Entertainment

Céline Dion’s heart will go on in Paris — and so will her shows. The Quebec pop icon says she’s adding six additional dates to her comeback run in the French capital. Last week, Dion announced her return to the stage with a 10-show run in Paris this September, following a prolonged break after being [...] Read More »

Hallways, generally speaking, are not places you want to be in the movies. You can be just strolling down one when, all of a sudden, elevator doors open up and a river of blood comes flowing out. They are often corridors of violence — the site of the hammer rampage of “Oldboy” or the rotating [...] Read More »

Audible best-sellers for the week ending April 3: Nonfiction 1. Strangers by Belle Burden, narrated by the author (Random House Audio) 2. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, narrated by the author (Audible Studios) 3. The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur C. Brooks, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 4. Phases by Brandy, [...] Read More »

You’ll never say you didn’t hear them coming: tap shoes, where plates are added to the soles allowing the wearer to make music with each step. They’re the required equipment for the syncopated beats and rhythms of tap, which has been dubbed America’s dance. The development of the click-clacking, feet-as-instruments art form traces its roots [...] Read More »

Throughout the six-season run of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” dread hung over the series like a perpetual rain cloud. It made sense because the U.S. had turned into a totalitarian society called Gilead where women were stripped of their rights. In “The Testaments,” debuting Wednesday on Hulu, Gilead is still Gilead — but there are glimmers [...] Read More »

After focusing on comedies for the bulk of the past few seasons, Medicine Hat Musical Theatre is stepping back into the world of drama with 12 Angry Men, and it does not disappoint. Opening tonight for the first of six shows, 12 Angry Men give the local playhouse room to flex its more serious muscles, both [...] Read More »

Every day my first order of business is to turn on my computer and review what tickets have been sold on TIXX.ca over the past 24 hours – this information is vitally important to every part of the rest of my day. Although choosing and securing entertainment for the Esplanade is fun and exciting, there’s [...] Read More »

“We know our successes are even bigger than what the public sees.” This was a part of a conversation with a colleague recently, and it made me reflect on some of the auxiliary pieces of my job. My title as Food and Beverage Manager can be a little broad, especially with how many different events [...] Read More »

As Event Services Coordinator for the Community Development Department, I’m sometimes asked what I do. My main role is managing rentals at our facilities. At the Esplanade I book meeting rooms, theatre rental shows, children’s birthday parties and weddings. At the Cultural Centre I book the city’s rooms for non-profit organizations such as studio space [...] Read More »

Who’s ready for some camp at the cabin in the woods? Medicine Hat Musical Theatre’s production of Evil Dead The Musical premieres tonight at 8 p.m. with its first of nine shows, promising plenty of laughs, a touch of shock value and an overall bloody good time. Based on Sam Raimi’s cult classic film trilogy, [...] Read More »