Local Arts and Culture

Hopefully they saved the candles from the last birthday cake. Two years after members of the Bahá'í community marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bahá'u'lláh, they are coming together once again to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of The Báb.

Ryan Snow also plays; proceeds go to Jessica Martel Memorial Foundation

Wesaketewenowuk. The seven-syllable Michif word is the very apt title for Dr. Judy Iseke’s new short documentary that will be shown on Saturday. The screening is part of a celebration of Métis culture and the launch of her new Internet resource called Our Elder Stories.

Can-Lit is St. Albert's hot ticket as the St. Albert Readers Festival continues on a rolling wave of star-studded events. This is the third and final feature previewing STARFest's list of authors set to make appearances.

For a refreshing change of pace, you could walk down to the Ukrainian Youth Unity Centre on Sunday for the inaugural YEG Ballroom Dance Festival. If you really wanted to show your style then you could waltz, foxtrot, jive, swing, tango, rumba, samba or cha cha there instead.

Durham, North Carolina in 1971 must have been an incendiary time for American interracial social politics. Best of Enemies shows us that in living colour with the backdrop of a school burning to the ground and organized white supremacists having a bit of a showdown with those who would end black and white segregation in schools.

In Lucky Day, a guy named Red (Luke Bracey) gets out of jail after a two-year stint, reunites with his woman, an artist named Chloe (Nina Dobrev), and their daughter Beatrice (Ella Ryan Quinn), a young waif who is so adorable at such a young age that she decides to only speak French, much to Red’s chagrin. If Red and Chloe sound remarkably similar to Zed and Zoe, I’m sure that’s only coincidence.

It was one of those autumn days when you start to feel the chill set in. A fine rain kept reminding all how easily those drops could turn to frozen flakes. Inside Marie Swindells’ Lacombe Park house, however, a small crowd had gathered around the hearth. It was her granddaughter Zadie's birthday and a new furnace was being installed.

Art Gallery of St. Albert Boundary Time Surface is an exhibit of works by Sydney Lancaster. Until Saturday, Nov. 2. 19 Perron St., 780-460-4310; artgalleryofstalbert.