PRIDE PARADE 2011: Your images and comments
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LIVE TONIGHT: Rachelle Van Zanten takes on Big Oil at the Blue Chair
Getting the fuel to run our Hummers and hairdryers often involves going to some remote wilderness, kicking out or buying off the people who live there, sucking the goop out of the ground and making such a big mess out of the place that nobody will ever want to live there again. Who’s to blame? […]
THEATRE: Freewill Shakespeare Fest offers you Moor
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 from June 30 to July 24 and revel in the one reason good […]
FISHEYE: Skeeter Heaven
This stereoscopic image is not in Jasper or some far-off parkland, but in your own river valley, on an off-road bike path in the west end, where zillions of mosquitoes are waiting to devour you. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir of his life […]
You can’t take the gay out of the Pride Festival
You can take the “gay” out of gay pride, but you can’t … complete this sentence without getting into trouble. That the Edmonton Pride Festival doesn’t have the word “gay” in its title is a little bothersome. It seems like another step in the neutering of the English language – suggesting there may be a […]
FISHEYE: Ooh-be-doo, I wanna be like Clue-bee-doo
The murder weapon was rope, obviously. And the motive? Bananas. 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 city. More FISHEYE photos HERE.
WHO NAMED THE GUY? Gurf Morlix gets fired
“My parents were eccentric,” explains Gurf Morlix on his unusual given name. There’s not much more to tell. Sure, there were problems. Not as much as the boy named Sue, but there was a bit of childhood taunting, maybe, raised eyebrows and dumb questions, and it’s hard to introduce yourself in a loud bar. But […]
True Love Lies tops Sterling Awards nominations
There are a few theories we can form from reading the 2010-2011 nominations for the Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards – the closest Edmonton gets to the Oscars for the live theatre scene. 1. The Citadel Theatre remains the king of local theatre. 2. One of our brightest playwrights is Brad Fraser, who hasn’t lived here […]
Sam Roberts Band hits the Jube Oct. 29
Sam Roberts has so much Canadian soul in him that he ought to have come from Winnipeg – not Montreal. No offense to Montreal, but you already have far too many cool bands. Share, why don’t you? Roberts’ music has always been reminiscent of the “Wheatfield Soul” sound that is unique to the Canadian prairies, […]
