Cyclists lament hard time peddling Edmonton nude ride
For the last few years in early June, TV, radio and newspaper reporters in Edmonton have telephoned local bicycle organizations, wondering if there will be a naked bicycle parade somewhere in the city. The annual World Naked Bicycle Ride, which is intended as a protest against car-centred culture and to promote bicycle transportation, routinely makes […]
PREVIEW: Cyclists brake for ESO show
There’s a misconception about the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra that it’s really only meant for people who earn over $100,000 a year. And there’s another misconception about cyclists that they all wear form-fitting Lycra, even the ones who ride to church. So if you combine the two stereotypes and have heard about the Bike to the […]
Obsolescence, photography, death and Polaroids
How long has it been since you smelled the chemical aroma of a Polaroid photo fresh out of the camera? Ten years? Twenty? Can you even still buy the film? (Yes and no. We’ll get to that.) Polaroid photographs generally weren’t considered art. The film and the print were the same thing so you couldn’t […]
To boldly make comedy where there was no comedy before
Inoculate yourselves, because free comedy is spreading in pubs west of downtown like a sniffle through a kindergarten. The Gas Pump, located at 10166 114 Street, is the latest establishment to offer a slate of comedians on a night which is traditionally slow in the hospitality industry – Mondays at 9:30 p.m., fitting nicely between […]
Blue Chair Don’t Swing Blue, but Lenny Bruce Lives On
Once upon a time, on a dark and stormy night in a galaxy far, far away (but still in Edmonton, strangely enough), there was only one story slam. It was at The Blue Chair Cafe and it grew to be so popular that on some nights it even had to turn folks away. But things […]
COMICS: Show-and-tell on the Edmonton indie scene
It takes bravery to draw something and then bring it to a group of more experienced artists and hold it up for their criticism. Not quite superhero bravery, but bravery nonetheless. So who shows up when a group of comic artists get together twice a month at Happy Harbour Comics on Jasper Ave. and invite […]
After 56 years, CKUA eyes move to new Alberta Hotel building
CKUA hopes to move out of the Alberta Block on Jasper Avenue and down the street into the soon-to-be-completed Alberta Hotel property, local developer Gene Dub confirms. “CKUA has made an offer on the building, but it’s a conditional offer,” said Dub, the owner of the Alberta Hotel building. “Everybody is hopeful all the conditions […]
