Seedy Sunday a chance to play dirty, veg out
I don’t know about anyone else, but it’s hard to think about gardening, in Edmonton, in March. Especially after this winter. So now, even with the bit of sunshine and warm weather we’ve seen in the last few days, you look outside and see that snow and ice on the ground and you can’t imagine […]
REVIEW: Blue bayou
Dadeo New Orleans Diner and Bar 10548 82 Ave. (780) 433-0930 Edmonton’s foodie community, it has been noted, can be somewhat fervent. I’d like to think this is a natural extension of their shared passion for all things gastronomic. But the reality is that communities tend to just be fervent. Sometimes, the focus of that […]
PREVIEW:Diamond Rings appreciates the attention
Everybody wants a piece of John O’Regan these days. The Canadian indie-pop sensation known as Diamond Rings can find his colourful image splashed all over the Internet. And the phone calls keep coming. After Gig City connects with O’Regan, behind schedule, our conversation is abruptly cut off. We reconnect a few minutes later as O’Regan […]
FISHEYE: Boomtown Bob
Bob Geldof was waiting around in the lobby of his downtown hotel this afternoon, and was gracious enough to consent to a photo. He’s down here in Austin, Texas at SXSW (South by Southwest Music + Film + Interactive Conference), doing a keynote panel yesterday lamenting the sorry state of our gadget-lusting culture. Our regular […]
St. Paddy’s Day just an excuse to get stinking drunk by noon – and the problem is?
It is time to honour the patron saint of Ireland by wallowing in all the negative stereotypes about our Hibernian friends – did you know one of the favourite traditional Irish sports is called “hurling”? In short, it’s an excuse to be stinking drunk by noon on a weekday. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, everybody! Or […]
MUSIC: Deon Blyan’s urban exposure at Haven Social Club
If Deon Blyan’s new album Turning to Wave is more about cities than it is about relationships, you probably can’t blame the guy. “I think I got sick of writing about girls,” the Calgary resident says, somewhere on the road in B.C. “I guess it had to happen eventually. It took on this theme of […]
Mayor’s Evening for the Arts – it’s not really his evening, it’s ours.
Stephen Mandel is one of the artsiest civic leaders artsy Edmonton has ever had – demonstrated again this year with today’s announcement of the nominees for the Mayor’s Evening for the Arts awards presentation on April 11. It’s not really HIS evening. We elected him. It’s OUR evening. Some of the names you will recognize: […]
THEATRE: Quasimodo, fully satisfying
There’s music, dancing and Quasimodo — but there is nothing Disney about Catalyst Theatre’s take on Victor Hugo’s classic 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. This is a tour-de-force examination of humanity’s darker traits. With Hunchback, playing at the Citadel’s Shoctor Theatre through March 27, Catalyst’s core team of Jonathan Christenson, Bretta Gerecke, Laura […]
No trespassing – amazing photos from urban explorers
It would be difficult for Edmonton’s urban explorers to stage a photography show, because so many of their best pictures are evidence of illegal activity. For those who’ve never heard of urban exploring, it involves climbing chain link fences that have signs that say “No Admittance” or passing through doors that say “Authorized Personnel Only.” […]
PREVIEW: Hugh Cornwell likes it when you’re moody
When Hugh Cornwell left The Stranglers in 1990 he’d gone as far as he felt he could with the veteran English rock band. Behind him he left a series of classic punk and new wave albums (The Raven, Feline, Gospel According To the Meninblack among them) charges of misogyny and a style that took as […]
