Local Entertainment

‘Triple Fanfare’ exceeds expectations

Three trumpet soloists and four centuries of music created a triumphal RDSO Triple Fanfare concert Saturday night at the Gaetz Memorial United Church.

From the first moment Red Deer Symphony Orchestra patrons heard trumpets sounding Benjamin Britten’s Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury from different corners of the acoustically favoured church, they recognized an extraordinary musical experience. READ

Storyteller’s yarns keeping Inuit culture, values alive

Inuit elder Peggy Richardson tells stories to teach the traditions and the values of the Inuit culture. READ

Students hosting play

Students at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School will stage the play Beauty and the Beast today and Saturday. The show is at 7 p.m. at the Red Deer Memorial Centre. Tickets are $7 each or $20 for a family. READ

April Wine to play Red Deer on April 2

A rock band that was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2009 will perform in Red Deer on April 2. READ

‘Good-time family band’ to play The Hideout

Saskatchewan bluegrass band Johnnie Ninety-Nine is bringing a piping-hot batch of countrified songs to Red Deer this week. READ

Harmonic harp

Gregory Sawisky plays his Celtic harp while making jokes for patrons of the Cornerstone Dining Room at Red Deer College Tuesday night. READ

Clever comedy from CAT

You know you’re in Canada when a crazed U.S. zealot storms Parliament Hill, shoots up the prime minister’s office, and the first thing he hears is, “Is that gun registered?” READ

Red Deer fan been waiting a long time to see Elton John

Fans didn’t let the sun go down on ticket sales to Elton John’s April 25 Red Deer concert. READ

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. 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

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

Roots shows are coming: First Friday concert series starts Friday

Several live roots shows coming our way over the next several weeks; get out and support independent artists. 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

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