April 11th Member Meeting

Join us for our monthly club meeting with a very special guest speaker!

Our regularly scheduled monthly meetings give members an excellent opportunity to socialize with each other and engage with fantastic guest speakers on current topics.  Members can attend in person or via ZOOM.  Free parking is available.

6 PM – Dinner and drinks are available from the regular menu

7 PM – Meeting starts

Join Zoom Meeting at 7 PM:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86210762679

Guest Speaker:  Louis B Hobson – Movie and Theatre Critic, Television and Radio Personality, Journalist, and Author.

Discussion Topic:  “What’s New in the World of Arts and Entertainment”

Biography:  Louis B Hobson has been covering the theatre and film scene in Calgary for almost five decades. He began reviewing theatre and film for the Calgary Albertan while he was still a teacher at Central Memorial High School.  The Calgary Sun asked him to cover the arts scene for the 88 Winter Olympics after which Louis became a full-time employee of the Calgary Sun. His celebrity interviews were published in the Sun chain across Canada and were picked up by publications in Britain, the US, and Australia.

After 20 years, he retired but Postmedia asked him to continue reviewing theatre for the Calgary Herald. He is currently the only full-time theatre reviewer in Calgary.  Louis reviewed films for the Don, Joanne, and Coach Show on LITE96 FM Radio for more than 20 years and has been reviewing films for CTV Calgary News at NOON for 15 years. He reviews films each Friday for the Ottawa radio station 88.5 LIVE FM.

He is a playwright and director and has been directing for community theatre in Calgary for more than 50 years.  He is currently rehearsing the Agatha Christie thriller A Murder is Announced for Workshop Theatre for a run at the Pumphouse Theatre from March 10^th to 18^th, 2023.  His children’s play A Dinosaur Tale is currently on a Canadian tour that kicked off in Winnipeg on February 4th, 2023.