By Stephanie Swensrude Starting Feb. 27, art lovers will flock to venues all over the city to catch the eighth annual SkirtsAfire Festival, a collection of performing and visual art events with a focus on local woman artists. “[The name comes] from this idea of women...
By Madison Gummow If you’re looking for a new local band to support, it doesn’t get much more local than Dead Friends. Three of the five members, Jesse Ladd, Carter Mackie and Brian Musilek, are NAIT students. Callum Harvey and Ellen Reade, the other two members are...
It’s a Friday evening. The living room of a grandmother of six and a music teacher has been transformed into a live music setting. Friends and family curl up on the couches, cupping mugs of coffee and tea and the odd glass of wine. Her scrappy dog Ramsey is relocating...
By David Madawo Edmonton is beginning to see local artists pioneering visual and graphic arts to bolster a more stimulating vibe to their performances. Kanye West and Travis Scott are just a few of the well-known musicians known to spend thousands hiring artists to...
By Morgan Noseworthy Local Edmontonian Brent Smith and two of his compatriots from Lucky Strike tattoo have struck out on their own to create Fox Runner tattoo. Located just off Whyte Ave at 10185 81 Avenue, Fox Runner has been open for just a few weeks now. Myke...
By Stephanie Swensrude Green-haired, French-speaking, trans tattoo artist Aberdeen Hill works downtown as an assistant to a 70-year-old woman. But come Sunday night, you can find them as Gemma Nye in local gay bar Evolution, performing to Carly Rae Jepson under...
By Paige Gordon Christine Gaspard, better known as CC, is the manager and buyer for local Edmonton boutique The Bamboo Ballroom. CC also runs a highly successful children’s boutique called Lil Rascalz housed inside Bamboo. CC started her career in Montreal where she...
By Chris Avery In 2018, Edmonton local and cancer survivor, Sherry Dussome, started a new life when she opened her budding plant business. “It calms me. It grounds me,” said Dussome about her growing business. As the owner of The Naked Bush, Dussome uses her newfound...
By Jonah Peterson Haiti Earthquake A natural disaster in the island country of Haiti happened in 2010. Countless lives were lost, and the world came together to provide relief and support to the small nation. The effects of the earthquake are still felt in the country...
By Orrin Farries A face-melting drive en route to Tasty Jamsville, Edmonton’s own psychedelic rock outfit “Squids” will take your ears for a cruise. The Squids formed in 2016 as a project re-imagination by a group of longstanding friends formerly known as Campus...
