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More Ride for Refuge Photos | Red Deer Ride

by andrewkooman on November 3, 2011

[View my other page of R4R photos] Here are a few more photos from our amazing day out at Gull Lake for the first ever Alberta Ride for Refuge. Aren’t we a handsome team?  Look at those thighs of thunder (cousin Luke).  The Koomen team pictured, in part, below are Marg K, Luke S, Cait [...]

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Lend some power to that voice

by andrewkooman on March 22, 2011

Have you ever felt so deeply about something you don’t know what to say?  You know something in your guts, and yet you can’t shape the knowing into a word. It’s often how I feel about the big questions – about life and what it means, the things of faith, and big words so easily [...]

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Recent Press for She Has A Name

by andrewkooman on February 25, 2011

We’ve been getting great coverage in the press in Alberta and across Canada!  Here’s some write ups and reviews: Reviews Louis B. Hobson, “Calgary’s She Has A Name a heart-wrenching hit” Calgary Sun, February 24 2011 Bob Clark, “Play explores the horror of human trafficking” Calgary Herald, February 24 2011 Articles + Interviews Jim Brown, [...]

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Harm reduction the goal of NightReach program

by andrewkooman on December 22, 2010

At the beginning of December 2010 I spent an evening out on the streets of Red Deer  shadowing workers with the NightReach program. This part 2 one of a two-part series. You can read Part 1 here. After making their stop at the People’s Place and handing out harm reduction supplies, Jessica Kvisle and Ashley Fleming, [...]

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She Has A Name – Trailer 2

by andrewkooman on December 14, 2010

Here’s the new trailer we filmed for the play, featuring Denise Wong as NUMBER 18 and Aaron Krogman as JASON. We got the footage during the promotion shoot in Rosebud on the studio stage of Rosebud School of the Arts.

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Measured speech thunders loudly in any crisis

by andrewkooman on December 1, 2010

Published in the Red Deer Express The word freedom has been on my mind lately. Perhaps it has to do with regular visits to McDonald’s over the last few weeks to take the franchise up on their no-strings-attached offer of free caffeine. I wasn’t the only one. Many Central Albertans, unable to pass on a [...]

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Win FREE TICKETS to Hockey Dad: A Play in 3 Periods

by andrewkooman on October 24, 2010

Hockey Dad: A Play in 3 Periods is coming to Red Deer OCTOBER 27 – 30, 2010. It plays at the Scott Block in Red Deer.  Curtain is @ 7:30 PM You can win 2 free tickets to the show by leaving a comment below. All you have to do is tell me why you [...]

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She Has A Name Reading – OCTOBER 16, 2010 in RED DEER

by andrewkooman on October 12, 2010

Time: Saturday, October 16 · 8:30pm – 10:00pm Location: CrossRoads Church (in the CHAPEL) 38105 Range Road 275 Red Deer, AB ADMISSION IS FREE! (we will be pre-selling tickets to the World Premiere; we’ll also have our Corporate Sponsor info + other ways to support the production – but there’s NO STRINGS attached!) burnt thicket [...]

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