Viancy Salubre is the Digital Editor for Vol. 66, and a recent graduate of the Print & Online Journalism program at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Her editorial work can be seen in TheScene, Avenue and Create Calgary.
By Hannah Caparino, June 20 2025— Sled Island 2025 started off with a bang by providing festival goers with early shows to hear performers in an intimate setting. Sloth Records on 17th avenue hosted three up and coming artists at an all-access show, starting with Kamra, followed up with
By Hannah Caparino, June 19 2025— Sled Island has been Calgary’s number one festival to celebrate local and international music and art through a variety of performances. Since 2007, the Sled Island lineups have featured all kinds of artists like LATISHA, Ginger Beef and Bartees Strange, as well as
May 16, 2025— As the municipal election ramps up, Calgarians will get to see the new municipal party system, thrusted upon us by a provincial government focused on centralizing control, in action. Unfortunately, we’re already getting a glimpse into how parties will worsen political deadlock and polarization at the
By Mia Gilje, Michael Sarsito, May 7 2025— From cosplayers to celebrity guests, this years POW! Parade of Wonders started off Calgary Expo: 2025 with an absolute bang. After beginning at 10:30 am, the parade participants started marching from Victoria Park, making their way along 12th street and slowly
By Mia Gilje, Michael Sarsito, May 7 2025—
By Ansharah Shakil, May 4 2025— Noël Coward’s comic play Blithe Spirit has a timeless charisma that has lasted throughout the years, from its first performance in London in 1941 to its continued current revivals. The longest running non-musical in London prior to The Mousetrap opening in 1952,
By Ansharah Shakil, May 4 2025— Infamous vampires from iconic pieces of supernatural media had their metaphorical moment in the sun at Calgary Expo this year, with stars from Twilight and Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Julie Benz, James Marsters and David Boreanaz appearing. 28 years after Buffy the Vampire
By Josie Simon, May 1 2025— Theatre Calgary's production of Awoowaakii invites audiences into a Calgary apartment where a Blackfoot family navigates identity, forgiveness and belonging. Written by local playwright Sable Sweetgrass, Awoowaakii tells the story of Chrissy Sipatsimo, a transgender Blackfoot woman raising her late sister'
By Ansharah Shakil, May 1 2025— If you study abroad, you’ll find yourself. That’s the cliche I heard a million times before I even applied to go abroad. I don’t think it’s completely true — at least, I don’t think I understand with complete clarity exactly
April 30 2025— Late-night copyediting sessions often had me reflecting on Matthew McConaughey’s memoir, Greenlights. In it, the Texan actor suggests that life’s red rejections and yellow uncertainties aren’t dead ends — they’re signals to change course. He encourages people to be “less impressed and more