Youth of YYC: Veselka, Ukrainian Dance, 15-17
“We’ve been performing together for as long as we can remember.” Veselka, Ukrainian Dance, 15-17
Nobel Peace Prize nominee in Calgary to speak against forced organ harvesting in China
2010 Nobel Peace Prize nominee David Kilgour and award-winning author and China analyst Ethan Gutmann appeared together in the Downtown Central Library Oct. 29, to host a live forum and lecture about the alleged forced organ harvesting by the Chinese Communist Party against minority and religious groups in China. One group in particular are the Falun Gong,…
Blogger of the Month, November 2014: Eddy Gu
As Youth Are Awesome’s Section Editor for Current Events and November’s Blogger of the Month (BOTM), it is apparent that Eddy Gu continues to make an impression through the way he articulates and affirms his opinions. From online controversies like Facebook’s new messaging app to interviewing youth for their perspective on the Honk Kong protests, Eddy innovates…
Relish in good tunes: Upcoming concerts in Alberta
Ever since the late 1850s, people have been able to enjoy music with the convenience of recordings. From vinyl to CDs to digital audio files, now that music is easily portable, we can relish in prime tunes wherever we like. It was a November morning, the weather being much like what we’ve been experiencing lately,…
Recipes to use up your halloween candy
Candy is great. But I get bored easily. Yes, even by candy. So do you know what’s even more great? Recipes that use candy in new ways 🙂 With Halloween now in the past, I’m sure many of you have an overload of candy. Sure, you could eat it all, but you could also refer…
Another romantic movie review: The Best of Me
Warning: This blog contains spoilers. The tragic romantic love story written by Nicholas Sparks has hit cinemas all around the world with a bang! Like all of Nicholas Sparks novels turned into successful motion pictures, like The Notebook, The Last Song, and The Lucky One, The Best of Me was no different. The movie exceeded…