It will be a festive Friday at Higher Grounds Espresso Bar Dec. 11. That’s the night the coffee house’s regular Hot Dogma talent night gets in tune with the season for a Christmas-themed evening of community entertainment called Feliz Navi-Dogma. Th event runs at the coffee house from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. […]
DQ coming
Construction was in progress on Tuesday across from Tim Hortons for a $1.23 million development. The construction is a building that will include a DQ and other potential businesses.
– Lucie Roy Photos […]
by Stephen Dafoe There’s something besides coffee brewing at Higher Grounds Espresso Bar later this month. The Main Street coffee […]
by Morinville News Staff
Guitars, drums, and other instruments will soon be put in the hands of middle-aged Morinvillians looking to get their musical groove on. Fogey Jam is a new initiative of Higher Grounds Espresso Bar in Morinville’s downtown core. Coffee shop manager Crystal Terhorst is hoping to pool as many as eight quadragenarians, quinquagenarian, sexagenarians and beyond to jam together… […]
Higher Grounds Espresso Bar was packed Thursday night for the coffee house’s monthly charity crib tournament. The fun evening of social card playing raised more than $400 for the Mayr family whose daughter Blakelee was born with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome. The family is raising funds for a trip to California to attend a special conference on the disorder. – Stephen Dafoe Photo […]
Festival Champions
Champion Petfoods President and CEO Frank Burdzy presented Morinville Festival Society Chair Paul Smith with a $20,000 cheque Thursday afternoon, the first of five cheques. The local pet food manufacturer did a telephone survey this summer to help determine where it should be investing its community dollars. The overwhelming response from that survey and… […]
By Morinville News Staff
Morinville –It’s festive Friday at Higher Grounds Espresso Bar Nov 30. That’s the night the coffee house’s monthly Hot Dogma open mic night gets in tune with the season for a Christmas-themed evening of community entertainment called Feliz Navidogma… […]
Photos and Story by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – En route from Fort Saskatchewan to High Level over the weekend, Ontario-based band Broken Walls made a stop in Morinville to play to a packed house at Higher Grounds Espresso Bar Friday night. The three-piece band made up of Jonathan Maracle (vocals and guitar), Kris Delorenzi (bass), and Bill Pagaran (percussion) played a spirited 90-minute set, earning themselves two standing ovations from those who came out to see the band… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Rock-pop band Rend brought their No Lines tour to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Saturday night for an all-ages show in support of youth programming in the community…. […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – If you’ve heard their music, it is hard to believe rock-pop-soul band Rend have only been playing together for a year. The band has a big different sound that is catching a lot of attention in the capital region and beyond. With their CD debut, No Lines, getting both media attention and lots of radio play, Rend could be the next big thing… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – It’s not uncommon to see local talent gather at Higher Grounds Espresso Bar on a Friday night for their monthly Hot Dogma nights, but this Friday singers, musicians and other performers will gather to help raise funds to build a school in Indonesia… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A variety of music styles will make up an evening of entertainment at Higher Grounds Jan. 6. Morinville Community High School student Kelsey McKenzie is organizing the show as part of her studies at another local school, Smith Music… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com staff
Morinville – Higher Grounds monthly Hot Dogma night took on a festive flavour Friday night with Feliz Navidogma, a Christmas-themed open mic night. Musicians from beginner to world-class professional took to the stage for 90 minutes of family entertainment. As is so often the case, not all of the acts were booked prior to the start of the event… […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – It’ll be a festive Friday night at Higher Grounds Espresso Bar Dec. 9. That’s the night the coffee house’s monthly Hot Dogma open mic night gets in tune with the season for a Christmas-themed evening of community entertainment that can only be called Feliz Navidogma… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The music kicks in, a dubstep mixture of bass lines and drum beats arranged to be repetitive but catchy. Toes tap in the audience as those watching the performance move in their own unique way to the beat and rhythm. But for Donovan Jarvis, the movements to the music are far from mere rhythmic toe tapping. For the 16-year-old freestyle dancer performing for the crowd, the movements are both personal expression and an integral … […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The 2011 St. Jean Baptiste Festival got off to a solid start Tuesday night with a spirited and spiritual performance by Aboriginal singing group Broken Walls. The three-piece band of Joseph Maracle, Bill Pagaran and Kris DeLorenzi come from Ontario and Alaska. Two of the bands members are from Ontario. Bassist DeLorenzi is from Thunder Bay and lead singer Maracle from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Drummer Pagaran hails from Palmer, Alaska… […]
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