This kid is five years old, and he’s already better at trumpet than many trumpeters with years of experience! Geoffrey Gallante can really play the trumpet, and he first started playing at the age of three! Geoffrey has been featured on many news casts and has been the star of the stage countless times. From…
Trick or Treat! Smell my feet! Give me something good to eat! This famous rhyme will be echoed all over Calgary in just 31 short days. Halloween, the favourite holiday of so many kids, is celebrated on October 31st. People dress up in costumes, go trick-or-treating, go to haunted attractions, and give out candy. Most…
Well, school is definitely back in session and that means that homework and tests abound. Most of the time, we study and work until we get the right answer. Sometimes we end up guessing. These people appear to have thrown caution to the wind and used a different form of logic altogether. Don’t try this at…
Do you like unscripted entertainment? Well how about improv? Proudly brought to you by ‘The Improv Guild’ is The 2nd Annual Calgary International Improv Festival. This festival will feature Los Angeles Impro, Vancouver Theatresports, Edmonton’s Rapid Fire Theatre and our own Calgary Improv Guild. It is “Seriously, funny theatre.” On Wednesday night to kick off…
Have you heard of buildings that can move, be quickly installed and generate electricity? Dr. David Fisher is the architect and inventor of Dynamic tower, the world’s first building in motion. He has always been focused on two concepts: an industrial approach involving the use of prefabricated units, and Dynamic Architecture, where the traditional three-dimensional…
Apple has done it again. The new fifth generation iPod nano is amazing. The bugs from the previous iPod nano have been fixed and tons of new features have been added to this new and improved iPod nano. The new iPod nano is smaller and lighter then the previous one. It also has a video…
For young women ages 12-17 only! This FREE conference will inspire and enlighten young women about the opportunities for non-traditional careers in science, engineering, entrepreneurship, and technology. During fun-filled workshops with some of the most successful women in our community, participants will gain confidence, connections and career options. Due to the success of women in these…
Usually, saying that you are a “Gleek” would not be the coolest thing ever, but this Fall, Glee is the biggest new show! Glee is a comedy about a teacher who risks taking over the glee club at his school. Everyone thinks he’s nuts, because this glee club consists of five members, and let’s…
Remember the Rubix Cube? Different colours, brain twister toy, IMPOSSIBLE to solve? Now there’s a Rubik’s cube that’s computerized, just in case the original wasn’t hard enough. This new cube, called the Rubik’s TouchCube doesn’t require you to twist or rotate it. Instead, just a simple swipe of the finger will do it. There’s many different…
Calgary is haunted?! Well, sort of. See Calgary in an entirely different perspective with a ‘ghost tour’. Enjoy an evening of spine-tingling entertainment with spooky local ghost stories and a dash of Calgary history. All the stories have been thoroughly researched from the Glen Bow Museum and Ft. Calgary archives, newspapers, personal accounts and interviews.…
Have you heard of the marshmallow test? It may sound delicious, but it really is a test of self-control for early age children. This test was conducted around the 1960s and it is being brought to our attention in the recent years. This test is simple; a pre-school child is being brought to a empty…
FreeRice is a website that is devoted to donate rice through the UN World Food Program to help end world hunger! All you have to do is go on there and answer some questions! Questions range from English vocabulary to Math questions to identifying countries on a map. For each correct answer you give, 10 grains…
Metromint is fresh. It is flavourful. It is pesticide-free. It is beyond amazing. I cannot stress how mind-blowing the combination of real mint and water is. The mint is grown in Washington State’s Yakima Valley, one of the finest mint growing regions in North America. They purify their water with reverse-osmosis, leaving their water like…
What makes your life normal? Is it the things your teacher says in class, some funny coincidence, or something funny someone said? My Life is Average is a spin-off of fmylife.com. It’s for all those whose lives are everyday and mundane. Everyone has sometime in their life that is inexciting, or insignificant, and My Life…
After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, ColorOfChange.org has been working to strengthen the political voice of Black America. Their goal? To help make positive political and social changes for everyone, as well as to make the government more responsive to the concerns of Black Americans. ColorOfChange.org spoke out and broke the political silence back in 2005…