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Marianne Sinkovics never really thought of street performing as a career until that one fatal day when she drew a ransom note for Canadian clown duo Mump and Smoot. It was the 1996 Edmonton International Street Performers Festival.

One former St. Albert resident is taking his literary talents to the market. The Edmonton Petroleum Club’s Browse and Brunch Outdoor Market, that is. “It’s mostly a food market.

The original Despicable Me became the 10th biggest animated motion picture in U.S. history. In this second installment of Minion madness, Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

There’s something about a Cole Porter song – the wit, the craftsmanship, the originality – that inspires performers to give their best.

There are some strange sights in the gallery these days and I’m not sure if they’re friends or foes. Some of them look like wispy marshmallowy cobwebs while others are like blob-shaped jars of pickles without the jars.

July’s new exhibit at the Visual Arts Studio Association is a first for a few reasons. For one thing, the members-only club is letting its doors open for a non-member to take over with a solo show of some dream-like abstract works.

On Thursday night Freewill Shakespeare Festival debuted A Midsummer Night’s Dream to a background symphony of chattering squirrels, croaking frogs and squawking magpies.

Music always plays a big part in Canada Day celebrations. This year as residents flock downtown to celebrate their national pride, programmers have added a few new twists.

Duct tape, plastic cord and snuff tins might not be the first materials you think of when the subject of traditional aboriginal crafts comes up but a new local exhibit will get you rethinking the definition of aboriginal art in a contemporary setting

Sitting alone on Sir George Simpson’s wooden stage, bare feet dangling over the lip, Kaylee Musolino-Pearson, 14 looked like a lost waif. The poignant tone in her power vocals only added to the forlorn image.