Local Entertainment

Now in its third incarnation, the Varscona Theatre Alliance’s Crystal Ball introduces a special guest from the shadowy dark world of vampires.

Nothing shows a movie franchise’s age like rehashing of one of the basic plots for all movies: two formerly endearing characters have settled down with children and one has a mid-life crisis. So boring. So stale.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (18A) Freddy Krueger returns in this contemporary reboot of the 1980s horror series.

Jiggers and fiddlers galore will rock Servus Credit Union Place this week as Poundmaker's Lodge holds its second-ever Métis festival. Dancers, musicians and guests from across Canada are expected to come to St.

It is a Tuesday evening in the Paul Kane music room where the St. Albert Community Band rehearses weekly. Tonight they play the larger than life Exodus , a tune of liberation and hope that is loud and heartfelt.

One part brilliant musician, one part focused conductor and one part hammy entertainer. That aptly describes Laurelie Nattress, retiring conductor of St. Albert Community Band.

Stewart Steinhauer might have stumbled across the secret of how to get kids interested in reading — giant rocks. Steinhauer, an aboriginal sculptor from B.C., dropped five person-sized granite statues onto the back patio of St.

“I’ve had a lot of luck with it,” stated St. Albert native Ben Lof, modestly. “It’s been around for awhile.

Project Adult Literacy Society (PALS) is launching an anthology of Asian Canadian fiction tonight at Audrey’s Book Store, a relatively rare occurrence in a series-driven publishing industry.

There's a world of wonder to be seen at Big Lake if you have the patience for it. Al Popil knows this well. The former Gazette photographer has been snapping shots in the region for years and some of his best shots are the result of patience.