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Jan. 18, 2012 / 848: City of champions
Coming attractions 2012 - part 1
A preview of the coming year in film
Shadowed by dark nights of superhero franchises, blue-balled by smurfin' cartoon sequels, battleshipped by board-game adaptations, snow white-outed by fairy-tale flicks, jump street-jacketed by '80s remakes ... will… Read more »
Oct. 12, 2011 / 834: Protest in the riot
GUY VANDERHAEGHE
GUY VANDERHAEGHE
Although Guy Vanderhaeghe's A Good Man concludes a loose western trilogy of sprawling historical novels, he'd never intended to write them as a linked series. When he first… Read more »
Oct. 12, 2011 / 834: Protest in the riot
Reasons to be Pretty
REASONS TO BE PRETTY
On the precipice of her first season as the artistic director of the Walterdale theatre, Sarah Van Tassel seems adjusting to the shift from her own independent company,… Read more »
Oct. 12, 2011 / 834: Protest in the riot
LITFEST
LITFEST
Though she'd go on to emerge as a poet, Alice Major's childhood exposure to science left its own indelible mark on her mind, beginning around the age of… Read more »
Oct. 12, 2011 / 834: Protest in the riot
BASHIR LAZHAR
BASHIR LAZHAR
The cultural mosaic, our national metaphor for unity and cultural perseverance, doesn't hold up to scrutiny very well. It defines the preservation of each piecemeal part and, in… Read more »
Oct. 12, 2011 / 834: Protest in the riot
PERE ET FILS
When famed Polish composer Henryk Górecki passed away late last year, choreographer Waldemar Bartkowski had just finished creating an evening for Citie Ballet that honoured the work of… Read more »
Sep. 21, 2011 / 831: The Sandwich Issue
Reeling outward
The Edmonton International Film Fest expands
Though the past few years have seen it moving closer to a fully centralized location, the Edmonton International Film Festival is spreading outward from its usual downtown… Read more »
Jul. 27, 2011 / 823: The Naked Truth
TOA: The Overachievers
Edmo hip hop by way of Sudan
When Muta, Namso and Moto first arrived in Edmonton—having embarked from Sudan six years ago—they didn't speak a word of English. "It took me like a year, to… Read more »
Jul. 27, 2011 / 823: The Naked Truth
Charlotte Cornfield
Sincere folk alert!
Charlotte Cornfield's life has become one of near-perpetual motion. Since leaving her home in Toronto to attend Concordia University in Montréal, the jazz-drummer-turned-folk singer hasn't stopped going. Playing… Read more »
Jul. 27, 2011 / 823: The Naked Truth
Draw
Now in its sixth iteration of bringing Edmonton's artist-run centres into a visual jamboree, Draw plays out like a dream day for the artistically inclined: a full bevy… Read more »