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1 week ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Kevin Holowack |Scott Lilwall |Debbi Serafinchon
Lexi Pendzich hopes to inspire people to build places with SKATE WORLD event
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Lexi Pendzich's latest event puts her love of art, skateboarding, and do-it-yourself culture into the hands of the community.
The free event, SKATE WORLD at Canora Courts, takes place on July 12 at the namesake skate park on the grounds of the Canora Community League. It is a drop-in art project and outdoor photo show that centres on skateboarding.
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1 week ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Kevin Holowack |Debbi Serafinchon
City chose single-use plastics for its entertainment districts despite bylaw and concerns
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The City of Edmonton requires patrons in its entertainment districts downtown to use single-use plastic cups despite the concerns of its operating partner and its own efforts to reduce single-use plastics through a dedicated bylaw, Taproot has learned.
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2 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Kevin Holowack |Debbi Serafinchon
Why one musician has joined many others who aren't touring the U.S.
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Independent recording artist Cassia Hardy is part of a growing number of performers who are reconsidering booking gigs in the United States, and even trying to build American audiences.
"(When I think about) the struggles and the inhumanity that migrants trying to enter the United States face, it makes me sick to think about personally participating in that system," Hardy told Taproot.
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3 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Kevin Holowack |Scott Lilwall |Debbi Serafinchon
Happy Beer Street brewers propose car-free street for patios and pedestrians
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If the sun's out on a Saturday, the street in front of Bent Stick Brewing is plastered with people, co-owner Cole Boyd told Taproot.
"Specifically on weekends in the summer, if the weather's at all nice, the street is nuts," Boyd said in an interview at the Bent Stick taproom.
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3 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Kevin Holowack |Debbi Serafinchon
Students earn credits by helping FireSafe AI manage wildfires
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FireSafe AI CEO Nafaa Haddou has returned to his alma mater to offer students credit for helping his company tackle how artificial intelligence and tech can address the growing wildfire problem in Alberta.
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4 weeks ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Tim Querengesser |Kevin Holowack |Scott Lilwall |Debbi Serafinchon
Common Ground seeks to amplify Prairie theatre artists with Mainstage Series
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Edmonton's thriving theatre scene can mask some missing opportunities for second- and third-run shows, both in Edmonton and across the Prairies, which can limit the potential for playwrights and other homegrown talent to thrive or even remain in Edmonton, said Mac Brock with with Common Ground Arts Society.
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1 month ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Kevin Holowack |Debbi Serafinchon
Meuwly's drops retail to cook up new food brands
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Now that Meuwly's owner Peter Keith has ceased regular retail hours at his store, he has fixed his focus on mentoring up-and-coming food brands at his 5,000-square-foot stronghold at 124 Street and 107 Avenue.
"It's kind of like how I imagine having a child who graduates, moves out of the house, goes off to college, and moves on," Keith told Taproot about Meuwly's retail service, which stopped in January.
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1 month ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Kevin Holowack |Colin Gallant |Scott Lilwall
Debate Grows as Edmonton Plans 23 km of new bike lanes for 2025
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More Edmontonians are asking the provincial government to throw the brakes on the city's plans to build active transportation infrastructure.
About 260 people living in the north-central neighbourhood of Delton have signed a petition that calls for the City of Edmonton's plans to build active transportation infrastructure there to be cancelled.
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1 month ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Kevin Holowack |Debbi Serafinchon
Startup TNT hires executive director to allow co-founders to iterate and build community
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Startup TNT has freed its co-founders to continue building a community of investors by hiring its first-ever executive director.
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1 month ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Colin Gallant |Kevin Holowack |Stephanie Swensrude |Debbi Serafinchon
Upper Bound focuses on AI literacy to better prepare future workers
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Jill Kowalchuk, the manager of artificial intelligence literacy for the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, said preparing students for a future job market shaped by AI requires teaching AI literacy, not just technical skills.
"The same can be said of learning a language or of learning any skill," Kowalchuk told Taproot.
