Entertainment

I knew this was going to be an interesting night.As soon as I approached the entrance of Studio A at Red Deer College Arts Centre on Thursday night, a basket of party snacks awaited me for $3.

The Advocate’s TV Today magazine has a new, larger look, starting today.The changes we’ve made to our weekly television listings package are designed to enhance its reader convenience and to provide a broader range of features.

LOS ANGELES — The widow of producer Aaron Spelling is placing “The Manor” in the exclusive Holmby Hills neighbourhood on the market for a jaw-dropping $150 million, making it by far the most expensive home for sale in the U.S.

In 1915, Jennie Hawkes became the first woman sentenced to hang in Alberta for killing her husband’s not-so-secret lover.

Redstone Grill features Tim Smith on April 4 starting at 8 p.m. Call 403-342-4980 for information.

Every performer who tours this vast country from end to end has war stories to share.One of Johnny Reid’s tales of woe involves his first gig in Red Deer six years ago. The Scottish-Canadian country singer recalled, “We pulled up in this wee U-Haul truck we’d rented and here they’d booked us at the Arlington Hotel!”

An original new composition by Red Deer’s Cheryl Cooney will make its debut at the World of Percussion Concert on April 3 and 4.

Ian Tyson strode onto stage wearing a white cowboy hat, roped in the full-house crowd with his wit and song — then got the heck out of Dodge before anyone could ask for an encore.

Phil Spector’s defence attorney told a jury in closing arguments Tuesday that scientific evidence proves actress Lana Clarkson pulled the trigger of the gun that killed her in the music producer’s mansion six years ago.

Two years after teaming up with Canadian songstress Joni Mitchell to create an anti-war show based on her music, the Alberta Ballet is collaborating with another music legend.