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Hannah Jamal (L) plays the mother of her younger sister Ayla (R) in Laura Secord Secondary School's Mamma Mia! (photos by Mike Balsom) You might say Hannah Jamal is getting a bit of a promotion, from older sister to mother, in the upcoming Laura Seco

Niagara-on-the-Lake resident and one-time Oscar Peterson protege joins Jeff Hamilton, Dave Young and Ulf Wakenius on April 30 for a Bravo Niagara International Jazz Day show April 30 at the First Ontario PAC.

Christyna Prokipchuk (right) donates the art of Pysanka, or decorating Ukrainian Easter eggs, to Royal Oak Community School students, teachers, and volunteers at St. Mark's Church, just in time for Ukrainian Easter, on Sunday, April 24.

Jan Lisiecki, now 27, signed a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon at just 15 years old. (Christoph Kostlin) Four-plus months, 12 countries and more than 30 cities.

Leg Julie Van Horne, Steve Goldberger and Rayburn Blake were regulars at the legion sessions, and played at the last one before the COVID shutdown.

Assistant Curator Shawna Butts at work with NOTL Museum artifacts.

Tomorrow's Voices St. Davids resident Todd Green knows the benefits of choir singing. After all, the Brock University Goodman School of Business professor has researched them thoroughly.

Tom Rooney as Cyrano and Deborah Hay as Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac. (Photo by David Cooper) It’s fitting that Shaw Festival’s first 2022 presentation in one of its signature theatres is a play that was part of its last pre-pandemic full season.

Barbara Worthy The Academic and the Actress: A discussion of six decades of the Shaw Festival, was held virtually recently between two theatre experts.

Charles Richard-Hamelin will perform at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in April. (Photo supplied) The spring 2022 Bravo Niagara! Festival season gets underway next Saturday, April 2 at 7 p.m .