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9351-118 ave
Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Kaleido has been featured in Metro News, largely for the fact that there is “something for everyone” at this diverse family arts festival.
You can read the full article at http://www.metronews.ca/edmonton/local/article/611423–something-for-everyone-at-kaleido
Monday, July 26th, 2010
Scott McKeen has written an encouraging article on the struggles and successes of the We Believe in 118 campaign to remove weapons and drug paraphernalia from Alberta Avenue businesses.
Read the article on the Edmonton Journal website at http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Sale+crack+pipes+Alberta+Avenue+definitely+legal/3322657/story.html.
You can also join in on the conversation in the comments below the article.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Courageous triumphs at Edmonton’s Sterling Awards
Play about tolerance shares top honours with The Drowsy Chaperone
By Liz Nicholls, edmontonjournal.com June 29, 2010
EDMONTON — A combative and witty play about that contradictory Canuck quality we call tolerance took home Monday evening’s top honours as outstanding production as the theatre community put on its party pumps to toast the past season on Edmonton stages.
Michael Healey’s Courageous, a coventure between the Citadel and Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre, shared top billing at the 23rd annual Sterling Awards gala with another venture by Edmonton’s biggest playhouse. Jurors awarded the outstanding musical Sterling to The Drowsy Chaperone, a bona fide Canadian hit in its first major post-Broadway incarnation. The fizzy musical-within-a-show, seen through the eyes of Man in Chair, is an homage to the time-honoured impulse to sing, dance and be entertained. In fact, leading man John Ullyatt gave a brief demo of the urge to tap dance Monday night — and we, the collective men in chairs, loudly approved.
The season’s best new play, jurors decided, was David Belke’s The Science of Disconnection, which premiered at Shadow Theatre. Protagonist Lise Meitner, the pioneer physicist who lent mathematical proofs to Einstein, may have been robbed at Nobel time. But Cathy Derkach’s star performance garnered her the leading actress Sterling, not to mention the season’s only mention onstage of the term “nuclear recoil.”
Curiously, the Citadel’s Sweeney Todd, which cut a swath through the Sterling field with seven nominations, didn’t end up with a single Sterling. Unlike some other years, no one theatre or production took home an overwhelming armload of the 24 Sterling Awards this year. The weight bearing was dispersed, but didn’t extend to either Workshop West or to Northern Light Theatre, the latter unaccountably absent altogether from the nomination list.
Literature’s most famous libertine, sporting the biggest chastity belt ever to be seen on a Canadian stage (I’m guessing here), had himself a night out. The Old Trout Puppet Workshop’s The Erotic Anguish of Don Juan, part of the Theatre Network season, got Sterlings for its star (human-sized actor Duval Lang), for its Jen Gareau costumes and for Cimmeron Meyer’s lighting of old Seville’s nightspots. The fourth of Theatre Networks Sterlings honoured Marianne Copithorne’s direction of the hit thriller The Woman in Black.
Of Teatro La Quindicina’s three Sterlings, the Fringe new work prize went to Stewart Lemoine’s wistful, funny ode to the blurred, and correctable, vision, The Oculist’s Holiday. The new Teatro musical Everybody Goes to Mitzi’s!, which lent the evening its Act II opener and is actually set in Edmonton, received Sterlings for its score, by the team of Ryan Sigurdson and Farren Timoteo, and its musical director (the former).
Theatre for young audiences had heftier prominence at this year’s gala. Concrete Theatre’s production of Routes, Collin Doyle’s new play about the roots and escalation of urban violence, was deemed outstanding in this category. And the exquisitely convincing, life-sized birds of the Green Fools’ Project: Whooping Crane, in the Fringe Theatre Adventures season, got the nod for “outstanding artistic achievement.”
Catalyst Theatre’s administrator Brenda McNicol, whose services have enriched matters theatrical across the city, was recognized with the Margaret Mooney award in administration (on the eve of her company’s departure, with Nevermore, for the Barbican Festival in London).
And the late Tim Ryan, founder and presiding muse of Grant MacEwan University’s musical theatre program and Leave It To Jane Theatre, was saluted with an “outstanding contribution to the theatre in Edmonton.” His death in November represents the season’s most dramatic single loss.
lnicholls@thejournal.canwest.com
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AND THE STERLINGS WENT TO …
Outstanding production of a play: Courageous (Citadel/Tarragon Theatres)
Outstanding production of a musical: The Drowsy Chaperone (Citadel/National Arts Centre)
Outstanding new play: The Science of Disconnection by David Belke (Shadow Theatre)
Outstanding performance by an actress in a leading role: Cathy Derkach, The Science of Disconnection
Outstanding performance by an actor in a leading role: Duval Lang, The Erotic Anguish of Don Juan (The Old Trout Puppet Workshop/ Theatre Network)
Outstanding performance by an actress in a supporting role: Nadien Chu, Titus Andronicus (Free Will Shakespeare Festival)
Outstanding performance by an actor in a supporting role: George Szilagyi, Hockey Stories For Boys (Aarrggh! Productions)
Outstanding director: Marianne Copithorne, The Woman In Black (Theatre Network)
Outstanding independent production: Folie A Deux (The Maggie Tree)
Outstanding set design: Bretta Gerecke, Rigoletto (Edmonton Opera)
Outstanding lighting design: Cimmeron Meyer, The Erotic Anguish Of Don Juan
Outstanding score of a play or musical: Ryan Sigurdson and Farren Timoteo, Everybody Goes To Mitzi’s! (Teatro La Quindicina)
Outstanding musical director: Ryan Sigurdson, Everybody Goes To Mitzi’s! (Teatro La Quindicina)
Outstanding choreography or fight direction: Dayna Tekatch, The Drowsy Chaperone
Outstanding Fringe production: Victor and Victoria’s Terrifying Tale Of Terrifying Things (Kill Your Television)
Outstanding Fringe new work: The Oculist’s Holiday by Stewart Lemoine (Teatro La Quindicina)
Outstanding Fringe performance by an actress: Beth Graham, Victor And Victoria’s Terrifying Tale Of Terrible things
Outstanding Fringe performance by an actor: Kevin Gillese, Wisdom Teeth (Craddock Family Productions)
Outstanding Fringe director: Kenneth Brown, Spiral Dive II (THEATrePUBLIC)
Outstanding production for young audiences: Routes (Concrete Theatre)
Outstanding artistic achievement in theatre for young audiences: Dean Bareham and Jennie Esdale, production design, Project: Whooping Crane (Green Fools Theatre/ Fringe Theatre Adventures)
Ross Hill Award for individual achievement in production: Alan Welch
Margaret Mooney award for outstanding achievement in administration: Brenda McNicol
Outstanding contribution to theatre in Edmonton: Tim Ryan
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Read more: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/Courageous+triumphs+Edmonton+Sterling+Awards/3213361/story.html#ixzz0sM3UivSo
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
In case you missed it in the fall, here’s an article from the Edmonton Examiner on the Kaleido play, Carjacked!
http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1766168
Monday, February 8th, 2010
While visiting the Deep Freeze Festival last month, you’d have been surrounded by the ice creations of Ritchie Valthuis, Stuart Ballah and many others.
Just recently our good friends and Alberta Avenue residents Valthuis and Ballah along with sculptor Eileen Heidler won an award with their dinosaur sculpture, “Travels to The New World”.
You can read the full story via the Edmonton Journal at …
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life/Dinosaurs+Edmonton+carvers/2520768/story.html
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
In case you missed this article a few weeks back, there is a great piece on Deep Freeze on the Metro website.
You can read the article here …
http://www.metronews.ca/edmonton/local/article/398663–revel-in-winter-fun-at-festival
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Here is a great article from the Edmonton Examiner about our upcoming Deep Freeze Festival.
http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2242301
Are you getting excited?
Monday, December 14th, 2009
On November 26th, Arts On The Ave was featured on CKUA’s “Arts Alive”, along with AOTA President Christy Morin. The story features a lot of goods for the arts in our city, and you can discover more, and hear the piece, with the links at the bottom of this post.
Here is an excerpt from CKUA:
On Arts Alive today……Edmonton receives a national award for the Alberta Avenue revitalization.
Musicians and artists, among others, have worked with the City of Edmonton to transform 118th Avenue into an arts destination they call Alberta Avenue. Among the projects flowing from the revitalization are the Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse, the Kaleido and Deep Freeze Festivals and the soon to be renovated Alberta Cycle Building, along with improved sidewalks and streets, updated and new businesses.
A recent national award from the Institute of Public Administration in Canada – the Public Sector Leadership Bronze Award for Municipalities – presented to the City of Edmonton, celebrated those ventures. Christy Morin works with the Revitalization Committee and is the founder of Arts on the Avenue. She and Kathy Barnhart, Branch Manager, for Neighbourhood and Community Development with the City’s Community Services Department spoke with Chris Allen about the award and the reasons it was given to the city.Listen to the November 26th show
Kathy says that the Arts on the Avenue initiative has spawned a number of similar projects for other communities in Edmonton under the new umbrella of the Great Neighbourhoods Program, and that other cities have asked for information on the program. For more information go to edmonton.ca and click on “Neighbourhoods” or visit artsontheave.org.
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Many of you came out to help support Arts On The Ave, and the Avenue Initiative.
What can we do to thank you?
Well, it’s a small gesture, but how about sharing this link to you, where you can watch the whole Global News Hour filmed on location at the Alberta Avenue Community Hall.
Here it is folks – enjoy watching history made … http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/video/index.html?releasePID=i_m7MlGGapjxYzj_whakeXN6PBJjG9EP
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Not sure if you’ve noticed lately, but Alberta Avenue, and the revitalization taking place here, is ALL OVER the media.
You may have picked up Avenue Magazine this month to find Christy Morin, President of Arts On The Ave, featured as one of their “Top 40 Under 40″. You can read that article online at http://www.avenueedmonton.com/articles/page/item/christy-morin.
Or, perhaps you’ve been over to the City of Edmonton website, where The Avenue Initiative is featured with an image on the front page, linking to a story and a video about the exciting changes happening on Alberta Avenue these days. Our very own Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse and Kaleido Festival are mentioned as well.
If you haven’t caught the “Avenue Fever” yet, perhaps Thursday is your day. Here is the official word from the Avenue Initiative;
Global Edmonton is taking the News Hour On the Road to Alberta Avenue! Tune into the News Hour at 6.00 on Thursday, November 5th to see Gord Steinke, Lynda Steele and the rest of the Global Edmonton team broadcasting live from the Alberta Avenue Farmer’s Market and The Carrot Coffeehouse.
We need YOU to help show Edmonton what a great neighbourhood Alberta Avenue is. We need both the Farmers’ Market and The Carrot filled with all the great people who live in the area. Bring the whole family down, tell your neighbours, bring your friends!
Both Global News at 5 and 6 will be broadcast from Alberta Avenue but during the 6 o’clock news you see stories about things happening in Alberta Avenue, a live interview with Judy Allan on the Avenue Revitalization, as well as live footage from the Farmers’ Market and The Carrot.
At the Farmers’ Market (9210 118 Avenue) between 5pm and 7pm:
Free balloon animals
Free face painting
Free entertainment
And of course, lots of great food & gift products to buyAnd don’t worry about making supper. We have a concession and grill a mean hotdog.
Global Special: hotdog, drink and chips or chocolate bar for only $4At The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse (9351 – 118 Avenue) between 5pm and 7pm:
Global weather live from The Carrot!
Live Entertainment
Bring a friend and enjoy a 2 for 1 Latte!And you’ll be happy to know the construction on 118 Avenue is over for the season. You can once again drive in either direction. Happy Driving and see you on Thursday!
Please forward this information, add it to your facebook page, tweet it and spread the word anyhow you can!