city eateries, and culminates
at a gala five-course dinner
prepared—with local
ingredients, naturally—
by some of Alberta’s most
sought-after chefs. For those
who want to improve their
own culinary skills, weekend
workshops offer advice on
urban gardening, sausage
making and more.
Oct. 12-15, diginstalbert.ca
ETC.
The National Music
Centre’s ode to
Canuck crooners
about art culture. The Art
Gallery of Grande Prairie has
gathered hundreds of pieces
Aural Experience
by “the travelling salesman
Studio Bell, the new home of
of Canadian art,” who
the National Music Centre,
roamed the West making
is now open. The marquee
and selling variations on the
addition to Calgary’s
same landscape—a
transforming East
lake scene framed
Village boasts
by conifers
five floors of
and snowy
exhibitions
mountains.
that celebrate
The pictures
our collective
are quaint, but
connection to
they’ve gained
songwriting,
an odd sort
recording and
of cachet and the
performance. The
artist
himself has
stories of Canadian
Jamming at
Up + Downtown
earned post-humous
musicians are a
respect for his
major focus, while
remarkable consistency.
other “stages” offer further
immersion: Step into the
Sept. 6-Dec. 11, aggp.ca
Rolling Stones’ mobile
studio; discover instruments
EAT & DRINK
like the room-sized TONTO
synthesizer; or try on
Meat Up
different vocal styles with
Coaldale, just east of
interactive software.
Lethbridge, has long been
a destination for Southern
nmc.ca
Alberta meat lovers, who
flock to Wiebe’s Delicatessen
Repeat Viewing
for its Mennonite sausages,
They may be prairie kitsch,
handcrafted with local pork.
but en masse the paintings of
Recently renovated and
Levine Flexhaug reveal much
exhibit: brandon Wallis; band: eric KozaKieWicz; sausages: Wiebe’s delicatessen
ARTS
reopened under new owners,
the store’s regional roots
remain strong. In addition
to its famous franks, Wiebe’s
also stocks other Alberta
meats plus products from
Lethbridge-area purveyors.
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wiebesdelicatessen
Local Flavour
Follow up your Thanksgiving
feast by indulging in even
more food and fellowship
during Dig In, St. Albert’s
fledgling but already muchloved “horticulinary” festival.
The gastronomic gaiety
begins with a walking tour to
A Classic Ford
Drive the North Dinosaur
Trail (Highway 838) outside
of Drumheller and you
may come across a quirk of
history. For more than 100
years, the road has spanned
the Red Deer River not
with a bridge, but the
Bleriot Ferry. Named for
Andre Bleriot, who built the
105-metre crossing’s first
timber raft, it’s now a freeto-use cable-towed deck
for up to 13 mid-size cars.
This artifact of a bygone
era is not alone: Alberta
has seven such ferries that
operate from late April to
early November.
Save with AMA
save 10% on admission
at Drumheller’s Royal
Tyrrell Museum
Dried sausages at Wiebe’s
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