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Shawna Caspi is coming to town to sing, play guitar, and seek out the next landscape to paint. “I’ve been taking a lot of photos on this tour and I suspect that when I get home I’ll be painting lots of Alberta places,” Caspi said with a laugh.

Dave Elston, a familiar name to Cochrane Eagle readers, has released a book of editorial cartoons, the latest in a series of regional offerings from MacIntyre Purcell Publishing.

The story of the Stoney Nakoda First Nations’ near 100-year history in film is being brought to life.

Zachary Lucky’s deep voice is much like his Saskatchewan home – it fills your ears the same way the endless prairie fills your sight.

Auditions have wrapped up for Cochrane Vision Theatre’s Beauty and the Beast and the production is playing a full deck of cards.

Humanity’s quest to conquer very large rocks is a story that never gets old – even though it’s an ancient one.

Have you ever heard of WiL? No? Maybe it’s better asked if you’ve seen the Travel Alberta ads. Or the Calgary Stampede’s opening video.

What happens when you combine a nice glass of rye on the rocks stirred with a hearty appreciation of bluegrass, folk, pop and country? Ben Plotnick and Jarred Albright’s Rye & Fairy Tales is the resulting concoction.

While many kids take up swimming lessons or join the Scouts or Girl Guides, Scotty Hills was embarking on the journey to become a professional musician. At age two, Hills was trying his best to sing like Aretha Franklin or Diana Ross on the radio.

Sean Ashby has played guitar on the talk show circuit from Conan O’Brien to David Letterman, been a key player in Sarah McLachlan’s rise through the ‘90s and formed the award-winning band Jack Tripper, among other achievements.