Dead Venues – The Indie, Rock, Alt Music Scene (1980s-2000s)
What makes up a music community? How does one venue turn into a place where a community can grow while…
Stories tagged: 2000s
The City Market: Local Goods and a Homegrown Community
When I first moved downtown from the Whyte Avenue area, I was incredibly nervous. Resistant to the idea that downtown…
End of an era: Goodbye, Avenue Theatre
The word was given by general manager and talent buyer Steve Derpack, who explained on Facebook that it’s “primarily a…
Parking Meter Fairy’s days numbered
The officer stops writing and mutters, “You could.” Oh, thank you, Parking Patrol Officer. Clink, clink, clink, clink go four…
Purple City: An Edmonton Tradition
It’s the name for the nighttime game that involves staring at the floodlights at the Legislature for about a minute,…