This week, the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced it will stage its first ever neutral site regular season game in Red Deer.The game is slated for June 19 at the Westerner Park Centrium, between the Calgary Surge and Edmonton Stingers -- and rdnewsNOW's Ian Gustafson was at the Centrium this past Wednesday for ...

The Association Canadienne Française de l'Alberta (ACFA) Régionale de Red Deer will be holding their annual Winter Carnival next week.On March 22, the free event will take place at 4617 62 Street in Red Deer from noon to 5 p.m. with activities for all ages.Alex Hebert, Assistant to ACAF Red Deer and event...

If you're a pre-wrapped sausages kinda person, you should know that the penultimate main series concert of the 2024-25 season is quickly approaching for the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra (RDSO).The show, dubbed 'If We Had a Million Dollars,' takes place March 29 at the RDP Arts Centre, and will revolve around the theme o...

Improv teams from Ecole Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School brought their best laughs to two recent provincial competitions, and walked away with medals.The Nosebowl Team secured a silver medal at the Wildfire Festival, while the Canadian Improv Games Team earned a bronze medal, highlighting the dedication and cr...

The Central Alberta Pregnancy Care Centre is preparing to host its Annual Easter Musical Production.The not-for-profit organization will present Forgiven: An Easter Story with four opportunities to attend the show on Thursday, April 3 at 7 p.m., Friday, April 4 at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 5 at 2:30 p.m., and Saturday, A...

Sylvan Lake's Brianna Lizotte is ecstatic about recently being named a Juno Awards nominee.Lizotte, who is Métis, is nominated in the category for Traditional Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year -- for her album 'Winston & I.'The album features Lizotte, who now lives in Edmonton, showcasing her craft as a...

Friends of the Red Deer Public Library -- The Friends of the Red Deer Public Library (Downtown Branch) are pleased to present Trio Brio (Cheryl Cooney, piano, Joyce Howdle, clarinet, Val Sherman, flute), who will be joined by members of the Central Alberta Chamber Orchestra. The program will consist of works by Faur&ea...

If you're looking for laughter, charm and small town mischief, look no further than Central Alberta Theatre's newest production, Opal's Million Dollar Duck. Written by John Patrick, the CAT season closer follows Desmond and Queenie, two struggling summer-stock actors who find an old painting in an antique shop and hatc...

Get ready to cut Footloose with the Lindsay Thurber theatre program!The production runs March 19-22 at the RDP Arts Centre main stage., and features a cast and crew of around 70 students."The show is so much fun, but it also carries a powerful message," said Tara Koett, director."At its core, Footloose i...

A special upcoming hockey-themed event will benefit Bridges Community Living and the Red Deer Dream Centre.The morning of March 26, the Black & White and Always Right Breakfast brings together referees, fans and community leaders for some inspiring conversation, connection and celebration.The event will be hosted a...

The Central Alberta Chamber Orchestra is excited to announce its newest concert, "Courage and Hope," a program of inspiring and uplifting music. A special guest artist, Joan Paddock, will join the orchestra for this special event, which aims to raise awareness of cancer within our communities and highlight th...

Central Alberta Chamber Orchestra -- The Central Alberta Chamber Orchestra (CACO) is pleased to announce its upcoming concert, 'Courage and Hope,' a program of inspiring and uplifting music. Special guest artist, trumpeter Joan Paddock, will join the orchestra for this special event.Two performances are scheduled:Frida...

It's Valentine's Day! Did Red Deer make PinkCherry's annual sexiest cities list? This week, Josh talks with Shamus Neeson from Canadian Blood Services in central Alberta about how NOT scary it is to donate blood, how blood donation works, and his journey to over 300 donations, plus a kidney donation (4:38)! Then, we he...

Claude Lapalme, long-time music director with the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, is once again part of a Juno Award-nominated project.Lapalme served as arranger on Marie Hubert: Fille du Roy, by celebrated Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin, which is nominated for Classical Album of the Year (Small Ensemble).Gauvin is especi...

The enchanting and mysterious world of Brothers Grimm will be brought to life this March by the Hunting Hills theatre program, as it stages Into the Woods.Shows run March 5-7 at the RDP Arts Centre."The show brings familiar characters into unexpected situations," said Piper Rempel, teacher at Hunting Hills. &...

This week, we chat with Erin Peden, long-time executive director at the Community Foundation of Central Alberta. Josh and Erin dive into what exactly a community foundation is, what her organization's priorities are, how any central Albertan or Red Deerian can help, and what it means for community to come together to m...

Red Deer Arts Council -- All About Paper Member Show! is what you can make of it. Is it a drawing, painting, or sculpture? Is it made from watercolour, construction or origami paper, for example? Is it something written or a metaphorical idea of what is paper to you? We encourage our visual arts to put on their thinkin...

Red Deer's Fairview Elementary School will benefit from a sweet event coming up just in time for Valentine's Day.The event, in its third year, takes place Feb. 15 at Festival Hall. It includes dinner, casino games, a silent auction, plus dancing, and entertainment provided by 80s band Prairie Dogz. There will also be l...

The Central Alberta Theatre is bringing the 1950s' back. With multiple show times from February 7-16, the local theatre will present Pouf! by Lou Clyde, a nostalgic situational comedy that takes place in 1958. The shows will take place in the studio theatre upstairs in CAT studios located at the Red Deer Memorial Centr...

A young musician from the Red Deer area is going to have quite the evening on Feb. 1.That's when 18-year-old Evangeline Kure will perform solo for the first time, and she gets to do it in concert with the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra.The concert, entitled 'Surprisingly Symphonic', will be RDSO's fourth main show of thei...

The Friends of the Red Deer Public Library (downtown branch) are pleased to present the Orontes Guitarists, a classical guitar trio featuring flamenco, folk and blues inspired classical guitar. The concert takes to the Snell Auditorium stage on Thursday, Feb. 6 from 12:15-1 p.m. Admission is free and attendees are aske...

Dress for Success Central Alberta is launching a new event aimed at bringing the community together to celebrate women.Power Lunch-Celebrating the Power of Women, presented by a local law firm run by Donna Purcell, as well as the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre, runs March 7, from 11:30-1:30."This event is a...

Get ready for waffles, because the Notre Dame Fine Arts Department is putting on a musical production of Shrek!From Feb. 6-8, students from Notre Dame will perform at the Red Deer Memorial Centre, with shows at 7 p.m. nightly, plus a 1 p.m. matinee on the 8th.Directed by Jennifer Cocolicchio, and starring JM Amurao, Ka...

The St. Joseph High School (SJHS) theatre crew's latest production, Big Fish. is so good, it needs Red Deer's Memorial Centre to contain it.SJHS presents Big Fish: The Musical, Feb. 27 through March 1, with evening shows every night at 7 p.m., plus matinees Thursday and Friday at 1 p.m., then another the Saturday at 2 ...

On the first episode of the Everything Red Deer Podcast in 2025, it's all about the WHL Trade Deadline, which came to pass at 6 p.m. on Jan. 9. First, host Josh Hall and rdnewsNOW reporter Ian Gustafson talk all the moves the Rebels made (00:27); then we have today's post-deadline media availability between reporters a...

Central Alberta residents are invited to a Super Bowl tailgate party this Feb. 9, in support of a local organization called Home of Hope. The event starts at 3:30 p.m., with dinner at 3:45, and kickoff at 4:30, all at Home Church Red Deer (37557 Highway 2A). Tickets are $30 in advance, or $35 at the door; that covers d...

Central Alberta Theatre (CAT) is gearing up to bring audiences Any Night, an award-winning Canadian thriller by Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn.And it poses the question to onlookers: Can you trust what you see, or even yourself?Per CAT: The story follows Anna, a modern dancer navigating the recent loss of her mother, as...

The Friends of the Red Deer Public Library (downtown branch) are excited to present soprano Angela Siemens, mezzo soprano Sharon Braun and pianist Dr. Dale Wheeler as the First Thursday concert series feature for Jan. 2, 2025.The concert runs from 12:15-1 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium in the library and admission is fre...