Calgary Folk Fest returns to Prince’s Island for four days of music. Here’s a selection of photos from Day 1. Image by Sean Sullivan Image by Sean Sullivan Image by Sean Sullivan Image by Sean Sullivan Image by Sean Sullivan Image by Stam Papadopoulos Image by Stam Papadopoulos Image by Stam Papadopoulos Image by Stam… Continue reading Folk Fest photo recap: July 24, 2014
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Five acts not to miss at Calgary Folk Fest
This weekend thousands of folk music fans will descend on Prince’s Island Park, running with their tarps to nab the best spots to sit and listen to some of the finest folk music the world has to offer. There’s a lot going on at Folk Fest, so to help you decide what to see, the… Continue reading Five acts not to miss at Calgary Folk Fest
The Strumbellas quit their day jobs
The Strumbellas have been garnering quite a bit of recognition since their latest album We Still Move On Dance Floors was released in Canada last fall. They won a 2014 Juno for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year and a SiriusXM Indies award for Folk Group of the Year. Most recently they made the… Continue reading The Strumbellas quit their day jobs
Changing up Transformers
While Michael Bay previously said that the third Transformers movie, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, would be his last one, he’s back and giving the franchise an overhaul. Transformers: Age of Extinction introduces the Dinobots to the series, while swapping out the main cast for a new family of characters played by Mark Wahlberg, Nicola… Continue reading Changing up Transformers
Putting a little steampunk in Shakespeare
The Shakespeare Company is rounding out its 2013–14 season with a production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at the Vertigo Theatre from May 15–24. While the first two productions of the season — Titus Andronicus and The Winter’s Tale — are not as frequently produced as many of Shakespeare’s more well-known plays, Twelfth Night is… Continue reading Putting a little steampunk in Shakespeare
Film review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Mistrust seems to be the name of the game in Hollywood these days. After years of media coverage on NSA surveillance, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, the question of whom we can trust is being asked by screenwriters from every film studio. That question is at the heart of the latest Marvel… Continue reading Film review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
U of C professor wins Juno award
University of Calgary professor Allan Bell, acting director of the School of Creative and Performing Arts won a Juno award for Classical Composition of the Year on Sunday, March 30, for his composition “Field Notes” with the Land’s End Chamber Ensemble. Bell was up against Montreal composer James O’Callaghan for “Isomorphia for Orchestra and Electronics,”… Continue reading U of C professor wins Juno award
Latin film festival now at U of C
The Calgary Latin Wave Film Fest, which began in 2010, has moved to the University of Calgary this year, March 20–23, as part of one professor’s goal to further Latin American film studies on campus. Nayibe Bermudez-Barrios, professor of Latin American film with the department of French, Italian and Spanish, has organized the festival along… Continue reading Latin film festival now at U of C
Construction leads to loss of prayer space
Renovations for the new MacEwan Conference and Event Centre have emphasized the need for more prayer space on campus. The Conference and Event Centre is moving from the second floor of MacHall to the old Women’s Resource Centre on the third floor, next to the Multi-Faith Prayer Room and Chapel. However, the increasing number of… Continue reading Construction leads to loss of prayer space
Mainstage Dance
This year’s Mainstage Dance production features two firsts: it is the first Mainstage Dance from the newly formed School of Creative and Performing Arts and the first time that Wojciech Mochniej is the artistic director for the production. Two of the four performances include original music from University of Calgary graduate students. The first performance… Continue reading Mainstage Dance