Bob the Angry Flower
Posted on December 24, 2018 By Stephen Notley Comics, Front Slider

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
Posted on December 24, 2018 By BILL BENSON Comics, Front Slider

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
Posted on December 24, 2018 By Staff Comics, Front Slider

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
Posted on December 21, 2018 By Colin MacLean Archive, Entertainment, Front Slider, news, Theatre

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
Posted on December 21, 2018 By Michael Senchuk Entertainment, Front Slider, music, Music

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
Posted on December 20, 2018 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Lit, News, Visual Arts

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!
Posted on December 17, 2018 By Colin MacLean Entertainment, Front Slider, news, Theatre

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
Posted on December 17, 2018 By Stephen Notley Comics, Front Slider

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
Posted on December 17, 2018 By BILL BENSON Comics, Front Slider

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
Posted on December 17, 2018 By Chad Huculak Comics, Front Slider

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
Posted on December 17, 2018 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, Music

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
Posted on December 14, 2018 By Colin MacLean Entertainment, Front Slider, news, Theatre

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 […]