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Tim Ryan, founder of the Grant MacEwan University theatre arts program, heartily believed that staging A Connecticut Yankee with its time travel premise would offer a round of new possibilities for his graduating class.

If it is possible to sum up Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie’s Wednesday night performance at the Arden Theatre, it would be that love is central to our lives and it embraces us with equal amounts of joy and pain.

If you’re under the impression the WindRose Trio specializes only in serious reed-based music, think again. The ensemble, composed of Beth Levia (oboe), Matthew Howatt (bassoon) and St.

Is anybody else tired of the end of the world? Between nuclear holocausts, environmental disasters, zombie apocalypses and disease pandemics it seems like the only new dimension to add to these stories might be how tough it is to get decent take-out

Legal residents will honour Canadian soldier Romeo Dallaire this week as a new mural is unveiled as part of a community celebration. The 47th annual Fête au Village kicks off in Legal this Friday starting at 7 p.m., says organizer Lisa Magera.

It’s that time of year to look around and honour outstanding women in our community that have somehow made it a better place to live. The Baha’i of St. Albert once more celebrates International Women’s Day on March 6.

For most of us the Olympics are a far off world we watch strictly through the eye of television. But this time around we won’t have to leave town to enjoy an official cultural event.

John Hudson, artistic director of Shadow Theatre has never skirted the bizarre and so with a Noel Coward aplomb presents The Dazzle opening Thursday, Jan. 20 for a three-week run.

I always wondered why the Old Farmer’s Almanac had a hole punched in the upper left corner.

There are certain undeniable facts that must be listed off before any substantive review of The Lovely Bones can be written.