The first step to creating the great cities of our future is to create them accessible to their inhabitants. Congestion, traffic, and exhaust fumes are all complaints common to citizens of many major cities in the world today. Numerous cities are currently built not for people, but rather for cars. Several countries have already begun…
Produced by the acclaimed Dentsu creative director Kaoru Sugano, Japanese girl group Perfume’s performance last week at SXSW 2015 was nothing short of mind boggling. Featuring complex visual projections and synchronisation of military precision, the massive production team of the SXSW performance created a dizzying, seamless audiovisual treat with the help of enormous technical production…
Take a moment out of your day and close your eyes to one of Bearcubs’ dreamlike singles. Based in London, England, this producer has over the past few months released some very impressive work and has recently followed it up with his March 18th reveal of Paper Walls. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/196342881″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true”/] A…
I’m sure you’ve heard Milky Chance’s “Stolen Dance” or Tove Lo’s “Habits” blaring on a radio station or in a clothing store sometime over the course of the last year. You probably listened to Lana Del Ray and Grouplove for the first time in the past year or two, even though they’re veterans of the…
As an admitted music snob, I was skeptical when I first heard that the Calgary Civic Symphony was performing a combination of opera and musical theatre greats in their Popera! show. Certainly, doing justice to timeless pieces from operas and musical theatre classics is already challenging individually, but attempting both together in the same performance…
Several days shy of the new year, a suicide note was posted on 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn’s Tumblr page. Earlier that Sunday, she walked into traffic on an Ohio highway, killing herself. In her letter, Leelah explained how her parents’ unacceptance and lack of support for her coming out as transgender culminated in her decision to…
Cue the name puns. Christmas songs seem to get some mixed reactions from the general audience – some people love them to bits, others hate them with a passion. I myself belong to the former side of the fence. I love hearing Christmas songs blasted over department store speakers, and I shamelessly spam the replay…
The chorus is a total earworm, Taylor Swift looks like a queen in every single shot, Sean O’Pry’s bone structure is quite possibly the greatest thing evolution has ever blessed us with, and Joseph Kahn has again impressed with his gorgeous visual imagery and flawless cinematography. I fell in love with the music video of…
On Oct. 29, I had the pleasure of attending Folk U’s first session, “The Nuts and Bolts of Sound Equipment and Backline,” at the Calgary Folk Music Festival’s Festival Hall. It was at the open mic session afterwards that I became acquainted with the extremely talented, passionate Vincent Christianson, a young musician working to achieve…
“I get so touched by music, and I can’t think of anything else that really does the same thing. It makes anything enjoyable for me, and I just hope to make music that can do the same thing to other people.” – Vincent, 16
“I find the dimensions and possibilities of diplomacy to be enthralling and joining Model United Nations has immersed me in a simulation of what a politicized environment would entail. Tackling human rights concerns, security issues, and assessing the shifting cultural and political paradigms of our world are just some of the potential situations you face…
“We’re raising money to provide education for kids in Africa. Since you’re our valued customer, we’ll go steal napkins from the cafeteria for you.” Operation Education, 15-17
When I first met Natálie, I was taken by how passionate she is about her art and how much love she puts into the work she does. With recent exhibitions at Planet Art Gallery and Lux Laundromat among other accomplishments, Natálie has already achieved an incredible amount by anyone’s standards at the young age of…
“One of the greatest things about a leader is not the idea of recognition, nor the high prestige, but the fundamental principle and notion that the person in charge is always the first person to stand up and make a difference on the team. Throughout my life, that’s the type of person I’ve always tried…
I started watching horror movies in Grade 7, giving myself quite a scare with my first run at The Ring (the original Japanese version, which I think is way better than the remake). Needless to say, I steered clear of the horror genre for a good few years after that. During Grade 9 however,…