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.
There’s a new opportunity in Calgary for those of you (and your families) who are looking to start the new year off with a bang. X-Weighted: Families is a reality show which will be shown on the Slice network that wants to inspire everyone to get healthy in 2010, and to get involved in all…
Since the holidays are just around the corner, a lot of people are spending time participating in ice-related activities, like ice-skating and ice-fishing, etc. It is important for you to know how to survive if you are unfortunate enough to fall into the water down below ice. There are plenty of ways you can fall into an icey lake…
Storm Thief is a novel by author Chris Wooding. The novel is set in the future on an island-city known as Orokos. Orokos is constantly threatened by “probability storms” – random storms that warp reality and can make anything happen. There is war on the island along with crime and cruelty. The force of governance…
I’m guessing most of you have read The Twilight Saga or at least heard of it. Earlier this week, Sam posted her thoughts on this popular series by Stephenie Meyer – the pros of the Saga, if you will. Now here I am to tell the other side of the story: The Cons. Though the…
Yeah, yeah, it’s a bit overkill now, but before the fame and Robert Pattinson, the Twilight Saga was actually really good! Personally, I loved the books, but the movie ruined it for me. I have yet to see New Moon, so today, I will be talking about the pros of the books. As I promised…
One of my favorite music sites is Pitchfork Media. They are on the forefront of new music and aren’t limited by any one style of music. In one place I learned about Lil Wayne’s new mixtape and read a review about Animal Collective. Each year they release a whole bunch of “best of” lists. They…
Channukah, Chanukkah, Hannuka, Hannukah–all are the same thing: the Jewish Festival of Lights. Don’t get too confused; there are many ways of spelling the name, because it is a Hebrew word, not English. However you spell it, it’s the same thing 😉 Channukah lasts for 8 nights, usually starting in December. The date varies somewhat each…
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;…