University of Calgary English and creative writing professor Aritha van Herk has won one of two 2013 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Awards.

She will be presented with a handcrafted medal and a prize of $30,000 at a gala dinner in Red Deer on June 15.

It’s surprising that a studio took this long to team Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn up to headline another comedy since the Wedding Crashers was released in 2005 and met with critical acclaim and a hefty box office total. But The Internship isn’t the success that Wedding Crashers was, although fans of the two stars won’t be too disappointed by the attempt.

Terry Rock, president and CEO of Calgary Arts Development, had a specific goal in mind for the presentation of the Calgary Arts Plan update at Calgary city council on June 5. He wanted enough supporters to show up at city council that they’d be forced to move the meeting from the Engineering Traditions Conference Room, which holds about 60 people, into the council chambers.


Rock wanted 200 to 300 people.He succeeded.


This book is going to hook you and leave you hanging. Written by award-winning Canadian author Lisa Moore, Caught follows David Slaney, a young man who escapes from a Canadian prison in the late ‘70s. Once free, Slaney hitchhikes across Canada to get back to his best friend and partner in crime for one last drug run.


Vancouver-born artist Rykka (Christina Maria) has taken a major shift in her music while recording her latest album, Kodiak.


She has been performing since she was 16 when she began travelling with her guitar. She has hopped back and forth between Canada and Europe in the last few years performing in cafés and clubs under the name Christina Maria, playing in major cities such as Zurich, Berlin, Toronto and Vancouver. She recently returned from a tour in Germany this past spring.