THREE TO SEE

MARK CLINTBERG ARTIST TALK

A subtly evocative artist with an eye for the beautiful, Mark Clintberg's exhibition Portal uses installation, textiles, works on paper and other materials to approach the archive as a queer portal for an intellectual, erotic and sensory encounter. The included works refer to elements of the regional history of non-normative sexualities, as well as text and drawings pulled from popular culture, print archives and histories associated with the nation state named

Canada. He's in conversation with Crystal Mowry for this event, bound to be thoughtful.

Details: Noon Saturday on Latitude 53's Facebook and Youtube, no charge

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

As Vicky Rogers from the Arden Theatre explains, “We put out a call to current and previous troupe members of St. Albert Children's Theatre to submit a performance that we could put together in a video. We were overwhelmed with the response. What turned out to be a one-time special has now turned into The 12 Days of Christmas.

Details: 7:30 p.m. each night through Dec. 23 at sact.ca, no charge

ISOLATION SONGS RELEASE

Like most musicians, Edmonton's Colleen Brown was taken aback by the music industry-torturing plague. Like most of us, she found solace in unexpected places. As Brown tells our own Tom Murray in her interview about her love affair with an omnichord on her new album, “It was in a dusty corner in a back room of the attic where nobody would find it.” Details: 5:30 p.m. Sunday available through sidedooraccess.com, $10