The fun stuff. Calgary has a ton of amazing stuff that happens in our city. Reviews of new movies, or albums, art shows or news about sports.
I love concerts. The adrenaline rush is amazing and the live talent is even better. What isn’t so great is the moment you realise the concert is for ages 18 and older. This doesn’t happen so much with the popular music but for indie and alternative bands they usually play at bars! I always complain…
At first glance, I thought this was some sort of exceptional painting that took goodness knows how long to perfect. I was surprised to find that this is actually a real life photo of a Hawaiian volcano spewing lava into the sea, taken under extremely risky conditions. Obviously lava burns (excuse the pun), and…
I have always disliked documentaries (you know especially those ones you watch in social class…ugh), so when my friends were telling me about A Bite of China, I was not too excited about it. “But it’s about Chinese food, you like food right?” “Sure.” I said, clicked on the link she sent me. And it…
Today in art class our teacher did a fun exercise with us where we had to capture the pose of a model in 30 seconds. It sounded completely impossible. But with things like contour and gesture drawing, it’s possible – and it looks really cool, too. With contour drawing, the point is to find the…
One of my favourite songs, paired with adorable drawings 😀 Happy late Valentine’s Day?
A belated Valentine’s. Enjoy!
So, today I want to share with all you lovely folk one of my most treasured favorite pastimes — staring at fantastical art and architecture. Oh, and by the way, by “fantastical”, I don’t mean “really freakin’ awesome” (which, to be fair, most of these paintings are), but rather “magical” or “fantasy-inspired”. Like this: 1.…
Much thanks to the Kids Up Front for giving me tickets to the Musicians Care for Kids. An annual event where musicians team up to raise funds for the Boys & Girls Club. The host for the night is the renowned Calgarian artist, Russell Broom, a JUNO winner for songwriter of the year. The musicians…
One of the most effective way to learn a culture is through its foods. Chinese Lunar New Year is famous for its hearty and feast-like New Year’s Eve dinner, but what you might not know that the dishes are there not only because of their deliciousness, but also because they symbolize good wishes for the…
On March 8th 2013 at Mount Royal University, the World of Choices event will be taken place for all girls who are interested in learning more about the occupation of their choice! This means that if you’re interested in Medicine, Law, Agriculture, Business, Finance and many more. You can meet women who are expertise in…
The Chinese Lunar New Year is just around the corner. In less than two weeks, there will be a series of traditional celebration events happening in China and less remotely, Chinatown. Chinese culture has became pretty big over the last few decades in North America, due to the huge number of Chinese immigrants and of…
With the Valentine’s Day hype and all, this mini film is the quickest way to get into the the spirit. Show it to your significant other to get into cupids good books. Telling the tale of a New York city young man stuck in a mundane office job, his life changes forever when a pretty…
This brilliant and amazing opera is brought to life by the great composer Giuseppe Verdi, with Calgary Opera celebrating his 200th anniversary this season. Falstaff is a hilarious and hearty adventure that is acclaimed to be one of Verdi’s greatest music achievements. It’s a masterpiece that would be Verdi’s last and only successful comedy. Verdi…
Since we all don’t have unlimited time, and would rather not spend what little leisure time we have searching for good Youtubers, I’d like to present to you some lesser-known Youtubers worth your time. 1. Jacksgap First of all you get a British boy, then, you get his twin. Yes, I’m talking a Youtube channel…
A huge thanks to Kids Up Front for giving me the opportunity to let out my not-so-inner Flames’ fan this past weekend at the Flames and Oilers game. I would love to say that it was a hard fought match, but the 4-3 scoreline really suggests the game was a lot closer than it actually…