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Congress Is Now In Session

A tour of the new Beer House in town

By Maygen Kardash from Saskatoon, on Thu, 2013-05-23 14:03
Local, saskatoon, Beer, Food, new, restauant, Downtown
A new downtown restaurant in Saskatoon is bound to create a buzz, but the excitement about Congress Beer House has been positively, well... positive! After this past weekend's soft opening, I was excited to drop by the 215 2nd Ave S address to see what was going on and ask a few questions of my friend Blair Voth Miller who owns the establishment alongside her husband Brad Miller and their friend Chef Cole.   When I went to visit, the first thing I saw when I walked in was a beautiful... [Keep Reading]

Block Party 2013

One night, one party, THREE AND A HALF VENUES.

By Chad Reynolds from Saskatoon, on Tue, 2013-05-21 08:28
block party, saskatoon, yxe, the rooster, Village, baumont, paved, charly hustle, classy chassys, close talker, fisticuffs, blackwater
It's our first annual mini-festival on 20th street to commemorate therooster.ca's successful first year of existence! Live bands between 7pm and 11pm on JUNE 1ST include:  Fisticuffs and Close Talker in Village Guitar and Amp (432 20th Street) and Blackwater and Classy Chassys in Beaumont Film and Record aka Underground Coffee (430 20th Street) After 11pm, the dance party moves next door to PAVED Arts for a DJ set by Charly Hustle with visual (video screen) accompaniment... [Keep Reading]

Bringing The Laramie Project to Life

Sammy Ramsey and Dalton Lightfoot on The Laramie Project and the Kinsmen Young Company

By Stephen Rutherford from Saskatoon, on Thu, 2013-05-16 15:59
Persephone Theatre, saskatoon
I recently had a chance to sit down with Dalton Lightfoot and Sammy Ramsey, two members of the Kinsmen Young Company that will be performing in The Laramie Project, written by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project. The show opens tonight and runs until the 18th. For more background on both the Kinsmen Young Company and The Laramie Project, you can check out our earlier interview with the Director, Will Brooks. (Sammy and Dalton notice the Persephone School of... [Keep Reading]

Love, Loss, and Other Oddities

A Smorg of Smart Female Fiction

By Wes Funk from Saskatoon, on Wed, 2013-05-15 08:40
Romance Sask Balogh Brothwell Oddities
As I've often said, the biggest perk to hosting the Sask-wide TV program Lit Happens is the fact that a lot of great books end up on my lap (or at least my desk). One recent one was the compilation of short stories, Loss, Loss, and Other Oddities - a collection of short pieces of fiction by numerous Saskatchewan women. The book is a product of the Saskatchewan Romance Writers Association, which is a province-wide writing club which has some pretty mentionable members... [Keep Reading]

Irish Frenzy

Local playwright premieres explosive love story

By Paige Goodman from Saskatoon, on Thu, 2013-05-09 14:54
live five, Anthony Macmahon, saskatoon, Theatre
Bzzt! Trap Door Theatre is back with a new original play
Anthony MacMahon knows the surest path to theatre employment is to create his own work. After his company Bzzt! Trap Door Theatre burst onto the scene in 2011 with WWI epic Vimy, he and producing partner Nathan Howe have returned for their second show, wrapping up Live Five’s ninth season. The Frenzy of Queen Maeve, written by Macmahon and starring Howe, is a Romeo and Juliette-esque love story set in 1970’s Belfast. “During ‘The Troubles’ of Northern Ireland, a... [Keep Reading]

New Spareparts Chinook Shop!

Now open on the second level of the new wing

By Ben Lamothe from , on Thu, 2013-05-09 14:47
Chinook, Spareparts, Shopping, videos, maygen, sunglasses, new shop, Retail, watches, luggage, Michael Kors, nixon, oakley, yyc, Farmfresh, calgary, Ray-Ban, 2013, bags, Underwear
Our brand new store is now open at Chinook Centre and we can't wait to show you around!   After 10 years in Chinook, we proudly unveil a new flagship that's bigger and better than ever before. Redesigned in every way imaginable, our new shop has countless new features such as a larger-than-life luggage wall, a complete footwear section, a special Farmfresh Shop (featuring sunglasses, watches, bags and accessories) and enough room for 800 sunglasses on our... [Keep Reading]

Third Verse #055

Playlist for May 1st 2013

By Chris Jarvis from Saskatoon, on Wed, 2013-05-08 21:25
third verse, Rap, hip hop, harry fraud, factor, gescha, woke up alone, killer mike, el-p, open mike eagle, shad, Skratch Bastid
Summer heat means rap bangin out the whip in the street!  At least for me!  Nothing beats a good drum line and 808 banger with the windows rolled down. Action Bronson - Strictly 4 My Jeeps (Download in description)     Speaking of Harry Fraud, this Scion promoted EP, "High Tide" just dropped this week.  Featuring a number of the staples floating around the online circuits this years, this ones a great listen for the producer's versatility and the idea of... [Keep Reading]

Sled Island Music Festival Announces 2013 Lineup

Lineup jam-packed with music, comedy, film and art

By Jodie Layne from Winnipeg, on Tue, 2013-05-07 10:27
Music, Music Festivals, Sled Island Music Festival, sled island 2013, calgary
From June 19th-22nd over 250 of the best independent bands, comedians, artists, and filmmakers will flood Calgary for the 7th Sled Island Music Festival. For three days, the downtown comes alive with  music fans who eagerly run around the city to soak in as much music, art, comedy, and film as they can at more than 30 venues.   The festival started in 2007 when Zak Pashak was inspired by a simmilar festival in Montreal, the idea of breaking down barriers(in all kinds of ways... [Keep Reading]

Concert Watch: MGMT

Hitting Saskatoon this Thursday for a sold-out show at the Odeon.

By Dan Nicholls from Regina, on Tue, 2013-05-07 10:30
concert preview, MGMT, odeon, Dan Nicholls
Concert Watch - MGMT performing live in Saskatoon on May 9th
Ask any music lover if they’re a fan of MGMT and you’re likely to be responded with, “I liked their first album,” accompanied by a shrug of slight indifference. The band’s 2007 major label debut, Oracular Spectacular, is one of those albums that’s “all killer, no filler” but 2010’s Congratulations is nearly the musical definition of a “sophomore slump”. MGMT has a chance to reclaim its former glory when its third LP is released... [Keep Reading]

Pelly

A Fine Feathered Story

By Wes Funk from Saskatoon, on Tue, 2013-05-07 10:31
Saskatoon River Pelican Young-Adult
I've admitted this before - I often read juvenille-fiction novels. Saskatoon just happens to be the home of a few of the most renowned young adult authors in Canada - Art Slade, Alice Kuipers and Beverly Brenna all spring immediately to mind! But Pelly is a little gem of a novel that sits in my most-favourite-book pile. We begin the story by meeting Sandra, a young lady who is none-too-pleased to be moving to the river city from her home up north. Author, Dave Glaze has a way... [Keep Reading]

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