Local Entertainment

Now firmly entrenched in the St. Albert community as an institution, Mission Hill Brass Band launches its ninth season at St. Albert United Church on Sunday, Oct. 27.

It’s a tradition for Concordia School of Music’s Sacred Music Festival to invite a renowned composer to conduct the concert. Tomorrow afternoon at the Winspear Centre, the school embraces renowned Canadian composer Eleanor Daley.

If there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, well … there’s really only question you have to ask yourself? Who ya gonna call? The answer, of course, is Ghostbusters.

Last night Concordia University College opened with The Seagull, a play considered as Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s greatest work.

An exciting Vegas-style revue grabs the glam spotlight tonight at the Arden Theatre. Direct from the entertainment capital of the world, Oh What a Night is an exciting, fast-paced tribute to the legendary Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

Young readers of the Barnabas Bigfoot series waiting for the third instalment can browse the bookstores with glee. Author Marty Chan just announced he is holding an official launch for Barnabas Bigfoot: The Bone Eater on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m.

Captain Phillips is director Paul Greengrass's multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates.

Following on the heels of their Grand Theft Improv Night, Go 4 Broke is giving the spooks their Halloween due. This Friday night, the St. Albert based troupe flies across the Alberta Avenue stage with Paranormal IMPROVtivity.

A good bedroom farce needs at least four slamming doors to make its humour resound with a bang. St. Albert Theatre Troupe’s season opener, Hotbed Hotel, delivers it in spades with at least six.

It’s a given that when iconic artist Adele adds one of your songs to her DVD, the industry respect skyrockets.