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The last time I went to a Halloween concert was in 2012. Black Label Society was playing at the dearly-departed Edmonton Event Centre, a venue most remembered for having a massive pillar placed awkwardly in the middle of the dance floor. It was a raucous show and...
LitFest is Canada’s only nonfiction literature festival, and it runs for 11 days every October in Edmonton. The festival offers many events around the downtown area, with book launches and workshops being just the beginning. “So much of the power of nonfiction lies...
At 7:30 p.m., when Whale and the Wolf stepped on stage, the cavernous Shaw Conference Centre looked like a ghost town. The impression isn’t just figurative, either; all sorts of costumed ghouls came to celebrate the 2016 Halloween Howler. Despite the sparse crowd,...
As the leaves turn red and orange, some people are left dreading the impending stark white landscape to come. But for skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts, the only question on the mind is: when will that first blanket of snow cover the slopes? If the first trickles...
This time last year, Edmonton’s first Nuit Blanche took over the downtown area. Nuit Blanche is a world-wide contemporary art event that featured more than 30 art pieces. This year, on Sept. 23 and 24, the Edmonton branch of the Nuit Blanche society held...
Today is the final day to sign up for the 14th annual Bowl-o-Rama. Proceeds from the event will go to Adopt-A-Family, a charity program run by the Students’ Association of MacEwan University (SAMU). Adopt-A-Family supports the families of about 40 students during...
Across the street from MacEwan’s City Centre Campus, you can find a peaceful locale for the pop culture enthusiast: Happy Harbor Comics. The store does a lot more for the community than simply fulfill your nerdy needs; Happy Harbor has been heavily involved in...
When you think of a composer, you can’t help but picture a creative genius that experiences flashes of inspiration and effortlessly creates musical art. In reality, these creative flashes are only a small part of the composition process. Allan Gilliland, a composer...
Oktoberfest: the very word conjures up desires to drink beer and eat delicious German food. Fortunately, our very own German Club is hosting an Oktoberfest celebration on campus. The festivities will take place in the Robbins Health Learning Centre from 4 p.m. to...
Pop culture enthusiasts around the city rejoiced at the Edmonton Comic & Entertainment Expo last weekend. The expo happens every September and features a roster of celebrities and talents stretching across almost all formats of entertainment. Whether it was...
Fall Fest, an annual bash to start the school year off right, is a two-day campus event hosted by the Students’ Association of MacEwan University (SAMU). It features a relaxing environment to hang out or have a drink and forget about the fact that you’re only in...