Local Entertainment

A young St. Albert singer has landed a top spot in the nation-wide auditions for YTV's The Next Star and the episode was aired this past Monday. Of the more than 4,000 initial competitors, Madi Amyotte, 15, a Grade 9 student at Ă©cole Secondaire St.

It's not easy to be a widow in India, says Ginny Shrivastava. "They are perceived often as being the cause of their husband's deaths," says the Ontario native, who has lived in India for 40 years.

It’s pretty tough to find the articulate Gerry Buccini at a loss for words. But when the St. Albert Community Band president heard the group was nominated for a Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Gala award, he was left slightly tongue-tied.

For a theatre company just recently created, the St. Albert Community Theatre Guild is picking up incredible steam and unleashing a crackling energy that up to now has flowed unchecked.

Over the next 10 days, Capital Ex will be courting visitors with top-notch concerts, adrenalin pumping midway rides, stunning fireworks and tempting carnival food loaded with all the good stuff no one should be eating.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Christopher Nolan is a genius when it comes to directing and screenwriting, especially when these pertain to movie structure. Memento rocked. The Prestige rocked. Batman Begins rocked.

A budding Edmonton fashion designer is going to be hanging out with a few of her new buds tomorrow and everyone is invited to join her.

The late-model Volkswagen is well past saving. It has a substandard paint job, the interior is shoddy and of course it is completely on fire because someone has actually set it ablaze.

Come rain or shine, the Ride for Our Troops event starting at Edmonton Garrison on Saturday is a go. And bikers can cap off the four-stop route with a hog-wild party and concert hosted by MuchMusic at Rednex in Morinville.

In a miracle of local entertainment bookings, Tina Turner will be playing two shows in St. Albert this weekend at the intimate setting of the Cornerstone Hall.