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Two people will stand in the spotlight to accept the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Awards next Saturday.

Next week several hundred regional artists unite in St. Albert for the inaugural ArtiCulture, an eclectic spring festival celebrating the arts, culture and creativity. Swinging into high gear at St.

Rooney and Punyi Productions are producing a special street performance to coincide with St. Albert’s 150th anniversary. The performances are based on re-creations of many St. Albert historical personalities.

One can be forgiven for leaving Studio Theatre’s latest experimental production feeling acutely disconnected and asking what you’ve just witnessed.

It’s been more than 80 years since the Bertold Brecht/Kurt Weill team premiered The Three Penny Opera, a pull-no-punches political commentary on the plight of the poor and disenfranchised.

Most believe a sucker punch is something you don't see coming, a hard hit from nowhere. This Sucker Punch , on the other hand, is something anyone can see coming from a mile away … and it’s the farthest thing from a hit.

On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Damon) meets a beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt).

It is ironic that few people today are aware of the profound legacy Gertrude Stein left the world in both art and literature. And yet she has been dead for less than 65 years.

Not many professionals retire from a thriving career at the age of 31. However, ballet dancer Galien Johnston laughingly dubs herself “just past middle-age in the dance world” and has decided it’s time to bite the bullet.

If you’re tired of TV and watching over your kids for spring break, pick up a copy of the just-released first novel from 70-year-old author Linda Hutsell-Manning.