By Tamara Cottle, September 18 2014 —
Vancouver filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer dive into grocery store dumpsters to unveil a shocking amount of food being wasted in their second feature documentary, Just Eat It.
The idea for Just … Read the rest
By Gauntlet and CJSW staff, September 18 2014 —
The Polaris Music Prize is an annual award that recognizes excellence in Canadian music. Albums released in the previous year are eligible for the $30,000 grand prize, an award given for … Read the rest
By Liv Ingram, September 11 2014 —
Bigger isn’t always better — just ask Jessica McCarrel, owner of Calgary’s smallest specialty coffee shop, Kaffeeklatsch.
Located inside a former pantry in the Community Wise Resource Centre, Kaffeeklatsch is a modest … Read the rest
By Connor Sadler, September 11 2014 — View, the latest release from Calgary-based indie band Peer Support, strikes a good balance between the indie-rock style of their early albums and the dreamy, ambient tone of their last release Far From … Read the rest
By Sean Willett, September 11 2014 —
Self-described as “four women and a garbageman drummer,” The Lad Mags are a garage rock band from Edmonton that has hit the local music scene like a cobweb-covered asteroid. After releasing a handful … Read the rest
By Kaleem Khan, September 11 2014 —
From the shores of Vancouver comes the first album by neo-folk musician Sean Travis Ramsey, known as Slight Birching. Cultural Envelope is equal parts album and conceptual sound art piece. Blending folk, ambient … Read the rest
By Connor Sadler, September 11 2014 —
Cypulchre, the latest novel from Calgary sci-fi author Joseph MacKinnon revolves around the creation of the Cloud, a futuristic technology that lets users explore the “noosphere,” an internet-like plane of existence where everything … Read the rest
By Liv Ingram, September 9 2014 —
Before 50 Shades of Grey, there was Venus in Furs. The 1870 erotic novel by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch deals with gender roles, female domination and masochism — for which Sacher-Masoch is the namesake … Read the rest
Liv Ingram, September 4, 2014 —
The shit winds are a-comin’, folks. It’s been seven years since Ricky, Julian and Bubbles cursed, grew dope and ran amuck on network TV. But with a new movie in theatres and seasons 8 … Read the rest