Citing stress and funding, Alberta Aviation Museum boss takes leave
The director of the Alberta Aviation Museum on Kingsway Avenue has taken an indefinite leave of absence , citing stress caused by a lack of public and corporate support — and personal attacks over the...
View ArticleGiant Invisible Robot, The Unseen honoured as Edmonton Fringe breaks...
It’s not called North America’s biggest Fringe festival for nothing. Fringeopolis, this year’s edition of the annual theatre fest in Old Strathcona (and more far-flung locales), has set a new record,...
View ArticleRay LaMontagne speaks softly, carries a big tune
Nobody goes to a Ray LaMontagne gig for the lightshow. Say what you want about the current crop of pop darlings, but it’s good to know that in the age of 50′ video screens and five-piece bands that...
View ArticleTONIGHT: Synth duo Junior Boys keep it in perspective at the Starlite
The Junior Boys’ latest effort It’s All True is somewhat of an international project – Matt Didemus of the Hamilton-based synth-pop duo lives in Berlin, and frontman Jeremy Greenspan wrote some of the...
View ArticleART: Chiseled concern, soup can donations and students on show
Blake Ward’s sculptures have a familiar, accessible nature but still remind one immediately of classical studies of the human form, Greek and Roman tributes to human near-perfection. Tonight,...
View ArticleMaroon 5 a blue-eyed soul band in pop clothing
In a sense, Maroon 5 has been pulling off an enormous con job ever since hitting the scene early in 2002 with the band’s mega-hit This Love: it pretends to be a pop band, when it’s all about the soul...
View ArticleSigns of life in the north kick off AGA fall season
The Art Gallery of Alberta’s fall season kicks off today with a neat idea: a combined show from artists in three circumpolar countries: Canada, Denmark and Iceland. The artists are Kevin Schmidt (...
View ArticleGreg Wood gets an extreme sports boost for third CD
When extreme sports videos start using your tunes and the sound you were shooting for was “adrenaline soaked,” it must be a sign you’re on the right track. Greg Wood has been working the local and...
View ArticleFreedom or Death, Samantha Savage-Smith double up at The ARTery
Geez, The ARTery is rapidly turning into a buzz bin. Along with promoting visual arts, it’s a must-go venue for up-and-coming artists and Saturday night was a prime example of why, with buzz-heavy...
View ArticleKings of Leon and the price of fame
If the band Kings of Leon didn’t exist, some hack showman would have to invent it, pump it up until its name was writ billboard large, then prick it with a hypodermic full of fame and insecurity and...
View ArticleLIT: Thiessen nominated for GG award
One of Edmonton’s favourite playwright sons has been nominated for Canada’s top literary award for a third time. Vern Thiessen previously won the Governor General’s Literary Award in 2003 and was also...
View ArticleMUSIC: Roger Daltrey’s massive career arc
The Who occupy an odd position near the summit of the Rock pantheon, having evolved into a multi-threat artistic powerhouse … which can still occasionally revert to something close to its roots, and...
View ArticleCOMEDY: Continually cancelled, Norm MacDonald rolls on dryly
It’s hard not to like a comedian with balls so large Andy Kaufman would have had trouble carrying them, but really, that’s what Norm MacDonald’s entire career has been. Unabashedly Canadian — that...
View ArticleLMFAO concert postponed until February
Bad news for LMFAO fans – and for LMFAO itself – Wednesday’s show at Rexall Place has been postponed due to injury. The group known for such hits as Sexy and I Know It and Party Rock Anthem has pulled...
View ArticleLMFAO rescheduled to Feb. 6 – please wiggle responsibly
Sky Blu should have plenty of time to heal his sprained wiggle before LMFAO’s rescheduled date in Edmonton – Monday, Feb. 6 at Rexall Place. Tickets are on sale now. Seats held for the original Dec. 21...
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