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African Cats (G) The film focuses on a young lion cub named Mara being raised by his mother, Layla, a mother cheetah named Sita who is raising five newborns, and Fang, the leader of a pride defending his family from a banished lion.

It was on April 28, 1911 that Edmontonians turned out in droves to the Edmonton Spring Horse Show. But they had come to see horsepower of a different kind. They wanted to witness a moment in history, the first sighting of a powered aircraft flight.

There’s a pretty good chance that you have gone bunburying or will go bunburying at some point. What is bunburying, you ask? Well, it’s claiming to have an appointment with a fictitious person just to get out of something.

If you plan on checking out the potters’ guild spring show and sale over the next few days, try to be there as soon as possible. Once it opens up at 5 p.m. tomorrow, guild representatives say it becomes a madhouse.

If you love silliness and swashbuckling adventure, Caviar Players’ new musical Hoodwinked: A Musical Tale of Robin Hood is a riotous tale that blends Errol Flynn’s dashing Merry Men and with Monty Python’s Spamalot.

St. Albert cellist Ronda Metszies, a virtuoso in both classical and jazz, might well be one of the most in-demand musicians in the city. As a valued member of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO), Metszies has a different gig almost every evening.

Folk-rock singer-songwriter Bob Jahrig and guitarist Marc Ladouceur once again pair up to showcase some of Jahrig’s tunes from his 2008 indie release Colour of the Moon.

In the past 30 years, St. Albert’s Alex MahĂ© has sung songs and told stories to Canadian children from coast to coast — except for Newfoundland. The bilingual performer has dedicated his art to breaking down language barriers.

Paul Kane High School swept up seven of 12 awards at the Zone E One-Act Festival, a major coup for the school and a strong endorsement of the drama program. “They were very proud of themselves. They were wound up.

Some fairytale characters learn that the happily-ever-after magic bullet isn’t there for everyone. ELOPE Theatre is tackling Stephen Sondheim’s chaotic Into the Woods from April 27 to 30 at the Timms Centre.