Street Fest costs money – what good festival doesn’t?
Posted on July 12, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy, Front Slider, Theatre
The health of a good festival, like any good tourist attraction, can be measured on how fast it sucks the money out of your wallet – and it looks like the Edmonton International Street Performers Festival is in the pink. This is not a complaint. It’s a compliment. This venerable busker’s fest has long been […]
Live at the Winspear announces worldly line-up
Posted on July 11, 2012 By Albert Smith Front Slider, Music
They don’t call it “World at Winspear” anymore, but they might as well. The annual winter concert series – now named Live at the Winspear – is all over the map in more ways than one. It starts with on Wednesday, October 10, at the Winspear Centre, naturally, with Angelique Kidjo, the outspoken African singer […]
Dog Whisperer to share canine secrets at the Jube in November
Posted on July 11, 2012 By Albert Smith Front Slider, TV and Radio
Come on, Lassie, come on girl, time for walkies! Time for your bath! Ow, stop it, Lassie. No, Lassie, no! Put Timmy down! Oh, God … If this harrowing scene sounds familiar, then your beloved hound may need a session with …. the Dog Whisperer. Yes, the dog people of Edmonton will be out in […]
Let’s talk anarchy: Oi Polloi makes first Edmonton appearance
Posted on July 10, 2012 By Kevin Maimann Front Slider, Music
Oi Polloi frontman Deek Allen has seen a lot of shit in his three decades with Scotland’s eminent anarcho-punk band – and he’s had about enough of it. “We started to make a few stipulations in places about the places we stay (on tour),” he says. “We don’t want to stay in places that are […]
WHAT’S SO FUNNY: Aboriginal comics write what they know
Posted on July 9, 2012 By Mike Ross Comedy, Front Slider
The aboriginal comics featured at “Red, White, and Hilarious: A Night of Aboriginal comedy” at Yuk Yuk’s Wednesday night are expected to devote good chunks of their time to being aboriginal – saying things a non-aboriginal comic could never get away with. At least not without getting a Pilsner bottle thrown at him. Featured at […]
REVIEW: Bill Maher laughs with us, at them
Posted on July 6, 2012 By LH Thomson Comedy, Front Slider
There was a time when Bill Maher’s jokes were so shocking, he had to warn the audience. “I’m about to start talking about religion,” he would say, “and it’s usually right about now that some of you get up to leave.” But the guy used to star on a show called Politically Incorrect, too. These […]
Skrillex gig finds a home at the Shaw Conference Centre
Posted on July 6, 2012 By Albert Smith Front Slider, Music
Electronic dance music fans can stand down from red alert – the Skrillex gig has been saved. Bumped from the St. Albert Kinsmen Park venue after being denied a permit, the show will now take place on Friday, July 20 at the Shaw Conference Centre. All previously held tickets will be honoured, no need to […]
OBITUARY: Brent Macnab and Darren Zenko set their own agendas
Posted on July 5, 2012 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music, Visual Arts
There are some very sad people in Edmonton this week. First came word that guitarist Brent Macnab died suddenly late Tuesday night, from an apparent heart attack – just days after seeming as normal as ever at an area jam session. The one-time member of the Models and Famous Blue Raincoat was 53 years old. […]
ART: Les Automatistes still making modernist waves today
Posted on July 1, 2012 By Stuart Adams Culture, Front Slider, Visual Arts
A painting by Les Automatiste artist Jean-Paul Riopelle may have sold for $2.2 million at a recent auction in Paris – but it is the work of the group’s driving force Paul-Emile Borduas (above) that really stands out in a new exhibition at the Art Gallery of Alberta. The Automatiste Revolution: Montreal 1941-1960 exhibit, up […]
REPORT: Boonstock biggest bush party in Alberta
Posted on June 30, 2012 By Derek Neil Pluim Front Slider, Music
The dusty grounds of the Boonstock Music and Arts Festival are alive with promiscuity and debauchery this weekend. Going down in Gibbons, Alberta, about 40 km North of Edmonton, the eighth annual event is supposed to be an exhibition of diverse live music – but it’s also a celebration of tattoos, as intoxicated concert goers […]
REVIEW: The Three Amigos es autentico Mexicano, gringo
Posted on June 29, 2012 By Scott Lingley Dining, Food, Front Slider
A Mexican restaurant in Edmonton has a few natural obstacles to overcome in finding an appreciative audience. The big one is that it’s located in Edmonton, where for many years the parameters of Mexican cuisine were defined by Tacos of the Bell and Time variety and Chi Chi’s, gringo-friendly precursor to the modern Chili’s, where […]
INTERVIEW: Brett Miles wants to do it all
Posted on June 27, 2012 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music
Like several members of the remarkable Rollie Miles family, Brett Miles is driven to succeed. But there’s more to his feverishly eclectic arts career than good genes, or the privilege that comes from being the youngest child of the prominent Edmonton Eskimos champion, respected educator and pillar of the local community. It’s a sign you’ve […]
