Where do you go after making one of the most commercially successful records of the decade? It took him five years but Travis Scott finally has an answer with UTOPIA, his great comeback to the industry after some questionable moments in his career. After a jury ruled out an indictment
At the essence of us humans, we have a makeup — a unique theme that marks our existence at the core of our beings. This past Saturday, I had the privilege to sit in on the 2nd edition of Black Fest, an event hosted by the honourable Black Inclusion Association, a
The opener for the July 31 Ziggy Alberts show at the Palace Theatre in Calgary was his close friend of eight years, Kim Churchill. To know the kind of artist Churchill is, all one really has to know is that he sells signed gratitude rocks as merch — which perfectly encapsulates
Carly Rae Jepsen first started dropping B-sides from her album when she released the B-side to her 2015 album Emotion a year later, a tradition she continued with her 2019 album Dedicated and its 2020 B-side. She had fans on the edge of their seats after the
“In the beginning,” said the narrator in Greta Gerwig’s latest film Barbie, released July 21, “there was Barbie.” And before Barbie, there was a series of Barbie animated films, vlogs, shows and a line of dolls that stretched back to 1959, when Ruth Handler created the first Barbie doll.
Trying to understand the morality of the man who created the atomic bomb isn’t the best use of anyone’s time, but Christopher Nolan took on the challenge with open arms. The film follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) during, before and after the creation of
On the 100th anniversary of celebrated Canadian writer Winnifred Eaton’s Alberta-based novel Cattle, Onoto Watanna’s Cattle @ 100, a conference discussing her legacy, took place on July 27 until July 30 at the University of Calgary and Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre, gathering scholars and descendants from around the
At this year’s Calgary Folk Festival, American singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah performed a concert on July 28 and collaborated in two sessions on July 28 and 29. With her powerful voice and unique sound of a banjo and acoustic guitar, Kiah was an excellent performer at this year’s
Fringe theatre is exactly what it sounds like — theatre that exists on the outskirts of conventional performance. Each year, the Fringe Festival takes on this challenge by bringing to light performances that aren’t your typical plays. As part of the festival, the U of C continues to support upcoming
Singer-songwriter Aysanabee took the Canadian music world by storm with his debut album Watin, becoming the first Indigenous artist to top the Alternative Radio chart in 2023 with his single “Nomads.” Aysanabee was a frequent presence at this year’s Calgary Folk Musical Festival. He performed a concert at
