Birthday for Art sakes
What do you get art for its birthday? Aside from a bitchin’ tea infuser, you probably get it some art. The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) will do just that, with a little help from some friends. Art’s Birthday is an annual event first proposed in 1963 by French artist Robert Filliou. The artist chose […]
Anderson to preview short ahead of Sundance premiere
Trevor Anderson’s return to the Sundance Film Festival will bring festival goers face to face with his short film The Little Deputy. The nine minute documentary/Western film focuses on Anderson’s quest to have his photo taken with his father. The photo, which hung in his family’s home as he grew up, was something that he […]
THEATRE REVIEW: Private Lives pithy without the stiffy
The Citadel Theatre’s version of Private Lives by Noel Coward should be prescribed by doctors to treat depression. To quote a gentleman sitting three rows back from me on opening night, “Wow, there is nothing quite like a good laugh.” My sentiments exactly. Having being written in 1930 and last produced in Edmonton in 1986, […]
THEATRE: Actor pretends to be a bastard in Private Lives
When I was very young, I wanted to be a fire truck. So, naturally, I pretended to be one. I didn’t realize it then, but I was acting. Acting is a solitary exercise. There are other actors on stage with you, and an audience watching, of course, but you’re on your own – pretending. Noel […]
