Get a group of friend’s together, record what you like about Lethbridge and/or what you don’t like (please include a way to solve the problem…) and submit it to the City. We are hoping for a variety of mediums- Personally I’m hoping that someone comes up with an interpretive dance about what Lethbridge means to them and is willing to present it at the ideas fair in October…

http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/Departments/Development+Services/Plan+Your+City/City+Circles/City+Circles.htm

Cory

Get a group of friend’s together, record what you like about Lethbridge and/or what you don’t like (please include a way to solve the problem…) and submit it to the City. We are hoping for a variety of mediums- Personally I’m hoping that someone comes up with an interpretive dance about what Lethbridge means to them and is willing to present it at the ideas fair in October…

http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/Departments/Development+Services/Plan+Your+City/City+Circles/City+Circles.htm

Cory

As for an art gallery, something wouldn’t better than what there is now. Wasn’t the old Woodwards building used as a gallery for some time? There was one in that area that featured a lot of the art from those collections.

As for an art gallery, something wouldn’t better than what there is now. Wasn’t the old Woodwards building used as a gallery for some time? There was one in that area that featured a lot of the art from those collections.

Here’s the schedule:

http://www.lethbridge.ca/NR/rdonlyres/5E74A55C-B4D7-4F1F-BF4D-38E134D8232E/11641/Jan2009RideGuideforweb.pdf

Schedules are on all the buses, and you can also pick them up at the Transit office.

Thirty minutes is the base time. In other words, during the day, routes will not take longer than 30 minutes. On that note, not every route is 30 minutes: the number 12 on the Westside runs every 15 minutes, there is 15 minute service between the U of L and downtown, and there are plans to increase frequency on other routes.

Even so, your complaints don’t negate the fact that Lethbridge has one of the best transit systems of similarly sized cities and that it has vastly improved in the last 11 years. When I moved here, there were no wheelchair-accessible buses, no cross-town service (every route went downtown), no bi-directional service on any street, no 15-minute service, no service into the Industrial Park, and the bus schedule was a big complicated mess.

I’m not sure what shopping at the mall has to do with using the recycling bins there. They’re in the parking lot. You don’t even need to go inside the mall to use them.

Here’s the schedule:

http://www.lethbridge.ca/NR/rdonlyres/5E74A55C-B4D7-4F1F-BF4D-38E134D8232E/11641/Jan2009RideGuideforweb.pdf

Schedules are on all the buses, and you can also pick them up at the Transit office.

Thirty minutes is the base time. In other words, during the day, routes will not take longer than 30 minutes. On that note, not every route is 30 minutes: the number 12 on the Westside runs every 15 minutes, there is 15 minute service between the U of L and downtown, and there are plans to increase frequency on other routes.

Even so, your complaints don’t negate the fact that Lethbridge has one of the best transit systems of similarly sized cities and that it has vastly improved in the last 11 years. When I moved here, there were no wheelchair-accessible buses, no cross-town service (every route went downtown), no bi-directional service on any street, no 15-minute service, no service into the Industrial Park, and the bus schedule was a big complicated mess.

I’m not sure what shopping at the mall has to do with using the recycling bins there. They’re in the parking lot. You don’t even need to go inside the mall to use them.

For every show, so pretty much constantly there is a small group of people jumping up and down trying to get your attention.

Save that – just go to Henotic (the old firehall downtown) or The Slice because there are always interesting things happening.

Tonight at the GCBC (the upstairs lounge at Henotic) there are going to be 6 local acts performing a wide variety of music – from folk to blues to garage-rawk to punk. (Thanks for the plug Jon)

For every show, so pretty much constantly there is a small group of people jumping up and down trying to get your attention.

Save that – just go to Henotic (the old firehall downtown) or The Slice because there are always interesting things happening.

Tonight at the GCBC (the upstairs lounge at Henotic) there are going to be 6 local acts performing a wide variety of music – from folk to blues to garage-rawk to punk. (Thanks for the plug Jon)

Paul, I understand your bitterness, it sounds like you really want things to change. Well I would say here’s your chance, but instead I’ll say here’s another chance! Speak up and hopefully this time you will be heard, get your friends together, start your City Circle, and get your ideas out there!

Paul, I understand your bitterness, it sounds like you really want things to change. Well I would say here’s your chance, but instead I’ll say here’s another chance! Speak up and hopefully this time you will be heard, get your friends together, start your City Circle, and get your ideas out there!

I remember when I got into the promotional game in the mid 1990′s after I first moved here. I could do a show with 3 local bands and 400 people would show up. It isn’t getting any better, and if anything, it is worse. The local talent (rock and hip-hop) is blossoming right now, and it is too bad most local people don’t care enough to check it out.

On the other hand, Calgary is certainly paying attention: http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/music/music-features/the-scene-to-the-south-3663/ is the latest coverage (an article which, I have to add, is unsolicited), combined with Beatroute’s continued
coverage of the things happening here.

I remember when I got into the promotional game in the mid 1990′s after I first moved here. I could do a show with 3 local bands and 400 people would show up. It isn’t getting any better, and if anything, it is worse. The local talent (rock and hip-hop) is blossoming right now, and it is too bad most local people don’t care enough to check it out.

On the other hand, Calgary is certainly paying attention: http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/music/music-features/the-scene-to-the-south-3663/ is the latest coverage (an article which, I have to add, is unsolicited), combined with Beatroute’s continued
coverage of the things happening here.

Maybe the college can’t afford it, so I’ve been told. But what about the university who gets boatloads of money? Someone once told me that they had a willing investor, who would donate enough money for an olympic-sized track, providing they also create an art gallery. Needless to say, no new art gallery, no olypic-sized track.

Paul, I applaud all the work you’re doing. Don’t say this is the best we’ll get.

Maybe the college can’t afford it, so I’ve been told. But what about the university who gets boatloads of money? Someone once told me that they had a willing investor, who would donate enough money for an olympic-sized track, providing they also create an art gallery. Needless to say, no new art gallery, no olypic-sized track.

Paul, I applaud all the work you’re doing. Don’t say this is the best we’ll get.

I’d love to see the underground, leftist, artisan, community-spirited, free-loving people to get together and “do something about it”. I’m just not convinced (knowing as many of them as well as I do) that they ever will.

I’d love to see the underground, leftist, artisan, community-spirited, free-loving people to get together and “do something about it”. I’m just not convinced (knowing as many of them as well as I do) that they ever will.

A: There are many, many reasons for this – one main reason being the fact that there is too much art, not enough space to showcase it. The University has been “in the works” putting together funding for a new art gallery for years (decades?). I know for a fact that the admin staff at the gallery would love nothing more than to be able to showcase all of its amazing work, but it just isn’t possible with the space provided. It isn’t being “locked away” by choice.

I’ll also comment on the city “cultivating culture” – sure, that is something that the municipal government could be doing a better job on, but the fact is there is more art/culture per capita than lots of places on a similar size, mainly because we have a lot of amazing talent and hard-working people doing it for the love of doing it. Which, of course, is met with indifference and ignorance.

I think the city putting up those postering-sleeves on lightpoles downtown is a nice start, but I am constantly bringing in talented bands/musicians and pairing them with local talent, and I am lucky if I can scrape together 30-40 people together to check it out.

I love this city. I like to pretend that it already is progressive and accepting and artistic and vibrant (mainly due to the company I keep). But I think that no matter how well “designed” Lethbridge is, or how “pierced” the accepted norms are, you are still dealing with a culture of lethargy, with a sizable population who embrace “redneck” values who will always choose to believe that there is never anything going on here.

I’ve fought this losing battle for over 10 years. I’ve put on 100′s of shows, been involved in as much as I can be involved in, and I have to say this is as good as it ever has been, possibly as good as it gets.

A: There are many, many reasons for this – one main reason being the fact that there is too much art, not enough space to showcase it. The University has been “in the works” putting together funding for a new art gallery for years (decades?). I know for a fact that the admin staff at the gallery would love nothing more than to be able to showcase all of its amazing work, but it just isn’t possible with the space provided. It isn’t being “locked away” by choice.

I’ll also comment on the city “cultivating culture” – sure, that is something that the municipal government could be doing a better job on, but the fact is there is more art/culture per capita than lots of places on a similar size, mainly because we have a lot of amazing talent and hard-working people doing it for the love of doing it. Which, of course, is met with indifference and ignorance.

I think the city putting up those postering-sleeves on lightpoles downtown is a nice start, but I am constantly bringing in talented bands/musicians and pairing them with local talent, and I am lucky if I can scrape together 30-40 people together to check it out.

I love this city. I like to pretend that it already is progressive and accepting and artistic and vibrant (mainly due to the company I keep). But I think that no matter how well “designed” Lethbridge is, or how “pierced” the accepted norms are, you are still dealing with a culture of lethargy, with a sizable population who embrace “redneck” values who will always choose to believe that there is never anything going on here.

I’ve fought this losing battle for over 10 years. I’ve put on 100′s of shows, been involved in as much as I can be involved in, and I have to say this is as good as it ever has been, possibly as good as it gets.

2. There are not recycling bins downtown. Not everyone shops at the mall.

2. There are not recycling bins downtown. Not everyone shops at the mall.