By Laura Glick
University of Calgary archeologists have unearthed two spear points, believed to be 10,000 and 11,000 years old, from the shore of Lake Minnewanka north of Banff.A team of field school students, along with supervising graduate student Alison Landals, have excavated the site for more than three weeks and made multiple discoveries.“The site has been known… Continue reading Ancient artifacts: 11,000 years ‘o history
By Fifi Enyi
Homestead in the suburbs savedThe City of Calgary Heritage Advisory Board awarded a 1999 Citizens’ Heritage Award to the Alberta Historical Preservation and Rebuilding Society for its work in saving the McPherson farmhouse.The 1910 McPherson farmhouse, located on Sierra Morena Drive S.W., survived due to the efforts of Mabel Smart, daughter of builder Joseph McPherson… Continue reading Snapshots
Last Saturday night at the MacEwan Hall Ballroom, with righteous-stick in hand, Jello Biafra doled out a double dose of conscience and consciousness. The whiny-voiced, former-singer-of-the-Dead-Kennedys-turned-anti-censorship- lobbyist ranted his way through more than four hours of material before a most-pleased left-wing audience. The first half of Biafra’s spoken-word performance roused chuckles and applause from fans,… Continue reading There’s always room for B-i-a-f-r-a
Featuring a relatively unknown cast, "Besieged" takes a deeply personal look at the love that develops across cultures and barriers of duty and loyalty. In this latest film from Bernardo Bertolucci (The Last Emperor), Thandie Newton (Beloved) plays Shandurai, an African woman whose husband was abducted and imprisoned by the country’s dictator. She flees her… Continue reading Besieged
Few students pranced like proud and pretentious peacocks through the Jack Singer Concert Hall last Sunday night, but they should have. Everyone should have. Everyone deserves to feel the deep, internal excitement aroused by Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. The celebrated symphony was performed by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra as part of their first Beethoven Festival. The… Continue reading Ode to joy
In 1893, shortly after the release "Falstaff", which was to become his most celebrated comic opera, Verdi admittedly reported that "Certain passages are so droll that the music has often made me laugh while writing it." Over 100 years later, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra helped me appreciate Verdi’s claim. Regarded by some as the pre-eminent… Continue reading Verdi’s fat scoundrel
You are Tony Kushner, American playwright, socialist, and gay rights activist. Your work deals with serious issues confronting Americans, including the AIDS crisis, the effects of Reganomics, and the enfranchisement of homosexuals. Your work, "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches", which draws from both your Jewish roots and socialist beliefs, has won you numerous awards and… Continue reading Angels in Canada
The approaching millennium is rapidly proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that humans are the most dangerous and stupid animal of them all. Although seemingly harmless and undoubtedly vapid, a recent Time Warner on-line poll asking voters to choose their person of the century has touched off a controversy involving four large organized religions,… Continue reading Elvis vs. Hitler: Decision 2000
By Jan Creaser
I shudder when I hear politicians discuss morals and values. These words ooze from their mouths with such ease no one ever stops to question what particular list of morals and values these people actually follow. With the controversy surrounding the Humanist Association of Canada’s petition to strike God from the constitution, I think we… Continue reading You can teach someone to believe, but is it right?
• Michael Jordan made sense. Wayne Gretzky made sense. John Elway made sense. Barry Sanders retiring? Doesn’t make sense. Sanders called it quits about half a season before becoming the all-time rushing leader because his team wouldn’t make the right moves to win a championship. Sanders is perfectly healthy and could easily play for a… Continue reading The Tip-off