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The Thomanerchor of Leipzig has survived centuries of war, plague and flood. It is Europe’s oldest choir and this year celebrates 802 years of service to Germany. Nowhere in Canada do we have a choir of that magnitude.

St. Albert-raised author Padma Viswanathan has returned from a five-year absence from the book scene, and she has returned in a big way.

Based on Frank Miller's latest graphic novel Xerxes and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster 300, this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield – on the sea – as Greek general Themistokles (

At first glance there is very little connecting the Beatles and St. Albert pianist Michael Massey. But skip back to Feb. 9, 1964 and the little-known British mop tops performed for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show and revolutionized pop music.

“Something familiar, something peculiar. Something appealing, something appalling. Old situations, new complications. Something convulsive, something repulsive. Something for everyone.

For Wanda Resek and Bette Lisitza, it’s the sketches that will getcha. The duo has long had a fondness for sharing time as they create art.

One Redwater artist is ready to let her work take the spotlight in an upcoming solo show. Coalescence features the work of the long-time sculptor, potter and St. Albert Farmers' Market favourite Brenda Danbrook.

Blues-folk singer Maria Muldaur is hitting 70, but you wouldn’t know it from the passion and energy in her voice.

Matt Lauer of the Today Show called Robert Post “completely insane,” adding “I like him because he’s insane.

Back in the days of vaudeville, comedians used to open their show with a familiar line – “A funny thing happened on the way to the theatre …” The brilliant writers Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart spoofed this infamous line an