Doug Boomhower Trio -- Live Musical Performance

Friday May 24 2013 8:00 pm - Prairie Ink Restaurant, Saskatoon

Jazz Trio

Doug Boomhower, Bruce Wilkinson, and Ray Stephanson

Check out a performance here

The Dave Nelson Trio -- Live Musical Performance

Saturday May 25 2013 8:00 pm - Prairie Ink Restaurant, Saskatoon

Light jazz, latin, standards and ballads

http://www.davenelsonjazz.com/

Meeting In Progress -- Live Musical Performance

Sunday May 26 2013 12:00 pm - Main Floor, Saskatoon

Meeting In Progress is a Jazz combo created by the collective visions of its six members, who spend their time arranging standards to suit their needs. They take "Jazz Studies" as a class together at Walter Murray Collegiate in Saskatoon and have been together for two years. The members of this group are: Connor Denomy (tenor sax), Colin Grant (trumpet), Chris Waddell (alto sax), Rowan MacLachlan (guitar), Paul Oh (drums), Jarrod Pas (bass).

Sears Travel and AmaWaterways-- Presentation

Tuesday May 28 2013 7:00 pm - Travel Alcove, Saskatoon

Join Sears Travel with special guest Shauna Carter to learn about the Award-winning river cruise line AmaWaterways. AmaWaterways continues to lead the industry with a fleet of 15 custom-designed vessels in Europe, Russia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Africa. With innovative ship designs, spacious and stylish staterooms, premium amenities, exceptional cuisine and impeccable service, AMA Waterways sets new standards in river cruising every year.

Shauna has just returned from Europe and will have first hand details of her personal river cruise experience. Door Prizes.

Lynn Jackson -- Live Musical Performance

Friday May 31 2013 8:00 pm - Prairie Ink Restaurant, Saskatoon

Taking her cues from Lucinda Williams, Ani Difranco and Tom Waits, Lynn Jackson uses her ‘whiskey and honey’ voice to mix her timeless melodies while spinning yarns about love, loss and everyday characters. Her rootsy style has drawn comparisons to Alison Krauss, Shelby Lynn and Kathleen Edwards. Always touring with a new record in hand, Jackson will again travel coast to coast with her 6th and newest album, Down in the Dust.

As audiences warm to her soulful storytelling style, Jackson is solidifying her place as one of the most original and compelling voices on the Canadian folk music scene.

Visit www.lynnjackson.net or www.bustedflatrecords.com for more details.

Anthony Bidulka -- Book Launch

Saturday Jun 01 2013 3:00 pm - Travel Alcove, Saskatoon

Saskatoon launch of When the Saints Go Marching In (Insomniac Press)

Join Anthony Bidulka for a come’n'go, wine’n'cheese, book signing from 3:00-5:00 pm. At 4:00 pm, Anthony will be interviewed by Brent Loucks (The Brent Loucks Show) and Penney Murphy (Penney Murphy & Associates).

When the Saints Go Marching In is the first book in the highly anticipated new series by Saskatchewan author Anthony Bidulka. The fast paced thriller features a new kind of hero, Disaster Recovery Agent Adam Saint.

Anthony Bidulka is best known as the author of the beloved long-running series featuring another unique main character. The award-winning Russell Quant mysteries tell the story of a world-travelling, wine-swilling, wise-cracking, gay, Canadian, prairie private eye. Anthony Bidulka has enjoyed time well-spent and misspent in the worlds of academia, accounting, footwear, food services, and farming. In 1999, he left a decade-long career as a chartered accountant to pursue writing. Anthony has toured extensively and spoken at conferences and literary events throughout Canada and the United States.

A great believer in community involvement, Anthony has sat on the boards of Persephone Theatre, The Saskatchewan Writer’s Guild, AIDS Saskatoon, Crime Writers of Canada, the International Association of Crime Writers, and is co-founder of Camp fYrefly-Saskatchewan (a life skills camp for LGBT youth). Anthony was inducted onto the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Education Wall of Honour in 2011. Anthony lives in Saskatoon and loves to travel the world and throw a good party. Visit Anthony online.

Ian Martens -- Live Musical Performance

Saturday Jun 01 2013 8:00 pm - Prairie Ink Restaurant, Saskatoon

Acoustic Rock/Folk

Pat Trask -- Book Signing

Sunday Jun 02 2013 1:00 pm - Main Floor, Saskatoon

The Man Behind Handsome

The riveting true story of a family's secret struggle to survive an abusive father

Pat Trask has penned a memoir that uncovers her family's bitter secret and explores the far-reaching grip of decades of abuse by a cranky, controlling, physically and mentally abusive father.

A compelling coming-of-age tale...shows the power of the human spirit to overcome diversity and despair. - Peter Wilson, Saskatoon Express

Pat Trask has lived all of her life in rural Saskatchewan and has a strong feeling for nature, the outdoors, and the things that really matter in life. Her appreciation for family and friends is evident in her everyday life and in her writings. The grandmother of 16 lives in Harris, SK. The Man Behind Handsome is her first book.

Neil Roston -- Live Musical Performance

Friday Jun 07 2013 8:00 pm - Prairie Ink Restaurant, Saskatoon

Blues/Folk Duo

Marie Donais Calder -- Book Signing

Saturday Jun 08 2013 1:00 pm - Main Floor, Saskatoon

The Other Side of Liberation (Borealis Press), the eleventh novel in the Other Side series

This novel evokes powerful emotions as it celebrates the liberation of the Netherlands by the Canadians while, at the same time, exploring the plight of children when their family members perished before their eyes. Who was left to care for these destitute children? Can you imagine hiding within the walls of a house, in some cases for years at a time? The Other Side of Liberation shares a view of the liberation of the Netherlands as recounted by a young Dutch boy in his later years. He and his family immigrated to Canada and spent decades trying to find the Canadian soldier who they billeted for a short time in 1945. They found Clifford in Saskatchewan and remained lifelong friends.

Beginning with The Other Side of War, Marie Donais Calder's series of YA historical novels are based on real people, centering around her father, Edmond Joseph Donais.

Marie Donais Calder was raised in Tilston, Manitoba in a home where her imagination flourished. In spite of being born with severe myopia, which has deteriorated to low vision, Marie enjoyed sports, track and field, climbing the highest trees (and jumping down from the highest branch) and any other challenges that came her way in her childhood. She received her B.Ed. after marrying her husband Darcy and having their three daughters, Nicole, Chantelle & Kari-Lynn. She had a rewarding 30-year teaching career and is now ready to tell the many stories residing within her. Marie and Darcy live in Estevan, SK. They have two granddaughters, Piper and Kyenna and one surrogate granddaughter, Lyanna.

TBA-- Live Musical Performance

Saturday Jun 08 2013 8:00 pm - Prairie Ink Restaurant, Saskatoon

Arlette Kouwenhoven -- Speaking & Signing

Monday Jun 10 2013 7:00 pm - Travel Alcove, Saskatoon

Speaking & Signing The Fehrs: Four Centuries of Mennonite Migration (Winco Publishing)

This book documents the dramatic events in the lives of fifteen generations of Fehrs/DeFehrs. Their history can be traced back to the 16th-century Amsterdam grain merchant Gijsbert de Veer. The story is based on archival and secondary sources, and runs parallel to what ten thousands of their Mennonite brethren have experienced through time.

It is a story about heretics, martyrs, grain merchants and brandy distillers; about pioneers, farmers and industrialists. It is also about tradition and change, inflexibility and adaptation, sorrow and hope and above all about an endless search for salvation.

Arlette Kouwenhoven is a Dutch anthropologist working as a publisher and writer. From 2007 she made trips to Poland, Ukraine, Canada and Mexico documenting the history of the conservative line of the Fehr family. The book was published in Dutch in 2011 and is at its fourth printing.

Camp fYrefly Presents: Gay Latte 2013

Tuesday Jun 11 2013 6:30 pm - Prairie Ink Restaurant, Saskatoon

In partnership with McNally Robinson Booksellers and Prairie Ink Restaurant, Camp fYrefly presents Gay Latte, an evening of poetry and other literature!

Featuring both professional and amateur writers from all walks of life, there is sure to be something for everybody.

Prairie Ink Restaurant will once again be serving their "Gay Latte" featured drink special.

Camp fYrefly was founded in 2004 at the University of Alberta and is Canada’s largest, volunteer-based, summer leadership retreat for sexual minority and gender variant (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified, two-spirited, intersexed, queer, questioning) and allied youth. The camp, which was founded in 2004 by Dr. André P. Grace and Mr. Kristopher Wells, is designed to help youth develop the leadership skills and resiliency necessary for them to become change agents in their schools, families, and communities. In 2008, in partnership with the Faculty of Education, University of Regina and the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, committees of dedicated volunteers were formed by Anthony Bidulka and Herb McFaull to bring Camp fYrefly to Saskatchewan.

The Saskatoon Pride Festival 2013 runs June 8-15

Mennonite Girls Bev Klassen and Anneliese Friesen -- Speaking and Signing

Thursday Jun 13 2013 7:30 pm - Prairie Ink Restaurant, Saskatoon

Mennonite Girls Can Cook Celebrations (Herald Press)

Join Bev Klassen and Anneliese Friesen of Mennonite Girls Can Cook as they speak about their new cookbook. We invite you to try a special menu item inspired by the recipes and created by Chef Justin of Prairire Ink Restaurant, and enjoy a complimentary treat, too!

The bestselling authors of Mennonite Girls Can Cook return with a second course in their new Celebrations cookbook. From mouthwatering mini-muffins and succulent soufflé to campers' stew and lattice-topped grilled apples, the Mennonite Girls share recipes to honor all of life. Filled from cover to cover with devotional reflections, personal stories, and beautiful photos, this book contains much more than recipes—it will soon become your kitchen companion for life's celebrations.

"Wonderful things happen when people are given the opportunity to gather around the table—a chance to nurture and build relationships, fellowship and encourage one another and create a place of refuge for those who have had a stressful day." —Charlotte Penner, Mennonite Girls Can Cook

Mennonite Girls Can Cook started quietly as a blog among friends and acquaintances back in 2008. Today the site receives nearly 7,000 hits per day. In 2011 the Mennonite Girls took their talents beyond the blogosphere with their bestselling cookbook, Mennonite Girls Can Cook. Now, with more than 32,000 copies sold, the girls launched their new cookbook, Mennonite Girls Can Cook Celebrations, on May 1, 2013.