Posted on December 30, 2011
By LH Thomson
Culture, Family, Front Slider
You have to hand it to the folks behind Metropolis, Edmonton’s newest festival (three words we seem to use every other week these days.) Organizer Guiseppe Albi wanted $1-million to stage the two-month long celebration, which kicks off with the New Year’s Eve festivities in Churchill Square, with fireworks at midnight, and features music, food, […]
Posted on December 26, 2011
By Albert Smith
Culture, Music
Admit it: Prince sucked. Oh, don’t get your panties in a twist. Someone has to say it. And someone has to respond that a bad concert from Prince is still better than most other concerts. Fine. But if you were there at Rexall Place on Dec. 13, the more you reflect on it, the more […]
Posted on December 23, 2011
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Culture, The Latest
In almost a year of deep explorations of stand-up comedians and their comedy, two themes emerge: 1. Geez, what a dirty job. 2. But somebody’s got to do it. Yes, somebody has to tell the truth out there. We get lied to on a daily basis by the government, by corporations, by the media, by […]
Posted on December 21, 2011
By Albert Smith
Culture, Film, Front Slider
The Edmonton geek-o-verse has given a guarded thumbs-up to the new trailer for The Hobbit. The Peter Jackson film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first successful novel comes to theatres Dec. 14, 2012. Kris Hansen, who says he has the word “geek” tattooed on the back of his neck and is manager of Warp 1 Comics […]
Posted on December 20, 2011
By LH Thomson
Culture, Dining, Family
In Edmonton, it is now illegal to drive a vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .05. As of this year, it is also illegal in Edmonton to drive while eating a sandwich. One of these laws has science and some common sense behind it. The other doesn’t. Can you guess which is which? This […]
Posted on December 13, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Music
The grown-ups involved in the rise and fall of U22 Productions have been made to look like angry parents in a fistfight at a Pee Wee hockey game. The youth talent agency that local singer-songwriter Rhea March founded four years ago has been put into limbo, ending the drama that has gripped pockets of Edmonton’s […]
Posted on December 12, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider, TV and Radio
No one is safe from Yukon Jack’s Big Yap – not even Yukon Jack. The Bear radio personality dropped several bombshells during a recent interview: He wasn’t born in Canada, he’s not into hockey, he’s in favour of gay marriage, he’d rather listen to gangsta rap than rock ‘n’ roll and – perhaps most damning […]
Posted on December 6, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider
It’s hard to believe, but driving drunk wasn’t always considered such a heinous offense against humanity. As Alberta legislators continue to debate tough the new drunk driving sanctions in Bill 26 – which some members of the hospitality industry are opposing because they think it might hurt the hospitality industry – it might be helpful […]
Posted on November 30, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Film, The Latest
“You like FUBAR? How about a gay Western?” This is the offer from Dave Lawrence, who is perhaps better known as “Terry” in FUBAR and FUBAR II, on the release of his new film “A Legend of Whitey,” beginning a weeklong run at the Garneau Metro Cinema on Friday. It is his directorial debut. With […]
Posted on November 27, 2011
By LH Thomson
Culture, Front Slider, Visual Arts
It’s funny how a small shift in perspective can change how we view things and influence human behaviour, particularly in the arts, where the debate between art, popularity and finance rages eternal. We all benefit from considering others’ perspectives sometimes, whether it’s on Nickelback being publically shunned or a public art installation. One man’s interpretation […]
Posted on November 18, 2011
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Culture, Front Slider, TV and Radio
Awkward Travis has asked spelling questions to drunk people on Whyte Avenue, accosted Oilers fans to talk about Twilight and tried to get women to give him their bras at the mall. He got his nickname one day when he approached people sitting by themselves in a coffee shop and said, “Hey, you look lonely. […]
Posted on November 16, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Culture, Front Slider, Music
Bonnie Ste-Croix’s passion for Canada runs deep. The singer/songwriter loves her home country so much, she named her latest album Canadian Girl and recorded every song in the collection in a different Canadian town. Which makes it a little bewildering that after a solid 15 years of touring, her Saturday gig was her first time […]
