December is here already! To close out 2021 why not plan a visit to the Frank J. Dunn Pool, take in a Broadway North production at the EA Rawlinson Centre, go skating or take in a class at the Alfred Jenkins Field House or Margo Fournier Centre! And the arts community is busy with programming at the Arts Centre, Mann Art Gallery and John V. Hicks Gallery.
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The City of Prince Albert has adopted a Proof of Vaccination or Negative COVID-19 test before entering most City facilities, including all recreation venues. Masks must be worn entering and exiting rec facilities but are not necessary when you are engaged in physical activity.
For the latest information of what you need to know before your head to a City facility, please click here.
Registration for Swimming Lessons at the Frank J. Dunn Pool in 2022 including February Break and January-March classes are NOW OPEN! Register here.
December's calendar for lane swimming, public swimming and aquasize is here. You can pre-register for aquasize online here.
You can register online for Bronze Medallion courses upcoming January 28-30 and in the February Break.
Bronze Cross will be offered February 3-6 and during Easter Break.
Also, the National Lifeguard Course will be offered March 26-April 10. Call the Pool at 306-953-4829 to register.
The Alfred Jenkins Field House has a new Winter Program Guide available. Included is a new Zumba Gold Class, modified for older adults, offered Tuesday afternoons and Thursday evenings.
As well there is a full line up of Drop In Classes in December.
Public Skating in December includes some FREE sessions at the Art Hauser Centre:
Dec. 23 (5:30-7:30 p.m.),
Dec.28 (2-4 p.m.) and
Dec.30 (5:30-7:30 p.m.).
There is a lineup of great programs and drop-in classes at the Margo Fournier Centre.
As well check out the Easy Adult Fitness schedule with Ruth Griffiths for December.
Arts Centre Winter Program Guide
We are winding down our Fall programs and the Winter Program Guide will be ready soon! Watch for it posted and printed by December 7. We will have many of our regular programs like pottery, yoga, painting and cooking. There will be options for in person or virtual.
You can check out other opportunities at the Arts Centre like the Groups & Guilds, Art Parties, Birthday Parties, and Equipment Rentals (Paper Maker, Screens, and more) in our Winter Program Guide for the Arts Centre. You can also watch our Prince Albert Arts Centre Instagram Page.
Please note our Holiday Season hours – we will be closed Dec.24 at 2:00 p.m. until Jan.4 at 9:00 a.m. Happy Holidays!
Do you want to build a snowman? You’ll love this fanciful and heartwarming stage adaptation of the top-grossing animated film of all time, starring a cast and crew of 70 local youth! Join Anna, Elsa, and all of your favorite characters as they embark on an epic, ice-filled journey of self-discovery, camaraderie, and the real meaning of true love.
Adapted for young performers, this musical includes favorite Frozen songs such as Love Is an Open Door, Do You Want to Build a Snowman?, and Let It Go, as well as wonderful new songs from the Broadway production. With its empowering message of love and understanding, Frozen JR. is sure to melt your heart!
Get tickets here.
Until January 23rd
Fire and Fibre
Prince Albert Spinners and Weavers and Prince Albert Potters Guild Exhibit
The John V. Hicks Gallery is proud to present Fire and Fibre, an exhibition by the Prince Albert Spinners and Weavers Guild and the Prince Albert Potters Guild. Artists include Sheila Devine, Vicki Gauthier, Linda Goulet, Elena Halstead, Leisjea Horseman, Carrie Ikert, Barb Jank, Carol Leybourne, Joan Martin, Roxanne McLeod, Susi Miller, Diana van Breugel.
The Historical Museum is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Other museum tours can be arranged by appointment. Call 306-764-2992. Check out our gift shop for those Christmas gifts!
Saturday December 11th – Free Family Programming sponsored by the City of PA Community Grant Program. This event is free of charge and will be from 1-4 PM.
For more information, check out their website or Facebook page.
Please note the Museum will be closed Dec.20 to January 3 inclusive, re-opening Tuesday, January 4, 2022.
Check out a variety of craft programs and movies for all ages, including during Christmas break! See our events calendar or Facebook page for details!
Check out the Book Sale Auction, and other online programming like creativebug, Hoopla and Flipster Magazines on our website too.
At the Mann Art Gallery
December 4 - 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
For all ages! Children must be accompanied by adults. City of Prince Albert Proof of Vaccination (or negative test) policy in effect for all ages 12 and over. Masks must be worn at all times and 10 people in the studio at one time. First Come First Serve, so you may have to wait or come back later, or take a kit home with you.
Mann Art Gallery Upcoming Exhibits
Gregory Hardy is much admired across the country and beyond for his vigorous and direct landscapes of the prairies and boreal lakes and forests of northern Saskatchewan. This exhibition features work produced around his island cabin on Lac La Ronge. He draws quickly and aggressively, en plein air from his kayak, with subsequent refinements completed in the studio. A remarkable feature of his landscapes is the weighty prominence given to the sky and its clouds. Curator Grant McConnell writes: “The clouds in a Hardy painting are as physical, as tangible as a mountain in a work by the Group of Seven painter Lawren Harris.” Hardy has exhibited extensively since 1975 and his work can be found in collections around the world.
Ken Van Rees is a landscape painter, and a member of the well-known collective Men Who Paint. However, it was a soil scientist that he first expressed his life-long love of forests. In 2015, a forest fire burnt his research plots in northern Saskatchewan, and while inspecting the damage to his equipment, he became engrossed with the patterns inscribed on his clothes from the charcoal of the burnt trees. This planted the seeds for an entirely new series of abstract works on canvas that take the form of rubbings and controlled imprints – produced by leaving canvases in the charred forest for extended periods.
A permanent collection exhibition curated by Breanne Bandur.
Ed Studio Gallery, Mann Art Gallery.
Until December 12th
The Kyla Artist Group is presenting their Fall Show, online for your safety until December 12.
Welcome to Guest Artists: Janelle Gosselin, Caron Dubnick & Marcel St. Amand. The show will feature new original works by local artists.
We have again paired up with the Prince Albert Optimist Club for a fundraiser in support of their club. Please check out our website for details.
The Prince Albert Northern Bears are the host team for the 2022 Esso Cup April 17-23 at the Art Hauser Centre.
Hockey Canada has announced the schedule as well as that tickets are on sale for the event.
More information, including volunteer opportunities will be announced soon.
Creative Kids is a charitable program that funds Saskatchewan children who want to take music or dance lessons, learn to paint or act, speak a family language, explore different cultures, find out about their heritage, study dinosaur bones, or join a number of other creative pursuits in their community. Creative Kids funds arts, heritage, multicultural and Aboriginal activities for families facing financial barriers. For more information about Creative Kids in our district, visit the Lakeland District for Sport, Culture and Recreation website. The next Creative Kids deadline is December 3.
Need some Christmas gifts and don’t know what to get? How about a gift card for the Arts Centre programs? Call 306-953-4811 or stop in at the Arts Centre at 1010 Central Avenue.
Concessions at the Art Hauser Centre now offer Mobile Ordering for all Raider, Minto and Northern Bears games this season.
Scan the QR code, go to the mobile app, order and pay, then pick your food up at a special window!
The Fall/Winter Edition of the City’s Free Recreation Programs Brochure is out and can be viewed here.