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  • Dead Venues – The Indie, Rock, Alt Music Scene (1980s-2000s)

    Eden Munro and Mike Siek

    What makes up a music community? How does one venue turn into a place where a community can grow while…

  • Wayne Condo at StreetFest, 1998

    Shelley Switzer

    The artists and volunteers at StreetFest go out of their way to bring their best to our stage—Sir Winston Churchill…

  • Purple City: An Edmonton Tradition

    Rob Drinkwater

    It’s the name for the nighttime game that involves staring at the floodlights at the Legislature for about a minute,…

  • The Pits of Mill Woods

    Christina Hardie

    I grew up in South East Mill Woods. My back gate opened into a sprawling wheat field, scattered with dense…

  • MC Hammer at West Edmonton Mall, 1991

    Bryan Birtles

    In 1991 there was no one bigger than MC Hammer. His 1990 album, Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em would eventually go…