In Edmonton this weekend

We had a blast—despite the rainy weather—at last night’s rooftop patio, but patio season’s arrival means that Edmonton summer is just getting underway. Here’s our three top tips for the weekend:

Last chance to see

Saturday is the last day of Daniel Evans’ Sanctuary and Gabe Wong’s Where Are We Going?, as well as the last day to catch James Birkbeck’s Incubator show. So if you haven’t had a chance to see them, or haven’t quite got your fill, now’s the time to act! Plus, you can pick up your very own miniature version of Where Are We Going? while you’re here.

Plus, pick up a paper copy of our new summer newsletter and get the scoop on what’s coming up. With the postal lockout, all of our copies are sitting at the gallery waiting to be read! Of course we’ll have more information here an on the website next.

Our other two tips aren’t part of our own programming:

International Espionage

Our Communications Coordinator Adam Waldron-Blain is back in town for a little while this summer and is re-staging his spy game from last year, which has since visited the Interesting Games Festival in Bristol, England. It goes down Saturday at 2pm, starting behind the Milner Library downtown.

Riding Pretty

Saturday is also the Bikeology Festival downtown, the chief event of Edmonton Bike Month our good friends at SNAP are marking the occasion with their annual spring fundraiser Love Those Clothes You Wear tomorrow night. Their theme is “Riding Pretty” to celebrate cycles and fashion, and their formula seems foolproof: cocktails and hors d’ouevres, dancing, a fashion show and a silent auction on clothing and prints created and donated by the community. Doors open at 7 pm tomorrow at FAB Gallery on the University Campus, and tickets are $25 at the door. More info.

Get Set

Our first Rooftop Patio party of the summer is kicking off this Thursday at 5pm! As our Executive Director, Todd Janes says, “If you have never been - you must come. If you are a regular - come back and enjoy the very best of Edmonton.”

With Team Edmonton and Womonspace as our first guest hosts, food from Haweli, summery cocktails, and raffle prizes including a SNAP gift package and Shanti Yoga passes, this Thursday at Latitude 53 promises to be a great one! Check out our Facebook invite for more details.

Inside the gallery, James Birkbeck shows recent photographs in our Community Gallery as part of our new Summer Incubator Series. Also be sure to catch the last days of Gabe Wong’s curated poster show Where Are We Going? and Daniel Evans’ Sanctuary, through June 20th.

Don’t forget!

Drop by Latitude 53 tomorrow night at 7pm to hear Daniel Evans discuss the details of Sanctuary, an installation featuring his re-constructed childhood treehouse currently in our ProjEx Room.

Daniel Evans Artist Talk: 9 June, 7:00 PM

Upcoming artist talk: Daniel Evans, 9 June, 7:00 PM

Daniel Evans' Hit List

Today on Akimbo, Daniel Evans gives his hit list: five things he’s into right now. Take a look.

Evan’s show Sanctuary is just about ready to open tomorrow night at 7:00. We hope you’ll come take a look!

That’s right: it’s almost time for another fresh show at Latitude 53!

We just updated our website with a little bit about Where Are We Going, our new Main Space poster show curated by Gabe Wong, and Sanctuary, Daniel Evan’s installation in the Projex Room. Both of the shows open next Friday at 7:00.