By Daniel Pagan
Culmination can mean different things for different people. It can relate to reaching a high peak, astronomy or arriving at the final stage of a journey. For artists involved in the Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, it means coming to the end of a long academic endeavour. As they prepare to leave a mark… Continue reading MFA graduates become the masters of their art
By Amanda Hu
The world of blues music has the old boys club set-up perfected. The genre is defined by hardened hands picking at tattered strings that belong to a weathered man who knows the ways of the world. Despite this, up-and-comer Lindsay Ell is taking Calgary’s blues scene by storm. The 19-year-old has struggled with the preconceptions… Continue reading Songstress breaks down the barriers
By Amanda Hu
The Calgary Fringe Festival is in full swing and there are many productions to choose from, spanning from one-person show to musical, to puppet show and beyond. Here is the Gauntlet‘s look at some of what the festival has offered so far.Use Me: An Undead Musical There’s a first for everything. In the case of… Continue reading Of singing, stereotypes and sex
By Ken Clarke
This year, the Calgary International Blues Festival is adding a family connection to its musical one. One featured artist on the lineup is a familiar name to local blues lovers–Calgary-based Donald Ray Johnson. Internationally renowned for his deep blues vocals and power-driven drumming, Johnson will be musically reunited with his singer-songwriter daughter Panzie Johnson. A… Continue reading Family ties flourish at this year’s Blues Fest
Calgarians all across the city will soon know the sadness of an empty nest as local indie darlings the Neighbourhood Council leave for Montreal in the fall. In one short year, the band has burst into the consciousness of music fans with the release of their Set Pieces EP and their recent mention in the… Continue reading Calgary’s indie music babies
In the summer of glitzy, ginormous music festivals, the Summerwood Warren is bringing something completely different to the table. Instead of needless swag, sparkly wristbands or fancy laminated badges for people who drop thousands of dollars so they can get access into the VIP lounge, they deliver the goods with jubilant events like a bicycle… Continue reading Choose Yer Own festival presents all possibilties to its patrons
The new 3G Apple iPhone can now add saving lives to its extensive list of features. Dr. Ross Mitchell, a newly appointed industry chair in medical imaging informatics at the University of Calgary is working to let doctors use their phones to diagnose patients faster. Currently, doctors must be at a $100,000 workstation to see… Continue reading Call friends, surf the web, listen to music and . . . save lives?
Universities were the hotbed of political activism and social change. These institutions of higher learning were the places where counterculture brewed and young intellectuals fought against the norms of their more conservative elders. As time has gone on, the counterculture has been slowly and insidiously co-opted until it was nothing more than a fashionable choice… Continue reading Social change in the era of cool
The Royal Alberta Museum is in the midst of an exciting summer exhibition that draws on people’s fascination with dragons in a fun yet academic way. Running until Sept. 14, the series opened mid-June and is showcasing an exhibition that originated in the Natural History Museum of Paris and travelled around the globe. The museum… Continue reading Dragons: not mystical, but academic
The lads and lasses down at CJSW have sent out a new campus radio challenge across North American airwaves. CJSW librarian and host of the Tuesday night show “Each One Teach One” Devin Friesen has set an unofficial record for the most songs played within an hour-long period last week. “The initial idea was started… Continue reading CJSW volleys for world music record