Local Arts and Culture

There is fresh optimism afoot for the building with a troubled history and zero tenancy for a full decade. St. Albert Crossing was constructed in 2009 and yet has never seen a single business day. That could change as a representative was in town to establish an occupancy permit. Here's a comprehensive look at a controversial commercial space that still might find a positive place in the city's business community.

The Up series returns with 63 Up, a look at 14 people who have been documented on film every seven years of their lives.

The 'trade-up' game worked miraculously for a few local Re/Max realtors who were trying to drum up a worthy auction item for the Sturgeon Community Hospital Foundation. Starting with a pen, they ended up with a prize that will leave bidders teed off, but in a very good way.

Local craftspeople assembled recently to help contribute to the Canadian Animal Rescue Craft Guild, making simulated animal pouches and nests for the beleaguered animal denizens of land affected by Australia's devastating wildfires.

Alexis Marie Chute has enough energy to be an artist, photographer, curator, editor, and now writer. Her trilogy is now well into the middle volume with the final part readying for a spring release.

Reel Mondays starts up again on Jan. 27 with Boyhood director Richard Linklater's latest.

Ryans Castle offers royal treatment

Jerry Bayrak is at the centre of a documentary presentation called That Never Happened, which looks at the internment of thousands of Ukrainians in Canada during World War I. The video will be shown at the Musée Héritage Museum on Saturday as part of its ongoing exhibit Enemy Aliens: Internment in Canada, 1914–1920.