Here are some of this weekend’s event listings— lots of performances and shopping sprees, just in time for the weekend after Black Friday! Shall we splurge to our heart’s content? Calgary Expo Holiday Market When: November 25 from 10:00 AM-6:00 PM and November 26 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM Where: Hall B/C, BMO Centre, Stampede Park Cost:…
“Our goal in this department is to tell the truth” – Ms G , Drama teacher and director of Hamlet
See this post for an introduction to this series, and this post for the second week of 5 Happy Things! Ignoring society’s labels and expectations Quirky socks Glitter tattoos (preferably reflective of my favourite fandom) Flower crowns/headbands Dollar-store boredom busters/crafts Now ask yourself: who in your life can you count on to bring a smile to…
I’m not sure what the weather has been up to… But! lucky for you there’s events coming up that will let you forget about the blues of Calgary’s indecisive weather. Here’s a sample of what you can see March 27-29, 2015, in Calgary Taste of Bragg Creek (Friday) Take a nice drive out to Bragg Creek and…
Grade 10 is scary. You’re thrown into a brand new building, often with over a thousand other hormonal teenagers, and often on your own, with friends going to a different school or maybe hanging out with a different crowd. Like, honestly, who came up with this whole “high school” concept? Who decided that putting kids into…
Written by and starring Artistic Producer Ellen Close and Puppet Master Braden Griffiths, My Family and Other Endangered Species is something you cannot miss. It is a piece of theatre that everybody must see, a piece of text that everybody must enjoy, and an experience that everybody must venture on. It is simply wonderful. The…
The beloved and timeless story of star-crossed lovers, adventure and passion in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is playing again at Mount Royal University. If you are like me, Shakespeare in the Park is a summer tradition. To lay out a blanket or lawn chair, enjoy an ice cream cone with a couple of friends…
Caution: Plot Details Revealed! “There is a way to be good again” and so begins Theatre Calgary’s adaptation of The Kite Runner. A couple years ago, I had read Khaled Hosseini’s masterpiece and was overjoyed to be given a chance to see Playwright Matthew Spangler’s adaptation. Having been a while since I had read the…
The music that has been created for video games from The Legend of Zelda to Super Mario Bros. has come to life with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra! This symphony has been revered as epic and incredibly elevating, perfectly capturing the adventure, heroism and triumph in video games. I’m proud to be part of the video…
Introducing, potentially, the most versatile camera ever. Lytro is the name given to the newest advancement in cameras; the light field camera. The concept behind this camera is simple. “Shoot first, focus after.” This camera uses light field technology, which is a core concept in imaging science. Light fields describe the amount of light traveling…
Get your cape ready–this is a musical about superheros! This is the story of comic book writers and their alter egos. It’s got action, romance, villains, good guys, and spandex–the complete package! Set in 1963, in the golden age of comic books, we follow aspiring comic writer and artist Nick Wosnock as he tries to make it in…
Last week, my ELA 30 class went to field trip to see Shakespeare’s comedy “Much Ado about Nothing.” The play is basically about two pairs of lovers Beatrice and Benedick, an old couple, and Claudio and Hero, a young couple, in the Italian town of Messina. The play held with about 20 awesome Theatre Calgary actors and actresses at…
The Last Dog of War The Last Dog of War is the personal narrative of a relationship between a woman and her father as they venture together to her father’s last squad reunion dating back to World War II. WeiJia (my usual partner in blog) and I had the most spectacular chance to watch this…
What is it like to be the daughter of a war veteran? Playwright Linda Griffith’s narrates her personal tale of the trip she takes with her father to his last RAF bomber squad reunion. A unique one woman show narrates the war of the then and now: of one between the Allies and Nazis and…
A quote on the Theatre Calgary website claims: “Discover with us the theatrical version of the novel that inspired the famous movie. Caught inside this insane asylum, you’ll be dazzled by a colossal battle of wits.” I’ve never seen the movie or read the book, but I found that it wasn’t necessary to have done…