Rubaboo Arts Festival

07/27/2024

MEET SHELDON STOCKDALE!
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Sheldon Stockdale is an actor born in Edmonton Alberta. He graduated the UofA BFA acting program in 2020. Sheldon his always grateful to take part of this show and dedicates his performance to his Kohkum Olive Modersohn. He hopes you enjoy the show.
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Catch Sheldon in TALK TREATY TO ME
July 26, 27 & 28 at 7pm
$25 at the door or at dreamspeakers.org
Full Festival Pass only $75

07/26/2024

Meet SAMANTHA FRAUGHTON!
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Samantha Fraughton (she/her) is a playwright and actor living on Treaty 6 territory in Edmonton. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in drama in 2015, and Juris Doctor in 2021, both at the University of Alberta.
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In 2020, Samantha was awarded the Gerald L. Gall global community services grant for development of the play Talk Treaty To Me, and in 2022 with co-playwright Theresa Cutknife, she completed Talk Treaty To Me at the Banff Centre Playwrights’ Lab. Talk Treaty To Me had a nearly sold-out run at the 2023 Edmonton Fringe, and was remounted at Fort Edmonton Park in May 2024.
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Samantha is currently completing an interdisciplinary masters degree in law and theatre. Her research seeks to use the tools of theatre to understand Nêhiyaw and Western law simultaneously, as a means of decolonizing Treaty law.
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Catch Samantha in TALK TREATY TO ME
July 26, 27 & 28 at 7pm
$25 at the door or at dreamspeakers.org
Full Festival Pass only $75
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The participation of this Artist is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance•Opera•Theatre Policy.

07/26/2024

Meet DJ DEADLY NEDLY in his own words!
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I have been dj’ing since 2015. I specialize in hip hop, & RnB. I released my own self produced hip hop/rnb album in 2021 with lyrics done by many unique Canadian artists “Northernmost Million” highlighting Edmonton’s geography & sound. Have new albums I’m currently producing coming soon. Involved with many rap shows and local festivals.
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Listen to DJ Deadly Nedly TONIGHT at the YOU ARE LOVED DANCE PARTY!
July 26 at 9pm
$20 at the door or at dreamspeakers.org
Full Festival Pass only $75

07/26/2024

Do you love to dance?! Then join us tonight for the YOU ARE LOVED DANCE PARTY!
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This is about celebrating who we are, and dancing to the vibration of love...with amazing music!
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Our sweet line up of DJs and artists include:
+ DJ Kimosabe (Ryan C) bringing fresh dance and EDM beats
+ chilled out vibes from DJ Pacha | Pachakuteq Espinoza Bravo Willka Tribe
+ and local hip-hop homeboy DJ Deadly Nedly | Deadly Nedly
+ plus Badass Indigifemme Shir Modesty | Shir Modesty
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YOU ARE LOVED DANCE PARTY
July 26 at 9pm
Brighton Block (9666 Jasper Ave)
$20 at the door or at dreamspeakers.org
Full Festival Pass only $75

07/26/2024

Join us for TALK TREATY TO ME, starting tonight!
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One, two, three, four: I declare a thumb war! Five, six, seven, eight: Treaty Six will be so great! How exciting! What could go wrong? Two friends and two puppets from Treaty 6 are just trying to figure it out. They talk about Treaty, not necessarily to each other.
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From playwrights Theresa Cutknife and Samantha Fraughton comes the comedy/drama TALK TREATY TO ME. A collaborative theatre project about Treaty 6 from the distinct perspectives of both women and “treaty people”.
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TALK TREATY TO ME
July 26, 27 & 28 at 7pm
$25 at the door or at dreamspeakers.org
Full Festival Pass only $75

Rubaboo is a Métis-Michif language word and means a rich stew filled with all good things. Rubaboo is a philosophy about what sustains

07/25/2024

Join us TODAY for RUBABOO SIDE DISHES!
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We've got a special screening of University Canada West's first episode "The Beginning" from their web series "Understanding Indigenous History: A Path Forward". Followed by a faciliated community dialogue.
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Along with artisans Jenna Dohmann and Tashina Makokis!
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RUBABOO SIDE DISHES
July 25 at 7pm
$10 at the door or at dreamspeakers.org
Full Festival Pass only $75

07/24/2024

Join us TONIGHT for ROLLING THUNDER!
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A play reading about The Life and Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow by Ryan Cunningham.
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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE FRANCIS PEGAHMAGABOW - an Ojibwe of the Caribou clan, was born in Shawanaga First Nation. He volunteered at the onset of the First World War and served overseas as a scout and sniper with the Canadian Expeditionary Force's 1st Battalion. He was one of 39 Canadian soldiers awarded the Military Medal and two bars for bravery. He is Canada's most decorated Indigenous soldier. After the war, Pegahmagabow settled on Wasauksing First Nation, where he married and raised his family. He was elected Chief and served from 1921 to 1925 and from 1942 to 1945, and as a Councillor from 1933 to 1936. In 1943, he demonstrated peacefully in Ottawa for Aboriginal rights and self-government. That same year, Pegahmagabow and other Native leaders founded the Brotherhood of Canadian Indians, the first national Aboriginal organization. In 1949 and 1950 he was elected the supreme Chief of the National Indian Government. A leading advocate for First Nations rights, Francis Pegahmagabow provided distinguished service to his homeland and honour to the Nishnaabe Nation.
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ROLLING THUNDER
July 24 at 7pm
$15 at the door or at dreamspeakers.org
Full Festival Pass only $75

07/24/2024

Meet DJ Pacha in his own words!
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I am a Peruvian Dj producer from the city of Cusco, my musical project is
about the ancestral psychedelic music from South America from the
dancing ceremonies where exotic instruments were use in order to create
unique melodies inspired from the connection to the spirits from the other
side that we traditionally known and look for their friendship, guidance and
advice which many times comes in the way of magic songs with specific
frequencies that will transform the energy into power.
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My live set is a dancing ceremony with a little bit of a workshop for the
audience to partycipate.
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In this sense the kind of music I play is psychedelic trance music mixed
with the ancestral instruments mentioned before creating a unique style of
psytrance music full of magical flute melodies, chantings magic words in
Quechua language all along the songs from beginning to the end but with
good psytrance breaks in between with unexpected turns in the mix that will
give transport you back in times with a always sweet dancing beat. I’m
looking for the balance between the organic psychedelic and the electronic
synthesizers that will create the electronic shamanic universe for me to play
and sing over the mix making a live set with unique performance every
time.
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Listen to DJ Pacha at the YOU ARE LOVED DANCE PARTY
July 26 at 9pm
$20 at the door or at dreamspeakers.org
Full Festival Pass only $75

07/24/2024

MEET DYLAN THOMAS-BOUCHIER
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Dylan is a Cree and Dene dis-arts storyteller. Born and raised in Fort McMurray and the Fort McKay First Nation (Treaty 8), He graduated from The National Theatre School of Canada (NTS) acting program. Dylan is based on Calgary (Treaty 7) he has performed across the country with Citadel Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, Tarragon Theatre, Young People's Theatre. Upcoming shows include civil blood with Thou art here theatre. And Jordan with Geordie Theatre.
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Catch Dylan in TALK TREATY TO ME
July 26, 27 & 28 at 7pm
$25 at the door or at dreamspeakers.org
Full Festival Pass only $75

07/23/2024

MEET PLAYWRIGHT THERESA CUTKNIFE!
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Theresa Cutknife (she/her) is a Nehiyaw and Puerto Rican actor, writer, director and producer from Maskwacîs, Alberta located on Treaty 6 Territory. She is a member of the Samson Cree Nation. Theresa is an alumni of The Centre for Indigenous Theatre and is a graduate of the 2023 Soulpepper Academy. Recent credits include assistant directing De Profundis: Oscar Wilde In Jail (Soulpepper). Acting credits include: Heartless (Favour The Brave Collective), Niizh (Native Earth Performing Arts), My Sister’s Rage (Tarragon Theatre/Studio 180 Theatre/TOLive), The House of Bernarda Alba (Aluna Theatre/Modern Times Theatre), Diggstown (CBC Gem).
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Watch Theresa's play TALK TREATY TO ME on
July 26, 27 & 28 at 7pm
$25 at the door or at dreamspeakers.org
Full Festival Pass only $75
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Photo by Dahlia Katz
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The participation of this Artist is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance•Opera•Theatre Policy.