Tag Archives: Tanya Laing Gahr

KST begins season by hosting chamber mingler

Kimberley Summer Theatre hosted the latest Kimberley and District Chamber of Commerce Business Cards and Beverages mingler May 16 at the Chateau Kimberley. Long-time Summer Theatre volunteer extraordinaire Shirley Ross addressed about 30 chamber members and asked the community to … > Read More

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Duo honoured for contribution

To celebrate International Women’s Day March 8 the Friends of the Cranbrook Women’s Resource Centre honoured Tanya Laing Gahr and Susan Hanson for their volunteer contribution when they presented the Vagina Monologues in February 2013. This team of director and … > Read More

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V-Day comes to Cranbrook at Key City Theatre

February 15 performance of The Vagina Monologues Cranbrook’s V-Day celebration comes to Key City Theatre just in time for Valentine’s weekend, Friday, February 15. The show starts at 8 p.m., and there will be live music in the lobby starting … > Read More

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Cranbrook Community Theatre’s season kick-off

Cranbrook Community Theatre’s (CCT) 2012‐2013 season kicks off in October. Beginning October 4 and running for three nights CCT —in co‐production with Fort Steele Heritage Town—is proud to present ‘Babe Ruth Comes to Pickle River’ by Canadian playwright Nelles Van Loon. … > Read More

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Babe Ruth Comes to Pickle River

Fort Steele Heritage Town’s Wild Horse Theatre is now operating at full throttle for the summer season, with three presentations this year. Along with the popular ongoing Living History Street Theatre, there are two stage productions being presented in Off … > Read More

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First birthday for e-KNOW

On July 6, 2011, East Kootenay News Online Weekly (e-know.ca) went live. In our first week of business we published 17 items (stories and/or photos) and began the never-ending process of gathering news and information for the purpose of publishing … > Read More

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V-Day Cranbrook 2012 joins global effort to stop violence against women/girls

Tanya Laing-Gahr and Susan Hanson, along with the Friends of the Cranbrook Women’s Centre are presenting V-Day Cranbrook 2012, with a production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues. Running March 30 and 31 at Key City Theatre, the shows are … > Read More

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Noises Off a madcap good time

Regional theatre-goers received a funny-bone fine-tuning the past two weeks at Cranbrook’s Key City Theatre, with performances of Noises Off. With a lavish set and nine game Cranbrook and Kimberley-based actors diving snoot-first into the material, directors Dalton and Mary … > Read More

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A Christmas reminder that Cranbrook is trending family-ward

The following is the hilarious and heartfelt speech made at the Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce’s Christmas luncheon today (Dec. 14) by local writer and communicator Tanya Laing Gahr. Remember how last year I took some current events and … > Read More

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No, ma’am, I will not clean my plate

Children who still live at home and are supported and fed by their parents must immediately stop reading this article, for there is information here that will damage your parental relationships. Turn away, I say. Look no further. Are they … > Read More

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