The Alberta Ballet Company brought a glimpse of the Romantic era onto Albertan stage with their stunning momentous production of the classical white tutu ballet, La Sylphide. Evocative of the story’s Scottish milieu, the opening night began with a beautiful and jovial performance featuring The Regimental Pipes and Drums
With a set that has been set to fall apart, spotlights bursting into sparks and actors forgetting lines, falling from platforms and strangling each other from time to time, The Play That Goes Wrong could not have gone more right. Running its Calgary leg at the Max Bell theater from
Looking back at the items on my 2024 bucket list, listening to—and actually liking—a country album from Post Malone was not one of them. Before I pressed play, I had some serious reservations about what kind of songs we’d get from Post Malone’s foray into country
From Sept. 20-21, the National Music Centre and the Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre are collaborating to host a series of performances in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. These events feature a variety of different musical ensembles that meld traditional Chinese music with jazz and contemporary perspectives. Vancouver composer
Singer-songwriter Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Laus, known professionally as beabadoobee, waited two years in-between her first full-length album Fake It Flowers and her second, Beatopia. Another two years past the release of Beatopia, Laus released her latest album, This is How Tomorrow Moves, on Aug. 9. This is
The Alberta Ballet Company is putting on a debut production of the classical masterpiece La Sylphide to commence its 2024-25 season. Quintessential of the romantic and timeless white tutu ballet, La Sylphide delves into some of the fundamental human experiences of love, loss and grief. Alberta Ballet’s new
Local Calgary teacher Carla Shafer and illustrator Laura Ambrosone have collaborated in writing and illustrating a new children’s book titled The Sad Book. The book is part of the Matteo Shafer Legacy Fund, a project that is being spearheaded by Shafer to honour her son Matteo, as well as
It’s the first day of school. Things are terrifying, you’re lost in the Science Theatre basement trying to find your first lecture and nothing seems to work out how you planned. Welcome to university and don’t believe the hype. We curated a special frosh issue of our
Calgary’s annual GlobalFest includes a variety of food, vendors and activities to introduce visitors to a wide range of countries and cultures. The festival has a total of over 50 food vendors and cultural pavilions combined to entertain newcomers or returning visitors. The food vendors that were in attendance
GlobalFest, Calgary’s annual cultural celebration which took place this year from Aug. 15-24, brings together a multitude of cultures and activities that attendees can participate in. The main goal of the festival is to showcase Calgary’s diverse community and create an open space for people to learn
