The 2023 BIG Winter Classic music festival welcomes a lineup of both international and local acts to warm up Calgary during one of its coldest and loneliest months, including Crystal Eyes, a Calgary-based indie dream rock band. Crystal Eyes joins Ramblin’ Ambassadors, Snake River, Wolf Willow and The Garrys
After the release of Ctrl in 2017, SZA cemented herself as an artist with a cultural impact. She brought an alternative flair to the pop landscape of the day, injecting her unique vocal techniques and delivery into a scene trying to find its next big thing. Her voice was iconic,
The new year brings the return of the coldest festival of the year, BIG Winter Classic. The annual event takes advantage of Calgary’s tendency to have bad weather during festivals by being held from January 25–29. It brings together some of Calgary’s cultural centres into one four-
This year’s iteration of High Performance Rodeo, the three-week-long performing arts festival, brings with it a plethora of stories that do more than entertain. One of the plays put on this year is Re:Construct, the sub-50-minute exploration of masculinity and societal expectations from a
With the end of another year comes yet another round-up. This was a big year for music, bringing something for everyone — from die-hard music fans to casual listeners. We got albums that elicited deep introspection and albums that had us breaking our souls at the discotheque. The Gauntlet
Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers to Netflix’s Wednesday This November, Netflix graced us with Tim Burton’s latest macabre tale, Wednesday. We follow a teenage Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) on her journey through Nevermore Academy, a school for unique individuals and magical creatures outcast from regular society. This coming-
The story of the Nutcracker is loosely based on a 19th-century Prussian tale written by E.T.A. Hoffman, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, in which a young girl’s beloved Christmas toy — a wooden Nutcracker — comes alive, battles the evil Mouse King, and then whisks her away
As 2022 draws to a close, it may be comforting to jump back to 10 years ago. Back in 2012, life was simple. Avengers had just come out and One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful” somehow still held a number ten spot on Billboard’s Year-End Top 100
What does it take to create a local cultural institution like Toronto vinyl record store Play De Record? Someone who loves the local culture like owner Eugene Tam. Drop the Needle, a new feature-length documentary from director Rob Freeman and co-producer Neil Acharya, premiered for the first time
If you too have ever wished that the music being played at your local shisha bar was just more poppin’, then Calgary-based duo Sandstone City, made up of members NOYAN and Obsinema, has made your wish a reality. The duo met in middle school — both interested in music already
