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The Hearts’ third album Equal Love was released Oct. 30 and with it a new image for the six-piece pop-rock-roots band.

Kristen Fersovitch had a beautiful voice, a beautiful life and so much else going for her. She also had kidney cancer: inoperable and terminal. When she was diagnosed in the summer of 2009, she was given 24 months to live.

The good news is that Alberta’s most popular winter anthology of short stories is back with a second volume. “The first book did really well.

Forget those memorable loud music festivals enjoyed on lazy summer days. The days are shorter, the nights colder. Everyone is cocooning, and what better time than to do some soul nourishing.

A charity event called the Community Closet (held at Lahari Yoga on Oct. 17) was written about in the Wed., Oct. 28 edition; however, the name of organizer Michellene Kandert was not included. The Gazette regrets the omission.

The western Canadian premiere of Evangeline at the Citadel Theatre is attracting full houses, and investors must be licking their chops. With good reason.

Chronos Vocal Ensemble is one of the newest jewels in the Capital Region’s musical crown.

Remembrance Day concerts are held every year during the month of November to commemorate the sacrifices all members of the armed forces made worldwide in times of war.

It’s the biggest celebration for Edmonton’s South Asian community. Diwali, the annual two-day Festival of Lights, is observed around the world each fall on one of the darkest nights of the year between mid-Oct. and mid-Nov.

Karen Blanchet is having a busy week. How busy? How about opening two exhibits, one a major solo show, both within days of each other.