Fun things to do in Edmonton this weekend: Alberta Ballet's Once Upon a Time and The Stranded Martyrs
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Once Upon a Time — A Thousand Tales: Some rabbit holes you just want to leap into!
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Fun things to do in Edmonton this weekend: Alberta Ballet's Once Upon a Time and The Stranded Martyrs Back to video
With beautiful sets and costumes designed by Roberta Guidi Di Bagno, this Alberta Ballet production finds the White Rabbit opening a fairly-tale multiverse doors into scenes of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Swan Lake and Aladdin.
Alberta Ballet artistic director and choreographer Francesco Ventriglia first premiered the show on the Dubai Opera stage in 2023, so this homecoming has a magical story of its own, here featuring artists Luna Sasaki, Aaron Anker, Hotaru Maruyama and guest dancer Mario Galindo Monterrubio as our curious and top-hatted bunbun.
Two hours and 10 minutes with a 20-minute intermission.
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Details: Friday/Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, 2 p.m. at Jubilee Auditorium (11455 87 Ave.), starting at $73 at ticketmaster.ca.
The Stranded Martyrs: Awesome local ensemble Borscht has germinated a spin-off band playing the Black Dog.
Part of the continuing celebrations of core members Maria and Jordan Strand — who had a pirate wedding on the WEM boat then took the adventure to North Country Fair — is the first married gig for these two crazy lovebirds, complete with an optional “best worst prom outifit” contest and food by the amazing Super Amigos Tacos, who I truly believe Anthony Bourdain would drop one of his cherished “You need this” on.
DJs will follow the concert till close, so in one, “you’re invited” word: party.
Details: 4 p.m. at Saturday at Black Dog (10425 82 Ave.), no charge.
Queen Bee Festival: You didn’t actually think the music festivals were over, did you?
Local luminous ones Matthew Cardinal, Jody Shenkarek, Gord’s Gold, Tanyss and Isho and The Brewtals are all delivering a sweet, daylong serving of live music and community vibes (with a barbecue party outside the concert hall) to celebrate Community League Day!
This means of course there is fun stuff percolating all over the city, just head to the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues page at efcl.org to find something engaging going on near you.
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Details: noon – 6 p.m. at Queen Alexandra Hall (10425 University Ave.), no charge.
Art is for Everyone: New, cleverly-named arts organization Waga is jumping out of the gate with this sweet event.
“Jill Davies-Shaw and I have curated an exciting Alberta Pop-Up Art Market of artists we adore from across Alberta,” said local artist Dana Holst. “Our Waga — Women for the Art Gallery of Alberta — committee is working hand in hand with the AGA to build excitement around programming, and to foster community building with artists and the general public.
“We are trying,” she laughs, “to make things cooler at the AGA!”
Besides the pop-up, there will be wearable art making, guided gallery tours and free food and drinks.
Looks terrific!
Details: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday at AGA (2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq.), free with AGA membership.
The People at Filmwest: Co-operative Filmmaking in 1970s Edmonton: Taking a look back at the work of several Alberta film pioneers, this film night put on by the Provincial Archive explores the self-dubbed “People at Filmwest” production company, who produced everything from training and safety videos to documentaries focusing on First Nations, women and the environment in a time when the headlines were also pretty bleak.
What they produced will certainly have that retro vibe so many filmmakers put on today — come swim in the river’s source!
Details: 7 p.m. Friday at Metro Cinema (8712 109 St.), free.
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