End of Mirth, by Chad Huculak
Posted on January 19, 2015 By Chad Huculak Archive, Comics, Entertainment, Front Slider
Birthday for Art sakes
Posted on January 16, 2015 By Trent Wilkie Archive, Front Slider, Visual Arts
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
Posted on January 16, 2015 By Trent Wilkie Archive, entertainment, Features, Front Slider, Visual Arts
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 community devastated after Roxy fire
Posted on January 13, 2015 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, News, news, Theatre
People mourn the sudden loss of a beloved building as much as the passing of an old friend – and although no one was injured in the fire that destroyed the historic Roxy Theatre Tuesday morning, the Edmonton theatre community is in a state of shock. Words like “heartbroken” and “devastated” are prevalent in the […]
BAND PHOTOS: Who dares say cheese?
Posted on January 10, 2015 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, Music, music
In these dark times, would it kill you to smile? Yes, we’re talking to you: Gangsta rappers, heavy metal dudes and other serious musicians whose artistic expression is so important that only scowls can possibly do it justice. As for you, Bono, wipe that smirk off your face! You can’t win. Taking your band photo […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Life is a highway sign
Posted on January 7, 2015 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
Welcome to a special weekend music preview edition of WHO NAMED THE BAND. Have you ever noticed how many Alberta indie bands have names that might be found on road signs? Check it out: Whitemud Drive, Whitemud, Whitehorse (not from Whitehorse), Rural Alberta Advantage, Scenic Route to Alaska, Exit 303 (disbanded), Exits, Next Exit, Connors […]
Ryan Jespersen jumps to CHED
Posted on January 5, 2015 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, life, News, TV and Radio
We’re going to be seeing a lot less of Ryan Jespersen in the future – but we’ll be hearing a lot more of him. The 37-year-old broadcaster’s jump from City’s Breakfast Television to host of The Ryan Jespersen Show on 630 CHED is the biggest seismic media shift of 2015 so far. After a week […]
The Cat Empire plays Edmonton in April
Posted on January 5, 2015 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
Here’s a question music fans have been asking themselves for years: Is there an Australian Arcade Fire? There sure is. Arguably something of an improvement, actually, is the combo known as The Cat Empire, which blends jazz, hip hop, ska, pure pop sensibility and exotic Afro-Latin rhythms into an intoxicating sound that’s won fans all […]
End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak
Posted on January 5, 2015 By Chad Huculak Archive, Comics, Front Slider
NYE GIGS: Should Auld Lang Syne be forgot?
Posted on December 29, 2014 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? It’s a complicated question from such a sappy song we only hear once a year. Christmas carols you hear a few dozen times for a month, Happy Birthday as many times as you have family members and friends, or acquaintances, but Auld Lang Syne you […]
End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak
Posted on December 29, 2014 By Chad Huculak Archive, Comics, Front Slider