Local Entertainment

PREVIEW Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival Jan. 12 and 13 Alberta Avenue 118 th Ave. between 91 st St. and 95 th St.

Def Leppard Canadian tour Back in the ’70s and ’80s, they were the mega band of a new wave of British heavy metal.

PREVIEW Ice Castles Open until March or ice melts Hawrelak Park Tickets: $10.95 to $17.95. Visit www.icecastles.

PREVIEW The Phantom of the Opera Paul Kane High Musical Theatre Jan. 9 to 11 at 7 p.m. Arden Theatre 5 St. Anne Street Tickets: $16 to $19.

There’s a dynamic blend of top talent and a fabulous assortment of hit shows tagged to perform on Morinville Community Cultural Centre’s 2019 stage and the best of the season is yet to come.

Nominations are trickling in for the 2019 St. Albert Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts. However, the organizing committee needs more – many more nominations from a variety of different corners.

The end of each year is a relief, like the last stretch of a marathon, pushing ever harder, puffing our chests forward even, before hitting the finish line.

The Arden Theatre has attracted top-tier talent routinely for more than three decades. But with scores of regional theatres competing for audiences, programmers face bigger challenges.

Happy New Year! Every year the eyes of the world turn to the midnight clock wishing a speedy goodbye to the old and a cheery hello to the new.

St. Albert residents will ring in the new year with explosions next week during the annual year-end fireworks display at Mission Hill. The City of St. Albert’s New Year’s Eve fireworks show is Monday, Dec. 31, at Mission Hill.