Local Entertainment

The life of legendary pianist Liberace was flamboyant beyond compare – maybe a little too ostentatious for many. But the masses – especially women – adored him.

No longer a newly-minted group, St. Albert’s Mission Hill Brass Band heads into its 11th season with The Wonder of Christmas this Sunday at St. Albert United Church.

Hundreds of people from across St. Albert and neighbouring communities joined thenfight this weekend to help bring four children home safely from the war-ravaged region of Northern Iraq.

Boasting a cow horse, a climbing beanstalk and a vegetarian giant that desperately needs dental work, Capitol Theatre’s production of Jack and the Beanstalk is a laugh-out-loud, magical experience.

You would never guess from the title The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant…Ever! that it’s such an oddball story. But it’s the peculiar turns in life that tweak our imagination.

Look to the rooftops. Look to the skies. Mary Poppins is back. Everyone is familiar with the mysterious, brisk nanny who magically appears in Edwardian London to care for the ill mannered Jane and Michael Banks.

If you’re in the mood for a glam, Las Vegas-style holiday celebration check out the Edmonton Singing Christmas Tree.

At the best of times, St. Albert is a bustling burb with busy people and busy roads.

She’s all packed up and ready to go. Gail Sidonie Sobat, the 2015 Metro Federation Regional Writer in Residence, has signed out and left the building.

The Mill Creek Colliery Band, one of the capital region’s most well recognized bands, is about to spread a wave of Yuletide cheer.