FORBIDDEN PLACES: Urban explorers reveal their crimes at photography show
A pair of urban explorers’ vague plan to turn their Polaroid photos of a closed industrial facility on the outskirts of Edmonton into a public exhibition has become a reality – now hopefully Leila Sidi and Alex Hindle won’t get arrested at their own show. “Crimes of Adventure in the Polaroid Apocalypse” opens Saturday night […]
Cirque du Tom Waits to explore ‘visual music’ at the Arden Theatre
The members of L’Orchestre d’Hommes-Orchestres get some funny looks walking through airport security with a pair of hedge clippers. It’s part of their arsenal of unconventional musical instruments they’re bringing for a Tom Waits tribute at the Arden Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday. Not just any gardening shears will do. “Once you find the one that […]
QUILTING ROCKS: It’s all about the grannies at AGA Refinery Party
Quilting with granny is not usually on the itinerary for your average hip party – but no average party is a Refinery Party. Saturday night at the Art Gallery of Alberta, the conversational topic over drinks, rock ‘n’ roll singalongs and various good times shall be the merits of “textile art.” Consider the obvious: Textile […]
FOOD: Southeast Asian home cooking in the houses
If you’re a diner-outer who wants to feel like you’re going over to someone’s home for a nice meal – albeit one you have to pay for – there are no shortage of choices in Edmonton. Take, for example, the enclave of fancy manses just off High Street (Manor Café, Violino) or the Ethiopian eateries […]
O Sister, Where Art Thou? Anais Mitchell occupies Greek myth in Hadestown
Boy meets girl, girl gets bitten by a snake, dies and goes to hell, boy goes to rescue her, deals with the devil, but blows it at the end. The great thing about Greek mythology is that you don’t have to have studied Greek mythology to know the basics: Helen of Troy, the Trojan Horse, […]
Jake Ian and Haymakers connect with small town Alberta zeitgeist
Jake Ian and the Haymakers have proof that life really does imitate art. The local country band was shooting a video for its latest single Lowlife From High River, a catchy tune about a guy who gets ripped off by a used car salesman, when the guys hit an ironic snag. “We were filming a […]
INTERVIEW: My Name Is Kay is the chick, the song and the brand all in one
Once in a while the great wasteland that is top-40 radio grows something interesting. Case in point: My Name Is Kay. Nova Scotia’s Kay Boutilier and her collaborators have scored a pretty major hit here, launched with YouTube – and what a funky blast of self-contained musical marketing it is, too. My Name is Kay […]
Yanni returns to perform Aug. 7 at the Jubilee Auditorium
Yanni is no fool. He knows he’s considered the king of cheese among the “cool” crowd – “a guy who plays the piano and probably has some incense and a couple of crystals,” as he told a reporter recently – just as much as he knows that the “cool” crowd has no business being at […]
