Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, a welcoming and warm part of the year’s end is the return of annual traditions — ice skating, ballet productions and theatre productions like Theatre Calgary’s A Christmas Carol, an adaptation of the classic 1843 Charles Dickens novella. A Christmas Carol is one
The third annual Calgary Hip Hop & Street Dance Festival took place from Nov. 21 to 24 with a wide variety of events and a roster of amazing guests coming in to participate in the festival. Despite the relatively newer nature of this festival here in Calgary, there are some
Ten years ago, One Direction’s fourth studio album FOUR was released, on Nov. 17, 2014. A little over a month ago, the world received the news of Liam Payne’s death in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31 years old, leaving behind his family and his son Bear, only
Gearing up for their 12th annual CUFF.docs Documentary Film Festival, Lead Programmer Brennan Tilley spoke with the Gauntlet, about the selection of films, special events and opportunities up and coming. With 16 featuring documentaries and a collection of 9 shorts, CUFF, which took place this year from Nov. 20-
The Screaming Goats Collective and Femmes du Feu Creations will be presenting a circus double-bill show called “Free Falling” that will mystify audiences through the captivating storytelling medium of circus and aerial arts. The double-bill show, “Fish at the Bottom of the Sea” and “In the Fire”, will
Canadian artist Takao Tanabe will be having his work showcased at the Glenbow Museum in the first survey exhibition of his print works. The fifth of seven children, Tanabe was born to Japanese immigrants in 1926 in Seal Cove, British Columbia. Now part of Prince Rupert, Seal Cove at the
Netflix's recently released series Nobody Wants This features Kristen Bell as Joanne, “an unfiltered, complicated, vulnerable, beautiful woman” who co-hosts a sex podcast with her sister Morgan in Los Angeles. This series provided a different narrative that we often don't see within traditional rom-coms.
The Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival (GIRAF) is celebrating its 20th anniversary and will present a number of independent animated projects. The festival will feature a number of shorts, films and packages that will highlight all forms of animation, as well as hold workshops with renowned animators. Executive Director of
The University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts recently produced Sarah DeLappe’s pulitzer-nominated play The Wolves as part of the Drama department’s 2024-2025 season. The play ran from Oct. 18-26 at the University Theatre and was directed by Laurel Lepine. The play
NUTV, the core of film production at the University of Calgary for 40 years as the campus-based television station, has released its first queer comedy show, FAIRY TALES. Created by Yaiza Lopez Garcia San Roman, Pamela Rogers and Ingrid Vargas, the series follows Becky as she does whatever it
