THE LIST FISH GRIWKOWSKY Acclaimed Halifax cellist Gailey in town for three very different appearances
Recently named one of CBC's 30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 20, Halifax-based contemporary/experimental cellist India Gailey is the beating heart of three events over the next few days.
Gailey's upcoming release, Problematica, layers cello, voice and electronics with new music by composers Fjóla Evans, Nicole Lizée, Julia Mermelstein and others, including local musician Shea Iles. This last piece was commissioned by the admirable culture-stimulators at New Music Edmonton, the organization putting on these events.
Around town, the fun begins with a free workshop she's hosting for composers and performers in room 11-363 of Allard Hall at 11110 104 Ave., 11 a.m. Thursday.
The next stop turns it up a notch with an improvisation concert where she'll be joined by magnetic spoken word poet Dwennimmen (Shima Aisha Robinson), artist Caitlin Sian Richards on viola and local British-born Nigerian drummer Biboye Onanuga.
This one happens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Harcourt House, up on the third floor at 102015 112 St., tickets $20 at the door or at harcourthouse.ca. And it's actually only $15 if you're a student, an elder or a member of NME.
Finally, Gailey presents cello and electronic works by Shea Iles, Fjóla Evans, Joseph Glaser, Thanya Iyer, Nicole Lizée, Julia Mermelstein, Andrew Noseworthy, Sarah Rossy, and, indeed, India Gailey. This is another free one, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Betty Andrews Recital Hall at MacEwan University (11110 104 Ave.).
ART
1/26-2/24: Frances Thomas: Artist Spotlight (Peter Robertson) 1/27-4/6: Finding Our Way group show; Rhayne Vermette: Letters (Ociciwan)
Thru 1/27: Phil Darrah: Shifts in
Focus (Peter Robertson)
Thru 1/27: Megan Kirk, Daniel Evans, Marilène Oliver: Inter Mundos (Gallery St. Albert)
Thru 1/27: Oksana Movchan: Paintings (Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts)
Thru 1/28: Ally McIntyre: Kindling (AGA)
Thru 1/28: Between Things: Alberta Ceramics (AGA)
Thru 1/28: The Collectors' Cosmos: The Meakins-McClaran Print Collection (AGA)
Thru 1/31: Shelley Paley: Benevolent Allowing (Metro Gallery) Thru 2/3: Jacqueline Huskisson: Liminal Spaces
(Gallery St. Albert)
Thru 2/3: Twenty Eight Months group show (Soft Gallery)
Thru 2/10: The Eight group show (Collins)
Thru 2/10: Yvonne Mullock's Proofread, Raneece Buddan's In This Vessel I Am ... (FAB)
Thru 2/17: Alison James' The In-Betweens, Rachel Livedalen's An Index of Sorts (SNAP)
Thru 2/17: Andrzej Maciejewski: Ephemeral Fields; Susan Diebel: Figuring It Out (Harcourt)
Thru 2/25: Uii Savage: Celestial Passage (AGA)
Thru 3/3: Between Things: Alberta Ceramics (AGA)
Thru 3/3: 5 Artists 1 Love 2024 (AGA)
Thru 3/10: Tim Rechner's Silence Like a Vacuum (Yardbird)
Thru 3/10: ᐋᐧᐸᑲᐧᓃᐊᐧᐣ Wâpakwanîwin (To bloom, it has many flowers) (AGA)
Thru 5/5: Brenda Draney: Drink from the River (AGA)
Thru 5/5: Emmanuel Osahor: I made this place for you (AGA) Thru 12/31: Damian Moppett: Untitled Abstract Object in
Space (AGA)
BOOKS
1/26: Dave Hill's The Awesome Game signing (Audreys)
1/26: YouthWrite Winter WordPlay (Providence Centre) 1/30: Lulu Miller's Why Fish Don't Exist book club (Audreys) Thru 2/10: Alcuin Society's Awards of Excellence in Book Design Canada (FAB)
COMEDY
1/25-28: Jason Cheny (Comic Strip) 1/26: Sunee Dhaliwal (Grindstone)
1/26: Dave Hill, Kathleen McGee (Downtown Community League) 1/26-27: Bob Angeli (Comedy Factory)
1/26-27: Bryan O'Gorman
(Yuk Yuk's)
EXHIBITS
2/10-3/3: Journey of the Horse (Mah Society)
Thru 2/24: First Languages
(St. Albert Musée Héritage Museum)
Thru 2/26: Unofficial Galaxies (Southgate)
2/15-4/28: Disney Immersive Animation (EXPO Centre) 2/23-7/28: Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia (RAM)
FESTIVALS
Thru 1/28: Winterruption YEG (various)
1/31-2/3: Flying Canoë Volant (Mill Creek Ravine)
FILM
1/25: Amadeus: The Director's Cut (Metro)
1/27: Clash of the Titans (Metro) 1/27: Elephant 6 Recording Co. —
A Documentary (River City) 1/28: The Barbarians (Metro)
MUSIC
1/25: India Gailey (Allard Hall, Harcourt House)
1/25: Geese, Hot Garbage, Stem Champ (Starlite)
1/25: Machine Head (Midway) 1/25: Pete Paquette: The Elvis Concert (Festival Place)
1/25: Waahl!, Tariiq, J Scope (Rocky Mountain)
1/26: Battles, Good Information, Asko (Starlite)
1/26: Born Stoic, Abigails Cross, Fallow (Aviary)
1/26: Bogore, Grind Your Teeth (Union)
1/26: The Confusionaires: Take on Buddy Holly (Festival Place) 1/26: Fran Deeper, Joses, Polyesterday, Caraboo (Grindstone) 1/26: Denim Dadies, Pearly
Moon (River City)
1/26: Peter Dreams, Moonriver, Nyssa (Rocky Mountain)
1/26: Foghat (River Cree)
1/26: Ghastly (Midway)
1/26: Dave Herrick: Freddie Hubbard Tribute (Yardbird) 1/26: Hope House, Marcelle, Porous Treatment, Gutsmutt (Blakbar)
1/26: Jane Inc, Pony Girl,
Alcoves (9910)
1/26: BA Johnson, By Divine Right, Concealer, Big Evil Rat (Soho)
1/26: UltraViolet
(Convocation Hall)
1/26: Vundabar, Thomas Thomas, Mom Weed (Starlite)
1/26: Wake, Withdrawl, Detherous (Temple)
1/26-27: Edward Pimm (Norwood Legion)
1/27: Barry Paquin Roberge, Aladean Kheroufi, Frech Class (9910)
1/27: Black Death Cult, Feeding, Tekkara, Revelator (Aviary)
1/27: Case of the Mondays, Thomas Anthony, Dark Side (Union) 1/27: Debby Friday, Janette King, Limited Hangout (Starlite) 1/27: DJ Nu Mark, Zero Percent Crew, Jingnjoc (Double Dragon) 1/27: iVardensphere, Voice Industrie (Starlite)
1/27: India Gailey (Betty Andrews) 1/27: The Jins, Vox Rea, Bry Webb, Pallor (Rocky Mountain) 1/27: Making Moves, Sons of Town Hall, Sean Hamilton & the Amber Hour (Rocky Mountain) 1/27: Miesha & the Spanks, Burs, Sunglaciers, Electricity for Everybody! (Soho)
1/27: Alex Nicol, Forties
(Cask & Barrel)
1/27: Pure Octane (Yardbird) 1/27: JP Saxe (Midway)
1/27: Soul Song Circle Singers (Southminster Steinhaur)
1/27: Murray Swanby (Evolution) 1/27: Jake Vaadeland and the Sturgeon River Boys (Arden) 1/27: Tyra Whitson (Black Dog) 1/27: Braydon Wollmann (Commodore)
1/27: Alfie Zappacosta
(Festival Place)
1/28: Doc Walker, Michelle Wright, Jason McCoy (Arden) 1/28: Eyes Front, Man Meat, Chairman (Rocky Mountain) 1/28: Pro Coro Canada's HeavenHaven (Betty Andrews)
1/28: Meule, Midnight Peg, Pike (Rocky Mountain)
1/28: ETown Vocal Music Society's Walls Come Down (OSPAC) 1/28: Hotel Mira, Fake Shark (Starlite)
1/28: Musical Mornings ( Winspear)
1/29: Joe Nolan (Commodore) 1/30: Quillmage, Solotet, Holzkopf, Skruntskrunt (Aviary)
1/31: Momweed, Midnight Diner, Synthesia, No Skies (Aviary) 1/31: The Trews (Festival Place)
THEATRE/ DANCE
1/26: Love Pro Wrestling
(Rec Room)
1/27: Jaida Essence Hall, Margaret Snatcher, Jizz Elle (Evolution) Thru 1/28: Canada Rocks! The Reboot (Mayfield)
Thru 1/28: Made In Italy (Citadel) 1/31-2/4: This is the Story of the Child Ruled by Fear (Gateway Theatre)
Thru 2/3: The Drawer Boy ( Varscona)
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