By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – A number of local youth have been framed this week, but it’s all been in good fun. Beyond the Frame, an interactive art exhibit from the Art Gallery of St. Albert has set up shop in the Morinville Community Cultural Centre (CCC) and has already had a visit from one school group and the 1st Morinville Beavers ahead of its public opening this Friday night… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Council learned Tuesday evening that the average sound levels from the Morinville Community Cultural Centre are not much higher than normal noise levels recorded prior to the facility’s completion.
Administration delivered a report from Acoustical Consultants Inc. (ACI) that showed the average… […]
By Étienne Thevou
Morinville – Oscar Wilde may have argued that life imitates art far more than art imitates life, but for several hours Saturday night art was put on full display to support life. The second annual Celebrating Life and Culture gala packed the lobby and mezzanine of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre with Morinville’s movers and shakers all dapperly dressed in keeping with the posh affair. A total of nineteen artists put their work into the show, giving wine-tasting socialites something to gaze at while raising funds for the Sturgeon Community Hospital Foundation… […]
Photos by Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – The Morinville Community Cultural Centre’s Centennial Concert Series opened Friday evening with a performance from Edmonton-based singer, songwriter and fiddler Lizzy Hoyt. Approximately 60 music lovers came out for the inaugural concert in the series that will run over the next several months with a variety of entertainment genres… […]
By Étienne Thevou
Morinville – The Morinville Community Cultural Centre’s Centennial Concert Series opens next Friday evening with a performance from Edmonton-based singer, songwriter and fiddler Lizzy Hoyt. Those unfamiliar with the entertainer’s performance can expect far more than a fiddle show… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – A local woman is hoping Morinville and area residents will be as excited about Toastmasters as she is. Liz von Kanel, Area 16 Governor with Toastmasters International, will be holding an open house Sept. 27 at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre to make people aware of all the benefits available to those who embrace the organization. Von Kanel is hoping to form a club in town… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Comedy, song, dance and children’s theatre will all be making its way to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre beginning Sept. 30 with the first in a series of 10 concert performances organizers are hoping will hit Morinville’s entertainment and cultural taste buds… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Saturday night’s wrestling event at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre proved two things: the new $12 million venue can successfully hold entertainment some would consider less than cultural, and Force Pro Wrestling is a force to be reckoned with. While some may still hold up their nose at the idea of wrestling in a facility designed for more refined concerts, Force Pro can hold their heads high for coming out of the gate with an inaugural show that was not only a truly engaging performance but one that seemed larger than life. For two-and-a-half hours, Morinvillians were treated to six professional wrestling bouts that kept the cheers and cat calls escalating from the opening match through to the headline bout… […]
By Étienne Thevou
Morinville – There will be plenty of top rope entertainment Aug. 20 when Force Pro wrestling comes to Morinville with an evening of high-energy sports entertainment for the whole family. A Show of Force will take place at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre and promises two-hours of high-flying wrestling action from more than a dozen performers. The event is being brought to town by Art of Conversation, publishers of Monday Morning News… […]
Morinville Mayor Lloyd Bertschi (left) accepted a framed photograph from Sturgeon County Mayor Don Rigney July 12. the county photograph was presented in honour of the opening of the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. The framed photo was accompanied by … […]
Dear Editor:
It was with great pleasure when we read that council had decided to let our company, Force Pro Wrestling, perform in Morinville’s new and very attractive Culture Centre. We understand the town’s concerns… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Maritime comedian Jimmy Flynn brought his trademark brand of humour to a midweek audience Wednesday night, giving the sold out crowd at Morinville Community Cultural Centre plenty of belly laughs.
After three-and-a-half decades of performing across the country and around the globe, the secret of Flynn’s success is … […]
By MorinvilleNews.com Staff
Morinville – Edmonton’s 630CHED will be rolling into town as the sun comes up Thursday morning to broadcast live from the Community Cultural Centre. The Edmonton AM station will be conducting four interviews during their morning slot and five in the afternoon, all with locals, and all in conjunction with the community, its history and the town’s St. Jean Baptiste Festival… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – Long-time Community Cultural Centre opponent Tim Stirling made an appearance at Morinville Town Council June 14 to once again express his concerns about noise control from the $11.2 million facility and to express his opinion that council sidestepped a Subdivision Development Appeal Board ruling that proper sound mitigation would be put in place prior to the centre opening… […]
By Stephen Dafoe
Morinville – After several soft openings, including the Morinville and District Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours event, the Town of Morinville’s Volunteer Appreciation Night and the Art of Conversation’s Canyon Rose Outfit concert, the Morinville Community Cultural Centre had its official opening over the weekend. A forma gala evening took place Saturday night with a formal dinner, presentations and entertainment. Sunday afternoon saw the official ribbon cutting ceremony and the doors swung wide open to the community at large… […]
Re Community Cultural Center’s First Event
Dear Editor:
Whether the first event at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre (MCCC) was a success or not is overshadowed by the drunken display that took place out in front of the centre both during and after the concert… […]
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