Alan Small

Winnipeg

Arts and Life Editor at Winnipeg Free Press

Journalist for @WinnipegNews since 1998, presently reporting for its Arts and Life section. Organ donation advocate.

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Articles

Figures show Dartford crossing users are now paying more than £215 million a year

Sep 20, 2024 | yourthurrock.com | Alan Small

NEW figures have shown that the Dartford crossing netted more than £215 million over the past year, making it a money spinner for the government that brings in more than twice any other toll road in the country reports the Local Democracy Reporter. The next biggest road cash generator is the optional M6 toll in the West Midlands which netted £107,897,000 a figure dwarfed by the crossing take of £215,900,000.
Planning consultants win appeal against Thurrock Council and awarded full costs

Sep 16, 2024 | yourthurrock.com | Alan Small

DLBP is delighted to have won an appeal against Thurrock Council and secure planning permission for their client to deliver 38 residential apartments across five new buildings on a brownfield site in South Ockendon, DLBP is also very pleased to have been awarded full costs by the Planning Inspectorate in connection with the same appeal.
Grays: Church feels 'persecuted' after appeal refused

Sep 14, 2024 | yourthurrock.com | Alan Small

A COUPLE who hoped to open a church in a disused shop in Grays say they feel “persecuted” after an appeal against refusal of planning application was turned down reports the Local Democracy Reporter. The Eagles Christian Connections church sought planning permission to turn 1 Kingston Parade, Hathaway Road, Grays, into a place of worship and a community hall but planning permission was turned down last year.
Thurrock MP Jen Craft issues statement on winter fuel allowances

Aug 27, 2024 | yourthurrock.com | Alan Small

THURROCK MP Jen Craft has issued a statement on winter fuel allowances after the local Conservatives called on her to loose the government’s plan. Ms Craft said: “As the Chancellor has highlighted, the outgoing Conservative Government left a hole in the country’s finances, the extent of which they kept hidden – we knew that the situation was dire, but not how bad it truly was. As such difficult decisions have had to be made, such as that to remove universal access to the Winter Fuel Allowance.
Eight-concert season full of crowd favourites

Apr 29, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Alan Small

Manitoba Chamber Orchestra bringing celebrated artists back into the fold By: Alan Small Posted: 2:00 AM CDT Monday, Apr.
Country classic

Apr 26, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Alan Small

There were 12,000 country-crazy fans at Canada Life Centre Thursday night but it was plain as day who was the smartest person in the room. It was Luke Bryan, the fun-loving, plaid-wearing, American Idol-judging entertainer. The tall Georgian has figured out country is an attitude that anyone can have, and it doesn’t matter if you’ve roped calves, hauled hay bales or driven a combine.
Jazz fest club shows roarin’ and soarin’, definitely not boring

Apr 25, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Alan Small

A rap and New Orleans jazz mashup, a show where 1920s style meets 2020s vibes and tributes to four musical innovators will have the city swinging during the Winnipeg International Jazz Festival. Two of the city’s most popular live acts, the Dirty Catfish Brass Band and the Lytics, will join forces to launch the festival’s 35th season June 14 at the Pyramid Cabaret in a fascinating fusion of horns and hip-hop. “They approached us with this show.
Winnipeg Art Gallery auctioning 14 paintings to help fund purchase of new works

Apr 24, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Alan Small

A threshing-machine crew bringing in the fall harvest. Sailors steering a York boat on Lake Winnipeg’s rough waters. Depictions of the two scenes from Manitoba’s early years are among 14 works of art Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq will sell to build an endowment fund to purchase contemporary Canadian art.
Randy Bachman set to sell more than 200 six-strings

Apr 18, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Alan Small

Randy Bachman is selling more than 200 guitars from his collection, including the axe he used to create the famous riff on American Woman. The 80-year-old former Winnipegger, who is a co-founder of the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, has teamed up with Julien’s Auctions of Beverly Hills, Calif., for the sale, which will take place May 29 and 30 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. Online bidding will also take place at juliensauctions.com, which will begin in early May.
Leaf Rapids expands its musical palette on Velvet Paintings

Apr 18, 2024 | winnipegfreepress.com | Alan Small

Images from childhood linger in the back of our minds, waiting to haunt us when we least expect it. That’s certainly the case for Keri Latimer of the Winnipeg folk-rock band Leaf Rapids, whose youthful memories inspire the group’s new album Velvet Paintings, which comes out Friday. “My parents had these two velvet paintings in the basement of the house that I grew up in.