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Spun: Babyshambles

By Rachel Betts-Wilmott

Grungy, Brit-pop rock has a place in nearly everyone’s hearts. One can’t fend off the catchiness of scrappy guitar riffs, slightly-accented singing and driving bass lines. Babyshambles has the sound down, channeling elements of Art Brut’s kooky tunes and Blur’s memorable style with some interjecting cowbell in their latest, Shotter’s Nation. Nation is an album… Continue reading Spun: Babyshambles

Theatre Review: No glass slippers

By Rachel Betts-Wilmott

To generations who grew up with Disney cartoons, the Calgary Opera’s production of Cinderella is an eye-opener. To most, Cinderella just isn’t Cinderella without singing mice, a pumpkin patch and glass slippers, however, 400 years ago when Rossini wrote the influential opera, the story of the girl who swept cinders was unaffected by the need… Continue reading Theatre Review: No glass slippers

Magic and very loud singing

By Rachel Betts-Wilmott

The curtains sweep open, the overture plays and the story unfolds, a careful balancing act begins. Act I, Scene I, Calgary Opera’s 2006-2007 season. As their production of Rossini’s Cinderella waltzes into the Jubilee Auditorium, general director and chief executive Bob McPhee is already preparing for seasons to come and is able to look back… Continue reading Magic and very loud singing

Hiroshima mayor honoured with peace prize

By Rachel Betts-Wilmott

If action movies have taught us anything, it’s that award galas are crashed by bad guys threatening to blow up the guest of honour. However, Thur., Nov. 2 the first annual Calgary Peace Awards was a quiet affair, attended by Calgarians eager to honour Mayor Tadatatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima and support the Consortium for Peace… Continue reading Hiroshima mayor honoured with peace prize

Fashionably modern

By Rachel Betts-Wilmott

If life in the 21st century were a fairy tale, things would be different. The heads of multi-national corporations would be evil witches with crooked noses rather than middle-aged white men; the trendy lofted apartments would be cottages with thatched roofs; and all the good guys would wear Modern Amusement. As the Calgary Holt Renfrew… Continue reading Fashionably modern

Film-Fest Review: Chez Schwartz

By Rachel Betts-Wilmott

What director Garry Beitel wants to show you is that there’s more to Schwartz’s than a good lunch–the narrow, age old Montreal landmark is a hub of excitement. The film offers insight into the lives of the staff–some who’ve walked the linoleum tiles for more than 30 years–and patrons who’ll remember their first sandwich for… Continue reading Film-Fest Review: Chez Schwartz