We have and programs on our summer schedule...

Fri JUN 25 | 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Napi Plays produced and directed by Doreen Williams-Freeman

According to Blackfoot tradition, Napi was put on Mother Earth from the Creator Sun as a disciple to teach good examples for the people to live by. He was given certain powers that were almost equal to creator sun. He started using them for his own benefit instead of doing good for the people.

Doreen will present three plays: Napi and the Gophers 20 min; Napi and the Two Ladies 10 min; Napi and the Rock 15 min.

Actors are Mike Healy, Megan MacKenzie, Nigel Crow, Kalle Little Bear, J.R. Many Fingers, Roy Pogo

Doreen Williams-Freeman has produced and directed a number of plays. She also runs Northern Native Design, a business featuring clothing and crafts. On June 21, National Aboriginal Day, she was on hand for the opening of the Medicine Wheel Garden - a project she designed and spearheaded.

Sat JUL 10 | 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Puppet Making with Tanya Harnett

Tanya Harnett will be on hand to help you create your own hand-made puppet so you can perform your own Napi story puppet show. All supplies provided, and volunteers will be on hand to help you. No sewing experience required!

Tanya Harnett is Nakota and a member of the Carry the Kettle First Nation. She is an artist and a professor teaching studio art at the University of Lethbridge, in a joint appointment between the Department of Native American Studies and the Department of Art. She has also taught at the University of Alberta and Grant MacEwan University. Harnett obtained her BFA and the first MFA in Drawing from the University of Alberta.

Sun JUL 11 | 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Garden Tour with Penny Dodd

Enjoy this guided tour of the Native Plant Garden, created by the Lethbridge and District Horticultural Society at the entrance to the Galt, with garden enthusiast Penny Dodd. Learn about its history as well as the interesting features of the plants growing in the garden.

Raised on the native prairie grasslands of Southern Alberta by parents who were interested in the natural environment, Penny grew up with an enthusiasm for native plants. This interest, however, is an avocation only, unsupported by any formal education in botany. Penny was a high school English Language Arts teacher. Gratefully retired, she spends as much time as possible in a garden-one created by a person or the one created by nature.

Wed AUG 11 | 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Métis Jigging with Roy Pogorzelski and Elder Rod McLeod

The Red River Jig is often danced at parties and community gatherings, and has become a true symbol of Métis identity. Roy Pogorzelski, a Métis Citizen of Saskatchewan, will demonstrate the Red River Jig. Participants will be taught basic and fancy steps to perform to the music. It's great exercise and extremely entertaining! Volunteers will be called up to participate in a demonstration of the group dance: the "rabbit dance". Métis Elder Rod McLeod will also be in attendance for a brief discussion on Métis culture and history, and both will be available to answer any questions about Métis culture, history or dancing.

Mon SEP 06 | 7:00 pm

GWG Piece by Piece
CELEBRATE LABOUR DAY!

Join Juno-nominated folk singer Maria Dunn and historian Catherine C. Cole in a musical, historical, multi-media labour history presentation. The Great Western Garment Company in Edmonton marketed its workwear to other unionized workers, including miners and railwaymen in Southern Alberta, and made prisoner of war uniforms worn at the Lethbridge WWII POW camp.

Catherine Cole introduces the GWG story, placing the memories of the immigrant women working at the plant into the broader context of the company's history. Maria Dunn performs songs inspired by their stories interwoven with audio-visual materials including archival material and interviews collected by Catherine Cole.

Free refreshments

Piece by Piece - the GWG Story
virtual exhibit

Advertisement for union made goods from GWG in the Alberta Labor News, October 16, 1920. Credit: PAA PR1970.0394.

Fri SEP 17 | 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Free with admission

Watercolour for Total Beginners

Artist Susann Staenz will teach basic brush strokes & water-colour techniques in this workshop taking place during ArtWalk. All supplies provided. Absolutely no experience required! Refreshments.