Glory Okeleke

Latest

Black Music Month: A re-telling of Black music legacy for Calgary

Black Music Month: A re-telling of Black music legacy for Calgary

This month the National Music Centre (NMC), in collaboration with King Eddy, hosted a celebration for Black Music Month. This function presented by the NMC gave centre stage to multiple up-and-coming Black artists within Calgary. With a special curation of sounds, the crowd jived to exceptional tunes ranging

—
African Fashion Week in Calgary: An excellent depiction of African dynamism

African Fashion Week in Calgary: An excellent depiction of African dynamism

“We aim to continuously foster growth and empowerment within the African community through fashion, music, dance and food. While sharing our rich culture with the city of Calgary” – African Fashion Week (AFW) Calgary Attending the AFW, was admittedly one of my top summer highlights. This event, which was flooded with

—
Style Scoop: Chui

Style Scoop: Chui

Get this, It’s the first day back to school at the U of C campus for many after the long (or brief) summer holiday, so you already know the fits are going to be flames. Already in anticipation of the fine individual whom I’d eventually cross paths with

—
Memoirs from Black Fest: What makes a Black artist?

Memoirs from Black Fest: What makes a Black artist?

At the essence of us humans, we have a makeup — a unique theme that marks our existence at the core of our beings. This past Saturday, I had the privilege to sit in on the 2nd edition of Black Fest, an event hosted by the honourable Black Inclusion Association, a

—
Style Scoop: Johnny

Style Scoop: Johnny

“Don’t dress like everybody else is dressing. If you have something that you like and something that you feel good in, you feel like it’s cool — then wear it. Next thing you know other people will be wearing it.” His charisma and style were two things about Johnny

—
Fresh Out the Trap: Designing a way out the trap, for the people

Fresh Out the Trap: Designing a way out the trap, for the people

Community, vibrancy, inspiration, creativity and a good time are some of the adjectives which were used to describe the feelings that have been fostered and accrued by the collective that is known as Fresh Out the Trap.  With a dream to inspire the present and future generations to make the

—
Style Scoop: Marina

Style Scoop: Marina

Maintaining elegance by looking sharp in classic looks is one of Marina’s strong suits. Soon after getting a glimpse of her voguish style displayed in some zebra pony-hair wedge heels, matched with a pair of light jogger pants and a silk white top, and then topped off with

—
Style Scoop: Amber

Style Scoop: Amber

“I like to do something different than everybody else, you know [...] if it’s something that I’m gonna find everyone else wearing, there’s not a chance that I’m gonna buy it. [I like] something that’s different, that’s you. Make it you.” Amber While spotted dressed

—
Calgary’s long-awaited fashion scene brought to life in sold-out show THE OTHERWORLD

Calgary’s long-awaited fashion scene brought to life in sold-out show THE OTHERWORLD

On April 27, Foreignerz also known in the past as Sans Fuccs collaborated with Secret Shop YYC, a fashion-forward movement that makes progressive style and artistic forms more accessible to like-minded enthusiasts, to put together the sold-out show acclaimed as THE OTHERWORLD.  “We want people to feel

—

Arts & Culture

Campus News

City News

Features

News

Opinions