM Learn to Code: Teens Saturday, July 28 @ 3:00 PM 5:00 PM Win cash this summer just by reading! Submit all your summer reads to us for the chance to win one of two $100 cash prizes in July & August. Visit the Library or enter online at mhpl.shortgrass.ca/services/teens. Teens (ages 13 18) are invited to play video games at the Library every Wednesday evening during the summer (except July 25). We ll have all your favourite Wii U titles and plenty of snacks. Join one of three ongoing D&D adventures: the first Tuesday of each month, the second Friday, or the final Friday. New players are welcome. Registration required by calling 403-502-8525. Join Liam for a variety of improv games on the Library s theatre stage. Learn to code a Pong-inspired game using Python and a Raspberry Pi. Registration required by calling 403-502-8525. Paperback Exchange: June 1 August 31 Exchange your old paperbacks for new ones. No due dates, no holds, no late fees, no fines for stains caused by sand, sunblock, and/or pool water. Bring your fiction paperbacks (in good condition) to the Library this summer and select the same number of replacement copies. Repeat as often as you like! Adult Monoporead! July 2 August 31 Drop-in during regular business hours Monoporead Kick-Off Party Monday, July 2 @ 6:00 PM 8:00 PM You ve been asking for it! We delivered. Adult Monoporead is here! Drop-in anytime this summer to play the game that you loved as a child. Thanks to RBC Royal Bank for sponsoring the new game boards for adults and children! Join us to kick-off this summer reading game for adults! Prizes will be given to all who play during this first night, sponsored by RBC Royal Bank.
Travelogue: Haida Gwaii Thursday, July 5 Pokémon Go Community Day Sunday, July 8 @ 12:00 PM 3:00 PM Medicine for the Soul Book Club Tuesdays, July 10 @ 6:30 PM 8:00 PM Art Walk: Blair Brennan s White Nurse Friday, July 13 @ 7:00 PM 9:00 PM Sports with the Family: World Cup Final Sunday, July 15 @ 9:00 AM 12:00 PM Book Launch: Sylvia London Tuesday, July 17 @ 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Sports with the Family: CFL Thursday, July 19 @ 5:30 PM 9:00 PM Music in the Afternoon: Arias and Art Songs Sunday, July 22 @ 2:30 PM 3:30 PM Member Appreciation Pancake Breakfast Thursday, July 26 @ 7:00 AM 9:30 AM Cock-a-Doodle-Poo! Thursday, July 26 @ 10:30 AM 12:30 PM Learn to Play: Dead of Winter Sunday, July 29 @ 1:00 PM 3:00 PM Le Club Franco Saturdays in July @ 10:00 AM 12:00 PM El Club De Los Sabados Saturdays in July @ 1:00 PM 3:00 PM Play Mahjong Mondays in July @ 1:30 PM 3:30 PM Games in the Afternoon Mondays in July @ 3:30 PM 5:00 PM Tech Time Mondays in July 4:00 PM Stitching in the Afternoon Tuesdays in July @ 1:30 PM 3:30 PM Activities for Persons with Developmental Delays Wednesday, July 4 & 18 @ 1:00 PM Jasveen Brar will share photos and stories of her latest Ocean Bridge adventure to the First Nations islands off of the north coast of British Columbia. Celebrate the July Pokémon Go Community Day with us! Lures will be set at our two Poké Stops and fun activities and refreshments will be available. During the three hours you may encounter a special Pokémon in the wild and also have a chance to learn a previously unavailable move for that Pokémon. There will be chances to catch shiny Pokémon and other bonuses too! Also, make sure to enter our draws for Apple and Google Play store gift cards - great for stocking up those Pokémon Go bags! We re working our way through the Library s book club kits. July s book for discussion is Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, the August book is Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Newcomers welcome! Visit us during the Downtown Art Walk to view Blair Brennan s art exploring his struggles with addiction. Refreshments will be provided. We re screening the World Cup Final in our theatre. Join us for a family-friendly celebration of the game. Local author Sylvia London will be launching her book with two titles: Love Was My Business and The Pink Rose. Refreshments will be served. This one is for the die-hard Riders fans in the city! Join us for Thursday Night Football as the Roughriders take on the Ticats. Wear your team colours! Jacqueline Arthur, mezzo soprano and Caleigh Seitz, soprano with Joel Goodfellow on piano. Join us for our fourth annual member appreciation pancake breakfast prior to the Stampede Parade. We re cooking up pancakes and sausages and serving them with juice and coffee. The Medicine Hat Celiac Support Group will be here with gluten-free offerings as well! Music, a bouncy castle, and other children s activities will be set up to entertain the kids. Breakfast is FREE when you show your valid library card; $5 otherwise. Have you bought your tickets yet for our cock-a-doodle-poo fundraiser? Don t wait, the chicken WILL poo on the Giant Chess Board on July 26th and if you re the lucky owner of the square where he goes, you win $5,000! Tickets are available at the Library for $20. Full rules online at mhpl.shortgrass.ca/cocka-doodle-poo. Take a break from the summer heat as you cooperate to survive a zombie apocalypse in a winter wasteland. Be warned that one of your allies may be a traitor. We ll teach you how to play. Registration required by calling 403-502-8525. This informal group gets together weekly to speak French over a cup of coffee. All French speakers welcome. This informal group gets together weekly to speak Spanish over a cup of coffee. All Spanish speakers welcome. Play this popular tile game and enjoy refreshments. Family game time in air conditioned comfort! Everyone welcome. This program will provide you with help that is tailored to your specific needs. Registration required by calling 403-502-8525. Bring a knitting, stitching, sewing, or crocheting project to complete in the company of others. We do crafts, sing songs, or watch movies. Registration required by calling 403-502-8525.
Computer & Writing Assistance Drop-In Wednesdays in July @ 1:30 3:30 PM Drop-in to practice your computer or writing skills. Presented by ABLE. Classic Film: Treasure Island (1950) Thursday, July 5 A Wrinkle In Time (PG) Saturday, July 7 Grease (PG) Thursday, July 12 @ 6:30 PM Sherlock Gnomes (G) Saturday, July 14 Sensory Screening: Sherlock Gnomes Sunday, July 15 Classic Film: The Searchers (1956) Thursday, July 19 Tomb Raider (PG) Saturday, July 21 A League of Their Own (PG) Thursday, July 26 @ 6:30 PM A Bug s Life (G) Saturday, July 28 Spanish Film Club: I m So Excited (R) Sunday, July 29 The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver. With Bobby Driscoll and Robert Newton. Followed by afternoon tea. 96 min. Following the discovery of a new form of space travel as well as Meg s father s disappearance, she, her brother, and her friend must join three magical beings to travel across the universe to rescue him from a terrible evil. With Storm Reid and Oprah Winfrey. 109 min. 2018 marks the 40th Anniversary of Grease! A summer romance between good girl Sandy and greaser Danny is put to the test when they unexpectedly find themselves attending the same high school. With John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John. 110 min. Garden gnomes Gnomeo and Juliet recruit renowned detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments. With Kelly Asbury and Mary J. Blige. 86 min. Sensory screenings are for children with sensory processing disorders like autism. The volume is lowered, the lights are raised, and the audience is understanding in the event your child becomes disruptive. An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches. With John Wayne and Vera Miles. 119 min. Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she discovers the island where her father disappeared. With Alicia Vikander and Dominic West. 118 min. Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry. With Geena Davis and Tom Hanks. 128 min. Journey inside the miniature world of bugs where an ant named Flik hires warrior bugs to defend his colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers. With Kevin Spacey and Dave Foley. 96 min. When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment and face the greatest danger, which we carry within ourselves. Spanish language with English subtitles. 90 min.