Local Events: Free Funny Thursdays!

Date: May 30th, 2013 Time: 12 pm to 2 pm Location: Stephen Ave, 1st and 2nd street S.W. Come laugh with FunnyFest stand up comics, while you eat your lunch and maybe receive a complimentary ticket or a discount to the 13th annual Calgary Comedy Festival, May 30 to June 9. Pick up a full…

Horrible Conversation Killers

Have you ever met a person who only talks about them self…or a person who will barely share his/her input so you feel like you are doing all the talking?! CONVO KILLERS 🙁 Have you ever had a conversation that went like this: Bob: Hey John: Hey Bob: What’s up? John: Not much  Ohhh those…

Calgary Opera celebrates Giuseppe Verdi’s 200th Anniversary with the rousing Falstaff!

This brilliant and amazing opera is brought to life by the great composer Giuseppe Verdi, with Calgary Opera celebrating his 200th anniversary this season. Falstaff is a hilarious and hearty adventure that is acclaimed to be one of Verdi’s greatest music achievements. It’s a masterpiece that would be Verdi’s last and only successful comedy. Verdi…

How to have the best Tumblr ever

If you haven’t read my Facebook guide to having the best profile ever, why are you even reading this?! People who have a Facebook profile have to have a Tumblr blog; otherwise, you must live under a rock. Now without further ado, I give you the best advice you can find on the web. And…

Review of The Drowsy Chaperone

Last weekend, I had the lucky fortune to attend a performance of The Drowsy Chaperone. Presented by Theatre Calgary, it was a family-friendly “Musical within a Comedy.” How is this possible? The show begins with a lone actor, known as “Man in Chair,” who reminisces as he plays an old record of a (fictional) musical…