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Events
Disney at the EXPO Centre review!
March 2024: Lauren Kalinowski takes her children to the Disney Animation: Immersive Experience show at the EXPO Centre, and they all enjoy themselves emormously.
Music and Story-telling
Rubaboo at the MacLab
March 2024: Métis music and storytelling captivate Lauren Kalinowski at the MacLab Theatre.
Classical Music
A concert for Women’s Day
March 2024: Mark Morris reviews the Edmonton Recital Society’s celebratory concert of work by women, played by Edmontonian women musicians.
Exhibition
Review: Banksyland International Tour
December 2023: The Banksyland Inernational Tour claims to bring Banksy to the general public, but Iman Qureshi comes away disappointed.
Food
BE Coffee café
December 2023: BE Coffee is a student-friendly café opposite the Century Park tranist centre. Iman Qureshi interviews Debra Hoover, the owner.
Opera
Review: Edmonton Opera’s Don Giovanni
February 2024: Mark Morris reviews Joel Ivany’s considerable reworking of Mozart’s opera.
Popular Music
Review: Scott Helman
December 2023: The Canadian singer-songwriter is touring Canada, and Rennie Hannah, an ardent fan, went along to the Starlight Room to hear him.
Interview
An interview with Dale the Preacher
December 2023: Dale the street-corner preacher is a familiar figure in Edmonton’s downtown, infuriating some, amusing others, striking a religious chord in yet others. Milton Friesen interviewed him to find the man behind the placard.
Interview
Quizzing riders on the LRT
December 2023: Knowsy Fest 2023 is a project that aims to discover how people who use the LRT are doing. Ani Hislop talks to two of the local ‘Listeners’ who are gathering that information.
Food
La French Taste: Edmonton’s new bakery
December 2023: A new French bakery-café has opened on 95th St., next door to Otto’s Restaurant, and Amy Stein talks to the owners and samples the baking.
Food
Foraging in Edmonton
December 2023: J. Kaur goes to a talk on foraging in Edmonton, and not only learns about berries, but meets a new community.
Events
Celebrating Oneness and Love for All
December 2023: Arsh Kaur is persuaded by her mother to join the Sikh celebrations of Guru Purab, and she reconnects with her roots.
Musical
Review: Hadestown on its North American tour 2
December 2023: Hanna Rennie sees political allegory in Hadestown, the Grammy and Tony award-winning Broadway musical.
Events
Edmonton Christmas Market review
December 2023: Caitlin Stratton and her mother go on a Christmas spending spree at Fort Edmonton Park, enjoying the multiple delights of the Edmonton Christmas Market, which runs through Dec 17.
Interview
An interview with Edmonton Vedic Astrologer Shivaji
December 2023: Arsh Kaur is not quite sure whether she believes in astrology, so she visits a Vedic astrology Master.
Food and Dining
A zesty mediterranean night: restaurant review
November 2023: Brooklyn Hollinger samples the fare at Zula, Glenaora’s up-market restaurant.
Musical
Review: Hadestown on its North American tour 1
December 2023: Brooklyn Hollinger goes to the Jubilee for a successful trip to Hadestown, the Grammy and Tony award-winning Broadway musical.
Chamber Music
A Review: Vaughan and Vertex String Quartets
December 7, 2023: In the last of the Vaughan String Quartet’s concerts celebrating their tenth anniversary, they joined forces with Edmonton’s Vertex String Quartet.
Events
Just Another Party or A Mock Wedding?
November 2023: Udesi’s mock Indian wedding sounds lie a great idea, but the event is less than Arsh Kaur anticipated.
Interview
A conversation with Edmonton MLA Janis Irwin
November 2023: Edmonton NDP MLA Janis Irwin and Hannah Rennie talk about the future of 2SLGBTQ+ students in Alberta.
Food and drink
Review: A Weekend at the Cabin
November 2023: Ani Heslop has a local pub she regularly frequents, but this time she decided to spend an evening there with her reviwer’s hat on.
Books and Bookshops
A treasured gem for Edmonton book lovers
November 2023: Caitlin Stratton talks to Brandi Morpurgo, the founder and owner of the Daisy Chain Book Co..
Country Music
Paul Brandt and Terri Clark’s Homecoming Tour
November 2023: Country legends Paul Brand and Terri Clark return to the Jubilee. Milton Friesen is not so impressed, but his wife Chynna loves it.
Events
An Interfaith Multicultural Celebration
November 2023: J. Kaur reports on an Interfaith Multicultural Celebration event at the Shaama Centre.
Burlesque
Clue: A Burlesque Murder Mystery review
October 2023: Amy Stein goes to Burlesque for the first time at the Varscona Theatre.
Books & Zines
If Food Could Talk
November 2023: Brooklyn Hollinger visits the Harvest Books Fair, discovers zines, and talks to two creators.
Events
Halloe’en in the Dark at Fort Edmonton Park
November 2023: Iman Qureshi reviews the haunted offerings at Fort Edmonton Park.
Events
Where Science Meets Cocktails
October 2023: Caitlin Stratton goes to the TELUS World of Science to taste the cocktails, taste the food, and do the science at the World’s new adults only event.
Books
This is How You Start to Disappear
October 2023: J. Kaur talks with Edmonton writer Astrid Blodgett about her new collection of short stories.
Opinion
Crisis on the Streets: Edmonton’s homeless
October 2023: Milton Friesen talks to the homeless on Edmonton’s streets, and suggests homelessness reflects society.
Events
Pumpkins After Dark review
October 2023: Pumpkins will never seem quite the same afteer this Borden Park Hallowe’en extravaganza. Review by Brooklyn Hollinger.
Shopping
The three best plant shops in Edmonton
October 2023: Hannah Rennie surveys her favourite places to buy plants in Edmonton.
Movies
37th Edmonton Film Festival review
October 2023: Caitlin Stratton surveys her favourite three movies in this year’s festival.
Events
2023 Kaleido Festival review 2
October 2023: Arsh Kaur enjoys the multiplicity of hands-on events at Kaleido.
Events
2023 Kaleido Festival review 1
October 2023: Ani Vanderploeg goes to the community extravaganza that is Kaleido.
Books
The Engagement Letters of Sam Steele and Marie Harwood
October 2023: J Kaur visits the book launch for the letters of the famed RCMP officer and his fiancée.
Events
Edmonton Coin Show
September 2023: Milton Friesen visits the 2023 Edmonton Coin Show. He didn’t find the 1936 Dot Cent, but did find much that was fascinating.
Shopping
Three antique stores
October 2023: Iman Quersi, an avid knick-knack hunter, reports on three of her regular shopping spots close to Whyte Avenue.
Dinner Theatre
Musicians Gone Wild: Rock the Canyon
October 2023: Amy Stein goes with her grandfather to the dinner theatre nostalgia show Musicians Gone Wild: Rock the Canyon.