Bill Benson

Bill Benson

The lambs better watch out, too NEXT COMIC: Bob the Angry Flower won’t last long on Game of Thrones:       Next up: Nom nom nom: A donair wrapped in a green onion cake in End of the Earth!

End of the Earth

End of the Earth

It’s been a year – has anybody made this yet?! I want one. NEXT COMIC: Bill Benson explores polytheism:       Next: Bob the Angry Flower retreats into his happy place:

Rockfest, Sonic Field Day reveal line-ups at Edmonton’s best outdoor venue

Rockfest, Sonic Field Day reveal line-ups at Edmonton’s best outdoor venue

It looks like Hawrelak Park’s Heritage Amphitheatre is going to be Music Festival Central in Edmonton this summer. Two local music festivals revealed their line-ups on Monday – including Sonic Field Day, a newcomer to what many fans consider the city’s best outdoor venue. It’s not too big, not too small, great sightlines all around, […]

HAPPY 420: Legal cannabis is a rip-off!

HAPPY 420: Legal cannabis is a rip-off!

As a lifelong toker who, like most area stoners, was elated when weed became legal in Canada – and then partook with great disappointment – I can keep silent no longer. Sorry, but I’m done. I gave it a good try. Obeyed the law. Bought the legal cannabis. But I’m sick of it. My high […]

The Empress and the Prime Minister a gripping gay docu-drama

The Empress and the Prime Minister a gripping gay docu-drama

Darrin Hagen refuses to be catalogued. The actor, playwright, sound designer, composer and director has energized our theatre scene since his first play The Edmonton Queen premiered at the 1996 Fringe. Although he may be associated with gay theatre, his subject matters have ranged through a bewildering number of topics – and along the way […]

LIVE MUSIC: Metric system catching on

LIVE MUSIC: Metric system catching on

Metric brings their Art of Doubt tour to Edmonton this Sunday night at the Edmonton Convention Centre. The Toronto rockers, led by the incredible voice of Emily Haines, are no stranger to Edmonton of course, and it’s no surprise the itinerary for their newest release includes our fair city. The band have been regulars on […]

Dynamic doper duo Cheech & Chong bring O Cannabis to Edmonton

Dynamic doper duo Cheech & Chong bring O Cannabis to Edmonton

We never thought we’d live to see the day when freakin’ Tommy Chong would get to perform in his home province (he grew up in Calgary) – where weed would one day be legal! What a glorious time to be alive. He’s back with his American partner Cheech Marin for what is expected to be […]

REVIEW: Alan Parsons Live Project a mixed bag of magic in Edmonton

REVIEW: Alan Parsons Live Project a mixed bag of magic in Edmonton

To be more famous for a throwaway joke in an Austin Powers movie than for recent music must be galling to such titans of progressive pop as … The Alan Parsons Project! Mwa, ha, ha, ha! Besides, it’s the Alan Parsons Live Project now – so named to distance itself from the original British 1980s […]

THEATRE PEOPLE: Darrin Hagen: ‘The man I am is because of the woman I was’

THEATRE PEOPLE: Darrin Hagen: ‘The man I am is because of the woman I was’

There was no Gay-Straight Alliance at Darrin Hagen’s high school in Rocky Mountain House in the late ‘70s – but there was a drama club. He was the only boy in the group. “It was no problem to find an all girl play and cast me in drag,” Hagen says. “Nobody seemed to mind – […]

Bob the Angry Flower

Bob the Angry Flower

If you reveal a cover-up is it even a cover-up anymore? NEXT comic: You can sleep safe with #YEGvengers keeping watch in End of the Earth:       Next: Bill Benson endorses Mr. White P. Walker for Alberta Premier:

Bill Benson

Bill Benson

Well, we know who Bill’s voting for! NEXT COMIC: Bob the Angry Flower reveals cover-up:       Next: Edmonton’s greatest superheroes in End of the Earth:

End of the Earth

End of the Earth

Who needs The Avengers when you have the #YEGvengers? Next comic: Bill Benson makes a strong endorsement!       Now what is Bob the Angry Flower hiding?