Posted on November 23, 2011
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Theatre
When tying up one’s sexual partner, it’s easy to learn knots that won’t constrict blood vessels or cause nerve damage. And one should always have a safeword, preferably not “please … don’t … stop” or combination thereof. These are just some of the many things you can learn at Taboo, the Naughty … But Nice […]
Posted on November 23, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music, Theatre
You get all kinds of buskers in LRT stations, but this one is a doozy – an entire opera company in Bay Station on Friday night. BING BONG! Northbound to Clareview! Clareview! Cue Nessun Dorma. Anyone who pays their fare is welcome to attend Mercury Opera’s experimental opera recital in a production called “104 Underground.” […]
Posted on November 22, 2011
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Theatre
Strange but true: Fiction can sometimes illustrate truths about reality even better than reality. Wrap your heads around that, non-fiction people. This idea is demonstrated in a big way with Concrete Theatre’s touring school plays. The latest production, Offensive Fouls, deals with racism, something young people – heck, most people – are often unwilling to […]
Posted on November 22, 2011
By Staff
Music, The Latest
Forever In Blue Jeans, Cherry Cherry, Sweet Caroline, Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon, You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, Red Red Wine, America – are we sensing a theme yet? You guessed it: All of the above are songs by the one and only Neil Diamond, who is mounting a huge Greatest Hits tour next […]
Posted on November 21, 2011
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Front Slider
Jon Lajoie is admittedly a “little hungover” when reached on the phone for an interview one recent morning. Some kind of late-breaking Halloween party, apparently. We’re trying to get him to explain how it is that some guy with a viral YouTube video suddenly becomes one of the hottest new comic performers in Canada – […]
Posted on November 21, 2011
By Staff
Music, The Latest, TV and Radio
It has been said that the only antidote to the concentrated sadness of Jann Arden’s music is the devastating wit she displays between songs – which is why at the end of her shows there isn’t a dry eye in the house in more ways than one. Singer, songwriter, author, TV star and raconteur, Arden […]
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 18, 2011
By Michael Senchuk
Music
This weekend featured back-to-back reunion shows at the Edmonton Event Centre: The Tea Party Friday and the hotly-anticipated Death From Above 1979 Saturday. Tonight there are also two effervescent one-named ladies gracing us with their presence: Austra and Feist are both in town. Good things come in twos. Friday Ruby Jane – The Full Moon […]
Posted on November 17, 2011
By Michael Senchuk
Music, The Latest
“We hate this.” Those were the very first words in Wunderbar’s announcement for Saturday’s fundraiser for itself, the owners’ reaction to an unexpectedly large payment due at the end of November. The event is called Wunderbar vs, The Taxman, so you can probably guess what kind of payment it is. This venue has an exceptional […]
Posted on November 17, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest
There will be no horns on Bruce Conte’s stage – nor will he be playing any Tower of Power songs. Wait a minute – what?! Yes. Truth in advertising. He’s moved on. He played Friday at Festival Place. The original guitar player on What Is Hip? and all those other great songs points out […]
Posted on November 16, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Front Slider, Music
The Tea Party reunited just in time to get into an unwelcome mix-up with the American political movement of the same name – which prompted a stir about the band and its Internet domain, teaparty.com. Estimates floating around on the value of the name have hovered around a million bucks. While drummer Jeff Burrows admits […]
Posted on November 16, 2011
By Mike Ross
Comedy, The Latest
Gavin Stephens is half black and half Portuguese – “which means at some point in history, I might’ve owned myself.” He doesn’t do that joke anymore. There’s a lot of “let’s talk about my race” material he could do, but chooses not to. Of course it’s a swell way for a young comic to get […]
