PREVIEW: It’s all going Pete Tong at Oil City Roadhouse
It’s one of those weekends, folks: a crazy number of interesting musical gigs around town to choose from, in just about every venue. Heck, it’s so busy that Blues festival circuit regular Morgan Davis is playing a BAR — it’s Rusty Reed’s House of Blues on 118 Avenue, by the by. But our vote for […]
Entertainment Today for Thursday, July 21
Gig City rounds up the top entertainment headlines twice daily. Cheap Trick ‘crawled’ out from wreckage – Calgary Herald [New Window] Cheap Trick got a few songs in prior to the stage collapse at the Ottawa Bluesfest Sunday. At the outdoor concert’s finale Sunday night, Cheap Trick had just finished performing its hit song, .. […]
Entertainment Today for Tuesday, July 19
Gig City rounds up the biggest stories from across the web. Check back for updates twice daily! What’s next for Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony? RealityTV! – Calgary Herald [New Window] CBC.caWhat’s next for Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony? RealityTV Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:48:57 How the Ottawa Bluesfest stage came down – and why […]
Entertainment Today for Sunday, July 17
Gig City gathers the top entertainment headlines daily. Check back for updates later in the day. Rainbow: Fans imagine life without Potter – Omaha World-Herald [New Window] There’s always been something Potter-related to look forward to. For fans as young as Carly, who just graduated from Duchesne Academy — and even for fans in their […]
The two-dimensional benefits of Warhol’s soup
Today, we pose a question for debate and discussion: Is Andy Warhol’s influence as an artist as important as the impact his most famous work has had combatting hunger? Warhol understood fame is fleeting, no matter who you are. Like Alvin Tofler and other influential people of his era, anonymity is the eventual reality for […]
Entertainment Today for Saturday, July 16
Gig City rounds up the latest showbiz headlines and links every day. We update twice daily. Movie marks the end of an era for Island Harry Potter fans – Victoria Times Colonist [New Window] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows — Part 2 marks the end of a decade-long film series and the end … […]
Entertainment Today for Saturday, July 9
Gig city updates the top entertainment headlines twice daily so check back for the latest story links. Harry Potter fans – Ottawa Citizen [New Window] Nineteen-year-old Jamieson MacKay remembers the Citizen photograph shot by Brigitte Bouvier in 2001 at Briargreen Public School in Nepean to illustrate a story about a release delay for the fifth […]
Entertainment Today for Friday, July 1
Blow things up! A defense of ‘Transformers’ – msnbc.com [New Window] It’s a movie about giant robots, people — this is not supposed to be a weepy Oscar-nominated drama. By Michael Avila I didn’t want this, didn’t ask for it, but I’ve been backed into a corner. I must come to the defense of … […]
Edmonton’s new poet laureate grounded in city’s blue-collar vibe
When Anna Marie Sewell moved to Edmonton in 1985, she probably had no idea her strong cultural identity and background – a central theme to her 2009 collection Fifth World Drum – would also make her the perfect canidate for city poet laureate one day. Sewell is considered status aboriginal, and we have one of […]
Entertainment Today for Sunday, June 26
Canada showcases Indian film awards – CBC.ca [New Window] Salman Khan’s Dabangg took an early lead Saturday night at theInternational Indian Film Academy Awards, with the blockbuster Bollywood action film scoring five trophies at a glittering gala at Toronto’s Rogers Centre. The film captured a trio of … Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:41:22 Lieutenant-governor will […]
Entertainment Today for June 17
Every day, Gig City rounds up some of the top showbiz stories and links. Check back for updates. J.K. Rowling previews mysterious ‘Pottermore’ site [New Window] Harry Potter fans, already an excitable bunch, are in a tizzy over a mysterious new website from series creator J.K. Rowling that hints at future Harry Potter-related content. Fri, […]
