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Call me Opie. Actually, my name is Ron Howard. I’m the movie director who has made my career off of trying to depict the Great American Story on film, usually with an Oscar in mind.

Tomorrow night the Cosmopolitan Music Society unveils a new treasure from its jewel box. The newly revised Cosmopolitan Jazz Orchestra is set to debut its premiere performance at Edmonton’s McDougall United Church.

Three Edmonton theatre companies have joined forces to give audiences a special evening of holiday entertainment.

An RCMP report last year determined that there were 1,181 missing and murdered aboriginal women across Canada in the years from 1980 to 2012.

The pen is mightier than the sword. At least that’s what Alison Jeffrey Azer’s supporters are hoping as they host a letter writing campaign to release four Canadian children from a Kurdish war zone.

Ten capital region vocalists showcased their chops at NewCap Radio stage in West Edmonton Mall on Dec. 6 as part of the second annual My United Way Voice. The top 10 contestants were chosen after careful deliberation from nearly 50 entries.

December is always a mad dash to finish shopping and other seasonal errands. So it’s satisfying to de-stress by listening to a choir sing and tell a story. It is the St.

Christmas doesn’t get more traditional than Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, one of the theatre’s choice rants against greed. In some ways the story of Ebenezer Scrooge has become a clichĂ©.

Fee. Fie. Fo. Fum. I smell the blood of an Englishman. Capitol Theatre’s upcoming production of Jack and the Beanstalk may not exactly have these classic lines spouting from the giant’s mouth.

Perhaps filmmaker Guy Maddin’s name is more symbolic of the verb he offers his audiences.