Front
Queermonton
New gay bar in time for pride
Up Stares Ultralounge desperately needed in YEG
Ashley Dryburgh / 23 May 2013
The ongoing conversation about queer spaces and gay bars in Edmonton—whether we need them anymore and what they should look like—has an added dimension with the opening of a new gay bar next month. Read more »
Political Interference
Post-secondary review enough?
Lukaszuk promises to take another look at PSLA
Ricardo Acuña / 23 May 2013
In a speech Deputy Premier and also Minister of Enterprise and Advanced Education Thomas Lukaszuk made at the Annual Representative Assembly of the Alberta Teachers' Association this past…. Read more »
Vuepoint
Harper hops a plane
Paul Blinov / 23 May 2013
As scandal continues to grow in the Prime Minister's Office—as Stephen Harper's own plausible deniability in knowing his own chief of staff wrote a $90 000 cheque to cover now-resigned Senator Mike Duffy's inaccurate housing expense claims—starts looking less and less plausible, the PM finally said something about the scandal on Tuesday morning. Read more »
Dish
Revisiting an old favourite
Wild Tangerine does not disappoint
Scott Lingley / 23 May 2013
The alarming rate at which new restaurants spring up along Edmonton's dusty byways makes it difficult for a conscientious food enthusiast to revisit the city's many and varied…. Read more »
To the Pint
This is solidarity, brothers and sisters!
The largest craft brewery in the US offers a perplexing nod to unions
Jason Foster / 23 May 2013
Unions and beer have a mixed relationship. Read more »
Provenance
Six things about frozen yogurt
/ 23 May 2013
They sure like their yogurt Americans celebrate this frozen dairy product twice a year—both February 6 and June 4 are designated as National Frozen Yogurt Day. Read more »
Provenance
Six things about escargot
Meaghan Baxter / 15 May 2013
En français For those not well-versed in French, escargot translates to snail. Read more »
Veni, Vidi, Vino
Bustin’ out the bubbly
Prosecco offers an affordable option to Champagne
Mel Priestley / 15 May 2013
Few things are as deliciously refreshing on a hot summer day than a cold glass of bubbly—and Prosecco is one of the best-value bubblies out there. Read more »
Arts
An Accident
Paul Blinov / 23 May 2013
When An Accident starts, its namesake event has already occurred: Libby (Melissa Thingelstad) wakes in a hospital bed, slowly gains her bearings and realizes, with slow horror, that…. Read more »
Expanding Horizons
Latitude 53 moves into a new, larger space next door
Agnieszka Matejko / 23 May 2013
Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture has moved to a new storefront location overlooking 106 Street. Read more »
A Final Whimsy
Meaghan Baxter / 23 May 2013
The grandiose interior of the sanctuary at Holy Trinity Anglican Church is not merely the setting for David Belke's A Final Whimsy—the piece was written specifically for the space, allowing it to become a muse that would set the tone and stage for his production. Read more »
This Displace / Shatter State
Mel Priestley / 23 May 2013
Follow your heart; trust your gut—so the old sayings go. Read more »
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Mel Priestley / 23 May 2013
There's a line between contemplation and tedium, and unfortunately Studio Theatre's season closer spends far too much time over the edge of the latter. Read more »
