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47 21 BUS BACKER
City council is facing a 2025 maintenance budget shortfall — Eddie Robar may be the person to fix it.
by STEVEN SANDOR 25 CROSSING THE
BORDER
The Fort Distillery tumbles on down to rock the American market with its growing, ready-to-drink line of cocktails.
48 FOLLOW THE MYTHIC ROAD
A new Edmonton publishing company amplifies voices of marginalized writers (and characters) from the noise around them. And there’s something a bit off about “Mother” in October’s spooky short story.
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FEATURES
28 CHANGE OF PLANS Lisa Gilroy swears she was
gonna be a high-school drama teacher in Edmonton — it’s just that her Hollywood career got in the way.
by MICHAEL HINGSTON
34 ARTISTIC FRONTIERS
You’ve seen — or heard, or felt — these artists’ work in studios and on stages around town. Now read the stories behind their artistic inspira- tions.
by HIBA ZAIDI AND TOM NDEKEZI
BEHIND THE COVER
38 THE NEXT DANCE From stages around the
world to her new studio in Edmonton, Ballet Edmonton’s new artistic director is always on the move.
by CORY SCHACHTEL
42 TREND FORGETTERS
For almost 40 years, the
only trend Custom Shoes by Zapato Sanchez has followed is quality craftsmanship.
by RENATO PAGNANI
Lisa Gilroy was photographed in Edmonton by Aaron Pedersen.
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