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by Scott Hayes Describing Habba Mahal as socially minded might only scratch the surface of the young woman’s dedication to bettering her community.

by Scott Hayes The summer reading program at the St. Albert Public Library is having a banner year and the organizers are setting up a wrap party along with a little voodoo.

Dennis DeYoung of Styx is replacing singer Pat Benatar as headliner at the Edmonton Rock Music Festival on Saturday.

Half a dozen of St. Albert’s future country stars competed at Big Valley Jamboree’s 2015 ATB Homegrown Talent Stage. Andrea Shipka, 16, and Hailey Benedict, 13, last year’s winner of the junior competition reached the Top 10.

If anything, Taste of Edmonton reinforced the belief that we love to eat. More and more foodies are searching for new experiences in outlying areas and they are popping up with regularity. The Morinville Festival Society has joined this exciting culinary trend to present the second annual Farm to Table Dinner on Aug. 22.

by Scott Hayes Tyler Gilmore will be entering Grade 6 at Muriel Martin Elementary School with a heartwarming story about what he did on his summer vacation.

It will be akin to an invasion of sun salutations to kick off the fall. The first annual Knight of Yoga in September will be a three-hour yoga-thon, a St. Albert fundraiser in support of Knight's Cabin Cancer Retreats. “Edmonton is my hometown,” said the retreat's founder Lisa Belanger, “so it was an obvious choice of location for this epic event. It also is the perfect place to find Knight of Yoga participants and inspiring yoga teachers.”

Attention music festival junkies. When summer comes, the Edmonton Rock Music Festival lays out the best of outdoor entertainment.

As humanists and artists of the written word, authors are also well known for having a soft spot for charities. That’s why Rick Lauber and Alison Neuman have joined forces to once again put on a special event at Audreys Books next weekend.

The 34th Edmonton International Fringe Festival is running full-throttle. Tickets went on sale yesterday for 200 plus shows running Aug. 13 to 23 at Old Strathcona.