Seen and Heard in Edmonton

 

This past weekend was very thrifty and swappy for me, as I stopped by the Change of Clothes sustainable fashion event at the Mercer, and then swung by Variant Edition‘s clothing swap. I got rid of some stuff, and acquired some stuff, and thought harder about clothes, which is where we begin:

• Nicole Rowan has complete coverage of last weekend’s Change of Clothes event, including a Q&A about thrifting.
• And there’s Change of Clothes organizers Claire Theaker-Brown and Lindsey Locke on Shayne Woodsmith’s Faces of Edmonton.
• Adina J indulges her fond memories of stamp-collecting with a secondhand, philately-inspired skirt.
• Vickie Laliotis highlights six eco-friendly fashion brands.

Where we live

• Emil Tiedemann would love to see the Rossdale Power Plant turned into Edmonton’s equivalent of Seattle’s Pike Place Market.
• Erin Wallace introduces the Abundant Communities Initiative, which will be discussed at the Edmonton Resilience Festival this weekend.
• Our peculiar diagonal avenues — Kingsway and Princess Elizabeth — are the vestiges of a City Beautiful plan that was sadly abandoned, writes Jason Pfeifer.
• Michael Ross maps out how the city is zoned.
• Matthew Dance notes how colonial our place-naming has been in Edmonton, and calls for a deeper recognition of this place’s First Nations roots.
• Matthew Vavrek outlines what makes the dinosaur bonebeds of west-central Alberta different from the more familiar ones in the south.

Lessons

• Megan delivers a teacher’s-eye view of a student whose needs are beyond what she can provide.
• David Climenhaga keeps a close watch on the fortunes of Athabasca University, and notes the Edmonton Public School Board’s call to end public funding of private and charter schools.
• Dave Cournoyer looks back at a moment where it was clear that the Tories were in trouble before last year’s historic provincial election.
• Ryan Batty quantifies exactly how bad the Oilers have been over the past decade. It’s not pretty.
• Jessica Holt has a theory on why seniors are so much more helpful than others when she’s struggling to usher her twins about.
• Sheri Landry is tired of seeing parents pitted against each other.
• “If you want to get somewhere, you have to keep going,” writes Donloree Hoffman. As someone whose seeds are growing more slowly than she has patience for, I appreciate this post.

Food and drink

• Karlynn Johnston has a recipe for homemade granola bars that are a little healthier and quite a bit cheaper than store-bought.
• Twyla Campbell reports back on her latest Northern Food Night, and recounts the events that led up such dishes as walrus masala.
• Both Cindy Nguyen and Sharon Yeo recap the Northern Chicken popup at Dovetail Delicatessen.
• Linda Hoang tries out Passion de France, a restaurant discovered via Twitter that turns out to be delicious.
• Allan Suddaby sings the praises of cold-pressed canola oil.
• Marcia Hamm is back from Italy with a new certification and a whole lot of knowledge about grapes.

Arts and culture

• Randall Talbot takes a closer look at the big statue of Big Miller.
• Jenna Marynowski previews Gordon, the latest play from Theatre Network at the Roxy on Gateway.
• Sable Chan has an interview with Pro Coro Canada conductor Michael Zaugg, accompanied by some lovely excerpts from Pro Coro’s repertoire.
• TJ Jans marks the end of Riel House, where UAlberta music grad students used to practice, with a visit with student Daniel Stadnicki and a drum kit.
• I’m a non-fiction kind of gal, so I appreciate Jay Runham’s suggestions for documentaries on Netflix.
• Laura Frey isn’t sure about this readathon business, but participates in one anyway.
• Rhonda Krause shares great photos of her visit to the Iwatayama Monkey Park in Kyoto, Japan.

Communicating

• Mack Male posts his 200th Media Monday, his indispensable roundup of what’s going on in journalism in Edmonton.
• Gregg Beever is turning the lights back on at Inglorious Hipsters with the promise of new comics and a new podcast.
• Trent Wilkie gets quite a story out of a trip to the grocery store.
• Jen Salamandick lays out how to give useful feedback on design.
• Does Pinterest help or hamper wedding planning? Photographer Haley Shandro explores the question with past clients on yegwed.

You can find tons more at ShareEdmonton. My previous picks are on my Flipboard magazine and in previous roundups. Seen and Heard is on Facebook and on Twitter, too.

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