LIT: ‘Geek moms’ sally forth into fantasy publishing adventure
Running a publishing company has always been a crapshoot – and with the advent of e-books, the ease of self-publishing and the closing of major and minor bookstores across the continent, things are even crappier in the book publishing business. But that didn’t stop two Alberta moms from taking a plunge into it. Tina Moreau, […]
WHAT’S SO FUNNY: More swords and sex than usual in Die-Nasty Soap-a-Thon
The annual Die-Nasty Soap-a-Thon – running continuously this Friday through Sunday at the Varscona Theatre – has chosen “Game of Thrones” as its theme this year. But don’t worry, it shouldn’t be any harder to follow than any other 50 hour marathon of improvised comedy. The inexhaustible Mark Meer – who once again is expected […]
CCMA Male Artist of the Year Dean Brody hits town in January
Hot on the bootheels of winning Male Artist of the Year at the CCMAs in Saskatoon on Sunday, Dean Brody is hitting the road for the fans who put him there. The originally B.C.-now Haligonian singer will perform Thursday, Jan. 31 at the Winspear Centre. Tickets go on sale Friday. Brody is hitting theatres across […]
Horses work to tell the story of their own domestication in Cavalia
The horses nuzzle their trainers affectionately, they object when you stop scratching them, they roll around on the ground like giant dogs – it sure seems like the stars of Cavalia are having a great time. But we never know, do we? We can only guess. It’s no stretch to imagine that these well-hung stallions […]
FILM REVIEW: Your Sister’s Sister a rom-com with a difference
If you like the idea of cast and crew working together to make a film unique in both story and performances, you’re not going to find one much better than “Your Sister’s Sister,” starting at the Metro Cinema this weekend. It’s that ensemble spirit, the honesty and sincerity of the performances, and the refusal of […]
CONCERTS: Rihanna returns to Rexall Place this spring
What a big day for concert announcements. On top of the “major historical concert event” revealed at a Mayor’s press conference on Friday, Rihanna is coming back to town this spring. She’ll perform at Rexall Place on Wednesday, March 27. Tickets go on sale Saturday, Sept. 15. Known for sexy pop-dance songs like S&M – […]
COMMENT: Booking fiction star at nonfiction festival is hypocritical opportunism
For the first time since it changed its focus to non-fiction in 2006, Litfest has opened the door to fiction – big-time fiction. The 2012 version of the event – Oct. 17-28 at venues around town – will feature Alexander McCall-Smith, the author of over 50 novels, including the highly successful “No. 1 Ladies Detective […]
Kaleido festival to transform Alberta Avenue into Fringe of the North
Look up. Look wa-a-a-ay up. Just try not to walk into a lamppost as you are serenaded by live music being played from the rooftops along Alberta Avenue during the Kaleido Family Arts Festival. And that’s just one treat in a cornucopia of artistic endeavours for both enjoyment and participation, running all weekend in and […]
EDMONTON RADIO: Peter Brown is the smart one
Peter Brown just missed out on becoming an actor when he realized “I wasn’t talented enough to make it fast and I didn’t love it enough to be a waiter and make it slow.” So then he fell back on narrowly avoiding a PhD from Cambridge University, deked around the opportunity to work for the […]
FOOD: Brooklyn Tomato neither Brooklyn nor tomato – just great Vietnamese
Not since Le Charles Mansion has a Vietnamese restaurant been so woefully named. I really meant to ask the server at Brooklyn Tomato (8205 83 Street, 780.756.6688) what that borough and that fruit-vegetable had to do with pho or bun or cha gio. Then I got distracted by the huge bowl of food they put […]
Party Under the Dome: you paid for it, you might as well enjoy it
In some of the more mature – meaning “old” – countries, celebrating the 100th anniversary of a building would seem rather gauche. Maybe 150 years, certainly 200, but a mere Century? Please. But this is Alberta, where we have a different concept of what constitutes old. Here, the centennial of a building is reason to […]
