O'Connor and Bullough: portrait of a blooming theatre family
By the time Jana O’Connor was in Grade 5, age 10, she was already 5 foot 10. “I looked like a full-grown lady, like a teacher.” By Grade 7, when the class was creating a collective show, the teacher...
View ArticleWildfire theatre, winter celebrations and Black History gospel: 10 things to...
Wildfire Festival The debate over resources in Alberta continues, but there’s one that never seems to run out: the long line of talented improvisational actors out of organizations such as Rapid Fire...
View ArticlePaula Simons: 'Shovel-ready' Galleria the zombie project that just won't die
The Galleria. It’s the zombie project that will not die. Never mind that oil prices are $27 US a barrel. Never mind that the project lost its key political champions when Stephen Mandel and Dave...
View ArticleGino Vannelli vs. Honeymoon Suite: both play Edmonton this weekend
There’s something to be said for the lifers. You know, the musicians who stick it out past what the industry considers to be their expiration date, slogging it out back in the trenches or reinventing...
View ArticleEdmonton's L'UniThéâtre ventures into opera
The show that opens Friday at La Cité francophone propels an unusual collaboration onto the Edmonton theatre scene. La Voix Humaine is the joint work of Edmonton’s resourceful francophone theatre...
View ArticleYukon Blonde tour stops in Edmonton
The rock star life is over for Yukon Blonde — for now. After joining Hey Rosetta on tour last year following the release of Yukon Blonde’s third full-length album, On Blonde, the members of the...
View ArticleMichael Hingston: Meet some of Edmonton's online booksellers
If you measure a city’s book scene by how many physical bookstores it has, then you can’t deny Edmonton’s has taken a big hit in recent years, with increasing rents, decreasing margins, and the rise of...
View ArticleThe Needle's fresh spin on vinyl flooring
Edmonton’s newest downtown venue is taking vinyl flooring to another level — and paying tribute to the city’s rich music history at the same time. The Needle Vinyl Tavern wants to embed a collage of...
View ArticleBlack Sabbath reschedules Edmonton show to March 2
Ozzy Osbourne must be over his extreme sinusitis. Live Nation announced Thursday that the heavy metal gods have scheduled their three recently cancelled shows in Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. The...
View ArticleUpcoming literary events in Edmonton area
Friday, Feb. 12: Local author and medium Paul E. Napora will be at Chapters, West Edmonton Mall, to sign copies of his latest book You Through Your Dreams, 4-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13: Celebrate...
View ArticleYour guide to celebrating with your Edmonton valentine
You can be as cynical as you want about the Hallmark holiday created to suck money from our wallets every Feb. 14. But by Saturday, you’ll probably be frantically looking around for something to do...
View ArticleSocial Seen: A benefit for SACE and an Edmonton Opera Valentine's Gala
Max Hurd hits some of our city’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. He is an Edmonton photographer and designer. Email your event suggestions at...
View ArticleComplex issues come alive in The Gay Heritage Project
It’s appealingly contradictory: playful but serious, sincere but skeptical, full-hearted but ambivalent. And since its three creator/stars are not only playwrights but actors (and fine ones), their...
View ArticleEdmonton boy saw first screening of Deadpool thanks to star Ryan Reynolds
Some hospital patients need bed rest, others physio. An Edmonton boy trying to kick cancer got a masked mercenary. Ryan Reynolds, star of the newest Marvel Comics movie Deadpool, posted a message to...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Shuyler Jansen's The Long Shadow feels like a space-western...
Album: The Long Shadow Artist: Shuyler Jansen (Big White Cloud Records) 4.5 out of 5 stars Shuyler Jansen should cast a longer shadow than he does. For much of the ’90s and ’00s, he was one of the...
View ArticleBuild a snowman, celebrate Family Day and witness some magic
Family Day This year’s Family Day at the Alberta legislature has been moved indoors, so you won’t have to worry about feet and hands getting cold. Among events and activities taking place in the...
View ArticleEdmonton comic collector gets dream meeting with Stan Lee
When an Edmonton-born comic collector brought a rare item to sell on a Network TV show recently, he had no idea he’d be going home with an even rarer prize — the experience of a lifetime. Kurt Masse,...
View ArticleClassified is Greatful for oil workers, fans, and family
There’s no shortage of songs about Canada’s cowboys. Or highways, mountains, even hockey players. Alberta’s oilpatch workers? Not so much. As popular as it is to bash the oilsands, hip-hop artist...
View ArticleTrack Stars: Add tunes by Rae Spoon, Black Mountain and The Wet Secrets to...
Three of our favourite songs: 1. Rae Spoon, Armour. The title track from Spoon’s eighth solo album, due Feb. 19, is actually a revealing look at the steps we take (or shouldn’t) to protect ourselves...
View ArticleCappies reviews: Mary Poppins
Julia Stanski Archbishop MacDonald High School All is not well at Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane. Nannies are quitting like clockwork, servants are beginning to mutiny, and a nuclear family is on the edge...
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