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The nature of nurture

Little Elephants finds a family finally spilling their secrets

Mel Priestley / 23 May 2012

Thu, May 24 – Sun, Jun 10 (7:30 pm; 2pm matinees Sat & Sun; no matinee on Sun, May 27) Directed by John Hudson Varscona Theatre, $15 –…. Read more »

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Dish

To the Pint

Es ist sehr gut Bier

A fresh take from a 1000-year-old brewery

Jason Foster / 24 May 2012

  If you're almost 1000 years old, you probably have a few things figured out. Read more »

Food for thought

Working towards made-in-Edmonton

Meaghan Baxter / 23 May 2012

Fri, May 25 and Sat, May 26 Food in the City Conference Shaw Conference Centre, $50, $25 for students and seniors Additional fee of $40 for Taste of…. Read more »

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Arts

Passages

Saliha Chattoo / 24 May 2012

Occasionally, theatre patrons who crave poignancy and depth cringe at the description "family friendly" and pass on shows that label themselves as such. Read more »

Dog Sees God

Meaghan Baxter / 24 May 2012

'Blow me" isn't exactly a phrase one would expect to be uttered from the mouth of a Peanuts character, but then again, they also seem too wholesome for…. Read more »

Medea

Saliha Chattoo / 24 May 2012

Studio Theatre's season comes to a close this week with Larry Fineberg's version of Euripides' Medea. Read more »

The nature of nurture

Little Elephants finds a family finally spilling their secrets

Mel Priestley / 23 May 2012

Thu, May 24 – Sun, Jun 10 (7:30 pm; 2pm matinees Sat & Sun; no matinee on Sun, May 27) Directed by John Hudson Varscona Theatre, $15 –…. Read more »

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Film

Dune

Brian Gibson / 24 May 2012

Based on the best-selling sci-fi novel ever (published in 1965) and released in 1984 after 13 years of development hell (including Alejandro Jodorowsky's planned version, starring Salvador Dalí…. Read more »

Apocalypse now and then

Godard's prescient, polarized Weekend an durable ode to catastrophic collapse

Josef Braun / 23 May 2012

Fri, May 25 – Tue, May 29 Directed by Jean-Luc Godard Metro Cinema at the Garneau Originally released: 1967 Title cards flash across the screen in the opening…. Read more »

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 »

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Music

Sometimes the kids aren’t alright

Bobby Cameron prepares to raffle a concert to support Kids Help Phone

Meaghan Baxter / 24 May 2012
Bobby Cameron: surveying the weather

  Kids Help Phone is getting a little help from well-known Canadian singer-songwriter Bobby Cameron. Read more »

Arkells

Meaghan Baxter / 24 May 2012
We should have taken a Michigan left at Albuquerque

  Two thousand and twelve Juno-winning rockers for Best New Band, Arkells, have been hitting the road hard in support of Michigan Left, the sophomore follow up to…. Read more »

Zeus

Meaghan Baxter / 24 May 2012
Zeus: the sum total of everything they've heard before

  Despite releasing its Polaris Prize-nominated debut Say Us two years ago, indie rockers Zeus consider the follow-up, Busting Visions, to be its first true release as a…. Read more »

The Monkey Bunch

Tejay Gardiner / 24 May 2012

  Comedian and writer Shoshana Sperling often compares her new gig as a children's musician to the likes of a Grateful Dead concert. Read more »

Alan Doyle

Meaghan Baxter / 24 May 2012
Sailing solo

  You really can't sweat the small stuff, or so Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle learned. Read more »

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