The Glamour Life On A Book Tour, Part III: Great big family
Stop 3 – Winnipeg In Winnipeg, a writer would describe Vancouver like this: “It’s big, it’s beautiful, but it’s empty of culture.” He captured my mood exactly. I like Winnipeg the instant I arrive. It’s not as warm as LA but the sun is shining, and the Bed and Breakfast I’m booked into picks me […]
FISHEYE: Hop Hip Nation
Is there anything worse than being slightly behind your camouflage time? I suppose a hip injury or something … Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir of his life in and out of the city.
The Glamour Life On A Book Tour, Part II: Van City Letdown
Stop 2 – Vancouver Vancouver is … Vancouver. It’s overcast, cool and raining. The Skytrain (above) from the airport is really nice. Can you imagine a relatively cheap LRT from the Edmonton airport to downtown? That would be fantastic. Even so, there’s an overriding melancholy to my day. When I was booking this tour in […]
The Glamour Life on a book tour
Wayne Arthurson’s latest detective novel Fall From Grace is available at Amazon and various other online locations — plus, at good old fashioned book stores. His recent book tour in Canada and the U.S. is recounted in an exclusive four-part series for GigCity. Part 1 starts in in Los Angeles. (Read: Part II, Part III, […]
South Park comes to Edmonton – sort of
It’s official – Edmonton is on the counterculture map….well, beyond being the home of Bioware and Christian Hansen and the Autistics: we’re a South Park reference. In this week’s episode, “Royal Pudding” which aired Wednesday night on the Comedy Network, the “Princess of Canada” is kidnapped at her Royal Wedding. A secret message from the […]
FISHEYE: Yeah, but where’s Waldo?
Quick, kids – get out your permanent felt markers and circle things on the screen that remind you of summer! Did you find the canoe? The hotdogs? The endless, endless, endless Edmonton potholes? Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir of his life in and […]
GIGGLE CITY: Jen Grant’s female perspective
Funny, we don’t get many comediennes for Giggle City – mainly just comedians. In fact, Jen Grant – at Yuk Yuk’s this weekend – is the first female comic we’ve interviewed for this series, not counting the fabulous Stephanie Wolfe from the Die-Nasty soap opera. Stand-up is a male-dominated industry, with only a few notable […]
Fringe Festival unveils 2011 theme – Fringeopolis!
“All great works of art come from the Metropolis,” Edmonton Fringe Festival Executive Director Julian Mayne quoted American poet Ezra Pound before introducing this year’s Fringe Festival title at a press conference today – Fringeopolis. The motif on the poster that was unveiled is a definite homage to the 1926 Fritz Lang futuristic dystopian movie […]
First class winners from fourth graders at ATB art contest
It might be time to play a new game: Are You a Better Artist Than a Fourth Grader? From the impressive results of ATB Financial’s first annual Young Artists Competition, the short answer is “probably not.” Winners of the province-wide art contest were announced today, unveiling original, Alberta-themed artwork from 31 Grade Four students from […]
YOU SAID IT: System of A Down in Edmonton
Posted on May 11, 2011 By Andrea Scharner Music
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