FORSOOTH! Freewill Shakespeare Festival opens tonight

Posted on June 30, 2011 By Staff Theatre

Usually in Shakespeare, the less-reputable characters are the bloodsuckers. At the Freewill Shakespeare Fest this year? Well, it’s in Hawrelak Park, so you…(bzzz)…do the (thwack!) math on (smack!, damn skeeters!) that one. Oh, get over it. Bring bug juice to the shows that open tonight (Thursday, June 30) and runs to July 24, and revel […]

Children of Bodom to pummel fans with Finnish metal at the EEC

Posted on June 30, 2011 By Chad Huculak The Latest

When your band starts out in a subculture that’s largely shunned by the mainstream, breaking out of that scene is a mixed blessing. The more records you sell, the more diehard fans turn against you. Finland’s extreme-metal masters Children of Bodom have heard more than their share of sellout accusations from bitter headbangers. With their […]

Edmonton’s new poet laureate grounded in city’s blue-collar vibe

Posted on June 29, 2011 By Adrian Lackey Lit, The Latest, Visual Arts

When Anna Marie Sewell moved to Edmonton in 1985, she probably had no idea her strong cultural identity and background – a central theme to her 2009 collection Fifth World Drum – would also make her the perfect canidate for city poet laureate one day. Sewell is considered status aboriginal, and we have one of […]

LIVE TONIGHT: The Black Keys come from out of the blue

Posted on June 29, 2011 By Albert Smith Music, The Latest

Who the hell are the Black Keys? Seriously. We’ve never heard of these guys before. Thought it was some combination of Alecia Keys and the Black Eyed Peas – and here they are from out of the blue playing the Big Building, Rexall Place tonight (Wednesday, June 29). The show is sold out. The Black […]

GIGGLE CITY: Jon Charles protected by magic

Posted on June 28, 2011 By Mike Ross Comedy, Front Slider

News scoop! Neil Hamburger was fake! He’s actually some former punk rock musician named Gregg Turkington, who was only pretending to be an old school Catskills-style comedian, using the form to explore the concept of the “anti-joke.” Of course the problem with making a joke about jokes that aren’t funny is that the joke can […]

FISHEYE: Peter the Skeeter Eater

Posted on June 27, 2011 By BILL BENSON Visual Arts

We complain endlessly about the mosquitoes around here, but who actually does something about them? Our hungry little friend here, hanging out out the north side of the university campus. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir of his life in and out of the […]

REVIEW: Brian Wilson ‘reimagines’ Gershwin, Beach Boys

Posted on June 27, 2011 By Mike McDonald Front Slider, Music

I’ve read the books and reviews that say Brian Wilson is a weird guy, but Sunday night at the Jubilee Auditorium, he wasn’t any weirder than anyone I know. Here is a man who is quite comfortable calling his own material good without seeming arrogant or like a braggart. It’s just a fact. He seemed […]

WHO NAMED THE BAND? Gypsophilia sounds like itself

Posted on June 27, 2011 By Mike Ross Music, The Latest

Once in a while you come across a band that sounds like its name: Metallica, Trent Reznor, the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This can be both a blessing and a curse. For the members of Gypsophila, they are instantly identifiable as enthusiasts of the great Django Reinhardt, who invented so-called “gypsy jazz” by fusing swing […]

Brian Wilson brings Gershwin to the Jube

Posted on June 26, 2011 By LH Thomson Front Slider, Music

At his Regina show on Friday night, legendary Beach Boys impresario Brian Wilson – he who once lay in bed for three years — reportedly took to the stage in sweatpants and a dress shirt. He played, he talked, he rambled and mumbled a bit disconnectedly. Fans loved it. But that’s the nature of fandom. […]

FESTIVAL SUMMER BEGINS: The Works ‘one with everything’

Posted on June 25, 2011 By Mike Ross Front Slider, Music, Visual Arts

If you didn’t know that the Works Art and Design Festival was going on, you might not know there was a festival at all. This is a good thing. Thanks to events like the Works, downtown Edmonton in the summer has become a non-stop riot of audio-visual happenings whose various festival organizers are indistinguishable from […]

Trombone Shorty headlines eclectic night of music

Posted on June 24, 2011 By Staff Music

The live music offered on an average Edmonton Friday night borders on the absurd, sometimes. U.S. performers often marvel at how active our club scene still is, long after most of theirs were replaced by drum machines and disco balls, as a certain song once noted. They’re amazed we pull it off. I don’t have […]

Entertainment Today for Friday, June 24

Posted on June 24, 2011 By Staff TV and Radio

‘Bad Teacher’ scrapes a passing grade [New Window] Think back to your school days. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:27:19 Welcome back Potter [New Window] Harry Potter’s final literary chapter may have come to an end, but millions of fans can now continue the boy wizard’s adventures with the launch Thursday of a website that promises […]

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