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.
Okay, I think it’s time to return to book reviews. I will start with my favourite series, the Hunger Games trilogy. This trilogy is composed of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Basically… a war destroyed North America, but from the rubbles rose a dictatorship called Panem. Panem is made up of a high-tech…
CHINOOK CENTRE HAS OFFICIALLY EXPANDED! Here’s the list of new stores (the ones with an asterisk will be opening later). A/X Armani Exchange* I Abercrombie & Fitch I Aerie I Aldo Collection Anthropologie* I Ben Moss Jewellers I BCBG Max Azria I Bench Bloke & Bird* I Bluenotes I Boathouse I Browns Shoes I Buffalo…
Being on the alternative rock scene for about 13 years now, Interpol has consistently been one of my more popular groups in the genre. Three years after their highest ranking album Our Love to Admire, Interpol has returned with their fourth album, self-titled Interpol. You won’t find the most insane guitar solos here, nor the…
This Saturday, the EPCOR Centre celebrated its 25th anniversary. The centre had great performances from the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Alberta Ballet. They also spoke about their history. We got the tickets from Kids Up Front, an amazing charity with locations all across Canada that provide tickets to events to kids, giving them the opportunity…
Do you have a band but nowhere to play or record your music? For the months of October and November, the +15 gallery at the EPCOR Centre will be a functional practice space for bands. The Local Library will provide key access to the space during certain times for a two-week block. They provide recording…
Begins Friday Calgary International Film Festival More than 200 local, national and international films are featured during the 10 days of the Calgary International Film Festival. Be sure to check out the Youth by Youth Cinema Competition this Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Plaza Theatre, which includes 15 films by youth ranging in age…
(picture courtesy of http://appletravel.cn/news-10032.html) The Chinese Opera Festival was one of the performing arts highlights of the Calgary Chinatown Centennial celebration. With the unique collaboration of traditional BeiJing Opera artists and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jubilee Auditorium was filled with lively Eastern music. It was certainly a rare treat for Calgarians to see this…
Last Sunday was the 2nd annual Haultain and First Street Festival! Filled with fun for all ages, the festival started last year as a celebration of the completion of Haultain Park – a seven year project. Last year was a blast, and this year was no different. Although it is still technically summer, it seems…
The day after the SM Town 10 concert, myself and some other fans have agreed to go to the hotel that the artists were staying at. It wasn’t far from our hotel but due to LA’s terrible traffic, a 10-minute ride turned into a 25-minute ride. When we got there around 11 am, there were…
A few days ago I had the opportunity of attend the screening of The Social Network. Being a fan of Facebook myself, I was quite excited. I made my way into the movie theatre with fairly high standards. As the movie progressed, I soon realized that I would not be left disappointed. There weren’t many…
Before the Show: I’m really excited. When I was little, my mother bought my sister tickets to Alegria, another Cirque Du Soliel show, and I was upset that I couldn’t go. They bought me the video to cheer me up and I loved it, but it wasn’t the same. To see the performers live, breathing,…
Easy A is easily an A in my mind! I would definitely recommend it to every teen who loves a good comedy. I have a feeling it’ll be a hit; even Taylor Swift wrote about it on her Twitter: “Easily, definitely, absolutely my new favorite movie.” The movie is starring Olive (Emma Stone) who lies…
In Easy A, opening today, Sept. 17, invisible good girl Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone) was overheard lying about losing her virginity over the weekend by her Christian classmate Marianne (Amanda Bynes). The rumor quickly spreads and soon the whole school knows. Olive adapts to her newfound fame in school, leading her to help her homosexual…
With the ending of summer, lot of exciting arts and performances events are happening around Calgary in the upcoming weeks. A lot of them, like Artwalk, are free and open to public. Since they’re all located in places easy to get to by bus or train, go check them out and have some fun! 1) ARTWALK Sept.…
Last time I posted pictures, so this time I will show some of the videos I took during the concert. I took a lot of Super Junior’s videos because I am a fan of them but all of the artists were amazing and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. First up…