George Webber is an award-winning Alberta-born photographer. He’s best known for his photos, documenting the landscape, buildings and people. He spoke with Lisa Wilton about his new book.
As the end of the year approaches, we turn the page to a few notable local reads released in 2020.
Calgary Herald arts and entertainment writer
Eric Volmers shared a few must-read books by Alberta authors with CKUA’s Lisa Wilton. The list of books includes:
The Yuletide Sessions: A Holiday Concert from Home.
The 30-minute production features classical masterworks and holiday favourites. It’s performed by aspiring singers in
Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist Development Program.
The show streams digitally on demand starting Friday until January 3rd. Lisa Wilton recently spoke with interim musical director,
Mark Morash about why presenting the Christmas show was important to the company:
The Yuletide Sessions: A Holiday Concert From Home goes online Friday at 7 pm. Tickets are $10 per household. For more information, visit CalgaryOpera.com
Theatre Calgary’s production of Charles Dickens
’ A Christmas Carol has become a tradition for many families. Each year it has starred actor Stephen Hair as the miserly businessman, Ebenezer Scrooge.
In 2020 that tradition will continue, albeit in a slightly different form. Along with fellow cast members,
Jamie Tognazzini, Stephen will be playing more than 25 characters.
CKUA’s Lisa Wilton spoke with Stephen about how it felt to get back on stage in front of cameras instead of an audience:
The show was filmed at Theatre Calgary’s
Max Bell Theatre, and will be available online starting Friday December 11th through December 31st.