Expanse Movement Arts Festival 2010
Posted by Andrew Paul in Go Fest Yourself
Edmonton dance enthusiasts were left salivating March 4-7 as the Expanse Movement Arts Festival invaded the Roxy Theatre with more hot bodies than you could shake a rump at.
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Stuff you might have missed: March 4-10
Posted by Maurice Tougas in Stuff You Might Have MissedOff the Road Driving
Here’s some good news from the recession front. Declining sales brought on by the U.S. economic collapse has been the kiss of death to the Hummer, the wretched symbol of excess. General Motors has announced that it will phase out production of the world’s ugliest, least fuel efficient worst status symbol unless a buyer can be found. In its peak year, 2006, GM sold 71,524 of the militaristic beasts; in 2009, that total fell to slightly more than 9,000. In January of this year, only 265 were sold.
No Rhubarb Over Rhubard
What does forced Yorkshire rhubarb have in common with champagne? They are both on the list of the European Union’s protected foods.
Forced Yorkshire rhubarb is grown indoors, can take up to three years to … Read More
Stuff you might have missed: Feb. 18-24
Posted by Maurice Tougas in Stuff You Might Have MissedEven Cooler Runnings
Remember the story of the Jamaican bobsledders from the Calgary Olympics, immortalized in the John Candy film Cool Runnings? Turns out that at least one of those guys wasn’t just a flash in the bobsleigh. Lascelles Brown will be participating in the Vancouver Olympics, but this time for Canada — he became a Canadian citizen just weeks before competing in the Turin Olympics. He races on Saturday.
This Is Progress?
In another giant step forward towards total equality, America has its first legal male prostitute. His name is Markus, and he works legally out of the Shady Lady Ranch brothel in Goldfield, Nev. His clients are strictly women, and he charges $300 an hour or, if you’re short on cash and/or time, $200 for 40 … Read More
Girls, Girls, Girls and a Bunch of Old Guys With Mullets
Posted by Curtis Wright in Gig Bytes
When I think of Motley Crue, I generally think of one thing: people sporting ripped jeans, unfortunate t-shirts, and long, scraggily hair in need of some serious conditioning treatment. (Well, 2 thoughts…but the other involves their drummer and a certain Baywatch broad). I don’t think of the music, when I think of the Crue. I don’t know much about their rocking ways, and from what I do know, I’m okay with that.
I looked at Wednesday night’s concert as more of a cultural experiment than anything else. I knew these aged rockers probably still had a couple tricks up their ¾ sleeves, but I really came to see the spectacle of debauchery – come to think of it, that’s what they should have named their tour. After receiving a very complimentary and … Read More
Stuff you might have missed: Feb. 4-10
Posted by Maurice Tougas in Stuff You Might Have MissedWe’re No. 2
Edmonton is Canada’s second most “sustainable” large city, Toronto magazine Corporate Knights reports. Sustainability, according to the magazine, is defined as “the ability of individuals and communities to fourish without contributing to the progressive degradation of the human and natural sytems on which we depend.” No. 1 is Toronto, No. 3 is Calgary.
Palin comin’ to Calgary
And speaking of the third most sustainable large city in Canada, as if you needed another reason not to visit Calgary, ex-Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin will be droppin’ her Gs there next month is a speakin’ engagement. As one of the organizers says, “this is a Republican town.” Seriously? Oil men in suits are Republicans?
Can a fire be ironic?
The … Read More
Archives
Mar 2010- Gabriel Bianco has perfect timing
- Expanse Movement Arts Festival 2010
- Viola Da Gamba A Good Gamble With Jordi Savall
- The Wheat Pool is Happy to Sing Sad Songs
- Stuff you might have missed: March 4-10
- Intrigue at the Opera
- Silence is Golden
- Stuff you might have missed: Feb. 18-24
- Girls, Girls, Girls and a Bunch of Old Guys With Mullets
- Stuff you might have missed: Feb. 4-10
- Day 7 Part 2: Maximum rock 'n' roll
- Day 7 Part 1: The snapping point
- Day 6: Crack-up in Kraków
- Day 5: On the (UNESCO-approved) town
- Festival of Trees
- Day 4: All quiet on the Flanders front.
- Day 3: Courting disaster.
- Day 2: The Unforgettable City, or, smaller is better.
- Day 1 Part 2: On the road.
- Day 1 Part 1: Who are we and what are we doing, or, THEATRE OF NEW MUSIC.
- Meet Ensemble Mujirushi
- Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival 2009
- Legalized Rape Within Marriage Law
- Folk Fest 2009
- Heritage Days
- Capital Ex July 21, 2009
- Capital Ex Pancake Breakfast July 21, 2009
- Capital Ex July 18, 2009
- Taste of Edmonton 2009
- Street Performers Festival 2009
- Nextfest Day 10
- Nextfest Day Nine
- The Works Art & Design Festival Opening Day
- Nextfest Day Four-Eight
- Improvaganza Opening Night Gala
- The Age of Aqueerious: Edmonton Pride Parade 2009
- Nextfest Day Two
- Nextfest Opening Night
- Nextfest Visual Arts Gala Opening
- What Media Should Be Like
- Steady Eddy Bread
- The Ink-Stained Stiffs
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