PREVIEW: A jaunt out with the little people at Folk Fest
Thank goodness Edmonton’s lowbrow summer festivals are out of the way. It’s such dreadful bore watching the rabble wallow in their corndogs and country western music. Ah, but with both the Big Valley Jamboree and Capital Ex behind us, the workers will be too tuckered out to taunt the polite, well-bred citizens attending the Edmonton […]
PREVIEW: Blue Oyster Cult bring the classics to Capital Ex
It has to be noted that, in a number of respects, BLue Oyster Cult are a band that succeeded in spite of themselves. The band’s very name was contentious from the start, with founding manager Sandy Pearlman naming them after a line in a poem he’d written — very hippy stuff, and not exactly a […]
Pressure-wash graffiti gets a free pass
Fans of street art in Edmonton are accusing the city of hypocrisy over a decision to allow Octane Motorsports to promote the Indy with graffiti-style stencils on city sidewalks. The stencils aren’t made with paint. Rather, they were done with a pressure washer which blasts hot water over the stencils, effectively cleaning the message into […]
Entertainment Today for Sunday, June 31
Gig City rounds up the top showbiz headlines twice daily. The Fringe charms with its many personalities – StarPhoenix [New Window] Performers from Living Sky Taiko on Broadway Avenue during the Fringe Festival Thursday, July 28, 2011. Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:25:08 Charges laid in fatal Alberta stage collapse – Globe and Mail [New Window] […]
Ace of Base looks for new signs at Capital Ex
Ace of Base suffered the ignoble fate of many a short-lived pop wonder — except that the band sold more than 31 million albums doing it, and got rich and famous….and eventually got back together. Some fate. They’re best remembered for “The Sign” and the anthemic “It’s A Beautiful Life,” from back in the era […]
Entertainment Today for Friday, July 29
Gig City rounds up the biggest entertainment headlines twice daily. The Smurfs: A kids’ movie with no kids in it – Globe and Mail [New Window] The Smurfs is the smurfiest movie you’ll smurf all summer – you’ll smurf until you smurf your smurfs! That’s Smurf language, folks. Get used to it, because after a […]
Edmonton Fringe wins national honour from playwrights
This year’s edition hasn’t even kicked off yet, but the Edmonton Fringe fest is already getting plaudits. In this case, it’s for its long service to the theatre community and to playwrights, more specifically. The Playwrights Guild of Canada has granted the Fringe an honorary membership, the first time the award has been given to […]
Entertainment Today for Wednesday, July 27
Gig City rounds up the top entertainment and showbiz headlines twice daily. Amy Winehouse’s family, friends pay final respects – San Francisco Chronicle [New Window] Kelly Osbourne arrives for the funeral ceremony of Amy Winehouse in north London. Osbourne wore her blond hair in a beehive to pay tribute to the singer. Wearing dark suits, […]
