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It’s rare to find an artist who only creates music to record it. But then Jason Medwid is a one-of-a-kind singer-songwriter. The 43-year-old St.

Every year the Canadian Finals Rodeo imports specialty anthem acts. This year the high-octane Sweet Tequila is the featured headliner at Buckle Hall, the CFR’s official party headquarters. Led by St. Albert’s Randy J.

The Gateway Big Band is a driving force on the local jazz scene. For 25 years it has performed at some of Edmonton’s pre-eminent locales including Jazz City, the Works Festival, Yardbird Suite and the Royal Alberta Museum. On Thursday, Nov.

One must imagine Daniel Evans as a fantasist. If the Sturgeon County artist were ever to become a civil engineer then he would certainly create living spaces like no one has ever seen before.

You can sell a double platinum album. You’re adored by screaming fans. Your band is on the national front and you’re nominated for two Juno Awards. Then a chunk of your fan base ditches you and the label isn’t far behind.

A scrawny, bullied boy with a brilliant tactical mind is recruited to lead a resistance army against an ant army invasion from outer space.

St. Albert clarinetist Richard Buckley has performed at Cosmopolitan Music Society’s Remembrance Day concert for a decade. But on Saturday, Nov. 9 Lest We Forget concert, he stickhandles a Rubbermaid bin.

Since 9/11 the harsh spotlight of suspicion has fallen on Arab Americans. But artists such as Najee Mondalek have used the situation to cast the community in a positive light.

There are some strange, novel and interesting thinks amok at the Visual Arts Gallery Association. The good news is that it's – hopefully – the first of many exhibits to come courtesy of the Society of Western Canadian Artists.

The Arden Theatre is thrilled to add Kids in the Hall comedian Bruce McCulloch to their 30th anniversary professional series lineup.