Alberta Arts

• New exhibit opens at Royal Alberta Museum featuring local artists

  A new exhibit featuring the works of 12 Alberta artists will be on display at the Royal Alberta Museum until September.

  Features

  Apr 17
  
• Jean Paré, author of ‘Company’s Coming’ cookbooks, dies in Edmonton at age 95

  An Alberta-born mother of four whose 'Company's Coming' cookbooks have become fixtures on kitchen shelves around the world has died at age 95.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2022
  
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• 98-year-old fiddler wows crowds during Calgary Stampede: ‘He’s got stamina’

  A former farmer who started fiddling at age 8 shows no signs of slowing down. "It gives me a lift, to make the day a little brighter for somebody else."

  Features

  Jul 14, 2022
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• Struggling Calgary theatre company repeatedly hit by vandals offers space for graffiti

  Already struggling through COVID-19 pandemic, Storybook Theatre says the cost of cleaning graffiti "makes it tough."

  Crime

  Mar 15, 2021
• Alberta resort offers drive-in concerts, other events during COVID-19 pandemic

  The Grey Eagle Resort and Casino on the Tsuut'ina Nation is planning to shift shows outdoors, to a drive-in space alongside the hotel.

  Entertainment

  Feb 26, 2021
• ‘A truly great Albertan’: Kenney offers condolences after Jeanne Lougheed dies

  Flags at the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and at Calgary's McDougall Centre will fly at half staff this week following the death of Jeanne Lougheed.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2020
• Theatre community mourns loss of Alberta Theatre Projects executive director Darcy Evans

  Alberta Theatre Projects executive and artistic director Darcy Evans passed away on Wednesday, after being diagnosed with cancer in March. 

  Nov 27, 2020
• New Alberta podcasts substitute for live theatre; tackle race and LGBTQ issues

  Artists have found a new way to deliver entertainment through The Alberta Queer Calendar Project.

  Entertainment

  Sep 2, 2020
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• The challenge of relaunch for Alberta’s independent arts venues: ‘Profit margins are so small’

  Reopening amid COVID-19 poses a challenge for many companies, but for smaller arts venues in Alberta, it's tightened an already tight profit margin.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2020
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• Final curtain call for Calgary’s Cowtown Opera

  After producing 25 shows in 10 years, the final one, Does Not Compute, will debut in April.

  Entertainment

  Feb 11, 2020