Front

The Coming Out Monologues

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012

Thu, May 17 – Fri, May 18 (7:30 pm) The Coming Out Monologues: Performance and Colloquiem Arts Based Research Studio (Education building), University of Alberta, $5 – $10 Coming out as a sexual minority is not a one-time occurrence. Read more »

Vuepoint

A job’s a job

Samantha Power / 16 May 2012

This week federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty declared in the House, "There is no bad job. Read more »

Beautiful Trouble

New book discusses the how-tos of a creative revolution

Samantha Power / 16 May 2012

Wed, May 23 (7 pm) Beautiful Trouble book launch Black Dog (Underdog), Free   Beautiful Trouble is a collection of activists' methods in creating creative activism. Read more »

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Dish

Veni, Vidi, Vino

Cheap, but good

How to choose great wine on a budget

Mel Priestley / 16 May 2012

Price is not an indication of quality. Read more »

Off to market

City Market Downtown kicks off another season

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012

The May long weekend means an extra day off, but it also means the kickoff to the outdoor season of the City Market Downtown on the 104th St…. Read more »

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Arts

Dog Sees God

Meaghan Baxter / 17 May 2012

Sex, drugs, the struggle with self-identity and a rabid Snoopy may not sound like the Peanuts characters generations have come to know and love, but this unauthorized parody…. Read more »

Medea

Saliha Chattoo / 17 May 2012

In an era of voracious media consumption where the vast majority of blockbuster films don't hold up in a second viewing, it's nice to be reminded that some…. Read more »

Sic in-transit gloria

Operations EVAsion heightens its intriguing-but-dense subject matter

Paul Blinov / 16 May 2012

Until Sat, May 20 (8 pm) Operation EVAsion Directed by John Ullyatt Catalyst Theatre, $20 The opening moments of Operation EVAsion see Annie Dugan walking out onto the…. Read more »

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Film

A Little Bit Zombie

Kathleen Bell / 17 May 2012

Director Casey Walker has three rules he suggests following in the event of a zombie apocalypse: "Get the hell out of the city, get the hell out of…. Read more »

Keyhole

Josef Braun / 17 May 2012

A dark and stormy night. Read more »

Mulholland Drive

Brian Gibson / 17 May 2012

"It's been a very strange day. Read more »

Lola

Josef Braun / 17 May 2012

Lola is set in 1950s Coburg, in a Germany still reeling, reconstructing and recovering from the horror and disorder of National Socialism and the Second World War. Read more »

Durand Durand

Kevin Durand talks Citizen Gangster, Thunder Bay and what rapping taught him about acting

Josef Braun / 16 May 2012

Opens Friday Directed by Nathan Morlando Canadian-born actor Kevin Durand is probably most familiar from shows like Dark Angel or Lost, and films such as Legion or Robin Hood, in which he played the decidedly ironically named Little John. Read more »

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Music

On the Record

Nothing’s gonna stop him now

JP Hoe discusses the making of his latest album, Mannequin

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012
The mannequin himself

  Mannequin, the new album from Canadian singer-songwriter JP Hoe, is a collection of tunes with a melancholic edge accompanied by sharp lyrics and bold ideas. Read more »

Vibonics

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012
Eclectic and varied vibes

  There's usually some amount of eclecticism amongst music fans' libraries, from the latest indie gem to, whether they want to admit it or not, the latest Top…. Read more »

The New Jacobin Club

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012

  Horror shock-rock troupe the New Jacobin Club is celebrating 15 years of insanity and stretching boundaries, a feat lead singer The Horde never imagined possible. Read more »

Jk & the Relays

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012

  From opening for BB King with jazz-funk melodies with Mocking Shadows to tearing up pubs with ska and reggae ferocity as frontman of Jk & the Relays, Jory Kinjo clearly isn't one to shy away from musical diversity. Read more »

The Saturn Sessions

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012

  The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) is combining the talents of five unique artists with radio signals from Saturn for a musical experience that's out of this world. Read more »

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