Got Friday Night Planz?
If you find yourself with tomorrow night wide open, you sad little wallflower, may we suggest checking out the opening night of Hip Hop on the Wall; a hip hop inspired art show that will be hosted in Latitude 53‘s community space from January 28 to February 11.
The opening night party starts at 8, features art (in case I hadn’t made THAT patently clear), specifically “hip hop-inspired huge graffiti panels and artist portraits” – a description that comes courtesy our friend Omar “A.O.K.” Mouallem. There’s going to be a lot of performance too; specifically, slam poetry from the Breath in Poetry Collective and music from DJ Weezl, reDef, Locution Revolution, DJ Budakron and one of our faves, The Joe.
The whole shindig benefits the Hip Hop in the Park Foundation, which describes itself as “a non-profit organization endorsing hip-hop expression in a non-violent and positive way.” (Read more about the group here).
The opening night revelry gets underway at 8 p.m., tickets are $10.
Extra events
Normally I talk about stuff happening Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. But, of course, this is a long weekend and we get one more day to do stuff that isn’t work.
We are so lucky.
I believe I may have hinted in the Headlines this morning that I will be watching the Lost series finale this Sunday. Hey, even if you haven’t been a Lostie, there’s still enough time to grab the DVDs and watch enough key episodes to get in on the fun. Otherwise, good luck avoiding everything about the show while you spend weeks trying to catch up after the show ends.
I wonder if its DVD sales will be awful for a few years, until it’s been wiped pretty clear of pop culture?
Anyway…
You have to ride the streetcar at least once each summer.
It doesn’t look like it’s going to be a great weekend, weather-wise, so maybe you’ll ust hit the movie theatre. It’s totally a good couch weekend too.
If you are looking for some of your first taste of BBQ, maybe hit school board candidate Michael Janz’s campaign kick-off party, Saturday afternoon. It’s right by the McKernan-Belgravia LRT station.
Henry Rollins is at the Winspear tonight. Let Sally know how that goes.
Fort Edmonton Park opens its 2010 season this long weekend. Too bad they didn’t have time to put in the log flumes and historically accurate laser tag.
I’ve learned, through the power of the Internet, that Saturday is the International Day of Biodiversity. So, head on over to the courtyard behind the Stanley A. Milner library and learn about plants, bugs and stuff.
Victoria Day weekend means the High Level Bridge streetcar starts running!
Public Enemy playing the Edmonton Event Centre Sunday night. We should have ordered an edmontonian clock for Flavor. It really is a weekend of hip hop, since you’ve also got Hip Hop in the Park (Louise McKinney, that is) Saturday afternoon. Hip Hop in the Dark goes tonight.
The Uncas rock the Pawn Shop Saturday.
And thanks to our good friends at ShareEdmonton I can remember to mention that the Edmonton Energy are home tonight for IBL action.
No matter what you’re getting up to, if you’re leaving the house remember that there are LRT closures this weekend. The train won’t be running between Churchill and Clareview stations.
