An Edmonton queer Filipino duo has made their dream of owning an all-inclusive cafe a reality. The store opened its space near the end of 2020 and is owned by Mavi Az Tolentino and Reika Herradura. Intent Coffee sits right past the southeast entrance to Southgate...
By Tora Matys Live music is coming back to Edmonton in August with the launch of the Together Again Concert Series, put together by Trixstar Productions. This is Canada’s first socially distanced concert, and it’s being held at the Northland’s Exhibition Lands. Mike...
With Father’s Day on the horizon, Colleen’s Chocolates, founded by Colleen Heidecker, is gearing up for another successful holiday after a busy year of community support. “We just started slowly building, so it’s taken us three years. Then 2020 happened, and our...
A local theatre company is re-envisioning Hamlet in a virtual setting, taking it on as a one-time, lone-actor adaptation exploring different gender roles, running every Friday until June 25. Each rendition was devised by six director-actor partnerships and is inspired...
Veins is the latest single from Edmonton indie-rock band, Whale and the Wolf. The band’s bass player, Lucas Holt, says this song came about during their 10-day session at an Edmonton recording studio, The Audio Department. New-ish to the band, drummer Joel Jeschnke,...
Daisy Chain Book Co., Edmonton's newest indie bookstore, has planted itself in a permanent space after running as a mobile bookshop for two and a half years. Brandi Morpurgo, Daisy Chain's owner, travelled to markets and events in her book truck before opening the...
Amanda Bumgarner, the owner of Tough Cookie, is a self-taught sugar cookie designer who's running her home business through Instagram. "Mostly we decorate sugar cookies. We’ve also started doing homemade caramels and fudge and a really small boutique of mugs and...
Maggie Slater is a local artist and NAIT alumni making artwork out of metal. Slater began making fine, fun, and functional art that is now being displayed and sold all around the city, creeping from the east to the west. “I have my work for sale at Leduc Florists on...
Xonitum is a NAIT Alumni and digital artist that is pursuing a freelance career. He mostly focuses on commissions and streaming live on Twitch. He went to NAIT for the Architecture Technologies course but has found great success in art. He saw people offering...
Edmonton band Blank Statues has recently released their first full-length album. ‘Mantra’ was released in February and is written, recorded and produced by childhood friends Drake Ward, Bryce Odell and Derek Perepelitza. The album features songs from their 2020 EP...
