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From Motley Crue to Christmas music: 10 things to do this week in Edmonton
Elaine Weryshko, performing at Dirt Buffet Cabaret at Spazio Performativo on Thursday, Dec. 10. Dirt Buffet Cabaret The latest instalment of Edmonton’s monthly performance lab and experimental variety...
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Edmonton Then and Now: Churchill Square's east side picked up new neighbours...
Sir Winston Churchill Square seems like it’s always been the bustling heart of downtown Edmonton, a place for festivals and public events. But the climb to that special place in city life only began...
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Family Five: Mark the year's shortest day with short films for the kids at Metro
Snowflakes are Falling The Muttart Conservatory gets into the spirit of the season with its Snowflakes are Falling exhibit. The feature pyramid display boasts poinsettias, glittering snowflakes and...
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Singer-songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff finds his groove as a soul man
Review Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats With: Paper Bird When: Monday Jan. 18 Where: Winspear Centre Sometimes it takes a few years for a singer-songwriter to find out where they should be...
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University of Alberta music department celebrates 50 years
The University of Alberta may be well over a century old, but its music department is much younger: 50 this year. It is celebrating that anniversary in style at the Winspear Centre this Sunday...
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Black Sabbath, 54-40 and Rubaboo: 10 things to do in Edmonton this week
Rubaboo Playwright Cliff Cardinal’s latest one-man effort, Huff, opened this year’s Rubaboo Arts Festival at the Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre, one of several events booked for this...
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Your guide to celebrating with your Edmonton valentine
You can be as cynical as you want about the Hallmark holiday created to suck money from our wallets every Feb. 14. But by Saturday, you’ll probably be frantically looking around for something to do...
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Edmonton Symphony Orchestra plays live version of The Great Human Odyssey
Darren Fung, a one-time Edmonton boy who now lives in Montreal, grins and turns his baseball cap backwards to upend the stereotype of what an orchestral composer might look like. On and off for the...
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Edmonton Music Awards moving to the Winspear Centre
The Winspear Centre is the new home of the Edmonton Music Awards. This year’s prizes will be handed out Wednesday, June 29. For the past four years, the EMAs were held at the Royal Alberta Museum...
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Let It Be imagines Beatles reunion, on Winspear stage
Chris McBurney was only seven years old when he spotted The Beatles White Album in his dad’s album collection. He was initially intrigued by the stark design of the album, but when he started listening...
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Family Five: Check out the Kiwanis Festival and Rio
Bowling It might not be quite as popular as it was in its heyday, but bowling is still a fun way to pass the evening with the family. It can be pricey, though, which is why Toonie Tuesday at the...
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Edmonton sci fi fans can tune in to Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage
William Shatner still has starry eyes. The 85-year-old actor who made his name as Captain James T. Kirk is celebrating, like the fans of the long enduring TV and film series, the 50th anniversary of...
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Who are this year's nominees for the Edmonton Music Awards?
Singer-songwriter Lucas Chaisson leads the pack with seven nods for this year’s Edmonton Music Awards. The folk musician, who originally hails from Cochrane, is nominated in some of the top categories...
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Music from rockers, youngsters and John Travolta: Ten things to do this week...
Eagles of Death Metal California hard rockers Eagles of Death Metal were back on the road just a few weeks after the awful terrorist attacks in Paris that killed almost 90 people at La Bataclan...
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Concert review: France's M83 dazzles Winspear crowd with its danceable...
Neon lightsabers, Miami pastels and a strange sort of robotic soullessness were the order of business at Friday night’s M83 show at Winspear, which had the sellout crowd dancing to contemporary French...
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More Edmonton gigs announced: Miike Snow, David Cross and Iliza Shlesinger
Sometimes it snows in August. Electro-pop eccentrics Miike Snow will perform Aug. 10 at the Winspear Centre. Tickets are $25 and $35 plus service charges. On sale: May 6 at winspearcentre.com. The...
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Podium festival a unique chance to hear Canada's best choirs in Edmonton
Edmonton is the Canadian capital of choral singing this week, as choirs from across the country join many from Edmonton for Choral Canada’s festival, Podium, which runs until Sunday afternoon. Choral...
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Justin Bieber, Dance Crush: 10 things to do in Edmonton this week
Dance Crush Mile Zero Dance wrap up their Dance Crush series for the season with a fourth instalment entitled When Words Fail. Richard Lee and Mark Ikeda are the masterminds behind this improvised...
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Soul singer Charles Bradley returns to Edmonton
Charles Bradley, also known as the Screaming Eagle of Soul, will swoop into the Winspear Centre on Wednesday, Sept. 21. The 67-year-old vocalist will be joined by his band, His Extraordinaires, and...
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Low dollar parks $25-million robotic parking at Edmonton's Winspear Centre
The Winspear Centre’s robotic parking garage has been scratched from its expansion plans, the victim of a low Canadian dollar. Instead, the concert centre’s expansion plans will include a parkade — 142...
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