Local Entertainment

Teenage Head's Gord Lewis announced yesterday that the band's lead singer Frank Kerr, AKA Frankie Venom, had passed away of natural causes. Dubbed as Canada's answer to the Ramones, the iconic Canadian punk band formed in Hamilton, ON in 1975.

Not only are brothers Rob and Sandy Campbell (AKA The Mudpipers) an integral part of Toronto's celtic punk band extraordinaire, The Mudmen, they're also wrestlers, exceptional musicians and really, really nice guys.

Two Sault bands will celebrate the release of debut CDs coming this October. On Saturday, October 11, Loplops Gallery-Lounge (651 Queen St. E.) will host Al Wood and the Woodsmen as the band honours the launch of Mood Swingin' Blues .

The Essar Centre has confirmed this morning that Bob Dylan and his band will indeed be playing in Sault Ste. Marie on Sunday, November 9, 2008. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the show commencing at 7:30 p.m.

A confident and downright sexy Sheryl Crow happily shared a career-spanning evening of music with a near-capacity Essar Centre audience last night in Sault Ste. Marie.

Two very special exhibitions were celebrated at an opening reception Thursday evening at the Art Gallery of Algoma. Drawn Together in Algoma pays tribute to the 1918 boxcar excursion made by the Group of Seven to the Algoma region.

Critically acclaimed Canadian rising star Nathan Lawr is scheduled to perform in the Sault in the most intimate setting possible. A house concert.

Three Sault Ste. Marie-related films will be featured at the 20th annual Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival as part of its Northern Connections programming.

With the temperatures dipping drastically last night and a frigid wind blowing through the Roberta Bondar Pavilion, attendees at Froshapalooza bundled up and huddled in to take in the diverse musical line up presented by the Sault College Student Adm

The largely female audience in attendance at Wednesday night's Backstreet Boys (BSB) performance at the Essar Centre didn't care that the boys are no longer boys at all.