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This year’s STARFest got underway with a few bangs as festival director Heather Dolman smiled at the sold-out crowd for Elinor Florence on Tuesday evening.

Walterdale Theatre on fire Human rights and safe working conditions are the centre of Walterdale Theatre’s new and very intense drama. The Triangle Factory Fire Project , running Oct.

PREVIEW Origin of the Species Northern Light Theatre Oct. 12 to Oct. 27 ATB Financial Arts Barns 10330 – 84 Ave. Tickets: start at $20. Call 780-471-1586 or online at www.northernlighttheatre.com .

PREVIEW St. Albert Amplify Festival Friday, Oct. 12 and Saturday, Oct.13 Kinsmen Banquet Centre 47 Riel Dr. Tickets: Varying prices. Visit www.eventbrite.ca Organizers of St.

REVIEW Lizzie Stars: 3.

PREVIEW An Evening With Frank Mills Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. Arden Theatre 5 St. Anne Street Tickets: $65.50 Call 780-459-1542 or at www.ticketmaster.

French wine dinner Once again XIX Nineteen is organizing a lavish five-course wine dinner. This time, it takes advantage of the autumn harvest with a five-star selection of dishes.

Halloween is a little more than three weeks away, but already trendy princess and witch, vampire and superhero costumes are popping up in stores.

The throngs of fans of pop culture, Lego, comic books, video games, and science fiction are undoubtedly counting down the milliseconds until Saturday, Oct. 13. That’s the day when Eek Fest marks its triumphant return after a year’s hiatus.

“Plié, one, two and three. Raise the arms, one, two, three.” And so go typical commands from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School at its annual cross-country audition tour in search of new talent.