By Liv Ingram, January 15 2015 —
When floods swept Calgary in 2013, countless homes and businesses suffered catastrophic damage. Among the destruction was the National Music Centre’s (NMC) collection of rare instruments, kept in their basement on 11 Ave. … Read the rest
By Alexander Kim, January 15 2015 —
Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, Inherent Vice, makes no sense. And that’s the point.
Set in Los Angeles in 1970, the tail end of the hippie era, the film is an absurdist … Read the rest
By Susan Anderson, January 15 2015 —
Imagine creating your own currency by stamping existing bills with an anarchist image. Or being in such a rush that there are spelling mistakes and crooked cutting on your new notes. Then imagine … Read the rest
By Connor Sadler, January 15 2015 —
Though Winnipeg is more known for its cold winters than its experimental music, the city is home to a provocative musical fusion.
Winnipeg musician Greg Rekus mixes punk music with acoustic guitar in … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, January 8 2015 —
Giddy up, cowboys and cowgirls — the High Performance Rodeo (HPR) is back in town.
For four weeks starting in January the festival will bring the performing arts to venues around Calgary.
The … Read the rest
By Kaleem Khan, January 8 2015 —
Calgary musician Bryce Maruk, known as Orthicon, released his debut EP, Boundary, in fall 2014.
Effortlessly weaving complex bass-lines, reverb-drenched guitars and drowned-out synths, Maruk resembles a goth-inspired James Blake.
On the surface, … Read the rest
By Melanie Bethune, January 8 2015 —
She & Him, with Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, is a band usually associated with lightness and ease.
Their first three albums, fittingly titled Volumes 1-3, encapsulate the sort of music you’d listen … Read the rest
By Liv Ingram, January 8 2015 —
Before Gary Shteyngart was topping bestseller lists and kissing James Franco in a pink bathrobe for book trailers, he was Igor Shteyngart, a sickly, asthmatic child of the former Soviet Union. His memoir, … Read the rest
By Connor Sadler, January 8 2015 —
To kick off the Winter semester, the University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) will host a production of West Side Story.
Written by Jerome Robbins, West Side Story is … Read the rest
By Erika Roy, January 8 2015 —
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will be in town this week.
Each year, the Banff Centre hosts the Banff Mountain Film Festival in November and screens outdoor-focused films. After the festival … Read the rest