Revolution Songs, the new novel by Carissa Halton, tells a buried story — Halton’s favourite kind. The book opens on a young Annie Jalmer waiting for the blowing of the mining whistle that will signal a day of work for her father. From there, a story of labour, communism, wealth inequality and polarized politics plays out across a fictionalized community in a small Crowsnest Pass town in Depression-era Alberta.
Halton grew up in Crowsnest Pass, but the historical details embedded in Revolution Songs were something she learned of only recently. Through her storytelling, she brings that history to light — and reveals how closely it resembles the present.
Read Revolution Songs, published by NeWest Press.
Since its founding in 2013, Foote in the Door Productions, the Edmonton-based, independent musical theatre company, has a history of staging performances of popular and award-winning plays, including hits like Avenue Q and Beauty and the Beast. Starting Nov. 21, 2025 Foote in the Door returns with Guys and Dolls, their rendition of one of the most iconic musicals ever made. The show is sure to transport you back to the hustle and bustle of Old New York.
Watch Guys and Dolls at the Théâtre Servus Credit Union at La Cité Francophone.
Some years ago, a friend successfully recommended an album to me by prefacing it with the description, “It’s an album to listen to while taking a train across Europe.” I’m repurposing that phrase now with a slight amendment: View, the new album from Edmonton’s own Khotin, is an album to listen to while taking a train across Japan. Take that as more of a vibe than a literal directive — the album, after all, was recorded in Edmonton. But the airy, ambient sounds — a signature of his Area 3 project — will have you thinking you are far from home, relaxing and watching the world go by.
Listen to View on Bandcamp or stream it wherever you get your music.
