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Happy dance at Catalyst Catalyst Theatre trounced the competition at the 22nd annual Sterling Awards on Monday night at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre. The gothic fantasy Nevermore, conceived under the mantle of artistic director and former St.

Happy dance at Catalyst

Catalyst Theatre trounced the competition at the 22nd annual Sterling Awards on Monday night at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre.

The gothic fantasy Nevermore, conceived under the mantle of artistic director and former St. Albert resident Jonathan Christenson, scooped up seven awards including two for outstanding director and musical director.

St. Albert Children’s Theatre alumna Vanessa Sabourin’s company, Maggie Tree productions took home the outstanding independent production award for A Life in the Day. And the Theatre for Young Audiences award was handed to Alberta Opera’s production of Little Red Riding Hood. Jenny McKillop, a former Bellerose grad, starred as Little Red.

Check www.sterlingawards.com for a complete list.

The Arden Theatre celebrates its 25th anniversary in grand style this Friday. Organizers have thrown together quite a memorable bash with an exclusive concert by favourite Canadian rock icon Colin James.

Following the concert is a garden party champagne reception with the high-energy Souljah Fyah tapped to entertain for an evening dance on St. Albert Place’s patio overlooking the Sturgeon River.

“It’s our way of paying tribute to the past 25 years. It’s not just a tribute to the Arden, but to the entire arts community,” says Sherri Hinton, Arden marketing.

The concert starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $125. Call 780-459-1542.

What do you get when you throw together a radio host, a restaurateur, a drag artiste, a gallery curator and several university professors of different disciplines, and give them 10 minutes to talk about reality?

The Art Gallery of Alberta wants you to find out as nine Edmonton personalities provoke a mishmash of opinions during One Night of Reality on Friday, June 26 at 7 p.m.

The panel discussion is just a warm-up to the unveiling of the gallery’s newest exhibit REAL LIFE: Ron Mueck and Guy Ben-Ner, two artists grappling with the human condition.

The art gallery is located on Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Ave.

Freehand Books is an upstart publishing firm that grabbed international attention when their inaugural novel, Good to a Fault, by Marina Endicott won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Book Award. The rookies never looked back.

This coming Saturday, Audrey’s Books is hosting the Edmonton launch of another Freehand acclaimed fiction, Stuart Ross’s Buying Cigarettes for Dogs.

Ross, the cofounder of Toronto Small Press Book Fair, has written a collection of fiction that is surreal, provocative and highly disturbing.

The launch starts at 3 p.m. and is open to the public.

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