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Goblins and Greek tragedy at the High Performance Rodeo

Goblins and Greek tragedy at the High Performance Rodeo

The past few weeks of January have been an adventure for all Calgarians. Yet for festival goers of High Performance Rodeo, the snow that comes with the new year does not stop the joys that come with live art. Whether it be an acclaimed international show or an experimental local

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Film review: The Archies

Film review: The Archies

The Archies, the musical coming-of-age comedy, directed by Zoya Akhtar released on Netflix this Dec. 7. After great anticipation for how the nepo babies of Bollywood would perform in their grand debut, it is safe to say that the talents of their parents or grandparents are not exactly

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New study on sleep reveals risk of dementia

New study on sleep reveals risk of dementia

Students are no strangers to the usual all-nighter or the drowsiness and grogginess you feel from your usual all-nighter — and while symptoms like this may seem like no big deal in the short term, there is a growing body of research that indicates the link between deep sleep

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Exploring the virtual Wild West with Anything for Fame

Exploring the virtual Wild West with Anything for Fame

In today’s world, it is not rare to open your phone to an outrageous video made by content creators like Jake Hillhouse or Ava Louise — who you might know from her viral video licking some random airplane toilet seat during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what happens when the

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CUFF.Docs 2023: Beyond Utopia

CUFF.Docs 2023: Beyond Utopia

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers for the film Beyond Utopia. The award-winning documentary Beyond Utopia, directed by Madeleine Gavin, on North Korean defectors — which screened at the CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival (CUFF.Docs) on Nov. 25 — opened with the horrifying fact that none of the footage was recreated

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CUFF.Docs 2023: The J-Horror Virus

CUFF.Docs 2023: The J-Horror Virus

The Canadian premiere of the documentary The J-Horror Virus at the CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival (CUFF.Docs) on Nov. 25 will take viewers deep down the rabbit hole of the Japanese horror movement that took the world by storm in the 1990s — and who better to navigate the

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Antimatter research takes a giant leap with gravity experiment

Antimatter research takes a giant leap with gravity experiment

Our understanding of the fundamental nature of the universe has long been a pursuit marked by unanswered questions. For example, while it is understood that when we create matter, we also create antimatter, there has yet to be an explanation for why there is an absence of antimatter in our

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Review: How to Fail as a Popstar

Review: How to Fail as a Popstar

What happens when you dream of pop stardom but are born in Edmonton? How to Fail as a Popstar, the free limited CBC Gem original series based on artist Vivek Shraya's hit play with the same name released Oct. 13, answers this exact question with vulnerability, and of

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Movie review: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Movie review: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras, was presented for free by the volunteer-run charity Creative Aging Calgary Society at the Globe Cinema on Oct. 8. The movie shared an emotionally interconnected story of art and activism by following world-renowned artist

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Does Ross Lynch just pose in front of a microphone?

Does Ross Lynch just pose in front of a microphone?

Former white boy of the month, Ross Lynch, has recently resurfaced on X with posts that question if he does actually make music because every viral thirst trap seems to have him conveniently just posing in front of a microphone. For those who have watched Disney Channel’s Austin &

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