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  • Judi Singh: A Black & South Asian musician from 1950s-70s Edmonton

    Poushali Mitra

    Last year, while exploring South Asian music history in Edmonton, I randomly searched “Singh + artist + 70s Edmonton” and…

  • The Haven Social Club: Buy Lots, Tip Well

    Jamie Ausmus

    The walk up to 15120 Stony Plain Road was a gritty one. Dimly-lit advertisements for adult parlours, pawn shops and…

  • Dead Venues – Fall Update

    Eden Munro and Mike Siek

    Six two-minute talking-head style interviews viewable on the internet, along with links to associated content such as posters, images and…

  • 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…

  • Friday Nights: Love & Music at the Rainbow Ballroom

    Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail

    Every Friday a thousand teenagers would line up under the red neon sign to hear local bands like The Lords…

  • Laser Light Shows at the Edmonton Space Sciences Centre (Telus World of Science)

    Frank Florian

    On July 1, 1984, with the doors open to the newly built Edmonton Space Sciences Centre (ESSC), the facility ushered in…

  • Flashback and the Gay Drag Races

    Michael Phair

    In the mid-seventies the Flashback nite club—the second gay-owned bar in Edmonton—was founded. By the early 80s, Flashback had become the…

  • End of an era: Goodbye, Avenue Theatre

    Mike Ross

    The word was given by general manager and talent buyer Steve Derpack, who explained on Facebook that it’s “primarily a…