Arts & Culture Guide

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.

To view guidelines for writing a Public Service Announcement, click here