ElectFest 2011 hits nation
Edmonton, you’re Festival City, aren’t you? Like, if anybody’s down with festivals, it’s Edmonton. That much is painfully obvious. Well, then, Festival City, these are most certainly some exciting times we live in. Yesirree, six weeks of campaigning ends today, and tomorrow is the big, big day we’ve all been waiting for – the Grand […]
LIT: Wayne Arthurson’s killer job
Edmonton, are you exotic? No, you couldn’t be. How could a city like you, Edmonton, with your cold and snow and your northerliness and your general sense of Edmontonness be exotic? Oh sure, you made the Top 10 in that livability list of Canadian cities recently, but that’s livable; it’s got nothing to do with […]
PREVIEW: Full of love…as much as any robot can be
As you prepare your schedule of outings for the week and turn your consideration to Thursday evening, specifically Doug Hoyer’s performance at Leva Cafe, there is something you should probably know about Doug Hoyer. Is it that he studies sociology? Is it that he knows a thing or two about Walt Whitman, and in particular […]
Demonika’s celebration of the underground at The Starlite
Listen: It’s a big, big world, the underground world, and if it’s going to be an interesting one as well, interesting enough for all of us, then everyone has to do their part. Everyone’s got a thing that they can do, and they’ve just gotta do it. Some will have to dress scantily so as […]
Seedy Sunday a chance to play dirty, veg out
I don’t know about anyone else, but it’s hard to think about gardening, in Edmonton, in March. Especially after this winter. So now, even with the bit of sunshine and warm weather we’ve seen in the last few days, you look outside and see that snow and ice on the ground and you can’t imagine […]
They blinded me with Science Sunday!
As a parent, you try so hard. You do everything you can to keep your kids from getting too interested in the world around them. To raise them to be uncurious blobs is tough work that requires vigilance and dedication if you’re going to keep on top of a child’s natural sense of wonder. And […]
OBITUARY: Sayonara Westmount, an oasis of good movie seating
While you were sitting at home watching the Oscars on TV and they were doing that little montage featuring all the movie types whose work we will no longer be able to enjoy because they shuffled off this mortal coil sometime in the last year — complete with Celine Dion vocals — Westmount Centre Cinemas […]
MUSIC: Portrait of the artist as a young mogul
“It’s going to be a crazy year,” promises Joe Gurba of his plans for 2011 for his not-quite-fledgling label Old Ugly Recording Co. That isn’t to say that it hasn’t already been exciting; his profile around Edmonton has been elevated through the last two months as he’s celebrated and promoted the release of his alter […]
Art ala carte: Edmonton restaurants provide captivated audience
It’s a more common complaint than you might realize. You love food because it tastes good and feeds your body, but you crave art for the way it nourishes your soul. Some restaurants, with the way they cover their walls with mass-produced stuff? It’s enough to make you lose your appetite. But then you go […]
