ArtBeat | November 10 by CKUA Radio

JD Mersault confronts his insignificance in his visual art which is an extension of his yet-to-be published novel. It is currently on display at Calgary's EPCOR Centre for the Arts' New Gallery window on the +15 until November 30.

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Edmonton author Michael Hingston's days as a staffer at Simon Fraser University's student newspaper, The Peak, are long over but the experience has stuck with him and made it into his debut novel, The Dilettantes. CKUA's Megan Clark met up with Michael to talk about the strange, and strangely hopeful, work of student newspaper. The Calgary launch of the Freehand Book release is at the National Music Centre on November 21.

Commuting might inspire some to complain but for Edmonton poet Christine Falk it inspired compositions. Compositions dedicated to Jasper Avenue where she travelled daily. These poems are collected alongside photographs in her new book, First and Jasper: the love story of Jasper Avenue Edmonton Alberta. She stopped by the CKUA Studios to read from the work. You can celebrate the release of the book with her on Thursday, November 14 at the Art Stream Centre in Edmonton.

Calgary musician, Kevin Stebner, is using a Nintendo Gameboy to make music. Performing as Greyscreen he will showcase his sound art, 4 Winds, in advance of the Multimedia Sound Arts festival, Soundasaurus (November 14-16) at the EPCOR Centre for the Arts in downtown Calgary.

Daniel Evans gives a tour of his Invisible Cities; imagined worlds that challenge the possibilities and impacts of urban environments. It's on at the Art Gallery of St. Albert until November 30.

Canadian playwright, Colleen Murphy, navigates real-life tragedy to debut her new work PIG GIRL at Edmonton's Network Theatre (November 7-24) before she ventures to Lethbridge to give a playwrighting workshop (November 13 at 9am-noon) and public lecture (November 13 at 3-4:30pm).

Lemony Snicket’s new series, All the Wrong Questions, follows the terrible trails created by wrong questions. He gave ArtBeat some advice on all the wrong questions to ask at an author interview. Lemony was in the province as part of the Edmonton Public Library’s centennial celebrations. The second book is the All The Wrong Questions series, When Did You See Her Last, was published in October.

The International Downtown Association has recognized Calgary for its efforts to help residents and visitors navigate the city's core with a wayfinding system. At the same time, a group of volunteers, Edmonton's Wayfinding Project, led by Tim Querengesser, try to generate support for the same type of wayfinding in the province's capital city. CKUA's Megan Clark tells us about how wayfinding impacts the culture of a city.