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Monday, January 30th, 2012
February will find the Carrot Coffeehouse full of festivities celebrating Black History Month, with an event called “Rhythms of the Earth”. You won’t want to miss the artists we have lined up!
All month long you can come and see the visual gallery, comprised of local artists that are also part for the “5 Artists One Love” exhibition at the AGA. The Carrot will feature work by: Khiry Crooks, Lorien Maheu, Adrian Louden, Brett Miles, and Elsa Robinson.
Other highlights for the month include:
A Poetry Slam with established poets around the city, including some of this city’s up and coming young artists, and a hip hop performance by The Overachievers.
Adje Performers will make another appearance on the Ave – if you missed them at Deep Freeze, you won’t want to miss them here! They’ll help get the month warmed up with their drumming this weekend!
After listening to Adje, if you are inspired to learn how to play a djembe, take a Drumming Workshop with DrumAdrumDRUM.
Dr. Bitupu, Junetta Jamerson, and Tololwa Mollel are all fantastic Storytellers. From their lips you will hear oral stories of immigration that have been passed down through generations, mythology, and other traditional stories.
Mama Afro will do a braiding demonstration, and Dr. Jean Walrond PH. D. will talk about her clothing designs, inspired by Northern and Western Africa tradition.
So as you can see, there’s a lot to look forward to this February, as we celebrate Black History Month. Come enjoy a hot beverage celebrate with us!
For a schedule of events, click here.
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Thanks to EPIC Photography for over a hundred wonderful photos from our recent Deep Freeze festival. View them right about here …
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Thursday, January 19th, 2012
We’d like to take a moment to thank Nathalie Duchaine at Pause Cafè for all of her help during our recent Deep Freeze Festival. The Cafè is located at 8627 Rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury, in Citè Francophone, and we’d love it if you would drop by and pay them a visit. Partners like this helped make Deep Freeze 2012 a big success.
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
Deep Freeze Fest is just around the corner, and we thought we’d highlight some things you may not have noticed in the our packed program, as well as some openings you may have assumed would be all filled up.
Ice
Yes, the ice carving competition is still a go. With the help of some refrigeration, we will have ice to carve, so come out to see the masters at work. There are snow carvings on site, too, for those of you who miss the white stuff.
Hockey
The hockey tournament is a go as well. I believe there its still at least one opening for a team, so if you’d like to play some good ole’ fashioned street hockey, get in touch with us.
Dancing
The Surf’s Up Dance with the Tsunami Brothers will be a blast (and it includes a retro-inspired swimwear fashion show). Some tickets are still available. Don’t forget to bring your swimsuit, towel and such along for the giant outdoor hot tub.
Colorful Explosions In the Sky
You may have missed this in the program, but this year’s Deep Freeze features FIREWORKS marking our fifth anniversary! The show starts at 6 PM, so even young folks with early bedtimes can enjoy it (I suppose there is something good about our 5 o clock darkness). It will be over before long, so make sure you are around right at 6 to take in the display.
Theses are just some highlights but there is a lot more going on this weekend. We’ll see you on site this Saturday. Find out more at deepfreezefest.ca, or download our full program.
Tags: dance, Deep Freeze Festival, festival, fireworks, highlights, ice carving, street hockey
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
Thanks to another Deep Freeze story from The Edmonton Journal, you can get a sneak peek at the weekends snow sculptures, made with more than a little machine-magic-snow. Read the article, Deep Freeze Festival Celebrates Winter, online here …
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Deep+Freeze+festival+celebrates+winter/5953249/story.html
Tags: coverage, Deep Freeze, Edmonton Journal, festival, Press
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
Thanks to the Edmonton Journal for putting Deep Freeze, or rather the Tourtières, on the front page of the food section this week.
You can find the January 4 article here …
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life/food/Tourtières+Deep+Freeze/5943523/story.html
We’ll see you this weekend!
Tags: Deep Freeze Festival, Edmonton Journal, food, media, Press
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Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Come down to Avenue Theatre (9030 118 Ave) for the Snow Globe Festival of Children’s Theatre! The festival runs from December 20-24.
The festival has three productions specifically for young audiences and offers an accessible and affordable alternative to holiday events. A festival pass ranges from $19.75 to $28.00. For that you get to see all three productions, plus the Holiday Half Time Show. Tickets to individual shows are $8 to $10.
Ellen Chorley, the artistic director of Promise Productions and producer of the festival, has an amazing track record with Theatre for Young Audiences at the Fringe, as well as high school residencies and a collection of other accomplishments.
There have already been over 1300 student tickets sold to the festival and they’re hoping the evening shows will be equally as successful.
You can find more information on the festival here:
http://www.promiseproductionstheatre.com/#!snow-globe-festival
Tags: avenue theatre, children, families, snow globe festival of children's theatre, Theatre
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
You can now download the full program for Deep Freeze 2012 online. Discover all the great new and old activities to ring in the new year at Edmonton’s hottest (or is that, coolest?) winter festival.
Download it by clicking here.
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February will find the Carrot Coffeehouse full of festivities celebrating Black History Month, with an event called “Rhythms of the Earth”. You won’t want to miss the artists we have lined up!
