Even though the summer weather may be long gone, festival season is far from over in our city, with the upcoming Edmonton International Film Festival (Sept.27- Oct. 6) promising an exciting lineup of new films screening in Edmonton for the first time. Edmontonians...
You’re not YELPing
In the modern era of seemingly millions of contrasting opinions being shared online every minute, it is a valuable skill to be able to brush off the ones that are unlike our own. Regarding online reviews, opinions can be a pretty powerful force. When online reviews,...
Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo review
Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo 2018 recently arrived and it did not disappoint! It featured several different guests such as David Tennant (the 10th Doctor from Doctor Who), Ray Park (Darth Maul from Star Wars), Kevin Conroy (the voice of Batman) and more! The...
*SATIRE* Company Trademarks “Strong” for All Tragedies
A merchandising company has now copyrighted all use of the word “strong” in response to the trend of the word becoming included in “post-tragedy branding.” TRAGEDIE$ R’ US has filed an “ordinary-mark” trademark that gives them exclusive rights of “strong” when used in...
*SATIRE* Where IS the mayor’s birth certificate?!
Born in St. Albert on May 30, 1979, our mayor is NOT a natural-born Edmontonian and therefore unfit to run our city! How could someone born nearly 20 whole kilometres from city hall possibly understand the needs of a community they have only lived in for over 75 per...
*SATIRE* Free(ish) speech at NAIT
The last time we published an issue of The Fugget, the papers flew off the newsstands … as they were carried away by infuriated NAIT staff. Staff Controlling All Reading and Educational Decisions, or S.C.A.R.E.D., was a group formed with the intent of curating which...
The Fugget Disclaimer
The Fugget is a satire newspaper that does not in any way represent the ideas and beliefs of NAITSA or NAIT. Satire is defined as “the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of...
Satire: NAIT execs have own Nest Fest
By Jory Proft As Nest Fest returned to NAIT for the third-straight year this past week, the free event saw a money tunnel, live entertainment, and cheap drinks. But, what most people don’t know is that the higher-ups at NAIT have been holding their own,...
The Blue Revue is back
Vue Weekly is set to hold The Blue Revue: Dirty Film Festival, an event showcasing amateur adult short films at the Metro Cinema on Sept. 5th. The Blue Revue is made up of Canadian films under 10-minutes that can include themes such as: “sexy ghosts, puppets, gay...
Music brings us together
In a world where everything seems to lead to an argument, it is rare to find that one thing that unifies everyone. Music would seem, at first glance, to not be one of these things. Most people have a genre they are most drawn to, that they wholly identify with, which...