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CUFF 2025: Jakob Skrzypa on Vampire Zombies…From Space!

CUFF 2025: Jakob Skrzypa on Vampire Zombies…From Space!

Tongue-in-cheek ode to 1950s sci-fi horror films Vampire Zombies..From Space! has all the ingredients for an audience favourite. The film is making its Alberta premiere at the 2025 Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF) on April 25 at 9:30 p.m., a fitting time according to

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Building community and excitement with Sled Island’s Student Mixer

Building community and excitement with Sled Island’s Student Mixer

Sled Island is a festival tailor-made for anyone who loves music. This year it will be taking place from June 18-22. One of the many things that makes Sled Island unique is the special programming it offers, including the upcoming Sled Island Student Mixer, a free event held

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Forte Musical Theatre’s Austentatious: A fresh, fun take on Pride and Prejudice

Forte Musical Theatre’s Austentatious: A fresh, fun take on Pride and Prejudice

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice remains a classic, but Forte Musical Theatre’s Austentatious, coming back to Calgary after 15 years from April 8-19, is certainly not a straight-forward adaptation of the novel.  Austentatious follows the Cochrane Ranche Amateur Players

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Everything you need to know about Calgary Expo 2025

Everything you need to know about Calgary Expo 2025

There are few annual Calgary events that are quite as exciting as Calgary Expo, the annual four-day celebration of all kinds of pop culture with all kinds of attractions. This year, Calgary Expo is taking place from April 24-27 at Stampede Park. “Calgary Expo is all about community,

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Simply the best: Broadway Across Canada’s The Tina Turner Musical

Simply the best: Broadway Across Canada’s The Tina Turner Musical

Broadway Across Canada ran their production of TINA - The Tina Turner Musical at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium this past week and it took you on a journey through the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s life. Tina, played by Jayna Elise, traces her life backed with hits from Turner’

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Sebastian Buzzalino on photo series I Am Emotionally Attached to These Men

Sebastian Buzzalino on photo series I Am Emotionally Attached to These Men

Hockey’s immense popularity in Canada, and especially in Alberta, lies in a sense of national identity and pride for its history, popularity and existence as a Canada-associated sport. But it’s also an acknowledged fact that hockey, like many other sports, tends to be narrow in its field

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History of Medicine Days conference showcases student excellence

History of Medicine Days conference showcases student excellence

The 34th annual History of Medicine Days will be taking place from Mar. 14-15 at Libin Theatre in UofC’s Foothills Campus. The free, national and interdisciplinary conference invites undergraduate and early graduate students studying medicine, health care, history or literature to present talks and posters on a myriad

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Omar El Akkad on One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad on One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Prior to his work as an author with the internationally acclaimed American War and What Strange Paradise, Omar El Akkad had an award-winning career as a journalist. Born in Egypt, raised in Qatar and Canada and now residing as a U.S. citizen, he reported from Afghanistan and Guantanamo

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U of C’s first ever bioinformatics hackathon to take place

U of C’s first ever bioinformatics hackathon to take place

University of Calgary clubs Bioinformatics Club (BINF) and Artificial Intelligence in Medical Systems Society (AIMSS) are joining forces to host BioHack, a free health hackathon that will be the first bioinformatics-focused hackathon at the university, taking place from March 8-9.  Taking place over two days, BioHack is open

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Meet your new SU: 2025 General Election results announced

Meet your new SU: 2025 General Election results announced

Candidates and students were present for the Students’ Union (SU) general election results that were announced today in the South Courtyard of MacEwan Hall.  Students enrolled in the Winter 2025 semester voted for their top candidates from March 4–6. Students were able to vote or abstain for executive positions,

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