Local Entertainment

During the first 10 minutes of Thunderstick now playing at the Roxy Theatre, I wondered if it would flush down the toilet.

According to Kevin Mackenzie it may all have started with the egg man.

‘Jam Jar’ should describe some of the edible delights or possibly a style of music for the entertainment at this weekend’s Deep Freeze Festival along Alberta Avenue in Edmonton.

Going to the movies and living out a two-hour escapist adventure is one leisure activity everyone relates to. It’s fun. It’s relaxing and it generally provokes good-natured discussion.

Country duos are rare in part because it’s tough to find the right voice and personality to complement an already existing solo act. Yet St. Albert’s homegrown Leah Durelle and Aaron J.

It’s one of the greatest conundrums for artists. The nude is not just the sight of the beauty that we all hold as humans; it’s also one of the greatest subjects with which to learn the practice of your art, across numerous disciplines.

The 82nd Academy Awards presentation on March 7 is still three months away, but many are sitting on pins and needles waiting for co-hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to yuk it up for Hollywood’s best and brightest (and probably a few of the w

It’s a pretty bold move to make a studio movie about a guy who travels all around the country and fires other company’s employees, like a contract killer that shoots pink slips. What’s bolder is that this guy is the protagonist.

Rooting for the underdog creates a rainbow of emotions. In Paul Kane High’s winter musical, Once Upon a Mattress, opening Thursday at the Arden Theatre, there are two very unusual underdogs that generate cheers.

Kane Conlan’s book The Manipulators features a story set in the political hot zone of Calgary. While the subject matter may be topical, it still seems kind of silly to me.