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The Edmonton Music & Speech Arts Festival begins next Monday, giving thousands of music students, actors, musicians and music lovers the opportunity to perform and improve their craft. This year the performances will be held at MacEwan University – Alberta College Campus (10050 MacDonald Drive NW), Robertson-Wesley United Church (10209123 Street NW), the Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre (8426 Gateway Boulevard NW), and Archbishop MacDonald Catholic High School (14219 109 Avenue NW). This festival runs April 15- May 1, 2024. For more information please visit www.emsaf.ca.

April is National Poetry Month, and this year’s theme is WEATHER! Much of scripture is written as poetry, and gives voice to the emotional, mental and spiritual experiences of our lives. If you want to do something special for National Poetry Month and need some ideas, check out the League of Canadian Poets (poets.ca/npm), or take some time to search at the library or online to learn more about poetry in April.

The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, a play about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, is now on at the Citadel Theatre and runs until April 21. From the website: “On April 3, 1968, after delivering one of his most memorable speeches, an exhausted Dr. King retires to his room at the Lorraine Motel while a storm rages outside. A mysterious stranger arrives…” For more information and for tickets, please visit https://citadeltheatre.com/shows/23-24-mountaintop.