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Article content After a global search, Alberta Ballet has found its next artistic director, an Italian choreographer with world experience in both classical and contemporary ballet.

Owners Erwin Widmer and his wife, Lorraine Widmer-Carson, will serve their last meal to customers on May 28, as they retire and hand over the keys on June 1

DJD's dance, music event part of the High Performace Rodeo.

The sweet, almost angelic strains of Joni Mitchell's River being sung in Icelandic is a sound that pierces the heart. But hearing powerhouse pop songs in that Nordic language stirs something deep within the gut.

The Nordic Spa at Kananaskis Mountain Lodge, Autograph Collection. Courtesy, Mike Seehagel, Travel Alberta Calgary

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Article content Enough no more; Tis not so sweet now as it was before. Article content No one could lament it better than the Bard himself.

Article content Still two years from re-opening, the Glenbow continues attracting interest and investment in its future as Calgary's premier museum.

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