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March 2015Circulation 1250
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SEND IN THE CLOWNS!PagE 7
NEXT GENERAL MEETINGSTuesday, March 3rd & april 7Th, 7 pM, upper hall
Tisha’s Market Update
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Ramsay Community Association & HallBoard of Directors & Community Chairs
1136 - 8th St SE T2G 2Z7• T: 403.265.4898 • F: 403.265.4858Position Name Contact InfoPresident Kevin
Past President — Vice President – External
Cyril Jensen [email protected]
Vice President – Internal
Carlo Galasso
Treasurer — [email protected] — [email protected] yr Member Shannon Fox [email protected] yr Member Erin Joslin [email protected] yr Member Martin
1 yr Member Allan Baker [email protected] yr Member Iain
Hall Manager — [email protected]
Hall Secretary — [email protected]
Safety Committee
Nicole Schon 403.605.1074 [email protected]
Recreation Shannon Fox [email protected] — [email protected] Pat Baker [email protected] — beautification@
ramsaycalgary.caCommunity Garden
Carol Engstrom
Ramsay School Liaison
Web Support [email protected] www.ramsaycalgary.caNewsletter Team
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Fred Holliss 403.815.3733 [email protected]
Anyone above can be contacted by leaving a message at the Community Hall at 403.265.4898.General Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of most months at the Hall. Elections are held in October.
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COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPContact Carlo Galasso at 403.265.4898
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Send this form with your cheque/M.O. to:Ramsay Community Association, 1136 - 8th St. SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 2Z7
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Winter Festival!
We had the miracle of ice! After the long spells of warm weather, the volunteers on the Recreation Committee were able to pro-vide the community with a Winter Festival with real ice! A huge thank you goes out to the team that floods the rink.
It was great to see all the new folks out for their first Ramsay social event and fantas-tic to catch up with old friends. This truly is what the Community Association is all about: creating the events and spaces to get people together and have a good time. (And make a super fancy tie for themselves!)
Treasurer
Sierra Love has been our treasurer for many years now. It’s sometimes a very thankless job. The Board wants to thank Sierra for her time and dedication to the Commu-nity Association and in the development of community in Ramsay. Due to personal goals, she has given her resignation from the Board of Directors. We wish her all the best, and look forward to having great times with her on a social level. Thank you, Sierra, for enriching our lives. The board is seeking a member to take over the treasurer’s duties. Please contact me if you are able to help.
Transit-Oriented Design
On March 12th, the first Transit-Orient-ed Design Workshop will take place. The theme of this workshop is “issues and ideas,” and it is open to all stakeholders and citizens. This workshop will focus on the Ramsay, Inglewood, and the Crossroads Market.
Thursday, March 12th,7:00–9:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30.Large Banquet Hall, Venue 1008, 1008–14th Street SE
Special Meeting - March 2nd
The Board has called a special meeting for March 2nd, 7:00 p. m. at the Hall, to address the issue of changes to the Civic Affairs Committee policy. Specifically, the Board was addressing accountability and membership review policy for this com-mittee. This is not an issue the board takes lightly; we have had much consultation on this matter and we will be presenting that process at the meeting to provide clarifica-tion for everyone. (It was brought up at the February General Meeting that some folks didn’t know what was going on.)
Grassroots Engagement
We’ve had a few members express interest in grassroots engagement, and un-fortunately, over the years I’ve been on the board we have not been able to get a pro-gram going. It was first identified during the development of the Sustainable Neighbour-hood Action Plan, the idea of block captains who would listen to and communicate and engage with neighbours on their block. The Board wants to support this initiative and in the fullness of time. I do hope that it finds a champion and is fruitful in getting people doing what we all do already … have a good time and visit with each other.
Code of Conduct
The Board has approved a Code of Conduct Policy for the Ramsay Community Associa-tion membership. At the February General Meeting, there were copies distributed. If you didn’t get a copy at the meeting, you can go to the Ramsay website to download it or to read it digitally. This policy was ap-proved to help us all remember that we are neighbours living together in a small village and we must work in a productive way in order to get tasks done in a civil manner.
Monday March 2, 2015, 7pmRamsay Community Hall
The Board of Directors of the Ramsay Community Association is calling a Special Meeting to address a motion made at the November 4 2014 General Meeting. This motion was originally made without notice to the entire membership.
Motion #2014–11–04_04: “I move that the Board overturn the changes made to the Civic Affairs Committee and the Civic Affairs Committee Terms of Reference dated November 2 2014.”
• Moved by Art Matsui / Seconded by Adele Sanoy
• 11 in favour / 8 against / 5 abstentions
The agenda is to openly discuss this motion with the entire membership and move that this motion be rescinded.
On November 2, the Board of Directors updated the Terms of Reference of the Civic Affairs Committee in order to implement a new process for involving community members in planning decisions.
Motion #2014–11–02_04: Motion to ac-cept changes to the Civic Affairs Committee Terms of Reference as presented.
• Jensen/Joslin• Unanimous
The updates to the Civic Affairs Committee Terms of Reference are as follows:
Removed the following bullet points from Section 3 b)
• Interested Ramsay Community Associ-ation members are invited to attend the Civic Affairs meetings.
• RCA members wishing to join the Civic
Affairs committee are required to notify the Civic Affairs Chair of their intent to join the Civic Affairs committee, and are required to attend 3 committee meetings with a 12 months period.
• Any RCA member attending 3 meetings within the last 12 months will be consid-ered a Member in Good Standing) for the Civic Affairs Committee, ,
• The Civic Affairs Committee will strive to have a maximum of 15 members.
The Special Meeting will be held on March 2, 2015 at 7pm at the Ramsay Community Hall
President’s MessageKevin Cunningham, President, R.C.A. • 403.680.0854 • [email protected]
Special MeetingRamsay Board
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Hello Ward 9!
As your representative at City Hall, I have spent considerable time in the pages of these newsletters discussing Great Neighbour-hoods.
As you know, I believe one of the most im-portant roles our City Government can play in facilitating every neighbourhood’s pursuit of its inherent greatness is establishing a healthy practice and culture of Local Area Planning. Local Area Planning is an import-ant way the two key ingredients of Great Neighbourhoods - the physical place and the people who live, work, and participate in its local institutions – can come together meaningfully.
While we’re a still a long way from that Great Neighbourhoods ideal, I’m super-hap-py to report that this spring is a time of significant strides forward for Local Area Planning throughout Ward 9. These strides are being made primarily through two transformative programs that are the result of my Great Neighbourhoods advocacy over
the past four years.
The first of these is the GreenLine. After decades of deferring this critical project, we’re now rolling it out as fast as we can. The first phase of the Southeast leg, between downtown and Douglasdale, through Inglewood, Ramsay, Bonnybrook/Highfield, Lynnwood/Millican/Ogden, and South Hill/Riverbend, will commence operations by 2021 at the latest!
North of the Bow in Ward 9, analysis and engagement has led us to confirm Centre Street as the alignment in the North leg. This project will not only move commut-ers, but will also be used as a neighbour-hood-building opportunity for the Ward 9 communities it will pass through.
For the southeast Ward 9 communities, first up in this planning process, please visit calgary.ca/greenline and join us at your community’s workshop on March 10th, 11th, and 12th between 7:00 –9:00 p.m.
The second result of my advocacy is Main-
Streets. This is the first major project of NextCITY (formerly Transforming Planning). Over January and February, Acadians, Fairview-ers, Park Hillers, Erltonites, Inglewoodo-nians, Bridgelanders, Renfrewites, Winston Heighters, and Tuxedo Parkers, sat down with their neighbours in the first of a three-part series of workshops to discuss the future of their neighbourhoods’ main streets (or urban corridors) of Macleod Trail, 9th Avenue SE, Edmonton Trail, 1st Avenue NE, 16th Avenue N, and Centre Street N. You can check out the MainStreets program at calgary.ca/mainstreets and contact your Team Ward 9 to subscribe for updates at [email protected]
Let’s keep Ward 9 leading the charge!
Yours truly,
GC
City Hall Ward 9City Councillor Gian-Carlo Carra • 403.268.5330 • [email protected]
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This past February, the Reality Is Optional kids’ writing club was all about love or as close as we could get to it. We had Will Smith exploding himself into Morgan Freeman, Sonic and Obama in a riveting ro-mance, and Drath Vader (Darth Vader’s 15 year old brother with a terrible acne prob-lem) and Spiderman in mutual appreciation, plus much, much more. Far too much to go into here – you’ll have to check out the March E-Zine for the rest. We also ex-plored the world of fan fiction. For those of you who don’t know, Fan Fiction is a written addition to an already existing story created by someone other than the original creator (usually a fan). Some of them are terrible, terrible creatures that should not have been disturbed and others outdo the original. Most end in romance or sadness, possibly both.
March has a lot in store for us. There is the Drink The Wild Air youth writing retreat run by the Alberta Writers’ Guild and the ACS DramAntics spring theatre camp run by the Alexandra Centre Soci-ety. Some of our members are attending these, so we will bring back reports from both. Also in March we will be explor-ing World Building (not domination – this time) and Improv Games. It should be lots of fun.
Our sister group, Pen & Panel cartooning club has been playing art/writing games and recently watched a documentary. Our Dungeons and Dragons club explored their first dungeon in edition five. We have some really interesting characters such a baron who is afraid of sharp things, a demon pos-sessed gnome, and a Halfling (think hobbit) barbarian named Leif Erikson. We have also watched a good movie (gasp) at random
movie night and had our first workshop. We are looking forward to more adventures in all our subgroups.
If you want more information on our group, upcoming camps and activities for writerly kids, or just to read our E-Zine visit www.realityisoptional.weebly.com
RIO In LoveEmily Firmston (Group Member)
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According to Ramsay resident Alice Nelson, the greatest challenge of being a clown is overcoming the stereotypes we know from birthday parties and horror films. These popular images miss the point of clowning, which dates back to the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, 2400 BC. (OK - I googled that!) Clowning is more than slapstick. The artform uses folly and physical comedy to compel the audience to ask hard questions about their world. They are vulnerable souls whose role is to make us think deeply about humanity. “I see them as so gentle,” Alice explains.
So why clowns? “I don’t know!”
Alice grew up in Grande Praire and has a BFA from the University of Lethbridge, specializing in costume design. She was touring a Fringe show with a former boyfriend in 1999 when she saw two clowns, trained at Dell’Arte International, perform at the Edmonton Fringe. She was hooked!
She enrolled for the one year profes-sional training program at Dell’Arte in 2003. After that, she returned to Alberta, worked in theatre, and produced four solo shows. With this experience, she won grants to sup-port her next degree. In 2009, she returned to Dell’Arte to complete her MFA in ensemble creation. Alice studied with six artists, from around the world, who became family. These strong relationships helped them survive the program, which is based on Parisian mime Jacques La-coq’s via negativa teaching style. Teachers do not tell students what they are doing right. After performances, students hear what was wrong to challenge them to improve. “The strong survive. You never hear, ‘Good job!’”
Alice survived. And returned to Calgary. She’s lived in Ramsay, working in theatre, since completing her MFA. One of the most important lessons Dell’Arte grads learn is that if they want to practice their craft, they will have to scramble to earn a living. Alice recalls her teachers’ advice: “We’re teaching you to make poor theatre. You will not get rich.” Passion and tenacity pay the rent. Alice works hard to make us laugh – and think. She applies for grants to buy time to write and produce her plays.
She finds teaching contracts in schools and theatre companies (and is on the road a lot) to support herself. She hopes to inspire the next generation of artists. But she’s mindful of the contradictions of encouraging young people to follow their dreams in an eco-nomic context that does not value artists’ contributions to society. She knows that for most, the dream won’t come true.
These are the themes that she explores in Ms. Sugarcoat, one of the plays she’s performing at the IFAO. She’s on stage with Pat, a beaver puppet who just doesn’t
get the politcally correct, and historically inaccurate, curriculum that Ms. Sugarcoat is expected to teach. Her character is a bouffant, a clown who is an “exaggeration of the dark and yucky side of humanity.” (Think Borat.) Ms. Sugarcoat is a teacher because her dream to be a star on stage did not come true. But she’s in the classroom telling kids they’re special. Too bad that she can’t use via negativa to prepare them for the real world! Alice wrote this play for teachers. She has immense respect for people who are passionate about teaching, but who have to juggle the conflicting expectations of school boards, parents, and governments.
It takes a team to produce a solo perfor-mance. Dennis Cahill, from Loose Moose theatre, directed and helped her playwright
Ms. Sugarcoat. Ian MacFarlane designed the set, Aidan Lytton does sound design, and Sarah Scott is the stage manager. She first performed the play at Sage’s Ignite! fesival, with support from the AFA and Sage The-atre. The show won the Audience Choice Award. CAOS is helping to produce the show for the IFAO.
Clowning is a humble craft. Alice explains, theatre clown is about “being vulnerable and letting people laugh at you.” It’s this humil-ity that inspires artists to work with Clowns Without Borders, an organization dedicated
to relieving the suffering of children in crisis zones by making them laugh. Alice has raised funds to help her volunteer for four CWB tours. She’s travelled to South Africa three times to work with orphans affected by HIV/AIDS. She admits that she was not prepared for her first trip to the townships, where the children did not speak English. She relied on NGOs and Sbo, a clown from the townships who became her friend and translator. Clowns create their own world of play, and she connected with the kids though gestures and physical comedy. She also led workshops for Gogos, the grandmothers who are caring for a generation of parentless children. Teaching them to juggle and dance alleviated the day-to-day hardships and taught them games to play with their grandchildren. She’s blogged about those experiences here: www.clownswithoutborders.org/project/njabulo-kwazulu-natal–2006/ Her
fourth tour was after Hurricane Katrina per-forming for the kids in the FEMA houses. She’d go back in a heartbeat! If she does, the newsletter team will let you know how Ramsay can help her get there.
Alice is excited to be back at the IFAO, which has supported her career by putting her on stage and raising funds for a grant to complete her MFA. “Xstine is a force of nature! … She’s really sweet for giving me a shot!” She’ll also be the puppeteer in Pigs in a Canoe, a WP Puppets production with En-glish and French shows. She’s a bit intimdat-ed by this year’s line-up: “Oh my God! The Trouts are on the program. I better bring it!” Go cheer her when she does! Check out the IFAO program for Alice’s performance dates: animatedobjects.ca.
Alice Nelson: The Humble Art of ClowningNancy Janovicek
Alice Nelson is Ms. Sugarcoat
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ALBERTA LEGISLATURE
WAYNE CAO, MLA CALGARY FORT
Constituency: 2784 Glenmore Trail SE, Calgary, AB. T2C 2E6 Tel:216-5454 Fax:216-5455 Email: [email protected] a
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It was great February 3 General Meeting. I was hoping everybody got an idea of what goes on with the Civic Affairs meeting. A lot of talking. We hope to streamline the meeting a little more next month. It would be good to be copied on any questionnaires that happen to be sent directly to the planners. I only had one person respond to me directly.
Currently there is no outstanding Development Permit or Land Use Change application. We will post anything we can and try to get the plan PDFs as well.
See you at the next GM,— Cyril
Remembering Michael Green & Narcisse Blood
Michael Green and Narisse Blood were not Ramsay residents, but their roots run deep here, including supporting artists who live in our community, both when they found-ed their companies and festivals and now that they live here developing their craft. Green was a founding member of One Yellow Rabbit, which helped the Green Fools get off the ground, and the IFAO grew out of Green’s High Performance Rodeo. Blood mentored many of the young Indigenous artists whose animations have been screened at the IFAO. Their legacies will live on in the art that our neighbours continue to produce and in future Ramsay artists who are inspired by their work.
International Festival of Animated Objects 2015
International Festival of Animated Objects, a celebration of masks, puppets, and all things animated is coming to town March 7th–15th. Volunteers drivers, ushers, hospitality folk needed. Email [email protected] to apply.
Esker Foundation
Any way you view it, there is a lot to see in the Oh, Canada exhibition, which contin-ues through to April 26th. But make sure you see it all: the exhibition’s works are also at Illingworth Kerr (ACAD), Nickle Galleries at UofC, and Glenbow. Passports are still being accepted and stamped for the opportunity to win that $1000 pre-paid credit card!
Our programming highlights this month include weekly Friday noon hour tours and Contemporary Conversations, run weekly on a drop-in basis. Visiting artist Diane Landry will speak on March 6th on Time and Material; Canadian Humo(u)r will be discussed March 27th in a artists’ panel. Too many to list- all are family-friendly- visit www.ohcanadayyc.com for details, or www.eskerfoundation.com.
Follow us on Facebook for more updates and insider info. As always, admission and parking are free. Ramsayites, we look forward to seeing you soon!
Artpoint
In the Main Gallery, artist Kumu Ranaweera presents Wonderful World a
combined show of the artist’s work and art by twenty-three kids, age 3 - 15, done last summer just for fun.
In the Red Gal-lery & Stairway Gallery artist
Darlene Beck presents Re-Invented. To make over completely, to bring back into existence or use, to create anew, to replace with an entirely new version. The work re-flects the artist’s life in 2014 - a whirlwind of vacations, high, lows, sadness, a move, much happiness, and so much more. The work in my “Re - Invented Gallery” reflects all of this. Please join us for an opening re-ception on Saturday, March 7th from 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 [email protected]
Janus Academy Annual Spring Gala
The Janus Academy’s 18th Annual Spring Gala & Charity Auction on March 14th at the Commonwealth Hall and Conference. For information, go to the school’s website at www.janusacademy.org and click on the “Spring Gala” menu on the right. Or con-tact Ramsay resident, and President of the school’s Board of Directors, Ian Menzies at [email protected].
Newsletter Open House
Are you curious about the Ramsay Newslet-ter? Join us on Sunday March 15, starting at 1:00pm at Rosso Coffee Roasters. The Newsletter team will show you step-by-step how they put together the newsletter, and how you can join the fun.
Because our Transit Drivers Rock, we Roll!
March 18th is “Thank your driver day.” Take a second to say thanks to the men and women who drive the 24, 17, and 302. You can send a tweet to @calgarytransit telling them why your bus driver is the best!
Civic AffairsCyril Jensen, VP External
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Ramsay Community Soccer
Ramsay Soccer is a volunteer run program that provides non-com-petitive soccer for players aged 3, 4 and 5. It is a part of the Ram-say Community Association.
This is a fun program intended for kids to make new friends and learn a little about soccer at the same time.
League
When: Thursdays from 6 – 7pm, starting May 7 until June 25, 2015
Where: Games will be played in the field next to the Ramsay rink
Weather related cancellations will be decided by coaches and parents notified that day
This is a parented league; please ensure that one parent/guardian is present during games
Registration
To register, got to ramsaycalgary.ca/soccer and follow the registra-tion instructions
Cost is $20 per child and in-cludes a team t-shirt
Deadline to register is March 31, 2015
Cheques should be made payable to ‘Ramsay Community Associ-ation’ and mailed/dropped off to 2028 Salisbury Street SE, T2G 4K2
Want to get involved?
We are looking for volunteer head coaches, assistant coaches and wrap up party planners. Please email [email protected] for further informa-tion, or call 403.671.5553.
Winter Festival Fun
Thanks to everyone who came out on Sunday, February 15 to celebrate at the Ramsay Winter Festival. Even though we’d had extremely warm temperatures we all enjoyed the “miracle of ice” – the ice held and we were able to skate! We all enjoyed live music by Steel and Timber, connecting with neighbours, a treat table, scavenger hunt, balloon rockets, crazy tie craft and more.
A giant shout out to Carolyn, Hilary, Allison, Stacey, Bronwyn, Fynn and everyone else who chipped in to help put the festival together (and then take it down again)!
Will our skating weather hold?
Oh, this skating season has been a tough one weather-wise! While many enjoyed the mild winter, our fearless flood volunteers have lost the ice not once, not twice, but three times this
season! A huge thank you goes out for the hours put in by Ray, Simon, Phil, Wayne, James, Jake, Charles, Scott, John and Matthew. Sorry if I missed anyone! You’re all Ramsay heroes! If the weather holds by the time you read this article and we get to skate into March, please say thanks to the guys when you see them up at the rink.
Recreation UpdateShannon Fox • [email protected] * 403.966.5130
Lots of Ramsayites taking in the Winter Festival fun on February 15th.
Allison in her “crazy tie”
Hilary and Elizabeth loving the mid-winter sunshine!
Steel and Timber entertained the crowd with live music
Ian and Fynn enjoying the “Miracle of Ice”
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Green Line Southeast Transitway
The Green Line Southeast Transitway is moving forward – Get involved now! The Green Line Southeast will be one of the first dedicated transitway services in Calgary, running from the community of Seton in the southeast, to downtown. Initially, it will carry only buses, but will be designed so it can be converted to LRT in the future. The first stage of construction will start in 2017, and involves building the first 10 kilometres of the transitway from 4 Street S.E. to Douglas Glen. Green Line Area Workshops Get involved in the future of public transit in southeast Calgary. We need your input on route refinements and Transit Oriented Development. Join us at our upcoming area workshops in March. Tuesday, March 10 – Glenmore West Room, Glenmore Inn, 2720 Glenmore Trail SE
This workshop will focus on the South Hill, Riverbend, Quarry Park, Douglas Glen, Lynwood, Ogden/Millican and Shepard areas.
Wednesday, March 11 - Cranston Century Hall, 11 Cranarch Road SE
This workshop will focus on the communities of Prestwick, Mackenzie Towne, Auburn Bay, Mahogany, and Seton.
Thursday, March 12– Large Banquet Hall, Venue 1008, 1008 14 Street SE
This workshop will focus on the Ramsay, Inglewood, Crossroads, Highfield, Lynwood, and Ogden/Millican areas.
**Doors open at 6:30 pm. Workshops run from 7-9 pm**
Learn more about the project and the many opportunities to participate this spring by visiting www.calgary.ca/greenline .
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922 – 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0S4
Phone: 403-269-5588 Email: [email protected]
*** SUZUKI BABY & PARENT MUSIC CLASSES
9:30am or 10:30am February 6 to June 14, 2015
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instructors. The course is designed to prepare your child for training on an instrument.
*** DramAntics Spring Theatre Wonderland Camp!!
What happened after Alice left? What is Wonderland? What weird and interesting creatures live there? What does the Mad Hatter really want?
For our Spring Break Day Camp young people aged 9 to 16 will write their own play, create the props and set, make the costumes, and put the whole thing on
stage for your entertainment. Spring DramAntics runs March 23-27 from 9:00 – 4:00 daily (with a performance on Friday night) at
the Alexandra Centre Society (922 – 9th Ave SE) and costs $235.00 for area residents or $260.00 for those
from other communities. To register call 403-269-5588.
*** Worried About Filing Your Income Taxes?
Starting March 1 to April 30 The Alexandra Centre Society will once again be
helping low income bracket residents of Inglewood, Ramsay, Victoria Park, and East Village fill out their income tax returns. Some restrictions apply to the
types of returns we are able to help with. ***
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Come check out the Alexandra Dance Hall, Rose Room, and
Molly Cropper Board Room today!
The most creative, entertaining, and wacky youth theatre group in the city, where YOU write and produce the play. The Alexandra Centre Society’s DramAntics Youth Theatre program is THE place to be this spring break where Wonderland is the name of the game. What happened after Alice left? What is Wonderland really like? What weird and interesting creatures live there? And what does the Mad Hatter really want? Only you can tell us in this wonderful Wonderland themed spring break camp. As an added bonus, the spring break campers help come up with the theme of the Summer DramAntics camp which has its final production at the Calgary Fringe Festival.
DramAntics is a great program to boost self-confidence, increase writing and public speaking skills, grow proficiency at group work, and build long lasting friendships. Kids in the program write the play, build the sets, props, and costumes, produce the logo and playbill, and finally put on a grand performance. Campers leave at the end of the activity-packed week with a cast t-shirt and DVD disk of memories.
This is a fun and affordable way for your 9–16 year old to spend their Spring and Summer break, so join us today!
Spring Camp is March 23–27, 2015Summer Camp is July 27 – August 1, 2015The cost is $235.00 for the week for local residents ($260.00 –
Non-Residents).
Sign up by going to: www.alexandracentresociety.org/programs/youth-dramantics-camp
DramAnticsKim Firmston
The Ramsay Community Garden is celebrating its sixth gardening season in 2015. We have 24 plots available for rent. Small plots are $15 and large plots are $30. There are plots available for this season if you are keen.
We are a group of friendly Ramsay people who are passionate about growing our own food. We also like gardeners to help out at the garden a minimum of eight hours a year. There are always plenty of things to do, such as watering, weeding, raking mulch, moving soil, turning composters, and more.
The City of Calgary completed a fence around the garden as part of the park redevelopment last fall. It is a great addition to the garden.
Please contact Carol Engstrom at [email protected] if you are interested in joining the garden this year.
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!!!! The Neighborhood Guide On How To Experience The Nash Restaurant
In late November 2014, a new chapter began for the historic National Hotel when Chef Michael Noble opened the Nash Restaurant. Breathing life into a building thatʼs been restored to its former greatness, this is the new space to connect with friends and family over lunch, dinner and weekend brunches. For anyone whoʼs still discovering The Nash, here are some friendly “local tips” on how to enjoy the new community hub. The Nashʼs Alter Ego: The Nash has everything, including a cocktail and whiskey bar located just steps from the dining room. The menu here is a constantly evolving reflection of whatʼs happening in the kitchen that day, with a focus on serving dishes, like raviolis of braised oxtail, that use delicious and lesser-known cuts of meat. Itʼs a spontaneous place with a speakeasy vibe, and is referred to as the ʻOff Cut Barʼ. Skip The Line-up: No reservation? No problem. Several seats in the dining room
and all the seats in the bar are always available for walk-ins, so feel free to drop
by for lunch, drinks or dinner without calling ahead.! The Secret To Friday and Saturday Night: Weekends can be a tricky time to eat out in Calgary without reservations, but thatʼs the beauty of having Off Cut Bar.
If thereʼs a wait for a table in the dining room, why not enjoy a pre-dinner drink and small bites in the casual setting of Nashʼs bar? With the full dining room menu available, thereʼs no reason to move once the cocktails are finished. Make It Snappy: For those Friday nights when thereʼs no time to wait, plan to come early and get first crack at the prime tables. 5 pm is the perfect time to dine and there wonʼt be a line. Alternatively, come late and enjoy the energy of the bustling room. The Best Seats In The House: Often overlooked, the 10 spots at the rotisserie bar are the best seats in the house. Ideal for date night, guests who sit here will have a cozy front row view for the show. From here, take in the slow turning rotisserie and all the entertainment of the lively open kitchen. What About Brunch? Guests can enjoy a scrumptious meal, like the famous duck confit perogies and sticky sweet
cinnamon buns, and still avoid the crazy brunch line. While reservations are always a good idea, the breakfast crowd will never be faced with a two-hour wait for coffee and eggs. Bring The Kids: As Chef Noble puts it best: “This is the kind of place where you should never feel bad about asking for ketchup”. Far from the pretentiousness of fine dining, The Nash is all about family dinners and encourages guests to bring everyone along. On Sunday nights, bring the whole family for a cozy home-style roast dinner. With everything made in-house, there are a variety of delicious dishes for all ages to enjoy. The Happy Chicken: Every home has its hearth and at The Nash, that would be the rotisserie. Succulent and golden brown, the Happy Chickens that spin over the hardwood fire can be ordered to go with all the fixings. Order in advance by calling the main restaurant line and pick one up anytime from 4 – 7 PM. For $25, feed a family of four and enjoy leftovers the next day. The Pre-Game: The Nash is the perfect place to grab a casual meal before the puck drops, and the made in-house burger of the month is highly recommended. This is simple and juicy gourmet at its best with a side of fresh cut fries. Just make sure to roll up those jersey sleeves before diving into that burger. For more details on The Nash Restaurant and Off Cut Bar call 403-984-3365 or visit the website at www.thenashyyc.com
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