By Ansharah Shakil, April 24 2024—
The Blue Rose, the first feature film directed by young actor George Baron, will be making its Alberta premiere at the Calgary International Film Festival (CUFF). A pastel neo-noir surrealist film starring Olivia Scott … Read the rest
By Ansharah Shakil, April 22 2024—
The Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF) is one of Calgary’s most celebrated film festivals not only for its widely recognized, convention-defying film schedules but for its inclusion of local films and filmmakers. The local … Read the rest
By Ansharah Shakil, April 20 2024—
The dubious and disorderly formation of American rock band Third Eye Blind and its revolving, controversial line-up originated in the 90s and continues today with a current tour. In 1997, Third Eye Blind released … Read the rest
By Ansharah Shakil, April 17 2024—
This month is full of exciting surprises for April’s night skies, from a solar eclipse and super new moon on Apr. 8 to the Lydis meteor shower on the 22nd to the full moon … Read the rest
By Ansharah Shakil, April 17 2024—
New research has revealed that scientists in Japan have been able to create mice whose parents are biologically male by using cells of male mice to create eggs. The study, published in the peer-reviewed … Read the rest
By Ansharah Shakil, April 6 2024—
Co-produced by Downstage and the University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts (SPCA), theatre production Magnetic Bodies will be showing at Motel Theatre in ArtsCommons from April 5-7. Magnetic Bodies depicts the … Read the rest
By Ansharah Shakil, April 5 2024—
Is it myth or truth to find a real, ancient sword pulled from a river? The recent Viking sword discovered in Oxfordshire’s River Cherwell by a magnet fisher would suggest it’s the latter. Archaeologists … Read the rest
By Valery Perez, Jayson Black Kettle, Tina Pham, Dianne Miranda, Brooklyn Billinghurst, Daman Singh, Jocelyn Hadford and Ansharah Shakil, March 20 2024—
This month, we will see the sun cross the celestial equator, signalling the onset of spring in the … Read the rest
By Ansharah Shakil, March 20 2024—
After a rollercoaster of a winter, temperatures in mid-March have been uncommonly pleasant, like a brief glimpse of spring to come. But once the season officially begins, there’s no guarantee it will stay that … Read the rest
By Ansharah Shakil, March 13 2024—
Of all of Shakespeare’s comedies, As You Like It is one of the happiest plays he ever penned, with a whimsical plot and an ending where everything is wrapped up together in a neat … Read the rest
