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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
CKUA ARTS & CULTURE GUIDE with Chris Allen...Monday through Friday at 9:56am and
3:28pm, Saturdays at 8:56am. Listings for November 19-20, 2008:
Wednesday, November 19 The Blind Begger Pub hosts a Wednesday
Night Big Band, this evening, featuring vocalist Deanne Matley. The 17
piece band will perform at the pub (106 - 5211 MacLeod Trail SW) in Calgary
starting at 8. Call 403-212-1180. The Visual Art Society at Red Deer
College is holding its annual Christmas show and sale tomorrow and Friday,
until 9 each evening, in the Forum on the college campus (100 College Blvd). Student
sculptures, ceramics, drawing, painting and printmaking will be for sale. Call
403-342-3152. Medicine Hat Musical Theatre presents Footloose,
adapted for the stage, until November 22nd at the Esplanade Arts and Heritage
Centre, on 1st street S.E., in Medicine Hat. It runs nightly at 8pm. Call 403-502-8777.
Kenneth Whyte, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Maclean's
magazine, will read from his new book The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise
of William Randolph Hearst tomorrow evening at 7:30 at Greenwood's Bookshoppe
, 7925 104 Street in Edmonton. Call 780-439-2005 The University of
Calgary's 39th annual Dance Montage, featuring over 100 dancers and dance
styles including contemporary, jazz, hip hop, tap, ballet and African. Performances
run at University Theatre (230 University Court NW) in Calgary at 8 pm
from tomorrow until November 22nd, with a matinee on Saturday. Call 403-210-7576.
Thursday, November 20 The Original Caste, featuring
Bruce Innes and Cilia Webb, makes a rare Alberta appearance tomorrow at 8 at Carlson's
on Macleod (129-3rd Avenue S.W.) in High River. Famous for their hit single,
One Tin Soldier, the band offers high energy erformances featuring a mix of jazz,
blues, and rock and roll. Call 403-601-4707.
The Northern Lights Regional
Health Foundation's Starlight Gala will include live entertainment auctions,
and food. The annual fundraising event will be held at the Syncrude Sport &
Wellness Centre on the Keyano College campus in Fort McMurray on Saturday
night at 6:30. Call 780-791-6041. The exhibition ARENA: The Art of
Hockey draws on the creativity in sport and art to provide a fresh perspective
on our fascination with Canada's national pastime. The works in ARENA look at
such concepts as hero-worship, desire and sacrifice. The art is on display until
January 2009 at the Art Gallery of Alberta (10230 Jasper Avenue) in Edmonton.
Call 780- 422-6223. Suddenly Last Summer deals with a man's
mysterious death, embarrassing secrets, and a mother's desperate efforts to protect
his memory. Calgary's Theatre MRC presents the one-act play, from tonight
through Saturday at 7:30 each night, in the Leacock Theatre on the Mount Royal
College campus. Call 403-440-7770. Edmonton's Ukrainian Shumka Dancers
leap into their annual Red Boots, Ballet and Bubbly Gala on Saturday at
the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (11455-87 Avenue). The fundraiser starts
at 6:30 and will feature three performances and a reception later. Call 780-455-9559.
The CKUA Arts and Culture Guide is heard twice daily, Monday through
Saturday and is compiled by Chris Allen and Megan Karasek. 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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