Stars from Corner Gas, Coronation Street visit Edmonton
* Comedian and former Corner Gas star Brent Butt will yuk it up on Saturday, March 1 at the Winspear Centre. Tickets are $34.50 and $41.50 plus service charges. On sale: Friday, Nov. 22 via the...
View ArticleYoung The Giant visit Edmonton
Young The Giant will spoon out Cough Syrup and other indie-rock tunes on Monday, March 31 at the Winspear Centre. Tickets are $29.50 plus service charges. On sale: Friday, Nov. 22 via the Winspear’s...
View ArticleBangarang! Skrillex returns to Edmonton
Skrillex, one of the darlings of dance music, will perform Friday, Dec. 27 at the Shaw Conference Centre. Tickets are $49 to $89 plus service charges. On sale: Friday, Nov. 22 at Ticketfly. The...
View ArticleBehold the Ides of Winter
Looks like winter is finally fashionable in Edmonton. We’ve got an anthology of winter tales. A winter tourism strategy. Several winter festivals. And a contest looking for a signature winter drink....
View ArticleAlbum review: Cockatoo, Present
Album: Present Artist: Cockatoo (Independent) Three-and-a-half stars (out of five) The title of Cockatoo’s full-length debut, Present, refers to the here and now, but I’d like to think of it more as an...
View ArticleMore Edmo shows: Wanting, The Pack A.D., Boy & Bear, The 1975
Wanting: Wednesday, Feb. 26 at Myer Horowitz Theatre. Tickets: $32.50 plus service charges. On sale: Friday, Nov. 22 at Ticketmaster. The Pack A.D.: Friday, Feb. 28 at The Starlite Room. Tickets: $20...
View ArticleNew tunes: Mitchmatic and Big Ben
He needed a little bit of coaxing, but Edmonton rapper and multi-instrumentalist Mitchmatic is sharing his latest song, Try Something Else, on Bandcamp: “Almost as a rule I don’t release anything until...
View ArticleYEG does SST
Black Flag. Bad Brains. Descendents. Dinosaur Jr. Husker Du. Sonic Youth. These are some of the musical acts on SST, an indie label started by Black Flag’s Greg Ginn in 1978. Concealer. Slates. Thea...
View Article2o13.11.21 ~ positive projections
pics, words – fish Boyle Street Projections is a video instalation opening in the bold new Boyle Street Plaza (architecture by Arndt Tkalcic Bengert). Running on a wall visible from outside through...
View Article2o13.11.22 ~ alanis and atwood
pics, words – fish Those surprised Margaret Atwood is fiercely quotable and Alanis Morissette capable of discussing her life and emotions wandered into the wrong auditorium. Atwood, 74, joked of the...
View ArticleSteve Miller Band flies like an eagle into Edmonton
Steve Miller Band: Monday, April 7 at Rexall Place. Tickets: $39.50 to $79.50 plus service charges. On sale: Friday, Nov. 29 at Ticketmaster. Other western Canadian dates: April 4...
View ArticleCRAFT Beer Market set to open Dec. 19
Craft and draft beer lovers can rejoice as the long-delayed opening of the CRAFT Beer Market on Ric Howard Way is just around the corner. The bar-restaurant will open on Dec. 19th with more than 100...
View ArticleEdmonton’s 100 Mile House play Santa with new tunes
Peter Stone and Denise MacKay like to write Christmas songs — with a twist. The Edmonton couple, who front rootsy-folk act 100 Mile House, can pen gushy holiday tunes (We’ll Count All the Days), but...
View ArticleNew tunes: Cantoo and Brock Tyler
For the last four years, ATB Financial has sponsored an annual All-Albertan Songwriting Competition. Edmonton’s Cantoo entered this year’s contest, but didn’t win. Calgary rapper Transit took home the...
View Article2o13.11.28 ~ new heights for dc3
pics, words – fish dc3 Art Projects continues its streak of gripping conceptual multimedia art with Our Families, which closes Saturday. Simple-noun concepts – for example the “hands” of this spring’s...
View ArticleGiving Tuesday
The generosity of ABC Head Start supporters during the holiday season always astounds me. Our donors, supporters, and volunteers go above and beyond to make sure our families are well cared for this...
View ArticleAlberta’s junior tech firms pitch investors today at TEC Edmonton event
Half a dozen promising junior technology companies will be making their pitch to prospective investors today at the Alberta Deal Generator Forum. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at TEC...
View Article2o13.11.29 ~ outlaws, dilettantes + barbarians
pics, words – fish Many believe writers exist, but what might they possibly look like? Thursday night, a special event called Book Bash was co-produced by the Journal and CKUA (on its Alberta Hotel...
View ArticleDWW at the Winspear? Yup.
Down With Webster, up with partying. The Toronto pop-rockers will perform Friday, Jan. 31 at the Winspear Centre — three days after releasing their third album, Party For Your Life. (The Winspear? Not...
View ArticleBastille brings Bad Blood to Edmonton
Forget what you were taught in history class. Bastille, one of the hottest new rock bands out of Britain, will storm Union Hall on Saturday, April 5. Tickets are $27.50 plus service charge. On sale:...
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