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It's mushroom mania in St. Albert this week as locals sweep up fungal fun brought on by recent rains.

For anyone even remotely interested in the spectacle of theatre, the Edmonton International Fringe Festival can be fiendishly seductive. From Aug. 12 to 22, it celebrates 11 days of revealing theatre under the theme We’ll Show You Ours .

The St. Albert Public Library had some redecorating done recently and patrons will reap the visual benefits, all thanks to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA).

Living in Legal is a major change for Russian artist Nataliya Bukhanova but she is finding ways to make a big name for herself here by being omnipresent.

St. Albert is well known as a city of flowers with many dedicated backyard horticulturalists.

There is an insect invasion at Profiles but only in size, not number. You have never seen moths or butterflies this big before and there’s a lot to be said for studying nature up close.

Rocky Mountain Rebel Music (RMRM) instantly conjures up images of Harleys freely rumbling down a highway, wind blowing in the riders’ faces. But the Victoria-based 10-piece funk/reggae/rock band is a heck of a lot more easygoing.

Looking at the array of Oriental restaurants in Edmonton, it’s hard to believe I first tasted Chinese food as a NAIT student. My father was Polish, my mother Italian and our meals blended Mediterranean and East European fare.

In Tupelo Honey’s just-released single Best I Could, a song about the hardship of blue-collar life, there’s a line that goes, “As long as I can say I did the best I could.

The 29th Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival running Aug. 12 to 22 is heating up. This year organizers are leading with the provocative theme We’ll Show You Ours and they are determined to display all.