Things to do in Edmonton this week: Cariwest, Marigold roof gigs and Quietly Screaming

Calgary Herald

07-08-2025

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Cariwest: Vibrating with colour, musical floats and those astronomically gorgeous costumes, the dazzling annual Cariwest parade is one of Edmonton's most joyful couple hours of the entire year!
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The electric cavalcade runs noon to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, starting at 108 Street and 99 Avenue, running along Jasper, cutting north to Churchill Square on 109 Street.
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Quietly Screaming: Saturday is your last chance to check out Guelph, Ont., artist Chanel Desroches' large-scale works over at the newish PRG on 124 Street.
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Exuberant and compelling, 'as a queer woman negotiating the pressures of public space and personal history,' reads her bio, 'she uses abstraction as a tool of deflection and camouflage.
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'Her marks, scribbles, cuts and smudges channel anxiety, sarcasm and resistance.'
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That all really comes across, each of her canvasses mixing oil painting, oil stick drawing, graphite and other media in a delightful collision of colour and style that exudes vibrancy and conflicting personality traits held together with an absolute style that circles back to the show's paradoxical title.
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Details: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesdays – Saturdays at Peter Robertson Gallery (10332 124 St.), no charge
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Marigold Rooftop concerts: Summoning the vibe of the long-lost Latitude 53 open-air patio with a western, Little House on the Prairie Vibe, Marigold Rooftop — MR for short, in honour of recently-passed-away orange tabby Mr. Cheeto — is such a Whyte Avenue sweet spot.
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With a series of summer gigs before the snow crushes our souls, Saturday night it's the duo bill of grungy folksinger Jordan Norman and master pedal steel player Booker Diduck.