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Not-For-Profit Week
I kicked off my week on Monday at a Chamber of Commerce event where the Mayor’s declaration naming this week Not-For-Profit week in the City of Edmonton was announced. Did you know there are over 165...
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Half Moon Run sets their Dark Eyes on Edmonton
From the catch-them-in-a-small-venue-before-they-blow-up department: Canadian up ‘n’ comers Half Moon Run will perform Thursday, May 9 at The Starlite Room. Tickets are $15 plus service charges. On...
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Death at The Pawn Shop
Death is about to descend on Edmonton. The Detroit trio will perform Saturday, April 20 at The Pawn Shop. Tickets are $20 plus service charges at yeglive.ca. A film about the underrated ‘70s punk...
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In the studio with Michael Rault and Renny Wilson
Michael Rault sits in a basement bedroom/studio in Old Strathcona, eating leftover rice out of a plastic container. His cousin/producer, Renny Wilson, putters around the room — moving vintage synths,...
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Paula Findlay continues comeback, wins ITU Pan American Cup Triathlon in...
Edmonton’s Paula Findlay took what Triathlon Canada calls a “small, yet significant step forward” on her road back to elite competition Saturday by winning the ITU Pan American Cup triathlon in...
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Skiing With Chlidren
Photo Steph Van de Kemp How old should your kids be if you are going to introduce them to skiing and snowboarding? Most kids are ready for the sport at the age of three or four. They have the innate...
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McKennitt joins Edmonton Folk Music Festival roster
Celtic music priestess Loreena McKennitt will close this year’s Edmonton Folk Music Festival on Sunday, Aug. 11. Her publicist leaked the news as part of a mini-tour announcement, which also includes...
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Ian Anderson brings his Bricks to Edmonton
Whatever happened to Gerald Bostock? He was the fictional star of Jethro Tull’s 1972 album, Thick as a Brick. Forty years later, the band’s frontman, Ian Anderson, decided to revisit Bostock with Thick...
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Five good reads for March 19 – Reflecting on the Iraq War, 10 years later
In this weekly blog post I catch the stories that fell through the cracks. I’ll tell you about my favourite story and then provide a reading list of stories you may have missed. A week ago I wondered...
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Spring Break For Everyone
Spring break is on the horizon here at ABC Head Start. It starts next week when employees of ABC Head Start will kick up their feet for a week (and of course miss the children and families we have...
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potd 2o13.o1.16 ~ just doo it
pic, words – fish I’m not sure what they’re offering, exactly – but it’s great that they do it with respect. o< Instagram – @fisheyefoto Pinterest potd feed Pic repeats for Web 2.0 friends: …
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potd 2o13.o1.17 ~ google maps
pics, words – fish More of these little google-eyed goobers, giving downtown a little dash of extra personality. o< Instagram ~ @fisheyefoto Pinterest potd feed Pic repeats for Web 2.0 friends: …
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potd 2o13.o1.18 ~ hots of fire
words, pics – fish A night with the increasingly honed AwesomeHots is often pleasant, and one of the few places one can hear a chain slowly pistoning in and out of a bucket as percussion. They...
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Listen: Doug Hoyer’s One Foot
Here’s the saxalicious first single from the Edmonton musician’s next indie-pop album, To Be A River, due May 28. Swoon. (P.S. I’ve heard the entire album. More swooning.)
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potd 2o13.o1.19 ~ white dusk
pics, words – fish Alberta. o< Instagram ~ @fisheyefoto Pinterest potd feed Pic repeats for Web 2.0 friends: …
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potd 2o13.o1.2o ~ fundamental differences
words, pics – fish Dogs do not make any sense to me. What is this behaviour? What are their intentions? What’s with that leg thing? Would this have gone on forever until all the things were knocked...
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Illness forces Bob Seger to postpone Calgary show
Calgary will have to wait a few more days to catch Bob Seger’s Night Moves. The Detroit rocker postponed his Tuesday, March 19 show at the Saddledome until Monday, March 25. Live Nation first tweeted...
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2o13.o3.25 ~ so4 pulls up a cosmic chair
Never one to stop squirming, Lyle Bell/Whitey Houston made a magnificent, bumpin’ remix of Now That I’ve Given Up Hope, I Feel Much Better. His original, aAron Munson-co-directed video for the Shout...
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2o13.o3.25 ~ edmonton on the make
words, pics – fish If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the Make Something Edmonton video, written and crisply narrated by the brilliant Todd Babiak. The key moment of this handshake is Mayor Stephen...
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Twice the MGMT
MGMT is adding a 2ND show in YEG. The indie-rockers will now play a late, no-minors gig on Saturday, May 11 at The Starlite Room. Doors open at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 plus service charges via...
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