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July July 13 – 15: Art Walk (P. 26) July 1: Canada Day with the Silly Summer Parade and Picnic (P. 19)

Look into your past with the historic festival (P. 19)

July 7: 11th Annual Medieval Tournament and Market (P. 19)

Health The List New Year’s resolutions are great to make or revisit all year through. How about trying these resolutions on for size?

Roots on Whyte building

Start off on the right foot

In fact, start off with health and wellbeing for all your favourite parts with these excellent health care providers.

At Health Elective Vitamins and Natural Body Care (#102, 8135-102 Street, Roots on Whyte building), the knowledgeable staff will help you with everything you’re looking for in vitamins, minerals, homeopathic remedies, herbal remedies, flower essences, nutritional supplements, organic skin care products, and more. Or sit in the cozy window corner and read any of the over 200 health books and magazines on hand!

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Floor, 10548 – 82 Avenue ) believes health and well-being come through treating the whole person. The boutique clinic takes pride in their natural fertility treatments for men and women, pain management work, hormonal support, cancer support, and remedies for depression and anxiety. They do this via key modalities such as acupuncture, (Cont’d on p. 6) nd

• Lose weight – by laughing at least once a day (good for losing mental weight) • Exercise – your right to speak up about what you really think and feel • Learn – to love the way you look. What the heck, you only live once so ya might as well love how you look • Eat well – eat something delicious that you just love at least once a week • Write – a letter of thanks to a family member, friend, colleague or to that friendly store clerk who greets you with a smile • Get out – in nature at least once a week as it does the heart so good!

• Breathe – Try forms of body care that can be done virtually anywhere (walking, meditation, tai chi) • Give – yourself a birthday party! Then why not gift a charity • Try – fun new stores and restaurants with friends. Invite someone you want to get to know • Go – to the library or book stores and feed your mind yummy mental snacks

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August Male belly dancing in Yiannis Taverna? (P. 9) August 16 – 26 Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival (P. 26)

Late night trolley rides throughout the Fringe (P. 24)

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p.m. Or call the Justik at 780.432.0211 to arrange appointments with doctors accepting patients.

Get those follow-up medical tests at DynaLIFE Diagnostic Laboratory Services (8035 – 104 Street). DynaLIFE is professional and confidential, and your doctor will often have your test results within a week. To assist with your busy work/life schedule the service opens at 7 a.m. weekdays. And to ensure that you don’t wait in line, simply book an appointment at 1.800.661.9876.

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Chinese medicine, emotional freedom techniques, and more, and they provide empowering retreats and seminars.

The Justik Medical Clinic (8225 – 105 Street) is located just steps from Whyte Avenue. With twelve doctors on staff, you can either book an appointment or established patients are invited to use the walk-in clinic service, Mondays through Thursdays, 5 – 8 p.m., and on Saturdays, 10 – 2

Natural Path Clinic on Whyte (8215 – 102 Street) is a fresh approach to health care. They embrace the foundations of ancient healing traditions and identify and treat the underlying causes of multiple complaints.

They’ll create a holistic health program customized to fit your needs by integrating acupuncture, massage, diet therapy, and herbal therapy. From high tech to ancient and traditional treatments, you’ll rediscover how your body is supposed to feel.

The Strathcona Dental Centre (#303, 8225 – 105 Street) offers you a variety of services such as cosmetic dentistry, general dentistry, dental implants, and more. If you’ve been hiding your smile, putting up with pain, or putting off going to the dentist because of fear or lack of time, they’ll perform timely treatments with little or no discomfort.

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September

September 3: Labour Day

Root veggies are fresh at Blush Lane Organic Market (P. 18)

Guilty Pleasures What do you love?

Fall head over heels with these lusciously tempting edible sensations.

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F A S H I O N S O N W H Y T E

September 9: Fire Fighters Memorial Service (P. 19)

Coney Island Candy (10345-82 Avenue)

Get ready for delicious, wild, and wonderful! As well as tons of other sweet treats, you might want to pick up a 27 pound gummi bear! Yes, they really do have one – along with a three pound gummy worm and a six pound giant gummi skull!

Artisan Resto-Café

(10732-82 Avenue) Save your appetite for the Masala Curried Tilapia – a mouthwatering grilled filet of tilapia served in house made curry sauce with peppers and onions, basmati rice, and cucumber-tomato salad. Delish and good for you!

Boston Pizza (10854-82 Avenue)

Who can say no to pizza! So why not try a Spicy Perogy pizza? It’s an inspired combination of sour cream, smoky bacon, BP’s cactus cut potatoes, mozzarella and cheddar cheese, all topped with green onions and yet another generous dollop of sour cream!

Dairy Queen (8137-104 Street)

We said guilty pleasure, didn’t we? Sooo ya gotta treat yourself to an Oreo Brownie Earthquake… oh yes! It’s an Oreo brownie (gulp) covered in soft serve

September Western Canada Fashion Week (P. 19)

Back to school sales

ice cream and smothered with marshmallow topping, hot fudge, whipped topping, and sprinkled with crushed Oreo cookies!

Café Beirut (10812 Whyte Avenue)

Enjoy a taste of Lebanon with their popular Shawarma Chicken breast, cooked in spices and served with tasty garlic sauce. It comes with an indescribably delicious Fatoush Salad made with fresh vegetables, mint, lemon juice, summak spices, and olive oil.

Daawat Authentic East Indian Cuisine (10015-82 Avenue)

Say yes to their tempting buffet, served at lunch or dinner, seven days a week.

Choose from mouthwatering selections such as four different kinds of naan bread (coconut naan – yum!), vegetarian dishes, beef curry, tandoori chicken, chili fish, and so, so much more – including desserts like gulab jamun!

September 21: Fall’s in fashion at Oak + Fort or Loft 82 (P. 29)

The List Mmmm chocolate! Check out these irresistible choco delights in Old Strathcona (drool…!): • Café Mosaics (10844-82 Avenue) – World Famous Vegan Chocolate Cake

• Ousia Restaurant (10846-82 Avenue) – Flourless Chocolate Espresso Cake

• The Pint (8032 – 104 Street) – Deep Fried Oreo Cookies with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

• The Keg (8020-105 Street) – Chocolate Brownie Sundae with Hot Fudge and Caramel

• Ten Thousand Villages (10432-82 Avenue) – Fair Trade Chocolate Bars • Friends and Neighbors Café (10834-82 Avenue) – Nutella Pie • Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt (10420-82 Avenue) – Mint Chocolate Frozen Yogurt

• Planet Organic (7917-104 Street) – Belgian Chocolate Brownie (bakery counter) • Crave Cupcakes (7929 Calgary Trail) – Chocolate Chunk Cookie Sandwich with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream (available July and August)

Yiannis Taverna

(10444-82 Avenue) Treat yourself and your loved ones to the fresh and tasty hummus – served with scrumptious pita bread that’s always baked fresh locally. Then you might want to try their signature dish: rack of lamb. Just sayin’!

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Da Capo Caffé (8135-102 Street, Roots on Whyte building) Please, please, oh please try their Canadese! (Some might call this hot espresso beverage an ‘Americano’ - but regardless of the name - ohhh yum!) Always made in a traditional Italian way that’s big on taste.

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October Edmonton Ghost Tours (P. 26)

Get your candy at Coney Island Candy Store (P. 8)

Theatre season begins at Northern Light Theatre, the Varscona and Walterdale Playhouse (P. 31)

Automotives Get Your Motor Running

Before you head out on the highway, visit the shops that make sure you and your vehicle are in perfect running order.

How much do you love your job? There are technicians at Doug’s Garage (10036-81 Avenue) who have been there for 25 years now. They do it all: automotive repairs and maintenance, oil changes and more. And sometimes they get to work on some incredibly cool cars – like a 1967 Corvette. One of their technicians even gets to work on a race car now and then!

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October Oct 8: Happy Thanksgiving!

Burlington Tobacconists turns 25! (P. 37)

Automotives continued

You won’t find any other car dealership in the city that looks like Don Wheaton on Whyte (10727-82 Avenue) – especially with its new renovations inside and out. Great effort has been put into making sure this dealership is thoroughly modern while retaining its retro charm. In a way, it’s like the new Chevy Camaro, which marries the fantastic design of the 1960s with today’s spaciousness and fuel economy. (Check out the new models at Don Wheaton on Whyte.) By the way, the Wheaton family started operating this business in the early 1960s. The building itself is from the 1950s.

Fountain Tire (10021-82 Avenue) isn’t just about tires. They provide full

automotive service, everything from front ends to motors to transmissions and tune-ups. Did you know that the Fountain Tire in Old Strathcona specializes in doing customized wheel jobs? If you want to upgrade your vehicle, ask for bigger wheels or chrome rims.

After 20 years in the same location (9927 Whyte Ave, behind Crystal Glass), Lube-X is changing its name to Jiffy Lube. The location is staying the same, but they’ve got a whole new look. What else is changing? Their new product line will be Pennzoil… but for return customers, Jiffy Lube will still carry Quaker State brand. After all, the greatest thing about these guys has always been their great service.

Cracked windshield? Take your vehicle to Crystal Glass (9943-82 Avenue). But they do more than windshields. They’ll even repair shattered bath-

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Old Strathcona helps you get around – in whatever mode of transportation you choose!

• Don Wheaton Chev Olds (10727 Whyte Ave)

• Track ‘N Trail (10148 Whyte Ave)

• Euro Sport Auto Sales (7806-104 Street)

• United Cycle (7620 Gateway Blvd)

• Sun Toyota (10130 Whyte Ave)

• Sundance Ski & Snowboard (10423-79 Avenue)

• Sun Toyota Quality Used Cars (10208 Whyte Ave)

• Ocean Sports (10133 Whyte Ave)

• Hardcore Mountain Bike Store (10008a Whyte Ave)

room mirrors. And they do their part to fix society’s problems too. In 2010, toques were sold at all 45 Crystal Glass locations, to raise money to address youth homelessness. And did you know that the very first Crystal Glass location opened right here on Whyte Ave, back in 1949?

Speed to www.oldstrathcona.ca for more on Automotives

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November

Get Winter tires at Fountain Tire (P. 12)

Start Christmas shopping with the Old Strathcona Antique Mall (P. 25)

The Yoga Loft

Wellness The whole body – and mind – experience

Relax, refresh and re-establish your healthiest self at these businesses dedicated to rejuvenating your body and soul.

True Yoga

Healing Waters Spa (10740–82 Avenue), a sanctuary for body and

mind, is one of the few places in Alberta where you can enjoy the sumptuous Turkish Hammam treatment – a steam and salt full-body scrub that will utterly relax and revitalize you. Enjoy rejuvenating experiences with pampering, esthetics, products that turn back the clock, as well as pedicures, manicures, waxing, massage, facials, spa packages, body wraps and so much more.

Situated in a former Chinese temple, the True Yoga studio (8116-101 Street) is cozy, eco-friendly and scent free, with free parking, change room facilities, washrooms, and a small retail section. The studio is dedicated to the true essence of Ashtanga yoga and offers classes including Ashtanga foundation, Mysore style, as well as prenatal yoga, Mom and baby yoga, birthing workshops, and more. They are the only yoga studio in town offering onsite babysitting during morning classes.

The School of Raq Belly Dance Studio (10426–81 Avenue, downstairs) will ‘raq’ you! Join them for 10 week belly dance courses, or drop in for a 60 minute class. They have classes for all skill levels and will teach you technique, choreography, identifying Middle Eastern patterns and rhythms, improvisation skills, and much more. Their many classes include Belly Dance Fundamentals, Cardio Shimmy, Tai Chi, and others.

Healing Arts Massage Therapy (#201, 8225–105 Street)

has been in Old Strathcona since 1989 and has developed a reputation for dedicated, professional health care service. They offer stress reducing massage therapy treatments, including active release techniques, craniosacral, Thai, reflexology, and acupressure. They also offer acupuncture, a safe, drug-free approach to healthcare that balances energy flow.

Edmonton’s oldest yoga studio, The Yoga Loft (3rd Floor, 8135–102 Street, Roots on Whyte building) is the city’s only full SATTVA centre, and is home of the SATTVA School of Yoga, a leading teacher training certification program. This urban ashram is 3,000 square feet with two yoga rooms, a boutique and resource area, and men’s and women’s showers and washrooms.

This is the perfect place to start your inner revolution.

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The List Looking for a place of worship in Old Strathcona? Rejuvenate your spirit at the following: • Holy Trinity Anglican Church (10037-84 Avenue) • Christian City Church Edmonton (10545-81 Avenue) • Knox Evangelical Free Church (8403-104 Street) • Muslim Community of Edmonton Mosque (10761-86 Avenue) • St. Anthony’s Parish (10661 Whyte Avenue) • Strathcona Baptist Church (8318-104 Street) • Strathcona Presbyterian Church (8116-105 Street) • The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (10761 Whyte Ave) • Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (10014-81 Avenue)

Find inner peace at www.oldstrathcona.ca (inner peace not guaranteed)

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November

Nov 4: Fall back into daylight savings time at Watch it!

(P. 29)

Nov 11: Remembrance Day

Live Music The Sound of Old Strathcona

We’ve got it all – from incredible venues for live music to music stores where you can buy your own guitar (and learn how to play it).

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Backbeat School of Rock

What Edmonton club did David Bowie hit the night before his concert in 1990?

The Yardbird Suite (11 Tommy Banks Way)! Check the signatures on the wall in the green room – nearly every single jazz musician in Canada has played here: Big Miller, Pepper Adams, and more. Bowie didn’t play here – he’s just a fan.

December Dress for the holiday parties at the avenue clothing co. (P. 28)

Saturdays in Strathcona mean Santa and sleighs

Toys for the boys at Foosh (P. 29)

of Aerosmith is here, he pays a visit to Lillo’s Music (10848-82 Avenue).

He’s an avid guitar collector – and Lillo’s has a great collection of vintage guitars.

Other celebrity shoppers have included Stevie Wonder and k.d. lang. As an interesting side note, Lillo’s also provides music lessons through the Lillo’s School of Modern Music Ltd. – so who knows what rock stars of the future they’re training!

A good 80% of the people who come to Permanent Records (8126 Gateway Blvd) are rabid music fans. They love to come in and talk music and root through collections of vinyl and CDs that go deep: folk, rock, metal, and a ton of blues. Kinda like in the movie High Fidelity. But cooler.

What do a lot of people do on the last night before their wedding day? Karaoke at Rosie’s Bar & Grill (10475-80 Avenue), Thursdays through Saturdays!

It’s also a big attraction for birthdays and dates – for 19 year olds and the over50 crowd alike. With over 20,000 songs to choose from, they’ve got everything from rock to Patsy Cline.

Old Strathcona’s latest addition to its roster of music stores is

Long &

McQuade (10828-82 Avenue). After all these years, it’s still owned and operated by Jack Long, a longtime jazz trumpeter who first opened his business back in 1956 on Carlton Street in Toronto. Jack was responsible for a lot of “firsts.” In the 1960s, he brought in Pete Traynor, who designed the first wedgeshaped stage monitor as well as Traynor amplifiers… which, incidentally, you can still find on sale at Long & McQuade.

Yardbird Suite

Where do rock stars come to shop when they’re in town? Every time Joe Perry

If you happen to play with a band that smashes its equipment at the end of a show like The Who circa 1965, take it to Acoustic Music Shop (993482 Avenue). They can fix it for you. They’ve got the best repair shop in town.

Over the years, they’ve done some crazy jobs. So if your grandfather had a guitar from the 1930s and it spent all these years in a barn or getting rained on, remember: Acoustic Music Shop can restore it. It’s also a place where you can pick up beautiful vintage guitars, like a 1968 Martin D-28.

Imagine still rockin’ at 100! 2012 marks the 100th birthday of what is perhaps Old Strathcona’s most legendary historic building: the Commercial Hotel.

One of the things that really put the place on the map is the blues bar inside.

Blues on Whyte (10329-82 Avenue) is one of the only seven-nights-aweek-live-blues-music-venues in all of North America. Its Saturday afternoon blues jam has been going strong for years. And the crowd at Blues on Whyte is, hands down, one of the most eclectic in Edmonton, with everything from bikers to barristers.

The List Where to go in Old Strathcona to witness musicians tearing up the stage…

Alt & indie music scene:

• Accent European Lounge (8223-104 Street) on Thursday nights • The Empress Ale House (9912 Whyte Ave • The Black Dog Freehouse (10425 Whyte Ave) • Pawn Shop (10551 Whyte Ave) • Wunderbar (8120-101 Street)

Roots & Irish:

• The Atlantic Trap & Gill (7704-104 Street) • O’Byrne’s Irish Pub (10616 Whyte Ave)

Open Stages: • Elephant and Castle (10314 Whyte Ave) on Wednesday nights

Blues on Whyte

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• Cha Island Tea Co. (10332-81 Avenue) on Saturdays

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December Dec 21: NOW it’s winter?!?

Dec 25: Christmas

Go Organic Let’s Get Down to Earth

Keep yourself healthy with fresh and delicious organic foods. Your body will love you for it (and so will the planet).

When purchasing the ingredients for its homemade-style East Indian cuisine,

Narayanni’s

(10131-81 Avenue) goes the distance. Well, actually they DON’T go the distance. Wherever possible, they buy their squash, peas, chicken and lamb locally – and they favour organics. Try their Vegan nights on the first Tuesday of the month – delicious!

Check out the organic section at Save-On-Foods (10368-78 Avenue) for some truly delicious treats, like Canadian-made Nuts to You organic peanut butter and Crofter’s Concord Grape spread – organic and sweetened with fair trade cane sugar. Together, they’re simply incredible.

Did you know that Old Strathcona even has a store for health-conscious pet

owners? Tail Blazers (7520 Gateway Boulevard) is a holistic pet store that sells all-natural dry, canned and raw foods for dogs and cats. This pet food has no colourings or chemical preservatives. And it’s corn, soy and gluten free. In most of the pet foods you’ll find elsewhere, these latter ingredients are simply there to bulk up the food, but they have no nutritional value. In fact, did you know that dogs can’t digest corn or soy?

Head to the deli section of Planet Organic (7917-104 Street) and try one of their cosmic cookies, an out-of-this-world blend of chocolate chips, pumpkin seeds and sunflowers. Did you know that Planet Organic started up right here in Old Strathcona and is now nationwide?

All of the produce at Blush Lane Organic (8135-102 Street) is certified organic. And what a selection! They have over 30 different varieties of apples alone. Blush Lane also has its own organic orchard, in Keremeos BC, 18

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Blush Lane

in the picturesque Similkameen Valley, known as the organic growing capital of Canada. Can you say FRESH? It’s harvest time every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Old Strathcona

Farmers’ Market

(10310-83 Avenue), with seasonal, organic, homegrown fruits and vegetables, eggs, cheese, Alberta-grown meats, home baking and more… like all-natural orange fudge honey (yum!) and even edible flowers.

All Seasons Garden Centre

(10027–81 Ave) sells everything to help you grow your own house plants and vegetables – including organic supplements. With the right microbes and extra lighting, you can start an indoor garden and be eating vine-ripe tomatoes in January!

Old Strathcona even has an organic beauty salon! Visit The Beauty Parlour (2nd floor, 10011-82 Avenue) and the first thing you’ll notice is that you can’t smell any chemicals. This clean-air salon has great organic cosmetics. You and the earth will both love the Kevin Murphy hair care products, made with naturally harvested ingredients and recycled packaging.

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According to Blush Lane Organic (8135-102 Street, Roots on Whyte building), food that is Certified Organic must fit the following criteria in the growing process: • No chemical pesticides • No fertilizers • No waxes, dyes or irradiation • Yearly inspections from a verification officer (and the occasional surprise inspection) from Quality Management International in Alberta • With organic farming, soil, plants and trees must be treated as living things to be nurtured and respected

Live organically at www.oldstrathcona.ca

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Western Canada Fashion Week

March & September www.westerncanadafashionweek.com Western Canada Fashion Week is Alberta’s only week-long festival of fashion and arts. The spring season showcases runway collections from local, Canadian, and International designers.

Edmonton Jazz Festival

June www.edmontonjazz.com Outstanding Canadian jazz musicians are featured in this week-long festival. Musicians perform in a number of Old Strathcona, downtown, and city wide locations.

Edmonton Turkish Festival

June www.edmontonturkishfestival.com Celebrate the culture & heritage of Turkey! Browse and buy Turkish products, souvenirs and handicrafts, participate in activities for children, experience authentic demonstrations & performances, sample delicious Turkish cuisine plus much more!

Silly Summer Parade & Picnic

July www.oldstrathconafoundation.ca The Silly Summer Parade and Picnic is a zany and silly family celebration.

The parade winds through Old Strathcona along Whyte Avenue and concludes with a picnic at Queen Alexandra School (78 Avenue & 106 Street).

The Silly Summer Parade and Picnic is presented by the Old Strathcona Foundation.

Annual Medieval Market and Tournament

July www.knightsofthenorth.ca Knights of the Northern Realm host a tournament of wills and a market of Renaissance goods. Daggers and cloaks, board games and jousting, swords and shields, books and art, jewellery and stones. Don your lightest chain mail and join the fair.

Edmonton & Northern Alberta Historic Festival

July www.historicedmonton.ca The Edmonton and Northern Alberta Historic Festival, is a family oriented festival that showcases our history and cultural heritage with tours, activities, exhibits, storytelling and more at museums and historic sites in Edmonton and Northern Alberta.

Western Canada

Fashion Week

Ice on Whyte

Annual Fire Fighters Memorial Service

September www.firefighters-memorial.com This memorial service honours fire fighters who have fallen in the line of duty and takes place at the Fire Fighter’s Memorial Plaza on 83 Avenue.

Whyte Avenue Street Fair

September www.oldstrathcona.ca Yes, two blocks of Whyte Avenue are closed to traffic! Merchants bring their merchandise right out onto the road. This event also features live entertainment.

Christmas on Whyte Avenue

December Each Christmas, in Edmonton’s charming, historic Old Strathcona area, the avenue is filled with magic. Join Santa and his helpers on his sleigh on the three Saturdays before Christmas.

The Snow Globe Festival of Children’s Theatre

December www.promiseproductionstheatre.com The festival will feature a line-up of three theatre for young audience plays: Robin Hood by Kathryn Schultz Miller , Birdie on the Wrong Bus by Ellen Chorley, and Babes in Toyland - Book by Rebecca Ryland, music and lyrics

by Bill Francoeur, along with a musical lobby show that will play in between performances. All three plays will have school performances during the day as well as nightly and Saturday performances for the general public.

10125-81 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 433 8866 clayworksstudio.com

Pottery Wheel Classes Pottery Studio Time Ceramics Painting School Programs Ceramics Painting Parties For Adults & Children

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Stained Glass Classes Fused Glass Classes Glass Studio Time Supplies Workshops Gallery Features Glass Jewelry

A collection of independent shops run by artists for artists. Take a class and discover your hidden talent.

Pick up art materials for your next project. You can even buy art to add to your collection.

10032-81 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 432 0240 paintspot.ca

Drawing and Painting Printmaking and Textile Sculpting and Casting Airbrush and Projectors Glass and Porcelain Paints School Art Supplies Workshops

Art & Craft Materials

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Exhibitions

Stain Glass Fused Glass Mosaic Supplies Classes Studio Rental Gallery features: Blown Glass Art Jewelry

December

Dec 26: Shopping in Old Strathcona

Dec 31: Boston Pizza Party?

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History Back to the future

History teaches us many things – not the least of which is that old favourites always seem to come back round again.

The Edmonton Streetcars are a great example of the past revisiting the future. A favourite attraction, the first streetcars started running across the High Level Bridge and into the Whyte Avenue area in 1913. In 1951 the streetcars were shut down but a group of volunteers lovingly restored and ran Streetcar #1 in 1979. The popular streetcars have been running ever since. In 2011 alone, 54,000 people rode the Old Strathcona line. The Society is completely operated by volunteers, including the 40 trained drivers. Ride the Edmonton Streetcars between May and October every year.

Dr. Wilbert McIntyre Park (8303-104 Street) is a popular hub of

activities with historic beginnings. Dr. McIntyre was a political activist at the turn of the century. The Varscona Theatre and the Walterdale Playhouse were fire halls, with their towers used as places to hang and dry fire hoses. The current Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market building and TransAlta Arts Barns housed buses and streetcars. The TransAlta underwent extensive renovations with state of the art technology to turn it into a multimillion dollar theatre complex. The park’s fountain was originally at the intersection of 83 Avenue and 104 Street until it was struck by a car in the 1950s. Years later the Old Strathcona Foundation made a replica of it for the park.

At Wee Book Inn (10310 Whyte Avenue) everything old is new again.

The boutique has a superb collection of older books, some dating as far back as the 1600s. The store itself has been open in Old Strathcona for 42 years. Over the years they’ve seen many odd and interesting books, including a Franklin Library set with books signed by such renowned authors as Kurt Vonnegut and John Steinbeck. Also of renown are the Wee Book Inn’s cats, one at each of the four locations. Each feline is named after a hockey great and Bunny (a.k.a.

Bunny Laraque) proudly resides at the Whyte Ave store.

Heritage buildings are a huge part of Old Strathcona’s charm.

The first buildings along Whyte Avenue and 103 Street were built by the railway.

The Railway Station opened in January 1908 and was built for $24,000. The Edmonton & Calgary Railway Company built the Edmonton House Hotel, now the Strathcona Hotel, in 1891. During Prohibition this hotel served as the Westminister Ladies College. The original brick Strathcona Telephone Exchange was erected in 1908 by Alberta Government Telephones.

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Edmonton Streetcar

The List Over the years these historically famous people have enjoyed themselves in historically beautiful Old Strathcona: • Aerosmith’s Joe Perry loves to visit Lillo’s Music (10848-82 Avenue) when he’s in town. The rocker has purchased equipment there which he uses for concerts.

• David Bowie was at the Yardbird Suite (11 Tommy Banks Way) the night before his 1990 Edmonton concert.

• Will & Grace star, Eric McCormack, took in Old Strathcona’s Ice On Whyte Festival (End of Steel Park) which takes place in January every year.

• Canadian comedian Sandra Shamas heated up her career performing at Edmonton’s International Fringe Theatre Festival. She loved stopping at the avenue clothing co. (10344 Whyte Avenue).

• Mike Myers (Saturday Night Live, Austin Powers, Wayne’s World) turned up in October 2000 to perform at the opening night of Die-Nasty the Live Improvised Soap Opera’s 10th season at the Varscona Theatre (10329-83 Avenue).

• The crew of the NBC series Fear Itself picked up costumes for their thriller-TV-show at Rowena clothing boutique (10762 Whyte Avenue) in the heart of Old Strathcona.

• Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin shopped at the Wee Book Inn (10310 Whyte Avenue).

For more history and heritage check out www.oldstrathcona.ca

HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE STREETCAR This summer, ride on vintage streetcars across the world's highest streetcar bridge between Old Strathcona and downtown, with connection at Grandin LRT station.

Daily May 18 to Sept 3 and Fri/Sat/Sun Sept 7 to Oct 7 & 8.

Departs every 40 min.

• NB: 11 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. (north of the Strathcona Farmers' Market) • SB: 11:20 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (north of 100 Ave, west of 109 St.) • Sat. service starts at 9 a.m.

• Service during the Fringe Festival extended until 10 p.m.

Return Fare $5 (age 6+), Family $15 (no ETS tickets or passes) For a complete schedule and information go to www.edmonton-radial-railway.ab.ca/ or call 780-437-7721. Charters available. Streetcar museum at the Strathcona terminal open Sat. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Operated by volunteers of the Edmonton Radial Railway Society.

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January Ice On Whyte Ice Carving Festival (P. 26) Start to plant your ripe vine tomatoes at All Seasons Garden Centre (P. 18)

Events

On the Fringe (not just in August)

Every August, we have the third largest Fringe Theatre Festival in the world – and many other great events the rest of the year.

Whyte Avenue Art Walk Festival

July 13 – 15, 2012 Daily from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Think of the Whyte Avenue Art Walk Festival as one great big outdoor studio and gallery, sort of like the Left Bank of Paris. This year you’ll find over 400 working artists along an almost four kilometre stretch from 107 to 103 Street.

A good 95% of those artists are from Edmonton and area, according to Kim Fjordbotten of The Paint Spot, the Old Strathcona art store responsible for this amazing festival. (As an interesting trivia note, there’s an art store in Montreal that’s now copying this festival. Imitation really IS the best form of flattery!)

Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival

August 16 – 26, 2012 What can you expect at the Edmonton Fringe Festival? The unexpected! That’s what you get with more than 1,600 performances of 220 non-juried and uncensored plays running each day to midnight – theatre that’s beautifully and often hilariously unhinged. This year’s theme is “Village of the Fringed”.

The Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival is Canada’s largest and longest-running Fringe Festival (now 31 years) and the oldest Fringe Theatre Festival in North America.

780-448-9000 • www.fringetheatreadventures.ca

Edmonton Ghost Tours

A Ghostly Walk Through Old Strathcona Fall 2012 There is much more to life than meets the eye. Perfectly timed for the Halloween season, Edmonton Ghost Tours gives you the chance to learn more about Old Strathcona’s past – and the spirits that linger on in some of its historic buildings.

The tours start in front of the fire rescuer statue outside the Walterdale Playhouse (10322-83 Avenue)…. which, incidentally, was once a volunteer fire department in the 1900s. In 1909, one of the volunteer firefighters there died in the bunkhouse. Take the Ghost Tour and you will learn that it is believed his spirit continues to wander through the theatre, moving props.

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Edmonton Internation Frringe Theatre Festival

Ice on Whyte Festival

January 25 – February 3, 2013 Ever seen a giant insect made of ice? You’ll see that and much more at the Ice on Whyte Festival and International Ice Carving Competition, held at End of Steel Park (8720-103 Street). It’s 11 days of amazing ice sculptures and tons of interactive outdoor winter activities for the whole family. Catch the giant ice slide, children’s play area, live music, ice carving workshops for school groups and families, and much more. www.iceonwhyte.ca

The List Just how big a part does Old Strathcona play in Edmonton being known as “Festival City”? We’ll let the numbers speak for themselves…

• Edmonton Jazz Festival, June 22 – July 1, 2012 – The Yardbird Suite, Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre and city-wide • Silly Summer Parade & Picnic, July 1, 2012 – Whyte Ave and Queen Alexandra School • Edmonton & Northern Alberta Historic Festival, July 3 – 8, 2012 – Various locations in Old Strathcona and throughout Edmonton • Annual Firefighters Memorial Service, September 11, 2012 – Firefighter Plaza, 10350-83 Avenue • Western Canada Fashion Week, September 13 – 20, 2012, March 21 – 28, 2013, September 19 – 26, 2013 – Transalta Arts Barns • Edmonton Chante Festival, Fall 2012 – Various Old Strathcona locations (for details, check them out on Facebook under “Festival Edmonton Chante” and check local media)

Check out all events, festivals, shows and gigs at www.oldstrathcona.ca

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February Enjoy a cozy latte at Da Capo (P. 8) Feb 14: Valentine’s Day

Treat someone you love at Healing Waters Spa (P. 14)

Fashion Dress me up or suit yourself It’s all up to you – these area gems will have you looking awesome.

Pin-Up Couture heels Rowena The Hundreds shoes Foosh

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Offering gorgeous clothing for women of all ages for over two decades, the

avenue clothing co. (10344 Whyte Avenue) carries clothes, jewellery,

beautiful bags, wallets, belts, decorative scarves, and much more. As well as wonderful local clients, many TV and film personalities have enjoyed shopping here over the years.

Colour Blind (10544A-82 Avenue) has been setting fashion trends with fun, edgy euro-brands for men and women for a landmark 20 years on Whyte Avenue. They carry great denim, dresses, jackets and much more. Listen to awesome tunes in store and enjoy the great service. To join in their 20th anniversary celebrations and sales throughout 2012, keep an eye on www. colourblindonwhyte.com.

The Bamboo Ballroom (8206-104 Street) offers ‘to-die-for’ jewellery and clothes from up to 20 gifted local designers, as well as outstanding design collections from the rest of Canada. The boutique will host a private shopping party for you and five or more friends, complete with ultra-pampering service, yummy snacks, specials, and even complimentary make-up application.

March Mar 17: St. Patrick’s Day (Time for a Pint!)

Mar 29: Western Canada Fashion Week (P. 19) Get Colour Blind with a new summer look (P. 28)

ON BRIANNA • Lillian dress, Oak + Fort • BlankNYC coloured denim, Bamboo Ballroom • Kensie tank top, the avenue clothing co.

• Fables by Barrie bikini, Rowena

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Obey bracelets, Bamboo Ballroom

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• Foosh t-shirt, Foosh • Ben Sherman buttondown, Colour Blind • Ben Sherman Chinos, Colour Blind • Blend swim trunks, Colour Blind • Greaser jeans by Service, Rowena

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Nixon watch, Watch It!

Models: Brianna Seitz and Don Armand. Shot at The Beauty Parlour. Hair styled by Dean Allan.

Specializing in watches, sunglasses, and accessories, Watch It! (10544B Whyte Avenue) is an all-out Whyte Avenue success story. From starting right here in Old Strathcona in 1999, the store has now expanded to 24 locations across the country! As a quirky side-note, Watch It! was the first store in Canada to carry double leather cuffed wristwatches.

Foosh (10544C-82 Avenue) is ‘the love-child’ of two friends.

It’s a men’s and women’s clothing boutique that carries fashionable streetwear and lifestyle brand clothes, footwear, headwear, even their own t-shirt line. This unique store also carries very cool toys including Kidrobot and other lines.

Foosh is big on supporting community artists, musicians, DJs, restaurateurs and others.

Check out the boutique clothing stores at www.oldstrathcona.ca

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Did you know Rowena (10762-82 Avenue) not only has a huge selection of retro inspired dresses – which the boutique is well known for (pin-up girl chic!) – but they also carry men’s and women’s separates, footwear, accessories and home decor and novelty items? Interestingly, the store has thousands of Facebook fans from around the world.

Check it out at facebook.com/rowenaedmonton.

It’s all about chic, classic, easy-to-wear fashions. It’s the ever-intoxicating Oak + Fort (10416-82 Avenue), a clothing boutique for men and women.

These tasteful and irresistible fashions feature clean lines, and a more natural colour palette, from beiges to blacks to pinks and more. You’ll always find something different here, from jewellery to scarves, belts, accessories and more – all displayed with art-gallery-style appeal.

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March Happy Easter, Check out some places of worship (P. 14)

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Spring forward into Bamboo Ballroom or Rowena (P. 28)

Theatre Get Your Bum Down Here

Our vibrant theatre scene knows how to put-bums-in-the-seats, with everything from improv comedy to edgy and experimental dramas.

On October 3, 2000, on opening night of the 10th season of the improv soap

opera comedy Die-Nasty, there was a knock on the back door of Varscona

Theatre (10329-83 Ave).

It was Mike Myers of Austin Powers fame, wanting to be part of the show!

With programming 350 days a year, the odds of something cool like that happening at any of the shows here are pretty high. Five thriving theatre groups call the Varscona their home. Many others rent it throughout the year.

Nudity, figure skating, and love at Abu Ghraib Prison – these are just a few reasons why Northern Light Theatre (#201 8909-99 Street) is continuously hailed as one of Edmonton theatre’s most consistently surprising little companies. And what happens onstage can be surprising indeed!

Did you know that Walterdale Playhouse (10322-83 Avenue) is Canada’s second longest running community theatre group? The Walterdale is also responsible for being a career-starter for names such as Anne Wheeler, director of Bye Bye Blues, and playwright Brad Fraser, who went on to write for TV’s Queer as Folk. The Walterdale’s output is impressive: over 500 plays in more than 50 years!

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April

Apr. 22 Earth Day Apr. 20 Supplies from Shell Shock (P. 37)

Time for an oil change at Jiffy Lube (P. 11)

Northern Light Theatre

Theatre continued

The List Are there more actors than average everyday people in Old Strathcona?

Could be! Here are the other theatre companies we have in the area…

• Catalyst Theatre (8529 Gateway Blvd)

Fringe Theatre Adventures provides a brave new platform for indie

• Fringe Theatre Adventures (10330-84 Avenue)

theatre groups with its International Fringe Theatre Festival every August, now the third largest Fringe festival in the world. But the action doesn’t stop there. All year long, Fringe Theatre Adventures partners with other theatre companies to bring stunning productions to the TransAlta Arts Barns (10330-84 Avenue) – everything from educational plays for kids to Firefly Theatre’s jaw-dropping plays performed in-the-round with circus-style aerial rigging.

• Oh Susanna!

(10329-83 Avenue) • Rapid Fire Theatre (10329-83 Avenue - until the end of 2012) • Shadow Theatre (10329-83 Avenue) • Teatro La Quindicina (10329-83 Avenue) • Walterdale Playhouse (10322-83 Avenue)

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“Delightfully dark.” “Playfully perverse.” Those are just some of the words people have use to describe the edgy and experimental theatre created

by Catalyst Theatre (8529 Gateway Blvd). Recently, Hunchback and Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe won rave reviews. To add to the good news, artistic director Jonathan Christenson was just named one of Alberta’s 50 Most Influential People by Alberta Venture magazine.

For theatre all year round go to www.oldstrathcona.ca

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April

Shoe sale at Gravity Pope & Army & Navy

April showers bring May flowers to the Farmers’ Market

Art and Body Art Make your masterpiece

Regardless of what you use for a canvas, create a masterpiece with these centres of craft and creativity.

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Spring Cleaning?

Drop used goods to Goodwill (P. 12)

Strange City Body Modification Experience (10522-82

Avenue) is all about art – as well as precision body piercing, custom tattoos, and an extensive jewellery collection! They also have an in-house gallery featuring local artists and many of their custom tattoo artists are avid painters.

Shades of Grey (10444-82 Ave, upstairs) combines a high end tattoo

shop with comic books, vintage toys and an art gallery. Also remarkable: owner Shane Sturgeon wrote a popular book on Star Wars tattoos, The Force in the Flesh, and he is the organizer of large scale tattoo events at Star Wars Celebration conventions.

The Paint Spot (10032-81 Avenue) is the home of the Whyte Avenue

Art Walk and it’s run by local artists. There are 45 lines of Canadian-made art materials on hand. Take part in studio workshops for all levels – or watch them on Breakfast TV where they’ve appeared once a month for over a decade.

Parties, bridal parties, kids, dates, groups of any kind – you’re gonna love

Clayworks Studio (10125-81 Avenue), with their ongoing workshops and activities for all ages. Learn pottery on the wheel or ceramics painting, or come in for a drop-in session and enjoy an artfilled stress release.

May May 20: Victoria Day (patios now open) May 13: Mother’s Day

Bike tune-ups at United Cycle

Highlevel Streetcar rides open (P. 24)

The List Ya just gotta see the revolving art galleries at these fabulous businesses:

Shades of Grey

Four Winds Art Glass (10050-81 Avenue) is the place to get your custom commissioned stained glass, whether for special occasions like weddings or birthdays or to beautify that special space. They not only sell stained glass supplies, but you’ll also enjoy taking their many classes on making stained or fusion glass, taught by seasoned instructors.

For more art and body art click on www.oldstrathcona.ca

• Acupuncture Turning Point (#202, 10518-82 Avenue)

• Café Mosaics (10844-82 Avenue)

• The Next Act (8224-104 Street)

• Strange City Body Modification Experience (10522-82 Avenue)

• Shades of Grey (10444-82 Avenue) • The Paint Spot (10032-81 Avenue)

• Four Winds Art Glass (10050-81 Avenue) • Holy Trinity Anglican Church (10037-84 Avenue)

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June

June 17: Get dad some music for Father’s Day at Permanent Records (P. 17) June 21: First day of summer (Blizzard Time!)

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Gift Stores

These Are a Few of My Favourite Things…

The shelves of our gift stores are filled with one-of-a-kind gifts for that favourite person in your life.

Looking for something cute, cuddly and truly one-of-a-kind? See the handmade monsters of Belua Designs, Saturdays 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market (10310-83 Avenue). Each one is unique – and each one has a different and equally unique name. How does Sarah Bourqh, owner and designer of Belua Designs come up with great monster monikers? She doesn’t! She leaves it up to her father-in-law. In his 70s and “very British,” she says, he just loves coming up with names like Fuzzak and Spurden.

When you’re at Laurel’s On Whyte (8210-104 Street) picking up those orchids or flowers imported direct from Hawaii, pick up some scented soy candles from Natura Soylights, out of Cochane, Alberta. Laurel’s is the only store in Edmonton that carries them. They also have a great “Bug Be Gone” candle, which works for keeping mosquitoes away but has the most beautiful, natural scent. Imagine that!

In October 2012, Burlington Tobacconists celebrates their 25th anniversary in the same location, 10468 Whyte Ave. A company in Italy – Lorenzetti – is making a commemorative pipe for the occasion. Pre-order yours today. (Retail $295.00) Pick up a super comic-book-style Silver Surfer vaporizer at Shell Shock (8122 Gateway Blvd). And come in for the extremely random (Cont’d on p. 38)

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June

June 22 – July 1 Edmonton International Jazz Festival (P. 16)

What the Truck!

Food trucks throughtout the summer

Gift Stores continued Question of the Day: things like, “If you could only drink one drink other than water, what would that be?”

The Tin Box (10512 Whyte Ave) is a Mom & Pop boutique with 100,000

different items you won’t find anywhere else. They get everything a year before it’s hot… like Edmonton-based Mad Love Design jewelry.

Venture into When Pigs Fly (10470 Whyte Ave) and you’re bound to find something truly one-of-a-kind, often from local artisans. What makes shopping more fun is reading the little bios that the store posts on these artisans.

The List Here are some of Old Strathcona’s great second-hand stores: • • • • • •

Blackbyrd Myoozik (10442-82 Avenue) Sound Connection (10016-82 Avenue) The Junque Cellar (10442-82 Avenue) Red Pony (10139-82 Avenue) Divine (10441-82 Avenue) Decadence (10760-82 Avenue)

Ten Thousand Villages (10432 Whyte Ave) is a completely Fair Trade store run by 47 volunteers. One of the most interesting things they sell: nativity scenes made from all over the world, ranging from under $10 to several hundred dollars.

Shows like Storage Wars have increased the popularity of Old Strathcona Antique Mall (10323-78 Avenue), where you can find one-of-a-kind items like vintage jewelry, art glass, records (as in LPs, in their “Stairway to Vinyl”), and even a World War II trench-knife!

Hamburger Salt and Pepper Set, When Pigs Fly.

Left-right: Vintage Chewbacca plush, Shades of Grey. Lorenzetti limited edition “Burlington” Pipe, Burlington Tobacconists. World’s Largest Gummy Bear, Coney Island Candy. APIKRI Ceramic Leaf vase, Ten Thousand Villages. Natura Soylights candles, Laurel’s on Whyte. Lenny & Eva leather cuff, Umbra Bunny Ring Holder and Bauxo Earrings, The Tin Box. Monster by Belua Designs, Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market.

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