Youth Week runs this year from April 23 and May 1, and paintball and laser tag places are getting in on the action! Find discounted games at Capture the Flag and Laser Trek during Youth Week. Who: Anyone ages 10+ What: From 9 a.m to dark, Capture the Flag West of Cochrane will be running…
[youtube Zp1BYzIVi0U] Growing up, Disney movies were the source of my childhood. I remember watching movies like Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast 24/7, every day of every week until I found a new interest. Not only me, but every member in my family. Disney was and still is a large part of my…
The Calgary Spoken Word Festival is taking place from March 29 – April 3 as part of Youth Week Calgary 2011. Come down to the Auburn Saloon at 8 p.m. to enjoy some of Calgary’s most talented artists! Tickets can range from no cost to $10. If you’re interested in this spectacular event, visit the…
One of the best adaptations of a true story, Soul Surfer is based off the 2004 non-fiction book Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family and Figthing to Get Bakc on the Board by Bethany Hamilition. Portrayed as the very same character in the movie, Benthany Hamiliton’s left arm was bitten off by a shark when…
The City of Calgary Community & Neighbourhood Services alongside some of the best in the music industry have put together a program like no other. Toast ‘n’ Jam 2011 is all about the bands. Successful applicants will not only perform live on stage, but also participate in a series of Industry Sessions. These sessions take…
Today’s Video of the Day brings you an amazing apartment complex cover of a famous Beatles song. Enjoy! [youtube i6BKhvhSehc]
“Is it true that the greatest composers of music all had names that started with the letter B ?” [youtube vlkiKhWQsAg&feature=related] Of course, these classical giants that Andeas Delfs, guest conductor, and Michael Hope, one of the bassoonists in the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra smilingly refered to in the pre-concert chat were none other than Bach, Beethoven…
Do you like K-pop (Korean pop)? If you do, you will definitely like this video. DJ Masa mixed some K-pop songs into “Like A G6” by Far East Movement. Check it out! [youtube dlhQTCu6mhA] The list of songs is below: 2NE1- Can’t Nobody 4minute – MUZIK Narsha – Bbi-Ri-Bop-A After School – Bang TaeYang – I Need…
Well let me start off by saying this movie is pretty weird. It is about this night watchman at a museum that is being done up. One night, he mysteriously kills himself by slitting his throat with a piece of broken mirror. The museum then hires another night watchman to fill the shift. He then…
[youtube isjY34VD5jE] To tell readers the truth, I didn’t have high hopes for this movie. I had never heard anyone speak of it before, nor did I know what kind of story I was in for. Was it going to be like Jaws, or more of a generic incident-struggle-accomplishment movie? Luckily, it was neither of…
The story of the Hunchback of Notre Dame by the French Romanticist Victor Hugo is one that many have heard, but few know. Most of us know the story from the Disney movie; the story of a hunchback named Quasimodo who struggles between his desires and his reality and ultimately settling so that everyone one…
Nowadays, joining the circus isn’t an easy alternative to “running away from home” (or so that’s what Hollywood thinks). Putting on a clown nose doesn’t make you a clown, and putting white make-up on you does not automatically make you a mime. Last Friday and Saturday, theatre-goers had the opportunity to witness the astounding Cirque…
Global Youth Summit (GYS) is an annual event that gathers high school students from the Calgary area to take local action on global issues. Through art and music, workshops, video projects, small-group discussions and participatory learning, we share skills and build relationships in order to impact our local community and our world. GYS is a local…