{"id":3937,"date":"2013-10-21T02:08:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T02:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/?p=3937"},"modified":"2014-01-31T20:09:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T20:09:42","slug":"promoting-culture-with-heather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/promoting-culture-with-heather\/","title":{"rendered":"Promoting Culture With Heather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Miguelitos-Little-Green-Car-5039.jpg\" alt=\"Copyright \u00a9 2013 Leroy Schulz http:\/\/www.leroyschulz.com\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4112\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Miguelitos-Little-Green-Car-5039.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Miguelitos-Little-Green-Car-5039-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Promoting Culture With Heather<\/strong><br \/>\nFeaturing The Honourable Heather Klimchuk<br \/>\nMinister of Alberta Culture, Promoter of Arts<br \/>\nOctober 21, 2013<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alberta_Legislature_Building\" title=\"Alberta Legislature Wikipedia page\" target=\"_blank\">Alberta Legislature Building<\/a><br \/>\nEdmonton, Alberta, Canada<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Heather Klimchuk is a second-term <a href=\"http:\/\/www.assembly.ab.ca\/net\/index.aspx?p=mla_home\" title=\"MLA page\" target=\"_blank\">Member of Legislative Assembly<\/a> (MLA) of Alberta representing the riding of Edmonton-Glenora. She was appointed Minister of Culture on May 8, 2012.  She has been a champion for youth and families in her community, as a volunteer coordinator for the Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone and the Junior League of Edmonton\u2019s \u201cHomes for the Holidays\u201d event. She has shared her passion for education through mentoring students and serving as chair and volunteer coordinator with the Glenora School Council. Listening to the experiences of constituents has guided her work as MLA and Minister.<\/p>\n<p>As a wife, mother, volunteer and community activist, Heather Klimchuk is a staunch advocate of the power of partnerships in building strong communities and a strong Alberta. Mrs. Klimchuk has dedicated years as both patron and fundraiser in support of the arts in Edmonton. She is known as a strong advocate for cultural industries. She served as director of St. Basil\u2019s School of Ukrainian Dance, as well as communications director for the Kupalo Ukrainian Dance School. She is a champion for local festivals, fairs and community based gatherings. That interest and involvement has given her a unique appreciation for how culture connects communities together and to the world around us.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><strong>Heather been known to ballroom dance in the Edmonton City Hall lobby during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonopera.com\/discover\/50-days-of-opera\" title=\"50 Days of Opera website\" target=\"_blank\">50 Days of Opera<\/a>.<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><strong>Attributes her lovely gams to 12 years of devoted tap and jazz dancing.<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><strong>She can often be found enjoying local art, especially in blown glass shops across Alberta.<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featuring The Honourable Heather Klimchuk<br \/>\nMinister of Alberta Culture, Promoter of Arts<br \/>\nOctober 21, 2013<br \/>\n<strong>Click photo for full post<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[231,6,62,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3937"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3937"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4243,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3937\/revisions\/4243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}