The pungent streets of East St. Louis will replace the clean Canadian Rockies air for one night in Jasper.

The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, will be at the Jasper Activity Centre on March 20, as part of Arts Jasper’s latest offering.

Director Bonnie Gratz said mounting a production of such a famous play presents new challenges, so an intense and unorthodox rehearsal regimen was put into place that emphasized memory and experience instead of lines.

His shadow simply wouldn’t shrink or grow- the sun cast it tall and lanky for hours behind him, on into what felt like the dead of night, as Kyprios marched away from a Canada Day show in the North West Territories that he’d played with fellow members of Vancouver rap crew Sweatshop Union. And as the lead MC basked in that endless solstice midnight high noon, he was struck by a swooning, sinking feeling.

What happens when two local artists have mastered the watercolour landscapes of Jasper but continue to push the artistic possibilities of the paintbrush? Now What!, a three weekend art show and workshop by artists Alan Butler and Ray Syrja.

After an attempted show last year that was held off due to family matters, Butler and Syrja are again ready to display their artwork on the walls of the Jasper Artists Guild starting with the show opening this Friday, March 5.