Awesome Artists: POLARITY

There are times when I  come across a new band or song and immediately the first thing to come to mind is, “Hey, this is pretty awesome!” This happened to me recently when I was introduced to Canadian band POLARITY. Hailing from Mississauga, Ontario, POLARITY is a progressive band that aims to write meaningful lyrics…

SYC T-Shirt Competition!

SYC (Sikh Youth Calgary) is having an exciting T-Shirt Competition to encourage youth in Calgary to submit a design which will portray a positive and powerful message to the community. The best designs will get a $50 gift card. Not only that, you also get a free T-Shirt and the winner’s names are announced throughout…

Over $4,000 raised by awesome youth at WCHS

Raising over $4,000 for Spread the Net Charity, Western Canada’s Interact Club has show success in making a difference in the global community. In cooperation with UNICEF and co-founded by Rick Mercer, Spread the Net is an organization that provides bed nets in countries like Rwanda and Liberia, among other African nations, to prevent the spread…

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…

Meet Sarah!

The Mayor’s Youth Council with Sarah! (She is in the middle of the photograph.)  A few months ago, the Mayor’s Youth Council of Calgary, along with Mayor Nenshi, had the amazing opportunity of meeting a young girl with big dreams. Sarah applied to be on the Mayor’s Council, but age restrictions kept her from being selected.…

Write NOW! ~ Opportunity for youth

Is the pen your weapon of choice?  Would you like your world of literary creations… rewritten?  Have a flair for the extrodinaire? In other words (no pun intended), if you are a youth who is passionate about writing, the Write Now conference is for you. On March 24, the Calgary Public Library will be hosting a fun…

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…

Website of the Day: Cybermentor

Are you interested in math, science, technology, medicine or engineering? Want to become more involved in the community? How about having a professional scientist or engineer as your mentor? Cybermentor.ca matches girls ages 11 to 18 with positive female role models with careers in diverse fields. Through weekly email exchanges, you’ll gain insight into life as a…

How to become the mayor

This year, the promotions committee from Youth Central‘s Mayor’s Youth Council launched a new contest for all youth in the city – it’s called… druuum roolll please… Mayor For A Day! You may of heard about this contest through your friends , your teachers or through our Facebook page (like us here). For those of…

Calgary youth photography contest

I’ve noticed that there are some really awesome photographers here in Calgary. Some of the photos I see as profile pictures on Facebook or outside the art classes at my school look like they came straight out of a magazine. That’s why I’m letting all you great photographers know about this amazing contest. Calgary Junior…