Local Arts and Culture

Disappearance at Clifton Hill is not a tourism ad for Niagara Falls, where the movie is set. A kidnapping is witnessed by a young girl who grows up broken because of it. Solving the crime might just be her salvation, but there's a lot of strings to tie together to do it in writer/director Albert Shin's masterful film.

Jumoke Verissimo brings poetic language and sensibility to her acclaimed début novel, a beautiful and sad story of Nigerian trauma and the unlikely friendship between two people who have secrets that are too painful to share. She will be joined by host Lisa Martin in a STARFest presentation on Saturday to mark Black History Month.

Have you wondered what happened to the importance of neighbours in our all-too-connected world? An event coming to the library on Thursday aims to help people reconnect with their communities.

An important documentary about sexual abuse is coming to Metro Cinema next week. The Pooni sisters allowed their friend, Baljit Sangra, to film the documentary Because We Are Girls to tell the world their story and give others the confidence to tell theirs, too.

You have to watch After the Wedding to really appreciate it. The underplayed 2019 film finally makes it to Reel Mondays on Feb. 24.

Art Gallery of St. Albert Nintawin features works by emerging artist Niamh Dooley. Until Saturday, March 28. Love Thy Neighbour features works by Elsa Robinson and John Kayinamura in celebration of Black History Month. Until Saturday, Feb.

Jo Roy's Sprite commercial with a message is but one of the many creative commercials being played during various screenings of the Cannes Lions 2019 reel, the first of which will be on Thursday as a fundraiser for the Ad Club of Edmonton's National Advertising Benevolent Society.

A Flat Earther meetup lands in the city on Sunday. This loose affiliation of skeptics and 'truthseekers' will gather for a robust discussion at Connor's Irish Pub.