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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
ARTS & CULTURE GUIDE with Chris Allen...Monday through Friday at 9:56am and 3:28pm,
Saturdays at 8:56am on CKUA.
Friday, July 30
The last performances of St. Aggie's 84, a
musical based loosely on Shakespeare's play Love's Labour's
Lost, are at 7:30 PM tonight and tomorrow in the Old Cycle
Building, 9131 118th Avenue in Edmonton. The cast comprises
students and alumni from the Strathcona High School Theatre
Program. For information, call Linette at 780-717-9070.
The Amici String Program presents the first annual Calgary
Stringfest, featuring artists of the Stringfest Summer
School program. The final student and faculty recital is at
7:30 PM tonight in Scarboro United Church, 134 Scarboro Avenue
SW in Calgary. Get tickets at the door.
Vocalists and guitarists Lindsay Walker and Drew Malcolm
perform at 7:00 tonight at The Carrot, 9351 118th Avenue in
Edmonton. Also at The Carrot, it's open mic night tomorrow
and every Saturday from 7:00 to 9:30. Call 780-471-1580.
The Canmore Folk Festival presents a U22 showcase
of folk singers and songwriters tonight at Communitea Café,
#117, 1001 6th Avenue in Canmore. Get tickets at 403-678-6818
or at the door, which opens at 8:30.
Vancouver's six-piece Brickhouse Band plays blues-funk
music tonight at the Shamrock Hotel, 2101 11th Street SE in
Calgary.
Call 403-290-0084.
Saturday, July 31
The Calgary Fringe Festival begins today and runs
through August 7th in Inglewood, Calgary's oldest neighbourhood.
The non-juried, uncensored artistic event features innovative
local, national, and international theatrical productions.
Get details about plays and schedules at calgaryfringe.ca.
Pavilions representing 64 nations are featured at Edmonton's
Heritage Festival, which opens at noon today and runs
through Monday, August 2nd, in Hawrelak Park. Enjoy dancing
and music; sample ethnic cuisine; shop for crafts and clothing;
or chat with people about their cultures. Admission is free
but food bank donations are appreciated. Get details at heritage-[hyphen]festival.com.
In the Helen Christou Gallery at 4401 University Drive on
the University of Lethbridge campus, Collage Aux
Folles explores collage as a both a formative creative
process and an elevated fine art technique. Artists include
Ron Kitaj, Deborah Shackleton, Takao Tanabe, and Tony Urquhart.
The exhibit is on display through August 28th. Call 403-329-2666.
Music in the Gallery blends art and music in the
evocative atmosphere of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies,
111 Bear Street in Banff. The concert on Sunday, August
1st, begins at 4:00 PM, and tickets are by donation at the
door. Call 403-762-2291.
The Trevor Tchir Band plays original acoustic music
from 4:00 to 6:00 PM Saturday, July 31st, in the Empress Ale
House, 9912 82nd Avenue in Edmonton. Call 780-758-2754.
The CKUA Arts and Culture Guide is heard twice daily,
Monday through Saturday and is compiled by Chris Allen and
volunteers Judith Johnson, Jan Doll and Matt Love. 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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