CALGARY, AB - Report to Prime Minister praises Calgary and links creativity to
sustainability of communities

Community sustainability comes from a culture that faces challenges and adversity, seizes and maximizes possibilities, and develops creative solutions to apparently insoluble problems.

EPCOR CENTRE announces its inaugural fundraising event
Music, art, food and fashion collide in contagious creativity at C

Held in three venues within the EPCOR CENTRE, C moves guests through Calgary's home of contagious creativity while Mode Models attired by local designers move to the sounds of DJs and world music, all against a backdrop created by eclectic visual artists.

"C will highlight the collisions between passion and creativity that happen each day in all of the venues, hallways and offices within the EPCOR CENTRE," explains event chair Suzy Judson. "C is more than an average fundraiser you just attend - it'll be a party you experience. I mean, have you ever been to a party in a parkade?"

Curb: EPCOR CENTRE's Parkade - Underground and unconventional
The Parkade is the stage for a fashion moment by menswear designer, Kendall Yellowhorn. Guests will be voyeurs as they watch the shadows of models prepare for their entrance on a square runway, which frames the perimeter of the change room. Graffiti artist David Belcourt and performance artist Eddie Nyikes create exceptional works throughout the space.

Club: EPCOR CENTRE's Centre Court - Chic and contemporary

BE A LOCAL HERO - Join the Actors' Fund Team!

You are invited to join the Actors' Fund of Canada team and help the Fund to carry out its mission of providing encouragement and short-term financial aid to help film & television, theatre, music and dance professionals maintain their health, housing and ability to work after an illness, injury or sudden unemployment.

The Actors' Fund of Canada promotes excellence for performers, creators, technicians and other members of creative and production teams in all entertainment industry sectors as they strive to produce the finest live and recorded productions available anywhere.

The Fund is developing new ways to raise funds and increase its local presence in communities across Canada. To help in this effort, it is seeking a volunteer to be a key organizer and strategic advisor in Alberta & Saskatchewan as one of five members of its National Advisory Board for a one-year term.

This position offers:

· the chance to use your great skills and entertainment industry knowledge to help shape the Fund's national policies and strengthen its services in your region

The Pumphouse Theatre is pleased to announce the arrival of our new Production & Operations Manager, Chris McPherson. Chris took over this role at the start of the new year and we are very happy to have him join our team. Chris' bio and contact details are below for your information.

Chris McPherson
Production & Operations Manager
Pumphouse Theatre
(403) 263-0079 ext. 102
prod@pumphousetheatre.ca

The spring of 2006 will mark ten years since Chris received his Technical Theatre Diploma from Mount Royal College. In between his first and second years there he had his first paying theatre job as Festival Technician for Maenad Theatre's FemFest. Which took place in... The Joyce Doolittle Theatre.

Chris is back in the building again, this time as Production Manager, and hopes he knows a bit more than he did the first time. During the ten years in between, Chris has worked as a freelance technician for several theatre companies in the Calgary area, and worked as Technical Director for the likes of One Yellow Rabbit, Theatre Junction, and the Plan "B" Festival, and as Site Manager for the Calgary International Children's Festival.

The Calgary Fringe Festival is now accepting applications! This
non-juried, uncensored artistic event will feature raw and innovative local, national, and international theatrical, dance and children's productions alongside street performers, musicians, and outdoor stage events - all along Calgary's cultural corridor: 17th Avenue. As they have done for over fifty years, Fringe Festivals around the world
continue to foster an atmosphere of spontaneity, collaboration, and risk-taking. Join in the excitement by applying to be a part of
Calgary's inaugural festival, and experience our renowned hospitality, enthusiastic audiences, and tremendous artistic community!

The Festival runs August 11th-20th, 2006

APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE at:
www.calgaryfringefestival.com

The deadline for applications is January 20th, 2006

NOTE: You can do BOTH the Edmonton and Calgary festivals. We will
schedule your performances to accommodate the overlap.

The Calgary Fringe Festival is set to launch August 11th -20th, 2006 in the heart of Calgary's cultural corridor - 17th Avenue (sometimes known as The Red Mile). This non-juried, uncensored artistic event will feature raw and innovative local, national, and international theatrical productions alongside street performers, musicians, and outdoor stage events. As they have done for over fifty years, Fringe Festivals around the world continue to foster an atmosphere of spontaneity, collaboration, and risk-taking. Join in the excitement by applying to be a part of our inaugural festival, and experience our renowned hospitality, enthusiastic audiences, and tremendous artistic community.

All applications must be received no later than 5pm, Mountain Standard Time, on Friday, January 20th, 2006.

For 24 Hours, 24 playwrights charge fearlessly into the New Era Technology building to test their endurance by pounding out a new play. The participants’ thoughts will flow all night to the din of furious typing and the smell of adrenaline. The coveted prize? The winning script will be read by Calgary's own Mob Hit Productions free to the public in the BD&P Stage 2

Competition: Friday, February 17 noon - Saturday, February 18 noon
Winner announced: Tuesday, February 21
following performance of Picking up Chekhov
Mob Hit Reading: Sunday February 26 @ 7:30pm
BD&P Stage 2 - Free!

For registration and information please visit www.atplive.com !