Posted on July 12, 2011
By Staff
The Latest, TV and Radio
How ‘Pawn Stars’s’ Corey Harrison lost 115 lbs. [New Window] It was one night a year ago when he was lying in his bed, all 365 lbs. of him, when Corey “Big Hoss” Harrison realized his weight was out of control. Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:56:30 Police search for Halle’s fence jumper [New Window] An […]
Posted on July 11, 2011
By Rob Drinkwater
Front Slider, Lit, Visual Arts
Jeremy Die and Gregg Beever’s new webcomic “Inglorious Hipsters” isn’t like other webcomics and online sites that depict young people with ironic mustaches, tight jeans and V-neck T-shirts that display hairy chests. That’s because the Edmonton duo’s comic, which launched this month, isn’t about mocking hipsters. Die and Beever admit they may even be hipsters […]
Posted on July 10, 2011
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Culture, TV and Radio
And the funniest morning radio show in Edmonton is … (drum roll, hush from audience) The Pepper & Dylan Show on Virgin Radio 104.9 FM! (Cough, wind blowing) Surprised? Me, too. I thought Garner Andrews from Sonic 102.9 FM would win, or maybe Terry, Bill and Steve from K-97, but nope, it’s THOSE two guys […]
Posted on July 10, 2011
By Staff
TV and Radio
Sunday’s Folk Festival Guide – Winnipeg Sun [New Window] If it’s the first week of July, that can only mean one thing: It’s time for the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Yep, the 38th annual celebration of all things rootsy and musical — along with more than a few things that ain’t — is … Sun, 10 […]
Posted on July 10, 2011
By Michael Senchuk
Music, The Latest
There was no press release. There was no announcement on a local radio station. But one of the biggest buzz bands of the year – The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – added a number of dates to an already lengthy tour late last week, and one of those is in Edmonton. The New […]
Posted on July 9, 2011
By Albert Smith
Comedy, Culture
Mankind is Jerry Seinfeld’s business. His mission is to explore tiny human stupidities, leaving the larger idiocies to other comedians. His tool is a microscope. His result is universal humour. EVERYBODY’S done the dumb little things he talks about, we’re all guilty of the trivial human mistakes he’s built a career on – even Jerry […]
Posted on July 9, 2011
By Adrian Lackey
TV and Radio
Gig city updates the top entertainment headlines twice daily so check back for the latest story links. Harry Potter fans – Ottawa Citizen [New Window] Nineteen-year-old Jamieson MacKay remembers the Citizen photograph shot by Brigitte Bouvier in 2001 at Briargreen Public School in Nepean to illustrate a story about a release delay for the fifth […]
Posted on July 9, 2011
By Andrea Scharner
Front Slider, Music
There are people who will argue that the point of any communal gathering – this Sunday’s SOS Fest included – is the sense of community itself. And let’s face it – it’s hard to dispute when you see a few blocks of Whyte Avenue blocked off so that folk of all ages can boogie to […]
Posted on July 8, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider, Music, TV and Radio
Well, this is awkward. I’m at a fancy dinner party for the Royal Newlyweds and I’ve got Ezra Levant sitting to the left of me and and Colleen Brown to the right. Or maybe it’s the other way around. Ezra is a Sun TV commentator who criticizes government arts funding. Colleen is a local recording […]
Posted on July 7, 2011
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Front Slider
When Ken Valgardson isn’t teaching Grades 6-12 in a rural Alberta school, he’s hanging out in comedy clubs cutting loose with the sort of language that would get any of his students instantly expelled were they to utter such filth in the classroom. He performs tonight through Saturday (July 7-9) at the Laugh Shop in […]
Posted on July 6, 2011
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Culture, Family, Front Slider, Theatre
Jugglers! Tricksters! Clowns! Fools! But enough about the Harper government – the Edmonton International Street Performers Festival opens tomorrow! By fantastic coincidence, Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion plays through Sunday (July 10) at Rexall Place. This is the famous French-Canadian acrobatic circus that was started by – you guessed it – a street performer. What are […]
Posted on July 6, 2011
By Staff
TV and Radio
William and Kate take canoe ride on NWT lake – CBC.ca [New Window] Prince William and Kate sat around a campfire with Canadian Rangers, toured a northern “bush university” and took a canoe ride on Blachford Lake as part of their trip to the Northwest Territories. … Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:25:46 Fans of fast […]
