Arts
Recent stories about arts
![How arts organizations are working to attract younger audiences Young people in costumes perform on stage](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/07/29/youth-opera.jpg)
How arts organizations are working to attract younger audiences
The Edmonton Opera is joining several other cultural organizations across the city in an attempt to grow its audience by offering free shows to youth, and the results suggest it's popular.
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![First look at the renovated Ortona Armoury Building The solarium in the Ortona Armoury Building.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/07/23/ortona-3099.jpg)
First look at the renovated Ortona Armoury Building
Artists and non-profit organizations will return to the 110-year-old Ortona Armoury Building in September following a $16.3 million rehabilitation project by the City of Edmonton that dates back to the building's closure in 2019.
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![Stationery shop parcel + prose is the latest closure on 124 Street A shopkeeper behind a counter surrounded by stationery products and plants.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/07/23/parcel-3143.jpg)
Stationery shop parcel + prose is the latest closure on 124 Street
The parcel + prose stationery boutique is closing at the end of July due to challenges its owner said stemmed primarily from a costly pandemic loan — though this may not be the end of the store.
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Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre focuses on community as it reinvents itself
The Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre appears to have escaped the closures and empty storefronts that plague many urban malls by focusing on specialty stores and building a community, through vendors like the Night of Artists Gallery and its yearly art walk and gala.
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![Game Discovery Exhibition adds new Indigeneity and diaspora summit A person sitting on a stage smiles at someone else who is holding a microphone.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/07/09/gdx-3026.jpg)
Game Discovery Exhibition adds new Indigeneity and diaspora summit
The organizer of the ninth annual Game Discovery Exhibition wants to celebrate more people in gaming with a new summit on Indigeneity and diaspora, one of two tracks that tackle equity, diversity, and inclusion in the industry during the conference portion of the event.
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![Edmonton Opera innovates and collaborates to keep costs low A person stands on stage next to a bed with a transparent orb on top](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/07/03/opera-3001.jpg)
Edmonton Opera innovates and collaborates to keep costs low
The growing financial challenge of producing and marketing a large show will now see Edmonton Opera and Edmonton Symphony Orchestra share marketing costs and profits on Die Fledermaus, the opener for the opera's 2024-2025 season.
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![Magazine aims to amplify Indigenous writers and editors A person is photographed in a forest setting](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/06/19/yarrow-2852.jpg)
Magazine aims to amplify Indigenous writers and editors
The first issue of a digital literary magazine with a mandate to promote both established and emerging Indigenous writers and editors is readable online.
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![Artist Emily Chu maps Chinatown connection in latest project A group of people gather outdoors in front of a mural.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/06/14/chinatown-map-2798.jpg)
Artist Emily Chu maps Chinatown connection in latest project
Emily Chu's new Chinatown Stories Map, which she has built with several collaborators and is available on June 22, is partly inspired by her exploration of identity in Chinatown. She hopes the map helps others searching for connection to find it.
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![On the agenda: Edmonton's shrinking share of non-residential taxes, infill damage, construction impact A bus drives near construction on 101 Street and Jasper Avenue.](https://taprootyeg.blob.core.windows.net/photos/2024/06/13/cuac-2024-06-17-3.jpg)
On the agenda: Edmonton's shrinking share of non-residential taxes, infill damage, construction impact
This week, council committees will meet to discuss options to attract non-residential investment, programs to compensate homeowners negatively affected by infill construction, and grants for business owners near major city construction.
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