Claire Carefoot developed a strong sense of justice as a young age. When American race issues were making news in the 1960s, Carefoot, a Grade 9 student at the time, wrote a speech about discrimination against blacks that won a school award. But, little did she know abut the injustices committed against Canadian aboriginal people within the walls of the residential schools her family drove by every summer on their way to the cabin. Now, Carefoot is the founding Director of the Buffalo Sage Healing Centre, Canada's first minimum-security prison for...
Canada’s cherished poet and singer-songwriter is displaying a collection of his sketches and drawings at the Agnes Bugera Gallery (12310 Jasper Ave.) starting on November 17, a day before his highly anticipated Edmonton concert at Rexall Place. “We have a partnership with the Graneville Fine Art in Vancouver, where some of [Cohen’s] art is displayed,” explains gallery owner Agnes Bugera. “[Cohen’s] representatives approached us with the idea and I have tons of his CDs, I love his work, so of course I said yes.” Cohen, a McGill...
Edmonton’s Manasc Isaac architectural firm has been known for its innovative sustainable designs since 1997. To celebrate its fifteenth birthday, the sounds of live music performed by members of the firm, laughter and discussion filled the company’s rooftop, where the party was held. As a part of the celebration, the Vivian Manasc, Architect and Principal at the firm, presented the second annual Blue Sky Award, which grants a local non-profit business with $10,000 worth of free consulting time. Manasc explained that she received...
Why are heirloom tomatoes so popular right now? Well, it might have to do with how unpopular grocery store tomatoes have become. On last week’s episode of Day 6, CBC Radio One’s newsmagazine show, a University of Florida scientist discussed how measures spent preserving and enlarging the fruit have sapped it of flavour. Professor Harry Klee and colleagues have spent a decade unlocking the tomato's genome and are now putting it together with more taste. But until then, you can unlock...
Waiting with forks in hand, the crowd filled the lobby of the Delta Edmonton South and flowed into the parking lot. Slow Food Edmonton paired local food producers with restaurants and vineyards to form Indulgence 2012, an event that filled 22 stations with an abundance of bite-sized and sometimes much bigger portions. And the proceeds from the sale of tickets went towards food-related projects developed/funded by the...
Who doesn’t love a bikini wash on a hot summer day? Ask the people behind Rapid Fire Theatre and they’ll tell you that they love to get soapy and wet, at least for laughs. Last Saturday the Edmonton improv institution set up a bikini bike wash across the street from its main venue, the Varscona Theatre. Only this bikini wash put Rapid Fire’s rag-wielding guys in bathing suits and cheering gals in muscle shirts. More than laughs, bike...
Louise Dirks is modest and unassuming. But her chain of gravitypope outlets has an international reputation as a Mecca for shoe lovers. Dirks is one of the most successful independent retailers in Canada, with three stores in western Canada as well as an online retailer and two franchise outlets she just opened in West Edmonton Mall. Since opening her first gravitypope store in Edmonton 22 years ago, even through economic downturns, she has turned a profit every year. Dirks learned a strong work ethic growing up on a farm...
With KFC outlets closing across Canada, you might be wondering where your next bucket of fried chicken is coming from. No? Well, let me tell you where it should be coming from. The Korean fried chicken at Lee House, a little 40-seat gem on Calgary Trail, has a following of its own. “About 70 per cent of the people order it,” says Philip Lee, 30, the eldest son in the family restaurant. ...
E. Paul Zehr has made his childhood fantasies a profession. Many kids who grew up voracious comic book consumers no doubt daydreamed about what it would be like, to fly those skies, to fight that villain, to have that superpower. But as professor of neuroscience and kinesiology at the University of Victoria, he entertains those fantasies for science. In fact, he’s turned his “what-ifs” into two books about biological capabilities, Becoming Batman and ...
Whyte Avenue should be filled this Sunday, with strollers looking to sample what the strip’s restaurants have to offer. How is that different from any other Sunday on Whyte? Well, for $40, you get four hours to walk up and down the street and sample a variety of dishes from more than 16 participating eateries. And the money spent on that all-inclusive dining passport goes to a good cause. For the second year in a row, Whyte Avenue restaurants and businesses will participate in the Red Shoe Crawl, which raises money for Ronald McDonald House, located just a few...
Walterdale Playhouse
May 20 (All day) - May 25 (All day)
