Posted on June 26, 2011
By Rob Drinkwater
Culture, Visual Arts
Maybe you work downtown and really want to catch the latest exhibition at the Art Gallery of Alberta. You get out the office door swiftly at 5, but you’re hungry and need to grab a quick bite so that your growling stomach won’t echo through the exhibition halls. It doesn’t leave much viewing time once […]
Posted on June 25, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Music, The Latest
The memorial service for Gaye Delorme, who died suddenly in Calgary on June 24, will be held at the Polish Hall, 10960 104 Street, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 10. Other memorials are being planned for Calgary and Vancouver. Local drummer Greg Pretty called the death of his friend a “huge loss … he […]
Posted on June 23, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Film, The Latest
Sad news for movie nerds: Sneak Preview Video – Edmonton’s coolest and most venerable independent video store – will be closing its doors on July 20, its entire inventory of 18,000 rare and hard-to-find videos sold off. Owner Sandy Muldrew issued the following statement, a beautiful piece of prose that deserves posting the full version: […]
Posted on June 19, 2011
By Rob Drinkwater
Culture, Visual Arts
Back in 2004, Matthew Blackett figures more people knew about the buttons he sold to promote his then one-year-old magazine about urban planning and design in Toronto than actually knew about the magazine itself. The buttons featured the unique tile pattens specific to each stop on the Toronto Transit Commission subway system and they were […]
Posted on June 19, 2011
By Michael Senchuk
Culture, Music
Two buzz bands released new albums in the last couple of weeks – New York’s Cults, who have raced through the blogosphere as instant favorites, and England’s Is Tropical, slower to catch on but equally acclaimed by many critics. New York’s duo Cults – Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin (whose voice is very reminiscent of […]
Posted on June 18, 2011
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Culture, Front Slider
Matt Lisac has attacked Edmonton’s comedy scene by stealth. He did a one-man show at the 2010 Fringe, innocuously called “A New Canadian Century,” for which he appeared on stage as a kindly, bearded Christian with guitar and a story to tell. About one minute into his opening number, it became obvious that this performer […]
Posted on June 15, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider, Music
If Vancouver didn’t want it or need it anymore, why would Edmonton have any better luck hosting New Music West? “We’ve got to try, right?” says Dave Johnston of Union Events, which is handling the band showcase portion of the festival, happening July 21-23 at venues around Edmonton. “It’s an experiment. If it works, great, […]
Posted on June 15, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Culture, Front Slider, Music
When Tokyo-via-Edmonton musician Laurier Tiernan was preparing a gift to send his family back home three years ago, he had no idea he was about to stumble onto something big. “In 2008, (my wife) Eiko and I, instead of sending Christmas presents home to Canada, we decided that we were going to write a Christmas […]
Posted on June 14, 2011
By Staff
Culture, Visual Arts
Attendees of the ANDY WARHOL: Manufactured exhibit at the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) are reminded that while soup can be art, it is also food – so bring along some cans for the Edmonton Food Bank. Other non-perishable food items are also accepted, of course. One may also buy oversized novelty Campbell’s Soup tins […]
Posted on June 13, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider, Lit
Minister Faust used “Kush” to describe the African quarter of Edmonton long before it became the buzzword for pretty much any strain of high grade marijuana. The Kingdom of Kush was an area near present-day Somalia – the Horn of Africa – around 1,000 B.C. So all you potheads can stand down. The Alchemists of […]
Posted on June 12, 2011
By Michael Senchuk
Culture, Front Slider, Music
British rock and east coast folk rock are taken out for a walk and then stood on their head by two artists – the Arctic Monkeys, whose fourth album was released last week, and Cape Bretoner Carmen Townsend, who’s coming to Edmonton later this week. The Arctic Monkeys’ new album title, “Suck It and See” […]
Posted on June 11, 2011
By Rob Drinkwater
Culture, Front Slider
There was an image that appeared in just about every news story about last weekend’s protest at Churchill Square over the arena agreement between the City of Edmonton and Oilers owner Daryl Katz. It was on the placards the protesters carried — a black-and-white, stencilled portrait of Katz wearing a top hat and with the […]
