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Whenever Edmonton’s top tier music producers need a hired gun, one of the first names that pops up is Peter Belec.

For Niki Tally, it’s a big leap from dancing as a cute cheerleader in Grease to drowning herself in despair as the scheming stepmother in The Ash Girl, the Concordia University College drama department season opener.

Pianist Milton Schlosser uses words such as “sassy” and “provocative” to describe a chamber music recital, something completely at odds with the stuffy stereotype that immediately springs to mind.

The Ukrainian Shumka Dancers return once more to the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium this coming Saturday in what promises to be an unprecedented whirlwind of flashing colour, thrilling spectacle, powerful athleticism and dazzling footwork.

Family is either a curse or a blessing, and Irvette just happens to have a simpleton brother-in-law that talks to an angel.

Polish patriots carry a love of homeland deep in their hearts. At times the passion may be guarded but it is always there, simmering below the surface, ready to explode into song and dance.

The act that forever tainted Laramie, Wyo. in October 1998 reverberated across the continent and raised the ugly spectre of gay hate crimes in a way little else has.

When Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, his sister Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction.

One of the main reasons I enjoy animated family movies more often than live action adult movies is because of the quality of the writing. Monsters Inc. set the bar as far as I’m concerned. Last year’s Monsters vs.

When Edmonton-based band Stereos won the MuchMusic hit show disBand in 2009, every young musician in the country envied them. Now we have another reason to envy them.