Social Seen: Fashion with Compassion Gala
Fashion with Compassion Gala Where: Shaw Conference Centre When: October 25 What: A gala to celebrate survivorship while enjoying a fun evening of fashion. Featuring: Edmonton’s largest fashion show in...
View ArticleNew singer, same sound: Stone Temple Pilots return to rock the Shaw
For vocalist Jeff Gutt, playing with Stone Temple Pilots is as much a duty as a pleasure. That’s not surprising given that the X Factor contestant and former member of nu metal unit Dry Cell started...
View ArticleCanada's Great Kitchen Party attracts fresh talent to national competition
There’s a new contest in town. Emerging from the ashes of the now defunct Gold Medal Plates (which raised $15 million for the national Olympic team during its 12-year lifespan), Canada’s Great Kitchen...
View ArticleBig party on big patio as Shaw Conference Centre celebrates 35 years
A patio party that overlooks Edmonton’s river valley is quite appealing. So you may well be interested in attending the Shaw Conference Centre’s 35th anniversary party on June 22 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m....
View ArticleNew general manager appointed at Shaw Conference Centre
Local hotel and tourism veteran Richard Wong has been appointed the new general manager of the Shaw Conference Centre. Wong, who returns to Edmonton after four months as chief operating officer...
View ArticleShaw Conference Centre puts your turkey on the table this Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is sometimes a veritable blur of turkey, stuffing and sore feet for cooks assigned to the kitchen on behalf of their families and friends. Whom they all love very much. But really, it’s a...
View ArticleBrother of Tim Hague criticizing city for delays in investigating boxer's death
Ian Hague, the brother of boxer Tim Hague, who died following a fight on June 16 against Adam Braidwood, took to Twitter on Friday to say an investigation into the death is taking too long. All fights...
View ArticleRunning in the streets: Thousands set to race in 25th Edmonton Marathon weekend
Close to 5,000 runners will take to downtown streets Saturday and Sunday during the 25th Edmonton Marathon weekend. Multiple distance running events, including a one-kilometre kids fun run on Saturday,...
View ArticleCity chefs participating for 2017 Gold Medal Plates contest announced
The final list has been released, detailing the talents contributing on Oct. 12, 2017, when Gold Medal Plates hits Edmonton once again. The event is a major fundraiser for the Canadian Olympic and...
View Article10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Sweeney Todd, Fast Romantics, and...
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street wields his bloody blades once again in Elope Theatre’s musical take on 19th century hairstylist and fusion cooking pioneer Sweeney Todd. The titular...
View ArticleLees: Edmonton honours local leaders at 22nd annual Women of Vision Celebration
She got her first spanking when she was three-years-old and would cross the road to ask neighbours if they’d like to hear her sing. But an undaunted Lesley MacDonald went on to entertain and on Friday...
View ArticlePaula Simons: Tale of two convention centres needs a smarter ending
Once upon a time, there was a mid-market northern city with two convention centres. Downtown, on the banks of its dramatic river valley, the city had a conference centre that hosted banquets, concerts,...
View ArticleConcert review: I Love the '90s … I guess?
Defend the ’90s all you like, but bookended by the Gulf War and Jar Jar Binks (with a toxic Cheese Whiz centre of hot country), it was a gaudy, dead-end decade in so many ways, down to the rise of one...
View ArticleEdmonton's doughnut scene something for chef to chew on
Doughnuts have so much going for them. Not only can you eat them in the car with ease, they are now showing up as decor items at weddings, mounted on peg boards in a variety of mouth-watering colours...
View ArticleSome yummy information for food lovers in Edmonton
Jason Wang is the new executive pastry chef at the Shaw Conference Centre (9797 Jasper Ave.) A certified red and blue seal pastry chef, chef Wang has developed his culinary talent at the Italian Bakery...
View ArticleStudents wow Shaw Conference Centre crowd with creative flair at Science...
It looks like a submarine. But it’s really a personality test. That’s because in order to win top marks at the 2017 Science Olympics, a yearly challenge for students from Grades 1 to 12 in Edmonton...
View ArticleSocial Seen: Valentine's Day Gala and Pecha Kucha Night 27
Codie McLachlan hits some of our city’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. He is an Edmonton photojournalist. Email your event suggestions to arts@edmontonjournal.com or...
View ArticlePierce the Veil's slowburn turns white hot as new effort tops alternative,...
It’s been a slow, steady rise for San Diego metalcore band Pierce the Veil. And that’s A-OK by Jaime Preciado. “I think that was always our intention,” the 30-year-old bassist says during a phone...
View ArticleNick Lees: Edmonton Opera's Valentine's Gala a pitch perfect night
Edmonton Opera’s Valentine’s Gala at the Shaw Conference Centre was so good that in future people who weren’t there will say they were. “Our opera company represents our city nationally and...
View ArticlePaula Simons: Real risks, costs make Quarters castle in the air questionable...
The plans for a slim, dramatic 80-storey tower next to the Shaw Conference Centre, on the lip of the river valley, look so enticing. The hypothetical tower, proposed by Alldritt Land Corp., would be a...
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