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Vuepoint

A lot to look forward to

Samantha Power / 01 Feb 2012

No policy decision should ever be untouchable to debate. Read more »

Waiting for delivery

Premier Redford has promised an increase for AISH recipients

Mimi Williams / 01 Feb 2012

Ask a politician of any political stripe if picking a fight with the disabled is a good way to start an election campaign and odds are they will answer, "No!" But there's an exception to every rule and when it comes to Alberta politics, one need go no farther than Ralph Klein to find an example of this. Read more »

Dyer Straight

Scotland’s neverendum

Scotland's first minister knows all the tricks

Gwynne Dyer / 01 Feb 2012

The answer to a question often depends on how you ask it, and Alex Salmond is doing all he can to get a "Yes. Read more »

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Dish

Go north, young man

You'll need a solid sense of direction to get to EAST

Sharman Hnatiuk / 01 Feb 2012

EAST 16049 - 97 St, 780. Read more »

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Arts

ArtiFacts

Artifacts: Irrelevant Show taping, China Guizhou Acrobatic Troupe, Airport Art installation

Paul Blinov / 01 Feb 2012

Irrelevant Show taping / Sat, Feb 4 (7:30 pm) CBC Radio's sketch comedy show features some of Edmonton's finest comic actors getting together and writing whatever their twisted…. Read more »

The Mikado

Paul Blinov / 01 Feb 2012

In a nondescript little building in Edmonton's northwest corner—surrounded on all sides by warehouses and automotive repair joints—a quietly focused artistic bustle is hidden away. Read more »

Sky Life

Mel Priestley / 01 Feb 2012

They've been up for several weeks now, but the group of oddly-shaped structures occupying Sir Winston Churchill Square still make for a commanding sight. Read more »

Mad, mad world

Wishbone Theatre brings Beckett back to town

Paul Bellows / 01 Feb 2012

Until Sat, Feb 11 (8pm) Waiting for Godot Directed by Chris Bullough Arts Barns, Westbury Theatre, $19 –$23   We're living in a time when the well-established conventions…. Read more »

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Film

Edmonton Film Society Winter Series

Cast in crowns

Brian Gibson / 01 Feb 2012

Before the tabloids and entertainment-networks scrounged for dirt behind the dazzle and glamour, Tinseltown's stars were the new royalty. Read more »

Belle de Jour

Subversive!

Josef Braun / 01 Feb 2012

According to the film's co-scenarist, Jean-Claude Carrière, the great psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan was once asked to present a lecture on female masochism. Read more »

Fall films, and beyond

A final preview of 2012's cinematic schedule

Brian Gibson / 25 Jan 2012

Michael Haneke's Amour gazes at the relationship between an older couple and their daughter (Isabelle Huppert) after the mother suffers a stroke. Read more »

Prevue

Coming attractions 2012 - part 1

A preview of the coming year in film

Brian Gibson / 18 Jan 2012

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 . Read more »

A Clockwork Orange

Josef Braun / 18 Jan 2012

Fri, Jan 20 (11:30 pm); Sun, Jan 22 (9:15 pm) Directed by Stanley Kubrick Metro Cinema at the Garneau Originally Released: 1971   As a teenager I suppose…. Read more »

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Music

Pip Skid

Wed, Feb 8, Wunderbar

Bryan Birtles / 01 Feb 2012

  Headed to Edmonton for the first time in a while, Pip Skid is a rapper not afraid to point fingers at the people who deserve to be…. Read more »

Looks young, feels old

Harlan Pepper's music is wise beyond the band's years

Bryan Birtles / 01 Feb 2012

Playing the kind of dusty road music that makes rust belt towns what they are, it's incredible to think that the members of Harlan Pepper are barely out…. Read more »

Duo Aperio

Fri, Feb 3, Muttart Hall

Bryan Birtles / 01 Feb 2012

Fri, Feb 3 (8 pm) Muttart Hall, $20 – $25 There are three things you need to know about Renée-Paule Gauthier: first, she's the violin half of Duo…. Read more »

Mitchmatic

Fri, Feb 3, Wunderbar

Paul Blinov / 01 Feb 2012

By his own admission, Mitch Holtby—better known on local stages as Mitchmatic, one of Old Ugly Records' core rap trio—has been working on It's Probably Raining for longer…. Read more »

Geoff Berner

Sat, Feb 4, the Artery

Bryan Birtles / 01 Feb 2012

Accordian player, singer, songwriter, activist, star in Norway, klezmer enthusiast, Geoff Berner is a lot of things. Read more »

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