The Edmonton Events List: Silver Skate turns Laurier Park into an outdoor art playground Feb. 7-17

Those of us who haven’t already bought land and fled to Florida forever are by now surely a hearty bunch, and here we have our third outdoor family festival of the year already — Edmonton’s longest-running one!

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Silver Skate starts Friday at Laurier Park, celebrating its 35^th anniversary with the conceptual The “Away” Project, in which large-scale art and design instalations will be made out recycled materials otherwise destined for the metaphorical Death Star trash compactor along the Folk Trail.

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This will include a giant abstract whale, a mini mountain range and a house you can actually enter — costumed characters roaming about like (speaking of Florida) a Disney theme park 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Fridays through Sundays of the fest’s 11-day run.

Beyond this are literally dozens of activities, including music, outdoor burns, snow sculptures, seasonally appropriate racing, Cabane à sucre, winter cinema, various craft workshops and pretty much anything else you can think of you might want to do in the snow — bring your skates if you want to join in.

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Public skating starts at 11 a.m. daily, festival programming at noon on weekends, 4 p.m. during the week.

I heartily encourage you to check out the full schedule for Silver Skate, bundle up and go have some fun. It’s at silverskate.ca, and of course, the whole thing is free, and donations of support are accepted.

And yes, leashed dogs are allowed — BYOB (bags)!

The List is published online every Thursday. If you have events you’d like amplified or have any corrections or updates, please email fgriwkowsky@postmedia.com.

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Art/Design

Thru 2/8: 2024 Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada (FAB)

Thru 2/9: Here to Tell: Faces of Holocaust Survivors (AGA)

Thru 2/17: A Look Within: The Vision of Alberta Collectors (AGA)

2/18: A Muppets Valentine’s Paint Night (Buckingham)

2/19: Jai Tanninen: Anthems (Aviary)

Thru 2/22: Andrzej Maciejewski: Ephemeral Fields, Freyja Catton: The Apathecary (Harcourt)

2/27-28, 3/31: Design Student for a Day (Allard Hall)

2/28: Seniors’ Tour: Black History Month (AGA)

Thru 3/1: Probably, Plausibly, Possibly (AGA)

Thru 3/8: Knowledge Made Concrete: 100 Years of Teaching and Collecting (AGA)

Thru 3/15: Elsa Robinson: The Garden (Art Gallery St. Albert)

Thru 3/16: AGA100: Free for All Anniversary Wall (AGA)

Thru 3/29: Sydney Frances Pascal: kw7íkwl̓acwmíntsinlhkan / i dream of you (Mitchell)

Thru 4/13: Ekow Nimako: Building Black Civilizations — Journey of 2000 Ships (AGA)

Thru 4/26: Bonnie Conly: Force Field (Art Gallery St. Albert)

4/27-5/11: Jim Visser: Varying Visions (Bugera Matheson)

5/19-6/1: On the Walls This May group show (Bugera Matheson)

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Thru 6/22: Connections (RAM)

Books/Lectures

2/8,15,22, 3/1,8,15: Indigenous Storytelling Series (Fort Edmonton)

2/9: Script Salon: Lynda Celentano’s Giorgi of the Jungle (Holy Trinity)

2/10: Classics Book Club — George Eliot: Middlemarch (Audreys)

2/13: An Evening with Historian Laureate Donna Coombs-Montrose (RAM)

2/14: On This Land poetry night (Paper Birch)

2/19: Matthew Scace: Jasper on Fire launch (Audreys)

2/24: Classic Book Club — Teju Cole: Open City (Audreys)

3/31: Classic Book Club — Joanna Biggs: A Life of One’s Own (Audreys)

4/3: Alan Cross: The Ongoing History of New Music (Buckingham)

4/28: Classic Book Club — Taffy Brodesser-Akner: Fleischman Is in Trouble (Audreys)

5/5: David Sedaris: An Evening With (ECC)

6/19: Jesse Thistle: Kindness – The Stars That Light Our Way (Horowitz)

9/9: Peter Mansbridge: in Conversation (Horowitz)

Comedy

2/7: Al Simmons (Arden)

2/7: Rachel Schaefer (Grindstone)

2/7-8: Lori Ferguson-Ford (Yuk Yuk’s)

2/7-8: Sugar Sammy (Comic Strip)

2/9: Just for Laughs Showcase (Grindstone)

2/13-15: Kam Patterson (Comic Strip)

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2/14: Kamal Alaeddine (Grindstone)

2/14-15: Dan Brodribb (Comedy Factory)

2/16: The Debaters Live on Tour (Winspear)

2/27-3/2: Jason Cheny (Comic Strip)

3/6-8: Michael Rapaport (Comic Strip)

3/8: Rahul Dua (Horowitz)

3/10: Foil Arms and Hog (Winspear)

3/13-16: K-Von (Comic Strip)

3/20-22: Steve Simeone (Comic Strip)

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3/21: David Cross: The End of the Beginning of the End (Midway)

3/23: Rachel Scanlon (Comic Strip)

3/24: Darcy & Jer: Average at Best Tour (Winspear)

3/28-29: Drew Dunn (Comic Strip)

4/6: Ari Shaffir: The Farewell Tour (Horowitz)

4/19-20: Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer (Winspear)

4/25: JR De Guzman: Boyfriend Material (River Cree)

4/29: Jessi Cruickshank: Now That’s What I Call Live Tour (Horowitz)

5/3: Gerry Dee: Funny You Should Say That (Jube)

Exhibits

2/23: Dark Star Comic and Toy Show (Royal West Hotel)

3/8-9: Edmonton Pet Expo (EXPO Centre)

Thru 3/30: Paranormal Tours (Fort Edmonton)

Festivals

2/7-17: Silver Skate Festival (Laurier Park)

2/7-17: Sweet Treats & Latte Festival (Old Strathcona)

2/8: 2025 Winter Blues Festival w/ Kenny Blues Boss Wayne, Kirby Sewell and the Blue Serenade, CAM Students (St. Basil’s)

2/15: Mercy Funk, Dana Wylie, Kena Léon: Lovefest 2025 (Aviary)

3/19-25: Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival (Orange Hub)

3/23-30: Springboards New Play Festival (Gateway)

4/10-12: Shumka Dance Festival (Jube)

5/9-10: Fascinasian Film Festival

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5/20-25: From Cradle to Stage (Walterdale)

6/18-22: Sled Island Music & Arts Festival (Calgary)

6/20-22: North Country Fair (Joussard)

7/11-12: Rockin’ Thunder Music Festival (Exhibition Lands)

7/18-20: The Great Outdoor Comedy Festival: John Mulaney, Jim Gaffigan (Kinsmen Park)

7/24-27: Calgary Folk Music Festival (Prince’s Island Park)

8/7-10: Edmonton Folk Music Festival (Gallagher Park)

8/14-24: Edmonton International Fringe Festival (Old Strathcona)

9/19-21: Edmonton Comic & Entertainment Expo (EEC)

Film

2/7, 9, 11, 13: Universal Language (Metro)

2/15: Black Resistance: Celebrating Black Art and Film (Orange Hub)

3/2: EIFF/Maria Manna 2025 Oscars Viewing Gala (Matrix Hotel)

3/10: UKE: The Untold Story of Hockey Legends (Ford Hall)

5/9-10: Fascinasian Film Festival

7/14-27: REELING: Dance on Screen (Mile Zero)

Music

2/6: ESO Classics: Schubert Strauss & Saint-Saëns (Winspear)

2/6: Palaye Royale (Midway)

2/6: Vanity Hour, Future Down, Privy Vault, Zerchronika (Temple)

2/6: The Whats, Reign of Error, Wine Stained Lips (Dive Bar)

2/7: The Black Opry (Arden)

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2/7: Biboye Onanuga Blacktet: J Dilla Tribute (Yardbird)

2/7: ESO Pairings: Piano & Prosecco (Winspear)

2/7: SPURR, Syphon, The Truth, Hate Mission (Temple)

2/7,21: The Country Legends Experience (Starlite)

2/8: 2025 Winter Blues Festival w/ Kenny Blues Boss Wayne, Kirby Sewell and the Blue Serenade, CAM Students (St. Basil’s)

2/8: CONDEMNED: DJ Blue Jay fundraiser (Dive Bar)

2/8: Morgan Hanna (Yardbird)

2/8: Dear Rouge (Midway)

2/8: Cayley G’s Rainbow Rodeo, Rachel Nichole, Micah Sage (Aviary)

2/8: Catherine MacLellan (Parkview)

2/8: Peach Pit (ECC)

2/8: Schumann Quartett (Robertson-Wesley)

2/9: Aaron Goodvin, Dan Davidson, Jake Matthews, Kelsi Mayne, Olivia Rose (Festival Place)

2/9: Opal in the Sky, Gutter King, Tidebringer, Gaffwood (Temple)

2/9: Charlee Queen XO & Friends: The Queen’s R&B Hip Hop Cabaret (Yardbird)

2/11: Jeremiah McDade hosts Tuesday Jam (Yardbird)

2/13: B-Sides (Winspear)

2/13: Garden of Ash, Sumptorium, Mania (Temple)

2/14: Dave Babcock’s Soul Jazz on Valentine’s Day (Yardbird)

2/14: Brain Stem, Balrogath (Dive Bar)

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2/14: Edmonton Opera Valentine’s Gala (Hotel Mac)

2/14: ’80s Prom Valentine’s Dance (Grindstone)

2/14: Ellie Heath (Salisbury Greenhouse)

2/14: Emo Night North: Check Yes, Juliet (Starlite)

2/14: Kaia Kater (Arden)

2/14: Lovers Ball: LSB & DRS, Obscene, Luk Peers, Logo, Gospel of Her (Temple)

2/14: Terry McDade: All Canadian Pop Hits (Harvest Room, Hotel Mac)

2/14: New West (Midway)

2/14: Old Man Luedecke (St. Basil’s)

2/14: Skinny Dyck, Chris Acker (Aviary)

2/15: Basia Bulat (Arden)

2/15: Classic Albums Live: U2’s The Joshua Tree (Winspear)

2/15: King Thief album release, Creature//Conspire, Hangxiety (Buckingham)

2/15: Mercy Funk, Dana Wylie, Kena Léon: Lovefest 2025 (Aviary)

2/15: Wafer Thin Mints (Black Dog)

2/16: Foundation: A Tribute to Art Blakey and the Messengers (Yardbird)

2/16: The Sea Men, Three Piece Frankenstein, Avrey Cochrane (Blakbar)

2/18: Chen Plays Bach and Saint-Saëns (Winspear)

2/18: Benjamin Caulfield hosts Tuesday Jam (Yardbird)

2/18: Noise Café #13: Jared Epp, Quillmage, Cardadad, New Chrome Mennonites (Aviary)

2/19: Leif Vollebekk (Midway)

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2/20: Our Lady Peace, Collective Soul (Rogers)

2/20: REVERA, Velvet Concord, Burning Starships, The Fashionably Sick (Aviary)

2/21: Apocalyptica plays Metallica Vol. 2 Tour (Midway)

2/21: Louise Dawson (Yardbird)

2/21: Tatara, Lacerator, Filthe, 1312 (Aviary)

2/21-22: ESO Classics: Tchaikovsky & Scottish Fantasy (Winspear)

2/22: Celtara (Parkview)

2/22: Decapitated, Incantation, Darkest Hour, Exmortus (Starlite)

2/22: Paul Jensen (Black Dog)

2/22: Mini Pops Kids Live (Festival Place)

2/22: Mother Mother, Cavetown, Cannons (Rogers)

2/22: Pearly Moon, Witch Victim, Dot Cardigan (Aviary)

2/22: Saint and the Full 100 Band (Yardbird)

2/23: Edmonton Youth Orchestra: Thelma Johannes O’Neill Memorial Concert (Winspear)

2/27: Colin James: Chasing the Sun Tour (Jube)

2/28: Love Empire (Yardbird)

2/28: Obroa-Skai Farewell Show, Truster, Runt, Everythingyoueverloved. (Aviary)

2/28-3/1: ESO Robbins Pops: Epic Choral Hits from Broadway & Hollywood (Winspear)

3/1: Busty and the Bass (Starlite)

3/1: Matt Masters (Black Dog)

3/1: Matroda, Kyle Watson (Midway)

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3/1: The Rita, Garlands, F.E.W., BB3, Mossy Dole (Aviary)

3/2: Garth Field: The Michael Jackson History Show (Winspear)

3/2: Chat Pile, Gouge Away (Starlite)

3/3: Jeremie Albino: Our Time in the Sun Tour (Winspear)

3/6: Theory of a Deadman (Jube)

3/7: Sue Foley (St. Basil’s)

3/7: The Paperboys (Arden)

3/7-9: ESO: The Lord of the Rings Symphony (Winspear)

3/8: Bel & Quinn (Arden)

3/8: Marten Borch (Black Dog)

3/8: Red Clay Strays (Midway)

3/8: Women of Folkways: Dale Ladouceur, Natasha Sayer, Phyllis Sinclair, Dana Wylie (Parkview)

3/8: T.I. (River Cree)

3/9: Ignite, Death by Stereo (Buckingham)

3/9: Jason McCoy, Chad Brownlee, Jason Blaine (Arden)

3/9: The McGowan Family Band (On the Rocks)

3/11: Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (Rogers)

3/12: Goitse (Festival Place)

3/13: Devon Cole (Temple)

3/13: Lucy MacNeil (Festival Place)

3/13-14: Jelly Roll, Josh Ross (Rogers)

3/13-14: Craig Sheppard pianist recital/masterclass (Convocation Hall)

3/14: ESO Pairings: Trumpet & Tequila (Winspear)

3/14: The Irish Rovers (River Cree)

3/14: The Western Thistles (Salisbury Greenhouse)

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3/15: ESO Classics: Brahms & Trumpet (Winspear)

3/15: Long Sharp Teeth (Black Dog)

3/15: Musical Mornings: A Day at the Beach (Winspear)

3/15: Jolaine Kerley soprano masterclass (FAB 2-7)

3/17: Hermitage Green (Festival Place)

3/18: Buena Vista Orchestra (Horowitz)

3/20: Bedouin Soundclash (Starlite)

3/21: Cassie and Maggie (St. Basil’s)

3/21: ESO New Music: Celebration: The Music of John Estacio (Winspear)

3/21: Stephen Fearing & the Sentimentals (Festival Place)

3/21: Heart (Rogers)

3/21: Pam Tillis, Lorrie Morgan: Grits & Glamour (River Cree)

3/22: Aaron Ball Band (Black Dog)

3/22: Growing Roots: Folk Music from Around the World (Winspear)

3/22: Martin Kerr (Parkview)

3/22: Neon Steve (Midway)

3/22: Parmalee (River Cree)

3/23: Alexandra Kay (Midway)

3/26: The Beach Boys (EEC)

3/26: Elderbrook (Midway)

3/27: Christie Lenee, Katie Marie (Aviary)

3/27,29-30: Ravel & Gershwin: Classical Meets Jazz (Winspear)

3/29: Tony Kaye Trio (Black Dog)

3/30: Kane Brown, Scotty McCreery (Rogers)

3/31: An Evening with Tommy Emmanuel, Certified Guitar Player (Winspear)

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4/1: Rose Cousins (Festival Place)

4/1: The Music of Simon & Garfunkel (Winspear)

4/2: Led Zepagain (River Cree)

4/4: Classic Albums Live: David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (Festival Place)

4/4: Glass Tiger (River Cree)

4/4: Ndidi Onukwulu (St. Basil’s)

4/4-5: ESO Robbins Pops: Pops on Parade (Winspear)

4/5: Blue Moon Marquee (Arden)

4/5: Còig (Parkview)

4/5: Rick Reid (Black Dog)

4/7: Angela Hewitt (Robertson Wesley)

4/9: Dylan Gossett (Midway)

4/11: Andrea House (Salisbury Greenhouse)

4/11: Rum Ragged (St. Basil’s)

4/11-12: ESO Classics: Organ & Orchestra (Winspear)

4/12: Rosina Cove (Black Dog)

4/12: Kip Moore (Midway)

4/13: Chamber Music Orchestra of Edmonton: fiddler Brianna Lizotte (St. Andrew’s)

4/13: Hollywood & N9ne (Midway)

4/14: Visions of Atlantis (Starlite)

4/16: Wild Rivers (Jube)

4/18: The Alan Jackson Experience Tribute (River Cree)

4/18: Stars (Union)

4/19: A Tribute to Tommy Banks (Festival Place)

4/19: Cruz Vallis (Black Dog)

4/21: Jesse Cook (Jube)

4/21: Nelly, Ja Rule, Chingy (Rogers)

4/22: The Devil Wears Prada, Erra (Midway)

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4/23: Ehnes Quartet (West End Reformed)

4/24: Alex Cuba (Arden)

4/24: ESO Classics: Beethoven, Liszt & Piano (Winspear)

4/24: Kasador (Aviary)

4/24: Rare Americans (Starlite)

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4/26: Bush, Rival Songs, Filter (Rogers Place)

4/26: Leprous (Starlite)

4/26: Lori Reid (Black Dog)

4/26-27: ESO Classics: Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony (Winspear)

5/2: ESO Classics: The Complete Beethoven Concertos: Part 1 (Winspear)

5/2: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Farewell Tour, Kathleen Edwards (Jube)

5/3: Elton Rohn Elton John Tribute (River Cree)

5/3: ESO Classics: The Complete Beethoven Concertos: Part 2 (Winspear)

5/3: Martyn Joseph (Parkview)

5/3: Shaguar (Black Dog)

5/5: Classic Albums Live: Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers (Festival Place)

5/5: Garneau String Quartet: Enescu to the Rescue (Muttart Hall)

5/7: Kunz Plays Stravinsky, Glass & Gershwin (Winspear)

5/7: Niko Moon (Midway)

5/8: Amble (Starlite)

5/8: ESO Classics: Vivaldi, Rodrigo & The Moldau (Winspear)

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5/8: Machine Head (Midway)

5/9: ESO Pairings: Guitar & Gin (Winspear)

5/10: Funk Cove (Black Dog)

5/10: Dean Lewis (Midway)

5/14: Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Midway)

5/15: Ryan Harris (Aviary)

5/16: Dru Hill, Ginuwine (River Cree)

5/17: The Great Fuss (Black Dog)

5/17: Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic (Winspear)

5/18: Cinema Café (Winspear)

5/21-22: ESO: Hans Zimmer: Phenomenal Film Scores (Winspear)

5/24: Ziggy Alberts (Midway)

5/24: New Age Phonograph (Black Dog)

5/25: Buzz Brass: The History of Music (Winspear)

5/30-6/1: ESO Classics: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (Winspear)

5/31: The Blue Stones (Midway)

6/6: The Wallflowers (Midway)

6/6: ZZ Top (River Cree)

6/6-7: Totally 80s: Rad Retro Favourites (Winspear)

6/7: Mikayla Bortscher (Black Dog)

6/8: Richard Eaton Singers: Carmina Burana (Winspear)

6/14: ESO Special: Anime in Concert (Winspear)

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7/3: Modest Mouse (Jube)

7/20: Pierre Bensusan (Aviary)

7/24: Katy Perry (Rogers)

8/7: Tate McRae, Zara Larsson (Rogers)

8/19: Creed, Big Wreck, Mammoth (Rogers)

9/20: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Citadel Theatre)

Theatre/Dance

2/6-7: Edmonton Opera: Bluebeard’s Castle (Jube)

2/6-7: SWAN? (Grindstone)

2/6-9,11-12: An Oak Tree (Aviary)

2/6-15: King of the Yees (Walterdale)

2/7: Monty Python’s Spamalot: School Edition (Orange Hub)

2/7-15: [BLANK] (Timms)

2/8: Alberta Dance Educators Assoc.: Dance Spectacular 2025 (Winspear)

2/8: The 11 O’clock Number (Grindstone)

2/8: Fruit Loop Love Ball (Starlite)

2/8: The Prairie Improv Federation: Royal Bumble (Grindstone)

Thru 2/8: After the Trojan Women (Backstage)

2/9: The Ethereal Love Ball (Grindstone)

2/9: Live from Leduc (Grindstone)

2/9: Script Salon: Lynda Celentano’s Giorgi of the Jungle (Holy Trinity)

Thru 2/9: Bea (Varscona)

2/12-17: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Tim Ryan)

2/8: The 11 O’clock Number: Valentine’s Special (Grindstone)

2/14-15: Ballet Edmonton: Escape (Triffo)

2/14-17: The Sound of Music: Youth Edition (Festival Place)

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2/16: The Forest Song (Orange Hub)

2/19-23: Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life (Gateway)

2/20-3/9: Stewart Lemoine’s The Noon Witch (Varscona)

2/21-22: Alberta Ballet’s Dance Theatre of Harlem (Jube)

2/22-3/23: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The ’70s Musical (Maclab)

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2/26-3/2: Cirque du Soleil: Crystal (Rogers)

2/28: Ballet Kelowna: The Cowboy Act Suite & Other Works (Arden)

2/28: Top Talent Wrestling (Midway)

3/1: Connections//Collisions Cabaret (Mile Zero)

Thru 3/2: Disney’s Frozen The Broadway Musical (Shoctor)

3/5-9: Shrek the Musical (Capitol Theatre)

3/8: Ballet Edmonton: Momentum (Banff Centre)

3/11-16: Tina (Jube)

3/19-25: Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival (Orange Hub)

3/20-4/7: After Mourning — Before van Gogh (Varscona)

3/21-22: Alberta Ballet’s The Wizard of Oz (Jube)

3/22-4/13: Heist (Shoctor)

3/26-30: The Prom (Triffo)

3/28: The Zero Labs (Mile Zero)

4/1-20: Jupiter by Colleen Murphy (Roxy)

4/4-12: The Laramie Project (Timms)

4/5: Connections//Collisions Cabaret (Mile Zero)

4/9-12: Edmonton Opera: Aquarius — Songs of the Stars (Jube)

4/10-12: Shumka Dance Festival (Jube)

4/18: Thea Patterson: un-nerving (Mile Zero)

4/23-5/3: Stag and Doe (Walterdale)

4/26: The Alphabet of Awesome Science (Arden)

5/1-18: Where You Are (Varscona)

5/2-3: Ballet Edmonton: Precipice (Triffo)

5/3-25: Little Women (Shoctor)

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5/9-10: Alberta Ballet’s Don Quixote (Jube)

5/9-18: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Orange Hub)

5/11: (Rock)Stars on Ice w/ Elvis Stojko (Rogers)

5/14-6/1: Horseplay (Gateway)

5/30: Stewart Lemoine’s On the Banks of the Nut (Varscona)

6/5, 7, 9-10, 12-13: Edmonton Opera: Die Walküre (Jube)

6/20-22: Riverdance 30 — The New Generation (Jube)

7/9-19: Shakespeare in Love (Walterdale)

7/9-27: Disney’s The Lion King (Jube)

7/11-27: Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple (Varscona)

The List is published in print first Thursday of the month, updated online all the time. If you have events you’d like amplified or have any corrections or updates, please email fgriwkowsky@postmedia.com.

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