FOOD: The fatti is fine at Castle Bake
You know that thing where you talk up a restaurant for so long to anyone who will listen that when the time comes to introduce your friends to it, you begin to think maybe it’s not actually as good as you’ve been making out? Or maybe it’s changed in some fundamental way that renders less […]
THEATRE: Little Elephants a peek into gently eccentric British family
The reason North Americans are so fascinated and amused by British people is a mystery. But at least now we have another reason to tune away from Coronation Street or the Royals visit coverage with another delightful peek into a typically barmy British family in Belinda Cornish’s new play, Little Elephants. It opens Thursday at […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Bon Iver lets amazing music speak for itself
Bon Iver’s first time in Edmonton was as close to perfection as any fan could have asked. The reasons were simple. Like the Black Keys – another Grammy-winning band that played Edmonton recently – the members of Bon Iver are musicians first, showmen second, letting the music speak for itself much more than being concerned […]
WIN: Tickets to Apocalyptica!
Fans of the fusion between classical music and rock ‘n’ roll – and you know who you are – won’t want to miss the return of Apocalyptica at the Edmonton Event Centre on Thursday, May 24. Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster, or you can win a pair simply by emailing your full name to […]
REVIEW: Area performance artists get on the air with Radio Saturn
All planets with magnetic fields emit radio waves – and so it’s only natural that the musicians of the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) would want to play around with them. Such was the premise of an unusual public recording session and performance art happening called The Saturn Sessions, which took place May 19 in […]
WRITER CITY: Cake Princess bakes up tale of sweet revenge
Mar’ce Merrell, known around town as the “Cake Princess,” is mother of five, a writing instructor and author of two kids’ books. Her new novel for young adults, Wicked Sweet, is in stores May 22. Q: OK, you’re in bakeshop with Steven Spielberg and his cupcakes will be ready in 30 seconds. Explain Wicked Sweet […]
ART: Talent overcomes cultural supression in Alex Janvier at the AGA
The superb collection of some 90 artworks making up the Alex Janvier exhibit at the Art Gallery of Alberta touches on many levels. Primarily abstractionist, Janvier’s colourful, curvilinear assemblies inspired by traditional themes are well represented at the AGA, from their exploratory beginnings in the 1960s through the ‘70s when they became his most familiar […]
Hip Hop in the Park a new age hippie happening
Hip Hop in the Park – a free festival taking place Saturday at the Louise McKinney Park – is more like the folk fest than any stereotype of a dangerous gangsta rap music event imagined by people who are afraid of rap music. “We’re more like new age hippies,” says producer Melissa L.A. Bishop. “We’re […]
CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Refused, Nazareth, Buddy Guy
There’s something about the Scandinavian culture that leads itself to great rock bands – could be that ancient Viking blood coursing through veins of the citizenry, filling them with latent urges to explore, hew things, quaff mead from a skull. Good times. It seems to bubble over into its rock scene, which is why news […]
My Darkest Days to rock against breast cancer on Nickelback tour
“If there were no boobs, we wouldn’t have music videos,” declares Sal Costa, lead guitarist for My Darkest Days, which opens for Nickelback at Rexall Place Tuesday night. It sounds so crass. Yet it is absolutely true – if you’re making the kind of music videos that My Darkest Days (and also Nickelback) seem to […]
REVIEW: The Black Keys get trippy at Rexall
It’s almost a shame the Black Keys took this long to become known to the universe. The band had a total of five albums before the last pair – “Brothers” and “El Camino” – shot them into the stratosphere. Where have you been all this time? For 11,000 fans at Rexall Place Saturday night, the […]
