FASHION: It’s a wrap! Or is it a shawl?
We’ve had a fabulous time at Western Canada Fashion Week, darlings. So many beautiful people, so much couture, some of it both hot and haute, so many divine duds, so much marvelous hair – sometimes too much – and also perhaps a bit too much wine. It was all a blur. The event wraps tonight […]
For shuttered cyber cafe, art is in the eye of the lease holders
The closure of a cafe that was a venue and hangout for artists on Jasper Ave. this week may seem ironic given that city council adopted a report last year calling for more downtown arts venues. The Capital City Downtown Plan, officially adopted in July 2010, states that “in order to sustain and grow the […]
FISHEYE: Old guts, old glory
Uh, those of you who left anything in your lockers on the west side of Vic School are slightly out of luck as it’s now a GUTTED RUIN. Kudos to management for keeping the beautiful facade alive, P.S. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir […]
FISHEYE: Ooh, my head
Years back, a song by the name of “Fish Heads” used to play on MuchMusic in its weirder rotations. But who knew actual fish heads could be found so cheap? These lonely days are finally at an end … Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and […]
CUCKOO EDMONTON RADIO: Ah, Juicy Fruit
The gut reaction to listening to the radio station formerly known as the Sound – which relaunched Monday as Lite 95.7 – is to re-enact a scene from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. It’s the part where Jack Nicholson’s character McMurphy tries to strangle the evil Nurse Ratched after she goaded a teenage boy […]
ALAN JACKSON: That country twang thang
Y’know, these days, FM radio country has all the street cred of party politics. Let’s face it, country and western and alt. country get the respect. They’re about less tangible concepts, like artistic expression, challenging the intellect and the spirit of independence. The kind of schmaltzy fun that Alan Jackson has cranked out for three […]
REVIEW: Food so good, it’s almost rare
Safron’s Caribbean 8307 118 Avenue 780.474.9005 At 2:30 p.m. on a Tuesday afternoon, just two blocks from the infamously sleazy old Cromdale Hotel, 118 Avenue feels about as far from the Caribbean as you could get. In the middle of March, of the sun, the surf and the poverty, the adjacent neighbourhood offers only the […]
New Music West coming to Edmonton in July
Good news, everyone: New Music West is coming to Edmonton this summer! It’s the first time the long-running music festival has taken place outside of Vancouver – but the thing has, shall we say, “been on a short hiatus,” so we’re basically starting fresh with a clean slate. The plan is simple: More than 30 […]
Rob Zombie, Slayer announce tour date in Edmonton
Hell? In July? In Edmonton? Faulty allusions to the state of our weather notwithstanding, it will indeed be Hell on Earth July 31 when Rob Zombie and Slayer hit Champ City on tour. The bands confirmed the tour dates Sunday night as part of the Hell on earth Tour. Tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster […]
FISHEYE: A standout work of art
Here’s another red-cyan 3D for you, this one of the patient Pioneer Family standing behind the Royal Museum, created by Ole Holmsten. 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.
