THEATRE: Little Elephants a peek into gently eccentric British family
The reason North Americans are so fascinated and amused by British people is a mystery. But at least now we have another reason to tune away from Coronation Street or the Royals visit coverage with another delightful peek into a typically barmy British family in Belinda Cornish’s new play, Little Elephants. It opens Thursday at […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Bon Iver lets amazing music speak for itself
Bon Iver’s first time in Edmonton was as close to perfection as any fan could have asked. The reasons were simple. Like the Black Keys – another Grammy-winning band that played Edmonton recently – the members of Bon Iver are musicians first, showmen second, letting the music speak for itself much more than being concerned […]
REVIEW: Area performance artists get on the air with Radio Saturn
All planets with magnetic fields emit radio waves – and so it’s only natural that the musicians of the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) would want to play around with them. Such was the premise of an unusual public recording session and performance art happening called The Saturn Sessions, which took place May 19 in […]
WRITER CITY: Cake Princess bakes up tale of sweet revenge
Mar’ce Merrell, known around town as the “Cake Princess,” is mother of five, a writing instructor and author of two kids’ books. Her new novel for young adults, Wicked Sweet, is in stores May 22. Q: OK, you’re in bakeshop with Steven Spielberg and his cupcakes will be ready in 30 seconds. Explain Wicked Sweet […]
ART: Talent overcomes cultural supression in Alex Janvier at the AGA
The superb collection of some 90 artworks making up the Alex Janvier exhibit at the Art Gallery of Alberta touches on many levels. Primarily abstractionist, Janvier’s colourful, curvilinear assemblies inspired by traditional themes are well represented at the AGA, from their exploratory beginnings in the 1960s through the ‘70s when they became his most familiar […]
Hip Hop in the Park a new age hippie happening
Hip Hop in the Park – a free festival taking place Saturday at the Louise McKinney Park – is more like the folk fest than any stereotype of a dangerous gangsta rap music event imagined by people who are afraid of rap music. “We’re more like new age hippies,” says producer Melissa L.A. Bishop. “We’re […]
My Darkest Days to rock against breast cancer on Nickelback tour
“If there were no boobs, we wouldn’t have music videos,” declares Sal Costa, lead guitarist for My Darkest Days, which opens for Nickelback at Rexall Place Tuesday night. It sounds so crass. Yet it is absolutely true – if you’re making the kind of music videos that My Darkest Days (and also Nickelback) seem to […]
These are the Boomers in your neighbourhood: The legacy of Rockin’ Rick
Rick Shermack, better known as Rockin’ Rick, will go down in history as the man who invented Alberta’s most famous shooter. That’s right, China White was a rock band before it was a drink. It happened in St. Paul, Alberta, early ‘80s, Rick recalls during a recent interview in his office at Axe Music, where […]
