Deep Freeze in Today’s Journal
Friday, January 8th, 2010
You can read some great humor along with some info about this weekend’s Deep Freeze festivities from Scott McKeen, here …
Posts Tagged ‘Press’
Alberta Avenue Goes Global!!
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!
Kaleido Fest Makes CTV News
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
You can read a report on Kaleido, and watch a video clip from CTV news, online at here …
Kaleido Video Ad from City TV
Friday, September 25th, 2009
Thanks to City for producing this 30 second spot for Kaleido 2009!
Songs From the Ave Listed on TravelAlberta website
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
You can find Songs From The Ave on the TravelAlberta website here …
http://www.travelalbertalive.com/index.cfm?ItemID=3733&StartRow=1
118th Ave and Eastwoodfest in The Edmonton Journal
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Read about the transformation of Alberta Avenue in the Edmonton Journal here …
The Carrot Mentioned in “City Spice”
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
More great press!
The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse has been mentioned by Travel Alberta in their current issue of “City Spice”. Look for us in the the article, “Top 10 Places to Play in Calgary & Edmonton”
City Spice’s current issue can be viewed online at http://cityspice.travelalberta.com/
Thanks for the mention, CitySpice!
The Carrot on TV
Friday, July 17th, 2009
The Alberta Primetime story on The Carrot can now be seen on their website!
Visit this link to watch it.
http://www.albertaprimetime.com/AlbertaSpirit.aspx?FlashVars=Video/AS_theCarrot.flv
The Carrot Featured on Alberta Primetime!
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse has got a lot of press lately!
A story on The Carrot is airing tonight (July 15) on Alberta Primetime! The show airs at 7 pm and 11 pm on Access, and the story will be at the end of the hour. It will then be posted on their website (link to come once it’s up).
The Carrot Featured in Travel Alberta
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Travel Alberta has featured The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse in their current issue of “City Spice”. The article that we are featured in is titled “Fresh Air & Fresh Food.”
The articles can be viewed as part of their online magazine “City Spice” by going to the following link:
http://cityspice.travelalberta.com/
The “Open Air” issue The Carrot is featured in will be posted as the current issue until the end of July, 2009. After that, archived issues can be found at the bottom of the page in the drop-down menu.