Local Entertainment

Local artist Brenda Kim Christiansen has an entire forest of wild creatures in her imagination and she has spent much of the last few years slowly letting them out so that they can populate her paintings.

There’s a new exhibit about man’s best friend coming to the Royal Alberta Museum in June and it’s pawsitively a bow-wow. Called Wolf to Woof: The Story of Dogs, it looks at canines as hunters, helpers and heroes.

Local rockers Keep 6 will be flying out to Austin, Texas for the South by Southwest music conference and festival next week, a gathering of several thousand creators, performers, music scouts, media and industry members.

Arthur Miller’s 1952 classic, The Crucible, has echoed through the decades prodding audiences to question how they judge others. The Crucible is a fictional retelling of the 17th century Salem, Mass.

You could have knocked Dan Davidson over with a feather when he tuned into CityTV’s Breakfast Television and heard that Tupelo Honey was nominated for six Edmonton Music Awards. “I had no idea it was coming down.

An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, Act of Valor stars a group of active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs in a film like no other in Hollywood’s history.

Darlene Olson was born to sing and the singer/songwriter is putting herself centre stage on Friday at RedNex Bar and Grill in Morinville. Born and raised in northern Alberta in a musical family with seven kids, her roots are as country as they get.

There’s something electric about being part of live radio recording of The Irrelevant Show, a buffet of award-winning comedy sketches and songs. Maybe it’s the perfectly timed punch lines, or the unexpected and often hilarious bloopers.

There’s a bit of the hot and lush Okanagan coming our way as Ballet Kelowna debuts A Grand Passion at Morinville Community Cultural Centre on Friday.

The nail biting is over. Legal is in. Yesterday the Big Valley Jamboree website announced the top 10 finalists in the Small Town Saturday Night contest.