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ATTRACTIONS AND EVENTS 31st Annual One Yellow Rabbit High Performance Rodeo – Jan. 5 to Feb. 2: Eighteen venues around the city with presentations of music, dance, theatre and comedy in this festival of the arts. Phone: 403-294-9494 or see www.
On the Town

On the Town

ATTRACTIONS AND EVENTS Calgary Zoo Zoolights Event 2016 – Thru Dec. and ending Jan. 8 (excluding Christmas Day): 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. each date. See www.calgaryzoo.com Heritage Park's Once Upon A Christmas – Weekends from Dec. 1 to Dec.
A Christmas Carol never gets old for its star

A Christmas Carol never gets old for its star

For more than two decades, Stephen Hair has been a big part of many Calgarians' Christmas traditions. Hair, 67, has played Ebenezer Scrooge in Theatre Calgary's production of A Christmas Carol for the past 22 years.
Playwright's switch to novels a prize winner

Playwright's switch to novels a prize winner

One of Alberta's most prolific playwrights is proving it's never too late to excel at something new. Eugene Stickland's debut novel, The Piano Teacher, has won him the 2016 City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell award for literature.
On the Town

On the Town

ATTRACTIONS AND EVENTS Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Nov. Events – Nov. 1 to 6: Mama Mia; Nov. 8: Il Divo – Amor & Passion Tour. See www.jubileeauditorium.com Calgary Creative Arts Guild Fall Show & Sale – Nov. 5: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Pecans hard to open, easy to enjoy

Pecans hard to open, easy to enjoy

Pecans are exquisitely delicious and full of health benefits. Pecan, by the way, is an Algonquian word meaning “a nut requiring a stone to crack.” And it is a hard nut to crack! Here are a few health benefits of pecans: Pecans are good for the heart.
Book reveals secrets of city's best restaurants

Book reveals secrets of city's best restaurants

There has never been a more vibrant time to eat in Edmonton. Long gone are the days of dated Formica cafés when waitresses would swat flies in between serving steaming bowls of chicken noodle soup and ketchup flavoured steak.
Pecans hard to open, easy to enjoy

Pecans hard to open, easy to enjoy

Pecans are exquisitely delicious and full of health benefits. Pecan, by the way, is an Algonquian word meaning “a nut requiring a stone to crack.” And it is a hard nut to crack! Here are a few health benefits of pecans: Pecans are good for the heart.
On the Town

On the Town

ATTRACTIONS & EVENTS Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium – Nov. 3 to 5: Alberta Ballet – Dracula; Nov. 7: Wuxi Song and Dance Theatre presents Red Crowned Cranes (a dance/drama); Nov. 9: Il Divo – Amor and Passion Tour; Nov. 11 to 13: Mama Mia; Nov.
GeriActors celerate aging on stage

GeriActors celerate aging on stage

Getting a lesson on how to make an eggplant salad or how to scuba dive may seem unconnected. But at the SAGE seniors centre Thursday afternoons, when the GeriActors take the floor, these are perfectly compatible exercises.