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Keep yourself informed about entertainment and
cultural performances in your community by tuning into the CKUA ARTS & CULTURE
GUIDE. Twice each day, we run down the list of upcoming events around Alberta. The
ARTS & CULTURE GUIDE with Chris Allen...Monday through Friday at 9:56am and 3:28pm,
Saturdays at 8:56am on CKUA.
Wednesday, March 10
The Forte Musical Theatre Guild offers the Canadian premiere
of their own humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and
Prejudice, called Austentatious. The show runs until March
13th at Calgary's Epcor Centre Engineered Air Theatre. Get
tickets at 403-244-0114.
Peace Players closes its 2009/2010 music series with the
Pine Leaf Boys, tonight at 8:00 p.m. on the Don Weaver Stage
at Athabasca Hall in Peace River. The Louisiana-based two
time Grammy-nominated quintet showcase their spicy gumbo of
Cajun, Creole and zydeco music. Get tickets at Style Ryte
Cleaners or at the door. Call Marty at 780-624-2572.
They're also at St Albert's Arden Theatre at 5 St. Anne St.
on Thursday evening, March 11th at 7:30. Get tickets at Ticketmaster
or the Arden Theatre Box Office - 780-459-1542
On Friday, March 12th, Hugh Dowell, tenor, Joy Berg, piano,
and the Concordia Concert Choir, will present a benefit recital
for the choir which will be touring England this spring. The
program will feature music by Butterworth, Britten and Vaughn
Williams. It will take place at Ascension Lutheran Church
at 8405 83rd St. in Edmonton at 7:30 pm. Admission is by donation.
Broken City Social Club at 613 11 Avenue SW in Calgary presents
The Fast Romantics, The Whitsundays and Heat Ray on Thursday
March 11th for an evening of pop and rock. Call 403-262-9976.
Thursday, March 11
Lee Su-Feh and Battery Opera present The Whole Beast through
March 14th, at 8:00PM each night at Dancers' Studio West in
Calgary. Lee makes connections from bone and tissue to memory,
dreams and desires to a view of a life shaped by food, love
and loss. Go to the alley door at 2007 10th Ave. SW. Call
403-244-0950.
Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture at 10248 106th Street
in Edmonton is showing some new paintings by Edmonton artist
Brenda Draney; the national winner of 2009's 11th annual RBC
Canadian Painting competition until April 10th. The works
explore how memory, operates in families, communities and
cultures. Call 780-423-5353
Bilton Contemporary Art at 4B 5809 51st Ave. in Red Deer
Presents Red Deer College Visual Art: A Group of Four to March
13th. Works by Brenda Danbrook, Joan Ann Graves, Donna Herrick
and Mary Haasdyk;four students from the Visual Art Department
of RDC, will be showcased. Call 403-343-3933.
At Edmonton's Blue Chair, 9624 76th Ave., tonight at 8,
Amie Maciszewski, a Hindustani music educator and sitarist
leads a quartet featuring special guests Nikhil Rao plying
tabla, Jeremiah McDade on saxophone and Shannon Johnson on
violin in some creative improvisation. Danyluk and Card showcase
their vocal harmonies and songwriting at 8PM tomorrow night.
Call 780-989-2861.
The CKUA Arts and Culture Guide is heard twice daily,
Monday through Saturday and is compiled by Chris Allen and
Judith Johnson. If you have an arts or cultural event taking
place in your area, email us at least two weeks in advance
at artsinfo@ckua.com.
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