Arts

Recent stories about arts


food business

Farmfair features food, family, and 4-H fun

Farmfair International will offer food tastings and hands-on activities exploring where food comes from from Nov. 5 to 8 at the Edmonton EXPO Centre.

arts theatre

Catalyst's Nevermore prepares to haunt England

London calling! Nevermore – The Imaginary Life & Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe is headed to the U.K.

A man holding a microphone in a wrestling ring beneath a domed ceiling
arts sports

Throws of passion: Love takes wrestlers outside the ring

The founder of Love Pro Wrestling is bringing his carnivalesque promotion to an unusual place — the Art Gallery of Alberta — as part of his mission to attract new audiences to the spectacle.

business arts

Edmonton to consider nighttime economy office

A dedicated nighttime economy office will be on the table during Edmonton city council's budget deliberations in November after more than a dozen representatives of arts and entertainment organizations attended an executive committee meeting on Oct. 21

arts business

BioWare bids adieu after more than 30 years

Edmonton games pioneer BioWare is shuttering and laying off around 50 employees as part of a 3% workforce reduction by its parent company.

A DJ performs for an audience with green lighting and his name, D.O.D., displayed throughout the backdrop
arts music

Scream organizer fights for your right to party

Boodang's massively successful Scream dance-music event is sold out for 2026, marking another milestone for a one-time introvert whose love of music brought him from chat rooms to the big tent.

People board and disembark the LRT at Stadium Station
city council region

Your turn: Art with an urbanist twist

This week's roundup of calls for public engagement includes opportunities to help shape two upcoming plays from Thou Art Here, as well as public hearings on municipal budgets in the region.

arts

Edmonton Design Week examines how we build the world

Design is everywhere — to the point that we may take it for granted. But not during the "method"-themed Edmonton Design Week, where the who and how of the built world go under the Media Architecture and Design Edmonton microscope.

A person stands at a workbench with fabric
arts fashion

Artists bring new life to Westmount community hall

A fashion designer and a textile artist are turning a former preschool in Westmount into a working studio, gathering place, and showcase for Edmonton's emerging fashion community.