773: The Fringe hotspots Aug. 11, 2010
Cover credit: Pete Nguyen
Film Reviews
Literary
Revue
Literary illusion
Ilustrado's ambitious style-bending is pure payoff
Michael Hingston
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Hop Scotch
Ugly and fascinating
Wilson and Ray each offer unusual human psyches
Josef Braun
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Theatre
Prevue
Comic catharsis
This is Cancer gives the feared disease a personality
Paul Blinov
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Prevue
Fringer’s almanac
Vue's theatre critics show you their early picks
David Berry
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Paul Blinov
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Prevue
Fringe fated
After a few years of playing the lottery, lady luck smiles on Game Face
Paul Blinov
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Front
Queermonton
Propositioning a better future
Lucas Crawford
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Zeit Geist
Home for complaints
Canadians can take phone problems to the CCTS
Michael Geist
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Dyer Straight
Grain wars
Wildfires in Russia foreshadow future grain shortages
Gwynne Dyer
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Canada’s own
Marci McDonald charts the emergence of Canada's religious right
Mary Christa O’Keefe
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Vuepoint
Necessary damage
Bryan Birtles
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Visual Art
Revue
Photographic memory
Photography shows imagine the real, and realize the imagined
Amy Fung
/ amy@vueweekly.com
Arts
Revue
Literary illusion
Ilustrado's ambitious style-bending is pure payoff
Michael Hingston
/ hingston@vueweekly.com
Hop Scotch
Ugly and fascinating
Wilson and Ray each offer unusual human psyches
Josef Braun
/ josef@vueweekly.com
Revue
Photographic memory
Photography shows imagine the real, and realize the imagined
Amy Fung
/ amy@vueweekly.com
Prevue
Comic catharsis
This is Cancer gives the feared disease a personality
Paul Blinov
/ paul@vueweekly.com
Prevue
Fringer’s almanac
Vue's theatre critics show you their early picks
David Berry
/ david@vueweekly.com
Paul Blinov
/ paul@vueweekly.com
Prevue
Fringe fated
After a few years of playing the lottery, lady luck smiles on Game Face
Paul Blinov
/ paul@vueweekly.com
Dish
Veni, Vidi, Vino
Troublemaker
Charles Smith shakes up the wine establishment
Mike Angus
/ mikeangus@vueweekly.com
Profile
Road trippin’
Bakery in a converted gas station worth the day trip
Renee Poirier
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Provenance
The history of caramel
Dish Review
Revue
Stop the presses
Whyte Ave bistro café mixes Italian and Mediterranean influences
Erika Domanski
/ erika@vueweekly.com
Film
DVD Detective
Snakes and laughter
Low-budget vision triumphs over highly crafted nothingness
David Berry
/ david@vueweekly.com
He Watch Channel Zero
Mad as hell
The social polemics of Mad Men
Roland Pemberton
Prevue
Heavy hitter
Dolph Lundgren opens up about childhood, working in Sweden and his first theatrical release in 15 years
Josef Braun
/ josef@vueweekly.com
Music
Prevue
Coming home
Songwriter returns to Alberta after two years in Nashville
Mike Angus
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Old Sounds
The Kinks - Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part 1
(Pye Records) Originally released: 1970
Mike Angus
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Young people folking
EFMF could use more up-and-comers
David Berry
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Prevue
Building a rapport
With an all-new lineup, Decapitated hits the road before making an album
Bryan Birtles
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Prevue
The invisible band
Travis's Fran Healy goes solo
David Berry
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Enter Sandor
Moving target
Steve Sandor
Music Notes
Outdoor Adventures
Breaking a stallion
Pitting hardtail versus fully on one ornery Horse
Kirk Zembal
/ kzembal@vueweekly.com
Prevue
Flat, but edgy
Longboard doubleheader showcases best of both disciplines
David Berry
/ david@vueweekly.com
Outdoors Insider
Wake’s up, Edmonton
Jeremy Derksen
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The long haul
After 10 years, Death Race isn't perfect, but it is great
Jeremy Derksen
/ jeremy@vueweekly.com
New Sounds
Milk
Paul Blinov
/ paul@vueweekly.com
...What Happened? EP
Paul Blinov
/ paul@vueweekly.com
A Dusty Dove
Bryan Birtles
/ bryan@vueweekly.com
The One Man Band Broke Up
Joe Gurba
/ joe@vueweekly.com
Split Tape
Bryan Birtles
/ bryan@vueweekly.com
Fringe Festival
Prevue
Fringer’s almanac
Vue's theatre critics show you their early picks
David Berry
/ david@vueweekly.com
Paul Blinov
/ paul@vueweekly.com
Prevue
Fringe fated
After a few years of playing the lottery, lady luck smiles on Game Face
Paul Blinov
/ paul@vueweekly.com
