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All kids, young and old, would love a peek in Al Simmons magical suitcase. What they’d find is series of wondrous hats that make goofy noises and draw out the laughs.

Although fewer and fewer kids go door-to-door trick or treating, Halloween is still packed with eerie magnetism.

As the name, Hamlet {Solo} suggests, the premise is simple: one actor, Shakespeare’s text, no costumes, no props and no special lighting effects. Hamlet, after all, is the ideal flawed character every thespian yearns to perform.

Being in the newspaper game was great for Judy Schultz’s writing career in more ways than one.

The Titanic was the largest luxury liner of its time, a passenger steamship promoted as unsinkable.

Don MacLean and Big Dave McLean are making a beeline to St. Albert with their sixth annual National Steel Bad Boy Blues Tour.

The legend continues as Cirque du Soleil’s latest show Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour continues to break all records. And there are still a few seats left at Rexall Place for the November 2 performance.

Russell deCarle doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone, least of all himself. Dubbed ‘the voice of Prairie Oyster’ he is a founding member of this multi-platinum, Juno award-winning Canadian band.

50/50 (14A) Inspired by a true story, 50/50 is an original story about friendship, love, survival and finding humour in unlikely places. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star as best friends whose lives are changed by a cancer diagnosis.

Cancer. The big C. It's no laughing matter. Oh wait, here's a Hollywood movie with a lot of talented actors that actually speaks to real situations and people.