ART: Chiseled concern, soup can donations and students on show
Blake Ward’s sculptures have a familiar, accessible nature but still remind one immediately of classical studies of the human form, Greek and Roman tributes to human near-perfection. Tonight, Edmontonians get their first chance to look at some of Ward’s most recent work at the free opening of his four-night show at the Winspear Centre, arranged […]
GIGGLE CITY: Brian Stollery has a short attention span
In the old days, Henny Youngman could fire off one-liners – “take my wife … please!” – and no one would wonder if the poor guy was having marriage troubles, or expect him to get into some deep comi-philosophical routine about the battle of the sexes. It was a joke and that was that. It […]
Blues bands face off to rep city in Memphis
There’s no way around it: it’s a little disappointing that in a city as big as Edmonton, only three outfits are facing off for the title of top local blues band and a chance to represent Champ City in Memphis. The contest is the first annual playdown, with the winner to be sponsored by the […]
Metro Cinema returns with a week of camp
If the offerings in a film series are, for the most part, of material available on most decent cable packages, is it really a worthy film series? Or is it another excuse for like-minded folk to get together in this thing we call “community”? “Camp” would seem to be a theme in Metro Cinema’s grand […]
REVIEW: Cake takes the cake at Sonic Boom
When the End Times come, we’re going to need a house band – and that’s where Cake comes in. Imagine: all Cake, all the time. As it has been written somewhere: And the living shall envy the dead … Perhaps we’re making too much of this, but rarely has there been such a happy-sounding band […]
DEJA BLUES – Johnny Winter and James Cotton return to Polish Hall Oct. 14
Great news for blues fans – if you can tear yourself away from the Beaumont Blues Festival for a moment – blues legends Johnny Winter and James Cotton are coming to play the Polish Hall on Oct. 14 and … hey, wait a minute! Didn’t we just do this? We sure did: The same bill […]
When it comes to Leg renos, province plans to keep you wading
After months of confusing signals that led many to fear late-night pool parties at the Legislature could be going down the drain, the province says visitors will still be able to wade in new pools that will replace the current ones in 2013. Concerns had been raised in the Legislature earlier this year about the […]
WHO NAMED THE BAND: Tzadeka gets ‘righteous’
There’s a collective of music makers in this town who sound like they’d be right at home at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. They’re from the now-defunct Eshod Ibn Wyza, a multi-racial, multi-genre hip hop group that had curious connections to the punk rock scene. Vocalist Maigan Vandergiessen used to perform under the name Solar […]
Edmonton Sci-Fi fans boldly go where everybody knows their names
In the era of online, you don’t just join a group that likes science fiction. You find the group that obsesses about the particular “Star Trek” series or Ray Bradbury books that you yourself obsess over. After all, if you love “Doctor Who” (Russell T. Davies-written episodes only) but hate it when people quote Kryten […]
Selena Gomez coming to Edmonton Oct. 16 at Rexall
Kids love her. Adults have no idea who she is unless they have kids. Teen star of Wizards of Waverly and Romona and Beezus, girlfriend of Justin Bieber, gold-selling (although her release claims platinum – hmmmm…..) recording artist — Selena Gomez is all these things and…… Well, we don’t really know if she’s more yet, […]
CONCERTS: Smash Mouth on Oct. 1, Wilderness of Manitoba on Aug. 31
Without the casino circuit, one-hit wonders would be an endangered species – and some people seem to feel this is a bad thing. But consider Smash Mouth, coming to the River Cree Casino on Saturday, Oct. 1. Here was a fun little band that had a fun little song called Walkin’ in the Sun in […]
Analog cable won’t end any time soon, says Shaw
*More: Analog TVs gather dust in thrift stores as digital switch approaches Analog television broadcasting will be a thing of the past in Edmonton next month, but analog cable could chug along for years in the city, according to a cable industry executive. As of September 1, 2011, cable service providers can, if they wish, […]
