Follow Gig City more easily
Ah technology. Where would we be without it? Sitting in a cave, trying to start a fire with two pieces of stone, that’s where. And that wouldn’t be any fun, would it? But now thanks to the wonder of instant updating, you’ll never be stuck home alone in your cave again. Gig City has added […]
REVIEW: Blind Date a good time with a ‘bad’ girl
So I go to the Citadel Theatre box office to pick up my reviewer’s ticket for Blind Date. The ladies give me my comp and slap a red wristband on me. “The hell?!” I exclaim. “Well, she pulls someone out of the audience and she doesn’t want to be picking media,” is their matter-of-fact answer. […]
Edmonton visual artists debut shows at Latitude 53, AGA
It’s hard not to be amazed – or sometimes amused — by the manner in which visual artists try to convey their intent. After all, many of them are typical introverted artsy types at heart, as Ursula K. Le Guin once accurately noted, and not prone to self –promotion. So sometimes the descriptions are as […]
TONIGHT: Edmonton country star Adam Gregory to sing at his old high school
Adam Gregory is going to back to school. It seems that in his rush to become a big-time country music star, he missed three credits, so he has to go back and complete a math course before he can get his high school diploma, which he needs to move to Nashville. Had you going there, […]
Ruben Studdard the star on city’s Singing Christmas Tree
OK, before you American Idol fans go all loony on us, we should note that while Ruben Studdard is definitely in Edmonton for the opening of the three-day Singing Christmas Tree show at the Jubilee Auditorium this Friday, he is not putting on a concert. Expect a couple of tunes at best, and some meet […]
Karaoke rules! Thanks a bunch, Japan
Many people pooh-pooh karaoke. Ironically, a lot of those people excel at Rock Band. Like Pearl Harbor and raw fish being passed off as fine dining, we can blame the Japanese for the fad that never went away. “Karaoke” comes from the Japanese words for “kara” – meaning “empty” – and “okesurtora” – meaning “orchestra.” […]
REVIEW: With Bells On is a Christmas comedy with balls
Here’s a jolly stat for this upcoming season of stat holidays: More suicides happen this time of year than any other. Perhaps it is because we are not all receiving our tidings of comfort and joy. All the lonely people: where do they all come from? Two of them can be found in Darrin Hagen’s […]
PREVIEW: Bring on the urban cowboys
A friend of mine figures real country music is … well, if not dead, then certainly about as lively as the economics of family farming: you sure can enjoy it, but you sure can’t live off of it. He’s talking country from the old school as Canadian Finals Rodeo week kicks off in Edmonton: Johnny […]
