The fibre art of connection
My personal journey of finding my place within the crafting community. Sometimes it can be nice to curl up at home with a crochet hook and a ball of yarn, or a hot glue gun and some cardboard, or a stack of images and a pair of scissors. But while arts and crafts are in essence an individual act — I mean, only one person can wield a crochet hook at a time — the community that’s created when crafters come together can be something special. In the last few years there’s been a resurgence of the fibre arts popping up online. In today’s world, crocheting and knitting are no longer an old woman's game. More and more millennials and gen z-er’s are picking up the hobby as a way to wind down, express themselves, and to connect with the...
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Food for thought: Chefmon Caribbean Grill
Chefmon Caribbean Grill may be relatively new in its restaurant form, but Henry Palmer has been providing Edmonton with authentic, mouth-watering Jamaican food items since 2012. Palmer, a chef...
Student group Q&A: The Massage Therapy Club
What is your name and what position do you hold with the massage therapy club student group? Andrew Braun: My name is Andrew Braun, and I am the massage therapy club’s student president. Were you...
Final thoughts: make yourself at home
The dust has settled on our diseased world. Things are not normal, of course, but the delirium of the early months of the pandemic has been almost completely replaced by an ambient uneasiness...
Arts in a pandemic
The arts community has been one of the worst-hit during this current upheaval. As everything began to shut down, arts venues and artists alike quickly realized that things might not be the same...
Scholarships, awards, and bursaries
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BIPOC and the fashion industry
“It should not take George Floyd’s death, the #VogueChallenge, as well as Anna Wintour’s reckoning with race for us to acknowledge the fact that BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of colour) are...
Uneven streets
Sometime in the middle of July, a blanket of metal spikes was bolted onto the set of concrete benches just outside the CIBC on 101 St. and Jasper Avenue. The company offered a reason for...
Review: Down to Earth with Zac Efron
The first clip I saw of Down to Earth with Zac Efron was 20 seconds into a trailer I hadn’t been paying attention to. Efron, narrating over some stock footage of urban environments, says: “Food,...
Love in the age of COVID
Love in the age of COVID-19 has become the ultimate challenge. No matter what stage of a relationship you’re in, there are major setbacks. Back in March, when everything first shut down, everyone...
Student group Q&A: Film Club
To start, what is your name and position with the Film Club student group? Amanda Dubrule: My name is Amanda Dubrule, and I am the president of the film club. Are you the original founder, and...
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