This story takes place in the 21st century, but it has an interesting twist to it – the Greek gods, goddesses, and monsters are real and they live among us. In the story, a magical substance known as mist keeps humans from seeing the supernatural; it instead causes us to see things that can be…
Well, it’s almost Christmas, and Theatre Calgary will be performing its annual production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol staring Stephen Hair as Scrooge. In A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is a wealthy businessperson, who discovers the true meaning of Christmas. A Christmas Carol will be playing at Theatre Calgary from now until December 27. …
I’ve been covering the novels of John Green for a few weeks now, and this week I’ll be talking about his novel, An Abundance of Katherines. This novel follows a “teen prodigy” named Colin Singleton; he is an 18 year old with a rather strange taste in women. He does not care about looks or…
Youth Are Awesome had the chance this weekend to meet up with Inner City Elegance at Tubby Dog to ask them a few questions about music, their upcoming show and everything in between. The Calgary-based trio Inner City Elegance is one tight ‘bromance’ with a high-energy sound that is uniquely theirs. Brazilian front man, Bruno…
CBC Radio 2 just wrapped up the first leg of the Great Canadian Song Quest, and CBC Radio 3 is just about to announce the winners of the Bucky Awards. Listeners were asked in October to nominate CBC Radio 3 artists, and then in November to vote for the best in categories including Reason to…
If you are a petrol head or just someone who enjoys a quality television presentation with their vehicles, then this is definitely the show for you. Top Gear is a BBC original which started as a magazine, but finally found its way to television in 1977. It was re-launched in 2002, and is doing better…
So this Sunday, Calgary hosted the Grey Cup between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Montreal Alouettes. Fans poured in to Calgary from our Prairie neighbour to watch the game, and made Saturday a party night for all. The Grey Cup began as a blowout. The Riders were up the entire game. They led 17 to 3…
Miles, a social outcast at school becomes board of his eventless life, and he is tired of being a nobody. But that all changed when he moved to a boarding school called Culver Creek in search of “the great perhaps”. Soon Miles befriends a group of teens including the colonel, his muscular but short roommate;…
“We just had this amazing inner feeling of: ‘We’re going to do it’. I don’t know why… we were just cocky” – George Harrison In March of 1957, John Lennon, vocalist and guitarist, formed The Quarrymen with a couple of friends, he was only 16 at that time. Soon after, Paul McCartney, a 15 years…
So the hottest track being played right now is Jay Z’s “Empire State of Mind”. This track features Alicia Keys and has one of the hottest hooks we’ve heard on a track this past year. It’s Jay Z and Alicia’s Key’s love song to New York which is their home city. It was only a…
Welcome to part three of my series reviewing television programs. If you missed the previous part you can check that out here. If you are into the mystery or sci-fi genre, then the television show Fringe will be right up your alley. Fringe follows a FBI “Fringe Division” team who use unconventional, fringe scientific methods to…
This is the second part of my search for John Green books. This week I read Let It Snow, it is a collection of three Christmas love stories (these are love stories that guys will enjoy). The stories are all slightly related and are all quite interesting and funny. The book was written by John…
“Sigh”… I was really expecting something different when I decided to read this novel. You see, from what I had heard, it is a story that takes place in a world that has suffered a zombie apocalypse. Groups of people built towns surrounded by fences to protect themselves from the zombies, and now, many generations…
“I declare that the Beatles are mutants. Prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to create a new human species, a young race of laughing freemen.” – Timothy Leary Raging crowds, raving teens, and disapproving parents, what do all three of these things have in common? You guessed it! The…
Paper Towns is one of the best books I have every read. Then one day, a thought hit me – if Paper Towns is my favorite novel, why haven’t I read more books from the same author? It would make sense that if I’m look for a book similar to Paper Towns, I would read…