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Most musicians rig up the gear and play music. Louisiana's Pine Leaf Boys are on a mission to hoist the banner of Cajun-Creole music around the world.

Since 1740 when Madame Gabrielle de Villeneuve first published Beauty and the Beast full of lengthy dream sequences, numerous people have attempted to update the fairytale.

Oscar night is the great glamour party in Hollywood and the festivities are being broadcast into Varscona Theatre right onto a big movie screen.

Every mother wants her child to be admired and cherished by the outside world. But Shari VanderWoude had no idea her baby would grow so big. Six years ago, the St.

If standing apart from the usual suspects is the mark of a true artist, then Debbie Dyer has clarity of creative vision unlike her peers. As artistic director of St.

Pavlo, Rik Emmett and Oscar Lopez are quite the guitar players’ dream. Like great lovers they tease with lush guitar serenades, non-stop jokes, singing, dancing and blowing kisses.

Yoon-Joo Kim can no longer claim that her talent is hidden even though that is the name of the school she frequents for art lessons.

The great outdoors is an endless source of inspiration for many artists, but it’s tricky to make the images inspiring for the viewers too. Enter Tessa Nunn, Lynn Malin, Angela Grootelaar and Gail Echlin.

Whenever the CHICKAdivas plan a concert, expect that familiar dose of sexy brass sprinkled on all their robust a cappella lines.

David Garber is a pillar of the Edmonton-area entertainment scene, a musical gardener of sorts who has devoted his life to nurturing the ambitions of young singers and musicians. As the former St.