imPULSE Theatre presents Boygroove

BOYGROOVE is a musical that explores the rise and fall of Canada's favorite boy-band "BoyGroove". The auditions, the rehearsing, the ego explosion that comes from fame and the eventual power hungry downward spiral. You know these boys, Jon the "bad boy" from Queens, Kevin the business motivated leader, Andrew the environmental activist, and the very Christian Lance always...on his knees - praying. These boys will leave you humming inappropriate tunes such as "You Make My Hips Buck" and the squeal inducing love ballad "Pushin' and Rockin'". Written by the critically acclaimed Edmonton playwright Chris Craddock and accompanied by music written by Aaron Macri, this fast paced, crude, and side-splitting look at the harsh realities of the music industry.

Thursday, May 5 at 7:30pm
Friday, May 6 at 7:30pm
Saturday, May 7 at 2pm  and 7:30pm

Adults: $20
Students & Seniors: $15

Arts and Culture Network Meeting

You are invited to a networking meeting for Arts and Culture Agencies. This meeting is based on feedback from local stakeholders in the area of arts and culture, that we need to come together as a group to share our ideas. We hope this will be the first occurrence of what will become a regular gathering of voices from the Arts and Culture communities in our region.

The future of this network meeting will provide a local forum to discuss ideas, events, challenges and solutions for arts and culture in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Participants can bring information and share how their group is engaging the arts, history and culture of this region to help unify our communities and grow our cultural understandings.

The inaugural meeting offers the opportunity for participants to meet to identify a framework, goals and process for creating a sustainable network of cultural agencies.

• Date: Thursday May 5, 2011
• Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
• Location: Lynn Bryant Conference Room - Main Floor, Provincial Building (9915 Franklin Avenue).

For more information or to R.S.V.P. , please contact:

Brandi Gartner, Culture Coordinator with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
Telephone: 780.743.7994 Email: Brandi.gartner@woodbuffalo.ab.ca

JAMMIN' FOR JAPAN

The Social Justice Committee at Father Mercredi is hosting JAMMIN' FOR JAPAN, a Relief Fundraiser for Japan on May 5th at 7pm. The event will feature students and members of the community performing their talents to spread a message of hope. All members of the community are invited to attend. Admission is $10 and there will also be a concession with drinks and baked goods. All proceeds will be donated towards Relief efforts. The event will feature aspects of Japanese culture which 3 of our Japanese exchange students have helped the Social Justice Committee incorporate including, handmade origami, Japanese Calligraphy, candy and sweets sent directly from Japan and wishes and prayers for the people of Japan written on Japanese flags.

Last year the Social Justice Committee organized a similar event to provide relief for Haiti "Hope for Haiti". This event was a huge success and raised thousands of dollars for Haiti Relief. We hope this event will have similar success and be a wonderful evening for Students, Father Mercredi Staff and members of the community to come together and spread a little hope.

Please forward this invite to all your friends, family and co-workers to help in our efforts to host a truly successful community relief effort.

For more info please check out the Father Mercredi Social Justice facebook page, or contact Eithne Pierre  at: ep2891@fmcsd.ab.ca