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Niuboi x Earth: Edmonton Fringe 2019 review
“Queer alien space cabaret” is as apt a description as any for this zany little show featuring Niuboi (Julie Ferguson), a trans non-binary alien who has come from space “to save the world from a […]
The Birthday Party: Edmonton Fringe 2019 review
Harold Pinter’s 1958 absurdist classic is a play that you should see at least once, if for no other reason than its seminal importance in the history of drama – not to mention in Pinter’s […]
Edmonton Fringe 2019: opening night and review of Eusha
This is my 12th year reviewing Fringe shows and I’ve got a well-rehearsed opening night routine. I head to the Fringe grounds (via ETS – seriously just don’t try to drive to the Fringe) a […]
A Fringe without stars (or reviews)
There was a brief period of time, right after I left Vue Weekly, when I thought maybe I wouldn’t review any more Fringe shows. That didn’t last long. I left Vue in July 2016; a […]
What does honey from a Flow Hive taste like?
I recently tasted some honey from a local Edmonton beekeeper using a Flow Hive. If you’re not familiar, the Flow Hive is a new type of beehive design that started making the rounds on social […]
Cirque du Soleil’s Kurios comes to Edmonton
The first thing I saw after stepping into the blue-and-yellow-striped big top was a lizard man perched above the crowd, hissing and throwing popcorn at laughing audience members as they waited for the show to […]
Edmonton’s honey sommelier at your service
Last fall, I did a blind tasting of some honey samples from local Edmonton beehives. I was asked to do so by Dustin Bajer, one of Edmonton’s beekeeping experts and fellow Food Council member, on behalf […]
Theatre review: The Preacher, the Princess and a Crow
How many times have you walked by someone on the street and tried to ignore their ranting and raving as you passed? Have you ever stopped to wonder why that person was yelling or ranting, […]
Vinitaly 2017 Edmonton roadshow: Italy North to South
There’s a sea change happening in Italian wine: more and more producers are returning to the 500+ native grape varieties found in Italy alone. No other country can claim such a sheer diversity of grapes. […]
Theatre review: Sense and Sensibility
Try as I might to conduct myself as an Elinor, I have to admit that many times I’m far more a Marianne. Not that you have to be one or the other. Jane Austen’s first […]
Alberta wine goes international
Spirit Hills just put Alberta’s cottage wine industry on the world stage. Or on the Japanese stage, at least. The southern Alberta honey winery just became the province’s first cottage winery to export its products […]
Theatre review: The Bone Wars
The tap-dancing T-Rex is worth the price of admission alone. Because, honestly, how can you not find that delightful? Delightful is an apt word to describe The Bone Wars: The Curse of the Pathological Palaeontologists, […]
