Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Well, Ben, how about stress, something stuff like death and taxes certainly cause? The quote-spewing American Founding Father and inventor just might change his perspective if he could witness the technology-obsessed, impersonal, tension-filled environment of the 21st… Continue reading Music Interview: Carrie Hryniw arrives in pieces
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Spun: Magneta Lane
The ability to dance with daggers without injuring yourself or someone else, requires extreme concentration and tons of practice. Let’s apply this concept of striving to succeed in doing something potentially dangerous–like entering the perilous realm of the music industry–to the rocking girls of Magneta Lane and their new album Dancing with Daggers. With the… Continue reading Spun: Magneta Lane
Democracy: the stimulant of the masses
The seventh annual Lafontaine-Baldwin Symposium welcomes thinker and award-winning author George Elliott Clarke to Calgary to put fire in the bellies of the city’s political activists, especially those milling about campus. Founded by John Ralston Saul and the Dominion Institute, the symposium travels to a different city each year to discuss the future of our… Continue reading Democracy: the stimulant of the masses
Spun: Amy Rigby
Amy Rigby is a middle-aged divorced mother from New York, not the type of person who immediately jumps out at you as cool. However, the singer-songwriter’s fifth release, Little Fugitive, proves she’s way up there with the cool factor. Rigby became a critical darling in 1996 with her solo debut Diary of a Mod Housewife… Continue reading Spun: Amy Rigby
Comedy Interview: James, TV funny man
Canadians are damn funny and we’ve got a rich history to prove it. From Stephen Leacock to Wayne and Schuster, SCTV to The Kids in the Hall, Royal Canadian Air Farce to Corner Gas, our nation is home to so many wonderful comedians who provide uproarious entertainment. A lot of the comedy we come across… Continue reading Comedy Interview: James, TV funny man
Book Review: The Making of a good biography
Nearly 20 years after her death, Margaret Laurence remains an essential figure in Canadian literature. The award-winning author is best known for her Manawaka fiction, including The Stone Angel (1964) and The Diviners (1974). Establishing Laurence as one of Canada’s literary giants, these pieces received dramatic and cinematic treatment and are fixtures on high school… Continue reading Book Review: The Making of a good biography
Spun: The Magic Numbers
Love screws you over in many ways. It makes you selfish, giving you, as British poet Philip Larkin muses, “the blind persistence/To upset an existence/Just for your own sake.” You don’t fare any better when you’re unselfish; Larkin goes on to ask, “How can you be satisfied/Putting someone else first/So that you come off worst?”Love… Continue reading Spun: The Magic Numbers
Music Interview: Natural Born Rocker
Your eyes roll back into your head while you heave a heavy sigh. You are joined by a large group in these actions, all provoked by actress Juliette Lewis’ new band, Juliette and the Licks. You join the sceptics in a sneer at her emerging music career, hastily condemning her to the ranks of actors-turned… Continue reading Music Interview: Natural Born Rocker
Theatre Preview: Play targets justice system
In 1959, 14-year-old Steven Truscott was sentenced to hang for the rape and murder of his 12-year-old classmate Lynne Harper, becoming the youngest death row inmate in Canada. His trial became one of the most well-known and controversial in our nation’s history. At the very last minute, Truscott’s sentence was changed to 10 years in… Continue reading Theatre Preview: Play targets justice system
Music Interview: Ladies and gentlemen, The Ladies and Gentlemen
Humans are never satisfied. Just when we think we have it all, we’re longing for something to gratify us in new ways. This never-ending endeavour is embedded everywhere and the music industry is no exception. Musicians constantly switch genres throughout their careers from jazz to punk to pop. Bands break up leaving members to embark… Continue reading Music Interview: Ladies and gentlemen, The Ladies and Gentlemen