Though I’ve attended a few artsScene Edmonton events before (notably their patio party at Latitude 53 last summer), this was my first of their behind-the-scenes series, which provides attendees with the opportunity to “go backstage” at cultural institutions such as the Alberta Ballet, Edmonton Opera, and most recently, at the Freewill Shakespeare Festival. This time, [...]

We spent most of the weekend at the Fringe, which not only meant watching quite a number of shows, but also having the opportunity to sample food from several vendors, both on and off the Fringe site. Green onion cakes are a perennial Fringe favourite A vendor dedicated entirely to chocolate covered bananas! Deli Manjoo, [...]

I saw my first Teatro la Quindicina play in 2001 – the summer after I graduated high school. Cocktails at Pam’s had received a 4 1/2 star review in the Journal, and it seemed to be on everyone’s must-see list.  At the time, I was a volunteer, and redeeming volunteer appreciation Fringe bucks at the [...]

The Dish is hosting Brews ‘n Views on Thursday, August 19: “Alberta Views magazine presents a public discussion on local food and urban farming with a panel and Show n’ Tell featuring some of Edmonton’s most interesting and innovative inner-city farmers>” Panellists include Patty Milligan (aka Lola Canola) and Ron Berezan. Groupon finally hit Edmonton [...]

The unthinkable happened – we were up and at ‘em at the City Market this morning even before it opened. We had a good reason though – Patty Milligan (aka Lola Canola) had lent us two of her market tents to use at the Wild Boar and Beer BBQ last Sunday, and we had arranged [...]

I don’t know where the summer has gone – I had great intentions to attend one of the earlier dates of Latitude 53’s Summer Rooftop Patio Series, but before I knew it, their final engagement had come upon us. So though Mack had an early start yesterday (having woken up at the crack of dawn [...]

When we visited Mary Ellen and Andreas in the spring, they introduced us to quick-cook barley, a product by Progressive Foods (it is available from Mo Na Foods at the City Market). Mary Ellen said the barley, developed so it could be prepared in a short amount of time, could be used in place of [...]

Last year, my involvement in planning Slow Food Edmonton’s 4th annual Wild Boar & Beer BBQ was nominal – I helped with some of the promotion, such as putting together their first ever Scavenger Hunt, but other than that, I was just happy to be able to attend one of my first events as an [...]

Beer & Boar took a lot out of me, but I won’t have a lot of time to recover, with the Fringe right around the corner! We missed out on Frequent Fringer passes last year, so I made sure to order them on the day they were released – good thing too, as they were [...]

So we did end up cruising the City Market early on Saturday, due to some last-minute shopping for the Wild Boar and Beer BBQ to take place the following day. Great weather for a stroll After the errands were completed, I made my rounds. It was good to see Julianna, Gabe and Zach out – [...]