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
November is the midterm season. Late-night study sessions, caffeine-fuelled marathons and the light at the end of the tunnel – a well-deserved break. Here is the Gauntlet Mixtape Vol. 20: Soundtrack to University Life to romanticize your university life as a means to survive this thrilling yet nerve-
There’s buzz all around the internet about these men from Liverpool releasing this song that might just put them on the map. It might just be the track they need to get that big record deal. Oh, I’m certain you’ve never heard of them. They’re the
With the whistle of a train, Broadway Across Canada opened Hadestown at the Southern Jubilee Auditorium on Nov. 21, performing until Nov. 26. It has been six years since it was on an Alberta stage to be able to welcome the cast and crew to Calgary now. The Greek tragedy
For many of us, music is something we can’t live without, something that gets us through our morning commutes and daily struggle of studying. Music is an experience, a talent, an art and a science. But music can also be a tool for our mental health, something renowned music
That was the summer of 1987 when Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” was a worldwide hit and it didn’t occur to anyone to wonder why. That was before the Black Monday stock crash before minimalist fashion won out again and when Dirty Dancing premiered in theatres
University life can get dull. Drag yourself out of bed, go to class, sit in the library and pretend to do work, trudge on home while hoping there is food in your fridge and then go to sleep. Last weekend, however, I had the opportunity to break up the monotony
After 27 years, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra are playing together in what is named Alberta in Harmony: Moving Mahler on Nov. 10 at the Jack Singer Concert Hall. Accompanied by the Calgary Girls Choir and the Calgary Philharmonic Chorus with soloist Susan Platts, they
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
Sleeping Beauty is a classic fairytale, immortalized through the Disney animated film and numerous adaptations that came out of the original, far more disturbing Brothers’ Grimm story. The ballet based on the story was first completed by Tchaikovsky in 1889 and since then has become a world-famous production. After
