Entertainment

NEW YORK – Brothers and fellow filmmakers Ken and Ric Burns have received an honorary prize from the New-York Historical Society. The Burns siblings’ many credits together and separately include documentaries on the Civil War, baseball and New York. The brothers were presented with the society’s History Makers Award at a gala benefit Monday night [...] Read More »

NEW YORK – Author Harrison Scott Key’s comic memoir about growing up with a father of outsized presence has won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Key is a contributing editor to Oxford American magazine whose essays also have appeared in The New York Times and Outside. He wins the Thurber Prize for “The World’s [...] Read More »

VICTORVILLE, Calif. – The hip-hop rhythms of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony are too fierce to be stopped. Even by a drone to the face. The group was performing at the High Life Music Festival in Victorville on Sunday when a drone buzzed up and smacked rapper Stanley “Flesh-N-Bone” Howse in the face. He winced and grabbed his [...] Read More »

WINSLOW, Ariz. – A life-sized bronze statue of the late singer-songwriter Glenn Frey of the Eagles has been installed in the “Standing On The Corner” Park in Winslow, Arizona. It joins the statue that many feel looks like Jackson Browne that has stood in the city’s downtown area since the late 1990s. Browne and Frey [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER – Controversy-plagued filmmaker Nate Parker is expected to attend the Vancouver International Film Festival this weekend for “The Birth of a Nation.” Organizers say Parker, who co-wrote, directed and starred in the slave-rebellion drama, will speak before a screening of the film at the fest on Saturday evening. The film has been overshadowed by [...] Read More »

Stan AshbeeSouthern Alberta NewspapersEvery summer, many classic Canadian music acts travel to southern Alberta to perform at local venues to the delight of fans. Many live music fans from the county no doubt had cassette tapes, vinyl records or CDs of their favourite 1980s or 1990s bands and/or solo acts cranking in their homes, cars, [...] Read More »

Al BeeberLETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.comThere’s a new mayor in town — at least for the South Country Fair this weekend.Linda McRae, a multi-talented multi-instrumentalist and former member of the renowned Spirit of the West, is the woman of honour at the SCF which opens tonight and runs through Sunday in Fort Macleod.The veteran roots musician is well [...] Read More »

Al BeeberLETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.comDue to vacation season and staff shortages, this column has been sporadic these days with most of my time now spent on afternoon shifts putting together pages.But alas, I’m still here and although the column has been as regular as rain in California lately, it hasn’t been abandoned.With summer heating up one upcoming [...] Read More »

Stan AshbeeSouthern Alberta NewspapersThings are looking up for Michigan rockers Pop Evil, performing live at Average Joe’s Saturday. The band’s latest album “Up” will be released Aug. 21, as the new single “Footsteps” climbs rock radio charts from coast to coast.“We’re excited to finally be back in Canada. It seems like it’s been forever,” said [...] Read More »

Garrett SimmonsLethbridge Herald — LAS VEGASgsimmons@lethbridgeherald.comIt’s an event like few others in music.   For the past 17 Memorial Day long weekends south of the border, people from across North America and beyond have gathered in Las Vegas for the Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival. Just off Fremont Street, at the corner of 7th and [...] Read More »