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Graphic: Forrester Toews / The Griff A review of Alex G’s new album, Headlights Forrester Toews On July 18, Alex G released his tenth studio album, Headlights. Alex G previously released under Domino Recording Co., and Headlights marks his first major studio...
Photo: Forrester Toews/The Griff The Alberta-set musical will be the third show this season, slated alongside The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Carrie: the Musical, and A Chorus Line. Each year, the halls deep within Allard Hall rumble with the sounds of...
Artist Anna Binta Diallo reframes maps and memory. PHOTO: Detail shot of Sediments and sky in Topographies by Anna Binta Diallo. Amanda Erickson/The Griff. From May 24 to Aug. 8, MacEwan’s Mitchell Art Gallery is transformed into a world of layered topographies and...
If you’ve ever rushed to class through the first floor of Building 7, a giant portrait of our University’s namesake, Dr. Grant MacEwan, stood in your periphery. All it takes is a minute of pause to look closer at the details of what he loved in life: MacEwan...
A woman's passions may evanesce, but her ideas will never lose breath.
Why you should consider Peter Griffin for your next professor
Digital hygiene (or digital wellness) is a term used to describe how people can look after their mental health and digital safety in the online world. Limiting your screen time and using digital safety measures is ever important in an online world designed to soak...
How negative temperatures just can’t keep movie lovers away
Beetlejuice the Musical is an over-the-top, raunchy, and hilarious adaptation of the original 1988 film. If you’re a fan of the film, the musical will satisfy your nostalgia, while its unpredictable differences will keep you on your dancing toes. The touring...
It’s a Wednesday evening, and everything goes as usual. I leave my black garbage bin along the curb right beside its smaller green clone. They sit there in silence like gargoyles in the night, awaiting the arrival of Edmonton’s garbage trucks. In the early rise of...
It’s time to take a break from culture-warring Are you tired of watching think-tank-funded videos on YouTube? Or arguing with the “woke degenerates” on social media? Look no further. Here are some great new activities to try instead of spending time theorizing how...
In the closing weeks of 2024, I interviewed two of Edmonton’s very own drag performers. Maxine “Jizz Elle” Garcia and Solara “Saint Solstice” Adoma. These two are some of Edmonton’s premier drag performers. Garcia and Adoma are iconic examples of Edmonton’s...