Winter break is less than a month away (hooray!) and now it’s time for me to find great holiday movies to watch while embracing the warmth of my bed. And let’s be honest with ourselves, Disney/Pixar movies make us all warm and fuzzy on the inside although most of us don’t want to admit it. But…
The chorus is a total earworm, Taylor Swift looks like a queen in every single shot, Sean O’Pry’s bone structure is quite possibly the greatest thing evolution has ever blessed us with, and Joseph Kahn has again impressed with his gorgeous visual imagery and flawless cinematography. I fell in love with the music video of…
As we are likely all aware, Remembrance Day is today and it allows us to take a moment to remember the sacrifice our veterans made to gain peace. I wrote the following poem, thank you for taking a look 🙂 So Forever Remember… By: E. Elene Otte Marching footsteps A shout and a boom Laying…
As a frequent library-goer and, admittedly, not the hugest fan of the currently existing Central Library, I’ve been looking forward to the grand new reveal of the New Central Library’s design for a long time. It was announced a few months ago that the esteemed Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta had been hired to put together the new design,…
It is easy for us to think all homeless people are all the same. We make assumptions about the homeless, even though we don’t take the time to get to know who they are, and we easily overlook them. The video above was created by ReThink Homelessness to show us that the homeless people are just…
It’s everywhere. People are pouring buckets of ice water over their heads and posting their reactions on social media. Since its climb to popularity, big names such as Justin Timberlake, Facebook CEO and founder; Mark Zuckerberg, as well as comedian Jimmy Kimmel have braved the cold to complete the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and raise…
Everyone’s heard this one about a million times in their lifetime: The timeless and yet overused expression, “There’s no place like home.” However, we may simply dismiss this as another cliché whose incessant use has deteriorated its true meaning. There’s something about this simple phrase that always strikes a chord with me, regardless of what…
Sometimes, I just want really good food. Yes, I can go to a chain restaurant and have an enjoyable meal. And yes, my mom isn’t a terrible cook. But I think nearly all of us would not be fulfilled without the occasional culinary splurge. Even though my latest outing to LeVilla was only my second time…
Let’s face it, August sucks. It is the month that hosts the arrival of back-to-school commercials and just reminds us that the effervescent of rays of summer are about to come to an end. To those more fortunate, August also tends to be the dreaded month of heat waves and unbearable weather. But here are…
APPLE Are you on your Macbook, iPhone, or iPad right now, reading this blog? If not, I’m sure you are still curious to know how the Apple logo came to be. Did you know Steve Jobs had just came back from an apple farm after he had started a fruitarian diet? At first, he made…
There are many things we done everyday that affected the people around us. There is positive but also negative. Here is a awesome music video showing the domino effect of the positive energy. Show your kindness.
As a part of Youth Week Calgary 2014, I had the opportunity to go down to button making at Crowfoot Library. Having no idea what this event would be like, and seeing as how is only had a short duration of an hour (I assume due to library hours of closure), I walked in…
On April 24th, I had the pleasure of going to Future in the Arts: A Panel Discussion for Youth Week Calgary 2014. It featured Jennifer Johnson, the Director of Programming and Arts Learning for the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts, Vicki Stroich, the Executive Director of Alberta Theatre Projects, Jodi Lucas, Programming Associate for…
Hitler did do some great things which not a lot us know about because of his extensively communicated negative persona (not that it did not exist). These good deeds are not an excuse for all the bad he had done, however they are still noble. http://youtu.be/yhz1WGsWB2Q
Each month, youth from Youth Central’s Mayor’s Youth Council select 5-12 youth to be recognized and Kids Up Front plans a monthly one-of-a-kind experience for these youth, called the Pay it Forward Project. So far they’ve had youth attend Free the Children’s We Day and had an on the field experience with the Calgary Stampeders;…