Entertainment
Cross-dressing for laughs
Pity Viola in Red Deer College’s most excellent production of Twelfth Night, which opened on Thursday at the RDC Arts Centre.
Shakespeare’s plucky cross-dressing heroine is caught in a sticky conundrum. READ
Time doesn’t stop at The Vinyl Cafe
Time doesn’t stop — not for Stuart McLean, who’s entering the 18th year of his hit radio show The Vinyl Cafe, nor for the fictional family that he tells stories about. READ
Heart of Harmony to sing with Heart and Soul
The Hearts of Harmony singers can be thought of as a barbershop quartet group — times seven, and then some. READ
The Steel Wheels roll with transition
Going from “weekend warriors” to full-time musicians happened at some undefinable point in the last couple of years for members of the Virginia-based band The Steel Wheels. READ
Elton John to perform solo concert in Red Deer
The man who wrote Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is about to say “hello” to Red Deer. READ
Unknowns of ‘Chronicle’ edge Radcliffe
Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the world’s most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office. READ
Russian paratroopers’ unlikely protest song hits a chord
The most popular protest song in Moscow today comes from burly men in blue berets, unlikely heroes of a peaceful middle-class movement challenging the strongman rule of Vladimir Putin. READ
Country music shrine is renovated
Workers have begun stripping away history at Ryman Auditorium. READ
Catching the big break
In a case of life imitating art, Red Deer’s Jennifer Rider-Shaw is getting her big break at the Stratford Festival this summer by playing the lead role in a musical about a young woman getting her pivotal moment in the spotlight. READ
Red Deer's Rider-Shaw gets her big break
In a case of life imitating art, Red Deer’s Jennifer Rider-Shaw is getting her big break at the Stratford Festival this summer by playing the lead role in a musical about a young woman getting her pivotal moment in the spotlight. READ
RDC staging puts a distinctive stamp on a gender-bending comedy
Bring on the lace-up corsets, neo-Victorian goggles, and plenty of cranks and gears. READ
Getting to the root of superficial
Steph blows up her too-comfortable, four-year relationship with her boyfriend Greg over a thoughtless remark he made about her. READ
The Grey delivers a story of misfits
Once more into the fray Into the last good fight I’ll ever know Live and die on this day ... READ
‘Soul Train’ host dead at 75
Don Cornelius, the silken-voiced host of TV’s Soul Train who helped break down racial barriers and broaden the reach of black culture with funky music, groovy dance steps and cutting-edge style, died early Wednesday of an apparent suicide. He was 75. READ
Window on creativity
The band with no name has finally come up with one after an Internet campaign. But musicians Jesse Dee of Red Deer, Jacquie B of Fort McMurray and their new official third band member, Matt Blackie of Toronto, are sitting on their new moniker until they can release it along with a new single. READ
Entertainment briefs - February 1
Paula Abdul says she’s leaving The X Factor after one season as a judge on Simon Cowell’s singing contest. READ
The wages of apathy make for great comedy at CAT
A novice politician who casually throws his hat into the election ring is surprised to be voted into office, in the next Central Alberta Theatre comedy, Booster McCrane, P.M. READ
All kinds of good reasons to sit this one out
It’s just human nature. If you tell someone — especially teenagers — that they should take a pass on a movie like The Sitter, they’re only going to want to see it even more. READ
Spielberg star loves rolling in dirt
One star of Steven Spielberg’s latest epic likes to end his work day by rolling around in the dirt, kicking his legs in the air and flaring his nostrils. READ
Director at a loss for words after Oscar nod
Canuck movie-makers feature prominently in Oscar’s surprise-packed nomination list, including Quebec director Philippe Falardeau, who says he shrieked and leapt into his producer’s arms when Monsieur Lazhar was shortlisted for best foreign-language film Tuesday. READ
