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Great Outdoors Comedy Fest: The international juggernaut of travelling comedy which started in these parts is back with a terrific lineup.
Friday it’s Andrew Schulz and Shane Gillis. Saturday Kevin Hart rolls through on his Acting My Age tour. Then Saturday it’s Brett Kreischer, Whitney Cummings, Steph Tolev and brilliant Edmonton ex-pat Lisa Gilroy, with lovely-raunchy special guest Kathleen McGee.
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The Leo Martinez Project provides the music, and, as a cultural footnote, this is the first time ever you can buy cannabis at an Edmonton festival, here in the form of Papa’s Herb disposable vapes to boost up the jokes.
Some otherwise sold-out Schulz/Gillis tix have just been released, so check the website. 18+ — limited disability parking only.
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Details: Doors 6:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday at Kinsmen Park (9100 Walterdale Hill)
Janvier tour: Though internationally recognized artist Alex Janvier left us Wednesday for the great beyond, he still has a tremendous presence around Edmonton, down to a school named for him at 9535 167 St.
This is a good time to absorb and honour his legacy with a tour of his works, including the brilliant mosaic piece Tsa Tsa Ke K’e up the escalator at Rogers Place, full of beautiful little Easter eggs with hidden meaning.
Next, to see his Sunrise and Sunset diptych in the Alberta legislative assembly chamber, book a free tour at assembly.ab.ca. Then, inside the Muttart Conservatory centre court is his beautiful 1976 piece, Circle of Life, and over in Strathcona County Hall is the masterful staircase painting Tribute to Beaver Hills.
One more: his powerful 2001 painting Blood Tears is up Royal Alberta Museum, and you can buy his work at Bearclaw Gallery — 10403 124 St.
Details: around town as above, mostly free to see
Sensitive to Light: Fitting the subject matter above, local art punk band Paint Drying has a wicked new video made by their bass player Dosby Maguto. Full of beautiful collisions between manmade destruction and freaky nature, the jagged, punchy song is off their album Continuity Error out later this year.
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