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To the passersby at the Calgary Zoo, the four-year-old boy perched on rocks windmilling his arms must have looked like a child dreaming of flight.

Almost exactly three years ago, iconic family entertainer Norman Foote brought his special brand of craziness and unpredictability to Morinville Community Cultural Centre.

STARFest is an amazing time of year when local booklovers can get up close and personal with several of their favourite authors, and even a few that they didn't know they loved yet.

Reconstructions is an exhibit featuring multimedia pottery and ceramic artworks by Redwater artist Brenda Danbrook. Until Saturday, Oct. 29. 19 Perron St. 780-460-4310. www.artgalleryofstalbert.

One very invaluable charity that literally flies under the radar is Angel Flight Alberta, a service that airlifts patients in small northern communities to long-distance medical centres.

There has never been a more vibrant time to eat in Edmonton. Long gone are the days of dated Formica cafés when waitresses would swat flies in between serving steaming bowls of chicken noodle soup and ketchup flavoured steak.

Jerky movements and quick, clipped sentences are spit out with the speed of a runaway train about to crash during Studio Theatre’s season opener God’s Ear.

If getting a book published is all about timing, you couldn’t hit a sweeter spot than local journalist Marty Klinkenberg’s first book The McDavid Effect: Connor McDavid and the New Hope for Hockey – a behind-the-scenes revelation of

Reconstructions is an exhibit featuring multimedia pottery and ceramic artworks by Redwater artist Brenda Danbrook. Until Saturday, Oct. 29. 19 Perron St. 780-460-4310. www.artgalleryofstalbert.

For the last month, St. Albert actress Sarah Ormandy has spent her days in the surreal landscape of God’s Ear.