MUSIC PREVIEW: Jazz fest ends with a bang
The second weekend of the official summer, the Canada Day long weekend, and barbeque season is well underway. The weather is looking a little spotty, so maybe after enjoying the outdoors for Fire Aid, you might want to check out an indoor venue this weekend. Or not. Your pick. This weekend’s festival of choice is […]
Fire Aid so Alberta it hurts
There’s something about Commonwealth Stadium that makes Edmontonians nostalgic for all of the big events held there throughout their lives. There’s the long list of Edmonton Eskimos’ games (are we ever going to change that name?), Grey Cups, the 1983 Summer Universiade, Oilers Stanley Cup Parades, and the visit of Prince Charles & Lady Di, […]
Romeo and Juliet jazzed up in the park
Those two lovestruck teenagers are at it again out there under the moon – which is this time hung over Hawrelak Park for a zesty, stripped-down production of Romeo and Juliet. It’s part of the Freewill Shakespeare Festival until July 16. We are told that this is the third most popular of Shakespeare’s plays and […]
Edmonton Music Awards celebrate best and brightest
It’s always such a great joy to partake in any type of celebration of awesomeness in Edmonton. Tuesday night was so exception, as this year’s Edmonton Music Award winners were announced at an all-star gala at the Winspear Centre. Where else can one see metal bands interacting with folk acts mingling with singer songwriters enjoying […]
INTERVIEW: Don’t cross David Cross
If you’ve come to the point where you trust comedians more than you trust journalists to deliver the truth, you’re not alone. David Cross feels the same way – and he’s in the thick of it. “It’s kind of a symbiotic relationship,” the 52-year-old comedian observes. “I look to Wolf Blitzer as a source of […]
REVIEW: Rustic, dated comedy pokes middle age marriage
Watching the Mayfield Dinner Theatre’s new production of Henry & Alice: Into the Wild, you may find the ear worm theme for the 1960’s rustic sitcom Green Acres rattling around in your head. “Green Acres is the place to be! Farm living is the life for me!” sings a former Wall Street millionaire – while […]
REVIEW: Stephanie Wolfe takes on Lily Tomlin
There are one-person shows that are linked to certain famous actors, such as Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain or, more recently, Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston as LBJ. In 1977, Lily Tomlin, then a recent grad from the television series Laugh In, brought her one-person show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Jazz fest a MacEwan affair
Did you know that Edmonton is crawling with monster jazz musicians on par with any in the world? It’s true. Why this is so is no mystery. Most of the heaviest local jazz cats in town make their living by teaching others to follow in their path, most at the famed MacEwan University music program […]
Meat Loaf recovers from stage collapse in Edmonton
The audience thought it was part of the act – a theatrical rock legend laying on his back to perform his big encore – but it soon became horribly real. Meat Loaf had collapsed on stage at the Jubilee Auditorium Thursday night. UPDATE: He’s going to be OK. A statement released Friday morning said the […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Porkapalooza serves gravy
In one of the most interesting evolutions of a festival that’s been seen in quite some time, the musical offerings of this weekend’s Porkapalooza went from a three-day ticketed event to being “admission by donation” in the blink of an eye. That being said, proceeds will go towards assisting Fort McMurray, so it’s a great […]
