Video of the Day: Sounds of Bhutan
Electronic musician Christopher Nicholas “Nick” Bertke, also known as Pogo, does it yet again – mixing up another beautiful track using sounds collected from all around Bhutan. See, or rather, hear for yourself!
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.
Art of the Day: Eggs in Action
These are too good. Taste-wise and art-wise. By nocturnalMoTH on deviantART. I applaud this guy’s creativity. Definitely go check out his art.
Poem of the Day: Please Hear What I’m Not Saying.
You are YOU. Don’t forget that. Here is a poem that shows you to reveal your mask. Show everyone who you truly are. There will always be someone in this world willing to accept you.
Video of the Day: Painting Clouds with Tim Gagnon (time lapse)
“Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?”
Theatre Calgary’s new season released!
Recently Theatre Calgary released their 2012/2013 season in which I am extremely excited for. The plays I am most anticipating are Pride and Prejudice, Anne of Green Gables, and the Kite Runner; all books I have read and enjoyed immensely. Along with these, the season also consists of Next to Normal, God of Carnage (both of which…
Calgary Kiwanis Festival
The annual Calgary Kiwanis Festival is in full swing for 2012. This is a music festival that features amateur musicians performing repertoire in their musical instrument, at all grade levels. Giving almost 9,500 musicians the chance to perform for their peers and receive adjudication from the most high-caliber professional musicians, thousands of youth involved in…
The Axis of Awesome – performing songs with only four chords
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ
City of Ashes Book Review (The Mortal Instruments #2)
If you have yet to do so, please read my review of “City of Bones” review before reading this one. The plot for this novel goes like this: Clary wishes to return to her normal life, but her mother is in a magically induced coma, and the world of the shadowhunters refuses to loosen it’s…
Sled Island 2012 announcements!
Sled Island 2012 takes place June 20-23 at various locations around Calgary. Festival passes are available from sledisland.com This Calgary-born music festival is now one of the largest in Calgary which has always featured some really talented acts. This year, Sled plans on being even bigger and better and they’ll be bringing some of the…
Video of the Day: Amazing break dancers
It appears as though these dancers are immune to the laws of gravity…
Video of the Day: MOVE
Follow these three guys for a trip of a lifetime – condensed into a short one-minute film. Three guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, two cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn three ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food… into three beautiful…
Video of the Day: Lego man sent to space by two Canadian teens
It’s absolutely amazing that we live in a day and age where we can photograph the stratosphere with $100 and some spare time. Major props to these kids. Here is the news report on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSBv0u6mPNw&feature=player_detailpage Here is the footage captured by the camera:
fun. – Some Nights: An album review
Yes, fun. didn’t want to capitalise the “f” in “fun.” and the period is indeed there. How’s that for a totally indie band name. Well that’s besides the point. The band released their second studio album titled “Some Nights” on Feb 21. That’s two and a half years I’ve had to wait since their first…
Toast ‘N’ Jam- supporting calgary’s youth musicians
Want to check out awesome youth musicians in Calgary? Then go to Toast ‘n’ Jam, where you can toast in the sun and jam to local bands under the age of 18. The event occurs on Aug 16 and 17, 2012 at the New Black Centre for Music & Art in which both attending and…