Posted on July 11, 2012
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Music
They don’t call it “World at Winspear” anymore, but they might as well. The annual winter concert series – now named Live at the Winspear – is all over the map in more ways than one. It starts with on Wednesday, October 10, at the Winspear Centre, naturally, with Angelique Kidjo, the outspoken African singer […]
Posted on July 11, 2012
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, TV and Radio
Come on, Lassie, come on girl, time for walkies! Time for your bath! Ow, stop it, Lassie. No, Lassie, no! Put Timmy down! Oh, God … If this harrowing scene sounds familiar, then your beloved hound may need a session with …. the Dog Whisperer. Yes, the dog people of Edmonton will be out in […]
Posted on July 10, 2012
By Maurice Tougas
The Latest, TV and Radio
The Edmonton Eskimos have 10 chances a year to lure as many as 60,000 people at a time to Commonwealth Stadium. In a league that lives and dies on gate revenue, they can’t afford to blow their chances to get bums in seats – and yet, somehow, they do. The Edmonton Oilers need only to […]
Posted on July 10, 2012
By Kevin Maimann
Front Slider, Music
Oi Polloi frontman Deek Allen has seen a lot of shit in his three decades with Scotland’s eminent anarcho-punk band – and he’s had about enough of it. “We started to make a few stipulations in places about the places we stay (on tour),” he says. “We don’t want to stay in places that are […]
Posted on July 10, 2012
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest
Asked what kind of music he likes outside of classical, piano wunderkind Jan Lisiecki doesn’t hesitate, “I love Pink Floyd.” Good answer, kid. He says it “takes him back.” So what’s more amazing – that a teenager loves Pink Floyd, or that a teenager has reached international fame as a master concert pianist? On stage […]
Posted on July 9, 2012
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Front Slider
The aboriginal comics featured at “Red, White, and Hilarious: A Night of Aboriginal comedy” at Yuk Yuk’s Wednesday night are expected to devote good chunks of their time to being aboriginal – saying things a non-aboriginal comic could never get away with. At least not without getting a Pilsner bottle thrown at him. Featured at […]
Posted on July 7, 2012
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest, Theatre, Visual Arts
Edmonton can’t be the only city that has such a boneheaded habit of badly naming and then constantly renaming its festivals, buildings and streets. On July 10, organizers of the Capital Ex festival released the six choices to replace the name Capital Ex, which had in turn had replaced Klondike Days. They are: – EdFest […]
Posted on July 6, 2012
By LH Thomson
Comedy, Front Slider
There was a time when Bill Maher’s jokes were so shocking, he had to warn the audience. “I’m about to start talking about religion,” he would say, “and it’s usually right about now that some of you get up to leave.” But the guy used to star on a show called Politically Incorrect, too. These […]
Posted on July 6, 2012
By Adrian Lackey
The Latest, Theatre
In the program for Julius Caesar, now playing at the Freewill Shakespeare Festival in Hawrelak Park, director John Kirkpatrick is quoted, “I have decided to set the play in a world/time period of my own imagination…” It’s a pragmatic and serviceable idea given William Shakespeare’s constant – and anachronistic – references to “clocks,” something which […]
Posted on July 5, 2012
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music, Visual Arts
There are some very sad people in Edmonton this week. First came word that guitarist Brent Macnab died suddenly late Tuesday night, from an apparent heart attack – just days after seeming as normal as ever at an area jam session. The one-time member of the Models and Famous Blue Raincoat was 53 years old. […]
Posted on July 5, 2012
By Mike Ross
The Latest, Theatre
The case of actor Ron Pederson is more evidence supporting the old saying: You don’t know how good you’ve got it at home until you leave. From an almost sure shot at fame in Hollywood – where funny Canadians seem to shine – the former star of MAD-TV, writer-performer for the Craig Ferguson Show and […]
Posted on July 5, 2012
By Maurice Tougas
Culture, Music, The Latest, Theatre
Edmonton is unique amongst Canadian cities in that we have five seasons: winter, spring, summer, fall and festival. Festival season is roughly defined as beginning with The Works Art and Design Festival and Edmonton International Jazz Festival in June, and ending with the Symphony Under the Sky near Labour Day. After that, it’s back to […]
