Bob the Angry Flower

Bob the Angry Flower

READ MORE FRESH CHRISTMAS EVE COMICS! (Click on the thumbnail to see the whole comic): Bill Benson, by Fish Griwkowsky       End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak      

Bill Benson

Bill Benson

READ MORE FRESH COMICS! (Click on the thumbnail to see the whole comic) End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak         Bob the Angry Flower, by Stephen Notley

End of the Earth

End of the Earth

READ MORE CHRISTMAS EVE COMICS! (Click the thumbnail to see the whole comic): Bill Benson, by Fish Griwkowsky       Bob the Angry Flower, by Stephen Notley  

EDMONTON THEATRE 2018: The Colin MacLean Awards

EDMONTON THEATRE 2018: The Colin MacLean Awards

If the Alberta economy is in tatters, it would be hard to tell from the number of plays and musicals to grace our stages this year. Theatre budgets may be suffering and costs ballooning, but we fortunate Edmonton theatre-goers have enjoyed a mountain range of productions. Like our Rockies, some were high, others not so […]

YEAR END REVIEW: 6 great Edmonton Bands

YEAR END REVIEW: 6 great Edmonton Bands

Edmonton’s music scene continues its journey towards becoming ever more diverse, and more noteworthy. Some of the world’s biggest music blogs and podcasts continue to reference some of our bands. This year Major Love was perhaps the most noteworthy of those, getting some serious love from the UK’s The Line Of Best Fit. The latter […]

End of a Comics Era: Happy Harbor closing

End of a Comics Era: Happy Harbor closing

Happy Harbor wasn’t “just a store that sells comics,” as owner Jay Bardyla humbly puts it. It was a cultural institution in this town – and news of its closing has hit the local comics community hard. It’s a huge loss for Edmonton. Happy Harbor didn’t just sell comics. They nurtured new readers with a […]

Gush for Singin’ in the Rain!

Gush for Singin’ in the Rain!

The answer is a triumphant, “Yes!” Yes, Sherwood Park’s Festival Players’ Christmas gift to Edmonton, Singin’ in the Rain: The Musical, does manage to create a quite dazzling job of the joyous deluge in which Gene Kelly danced the title tune in the 1952 MGM musical. For one thing – there’s real rain. It comes […]

Bob the Angry Flower

Bob the Angry Flower

READ MORE NEW COMICS! (Click the thumbnail to see the full comic): Bill Benson, by Fish Griwkowsky       End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak

Bill Benson

Bill Benson

READ MORE NEW COMICS! (Click on the thumbnail to see the whole comic): End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak       Bob the Angry Flower, by Stephen Notley

End of the Earth

End of the Earth

READ MORE NEW COMICS (click the thumbnail to see the whole comic): Bill Benson, by Fish Griwkowsky       Bob the Angry Flower, by Stephen Notley

Cher brings ‘Here We Go Again’ to Edmonton

Cher brings ‘Here We Go Again’ to Edmonton

The one lie we can forgive our favourite artists for is when they say they’re going to retire – and then they don’t. How can we miss you if you don’t go away? Fans even seem to be cool with being tricked into paying top dollar for a “farewell” tour thinking they’d never get to […]

THEATRE: Oh! Christmas Tree, how lovely are thy branches

THEATRE: Oh! Christmas Tree, how lovely are thy branches

Anyone who doubts our desire to be entertained this Christmas only needs to check out the listings in the paper. However, in this whirlwind of off-the-rack predigested Christmas fodder offered, could I suggest an ornament for your season? It’s a play called Oh! Christmas Tree, part of Theatre Network’s Roxy Performance Series in a co-production […]