Holiday market browsing
Now that we’ve begun to recover from our Thanksgiving turkey comas and Halloween hangovers, the holiday season has suddenly snuck up on us.
View ArticleYour Winter Guide to making the most of the season
A guide to what's happening and what's to do in and around Calgary this winter.
View ArticleBill battle
Immigrant and refugee agencies in Alberta are fighting back against federal Bill C-43, which would allow provinces to deny social services to refugee claimants.
View ArticleTheatre Calgary to present world première of The Little Prince musical
Theatre Calgary will present the world première of a new musical production of The Little Prince as part of its 2015-16 season.
View ArticleJillian Tamaki wins Governor General's Literary Award
Jillian Tamaki, a former Alberta College of Art and Design student who currently resides in New York, has won a Governor General's Literary Award for illustration in the children's literature category...
View ArticleHigh Performance Rodeo reveals lineup for January festival
The High Performance Rodeo has announced a lineup that give Calgarians something to look forward during the dark and cold days of January.
View ArticleSnack Talk — Kozy Shack Rice Pudding
A nice treat to hunker down on during the cold months is Kozy Shack pudding.
View ArticleArts Seen - week of Nov. 20, 2014
Avalanche! Institute of Contemporary Art has two good reasons to celebrate.
View ArticleBoxed Worlds: The Duke
The Duke isn’t a chess knock-off, although it’s definitely chess-inspired.
View ArticleTake me on a flavour safari
Overlooking Memorial Drive on 28th Street S.E., Safari Grill has been serving authentic East African eats for over five years, and they’re proud of it.
View ArticleCruisin' the Cosmos - week of Nov. 20, 2014
SCORPIO (OCT. 23 — NOV. 21) When you feel the squeeze and can’t find a way out, don’t freeze in your tracks out of fear and doubt.
View ArticleGoings On - week of Nov. 20, 2014
This week, when he wasn’t body-shaming Taylor Swift, beefing with Lorde or sharing music via BitTorrent, mega-producer Diplo invited a son into the world with his ex-girlfriend Kathryn Lockhart.
View ArticleBig K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica
Since 2011’s Return of 4Eva, I haven’t been as up on Big K.R.I.T. as I should.
View ArticleIn the shadow of greatness
Plenty of legends have come to check out DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist’s shows.
View ArticleHookworms - The Hum
Last year, the Leeds-based Hookworms released one of the best space rock records I’ve heard since Comets On Fire quietly went on hiatus six years back.
View ArticleEiko Ishibashi - Car and Freezer
Despite the fact that Jim O’Rourke hasn’t released a proper solo album since 2009’s The Visitor, the American avant-garde great has remained surprisingly active in recent years.
View ArticleA blueprint for content
Facebook has made us, and our networks, the stars of our own lives.
View ArticleFall session
The fall session of the Alberta legislature opened on November 17 with the tabling of two bills and the likelihood of seven legislative acts to come forward.
View ArticleUnfairly pigeonholed
There aren’t many living creatures more detested than the pigeon — or as Woody Allen famously called them in 1980’s Stardust Memories, “rats with wings.”
View ArticleLoscil - Sea Island
While it’s been a few years since Scott Morgan released a new Loscil album on Kranky, the Vancouver soundscaper has been far from inactive.
View ArticleMaking a scene
In an industry like electronic music production where it’s just as much about who you know as it is what you know, it’s important to strike a balance between networking like a pro and letting your...
View ArticleAriel Pink - pom pom
Ariel Pink’s latest promotional campaign for his umpteenth album, pom pom, has been, as we’ve come to expect, full of click-baiting headlines.
View ArticleMovers and shakers
Edmonton’s The Lad Mags have quickly become a gem in the Alberta music scene.
View ArticleKeystone Senate vote
The U.S. Senate rejected a bill that would speed approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. Premier Jim Prentice says it’s a “disappointing” speed bump for the international oil pipeline, but Alberta...
View ArticleTV On The Radio - Seeds
Since releasing their 2011 LP Nine Types of Light (which was already a slight departure), TV On The Radio is in a much different place.
View ArticleIron Mike goes all Scooby-Doo in Mike Tyson Mysteries
When I saw that there was something called Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014) on my Netflix menu, I remember thinking “there’s no way I’m ever watching that” just before I watched the whole damn thing.
View ArticleDavid Cronenberg brings fans back to the realm of the body
The human body is a strange place: a warm meeting room for sensation, pleasure and impulse; an only sometimes controllable vehicle; an inescapable house.
View ArticleSticking points
I am a 30-year-old trans guy, on T since college, happy and comfortable with my sexuality. However, I can’t find any helpful health info on a fetish I’ve developed...
View ArticleOvernight sensation
There’s an ethnographic way of making documentaries. Then there’s the approach that Jesse Moss used to create the phenomenal work that is The Overnighters.
View ArticleDo the math
This week, Alberta Premier Jim Prentice voiced two truths that have been obvious for some time now — environmental concerns threaten to cancel the oilpatch’s social licence to operate, and falling oil...
View ArticleVampire weekend
The award-winning comedy What We Do in the Shadows may be a curious selection for the CUFF Docs, but make no mistake, the movie is non-fiction — sort of.
View ArticlePiecing together a great neighbourhood
The street is the lifeblood of the community. Every building on the street has a responsibility to contribute to the street’s well-being.
View ArticleFlowers and power
It’s a pretty title for an art show: bringing down the flowers... by Caribbean-Canadian artist Joscelyn Gardner is part of a series of lithographs called Creole Portraits III.
View ArticleParty money
Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party and Wildrose Party both spent nearly $3 million in 2013, according to the annual report by Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer.
View ArticleDiversity in business
Albertans have a reputation for being business go-getters, but are behind the rest of Canada in trumpeting the unique contributions business people from the gay and lesbian community can make.
View ArticleMichael Noble's The Nash and Off Cut Bar now open in Inglewood
Almost exactly one year ago, chef Michael Noble stood in a largely empty room at the corner of 11th Street and 10th Avenue S.W. to announce his new restaurant.
View ArticleThe Game's Afoot a fun night at the theatre with holiday flavour
Ken Ludwig is a master playwright with a number of well-known plays to his credit, and his skill with words is evident in Vertigo Theatre’s The Game’s Afoot.
View ArticleWorking through the supply chain
Protesting against sweatshops is a pretty cool hobby. But then there’s the next step of actually doing something. That’s how Leo Bonanni has spent the last eight years of his life.
View ArticleContents Series: REPLEVY
This series of photographic images entitled “Replevy” represents a personal and visual exploration of Calgary and was produced as an act to (re)visit different geographical sites in the city.
View ArticleEuro trip
Attempts to speak of any national film identity are difficult, a difficulty quickly compounded when broaching the idea of a “European Cinema.”
View ArticleWinSport’s Impact Lab leading sport safety
Once seen as clunky, ugly and unnecessary, helmets are increasingly becoming the norm at ski resorts across North America.
View ArticleArts Seen - Week of Nov. 13, 2014
Spoken word artist Sheri-D Wilson is throwing a party at Heritage Park with a little help from her friends.
View ArticleThe swinging assassin actresses
When I randomly peek at complete movies on YouTube, I tend not to be very patient.
View ArticleChandra - Transportation
Originally issued in 1980, Transportation paired 12-year-old Chandra Oppenheim with New York post-punk grown-ups The Dance.
View ArticleThe Turner point
What do Internet gambling servers in Antigua, warehoused cans of Pepsi A.M. and windmill farms have in common with The Simpsons, the Great Bear Rainforest and The Legend of Zelda? Absolutely fuck all,...
View ArticleNick Davies versus Rupert Murdoch
Were it not for Nick Davies, Britain’s media landscape would look very different today.
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