FISHEYE: Aztec camera
This is city hall’s tall staircase up to council chambers, under one of our glass pyramids. I often fantasize we would take the Egyptian thing all the way in this city of pyramids – statues of Ra and Anubis in public squares, for instance, not to mention interring our dead leaders for thousands of years […]
REVIEW: Consistently underwhelmingly, quintessentially Canadian
Hap’s Hungry House 16060 Stony Plain Road 780. 483.2288 Hap’s Hungry House on a Sunday is like the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange – if everyone had been sedated by over-sized portions of pancakes and French toast. The Stony Plain Road Diner is so busy on weekends, there’s usually a healthy […]
PUBLIC ART: There’s a cool new ‘thing’ in Edmonton
There is by definition almost no art more accessible than public art – and with absolutely no exaggeration Edmonton is doing its absolute best to become one of the country’s renowned public art cities. Whatever your favourite open-air installation might be, from the Gretzky statue to the astrology mosaic circling the old Queen Elizabeth Planetarium […]
ELMO COMING IN JULY – ‘pre-sale’ tickets on sale today!
Now here’s a heck of a coincidence: The Sesame Street Live production of “Elmo’s Healthy Heroes” at Rexall Place July 22-24 happens mere DAYS after Katy Perry’s show in the same building. What are the odds? You remember how the pop temptress recorded a duet with Elmo that Sesame Street producers decided to axe because […]
FISHEYE: Fading memories
In desperate need of a major touch-up, the Plainsman Apartments mural on 108 street north of 107 Avenue is nonetheless one of the iconic pieces of public art in the city. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir of his life in and out of […]
FASHION: It’s a wrap! Or is it a shawl?
We’ve had a fabulous time at Western Canada Fashion Week, darlings. So many beautiful people, so much couture, some of it both hot and haute, so many divine duds, so much marvelous hair – sometimes too much – and also perhaps a bit too much wine. It was all a blur. The event wraps tonight […]
Hot Picks, March 31: Experimenting on Gertrude Stein
Those clever Dicks and Janes at the University of Alberta are always up to something cool. Opening tonight at the Timms Centre for the Arts (corner of 87 Avenue and 112 Street) is an unusual performance art piece called The Gertrude Stein Project. The Studio Theatre production features the work of Beau Coleman, who performs […]
For shuttered cyber cafe, art is in the eye of the lease holders
The closure of a cafe that was a venue and hangout for artists on Jasper Ave. this week may seem ironic given that city council adopted a report last year calling for more downtown arts venues. The Capital City Downtown Plan, officially adopted in July 2010, states that “in order to sustain and grow the […]
FISHEYE: Old guts, old glory
Uh, those of you who left anything in your lockers on the west side of Vic School are slightly out of luck as it’s now a GUTTED RUIN. Kudos to management for keeping the beautiful facade alive, P.S. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir […]
FISHEYE: Ooh, my head
Years back, a song by the name of “Fish Heads” used to play on MuchMusic in its weirder rotations. But who knew actual fish heads could be found so cheap? These lonely days are finally at an end … Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and […]
