Folkin’ great time

Erin Lough captures the music.

Folkin’ great time Folkin’ great time

Living from the heart

By Zoey Duncan

Living from the heart Living from the heart

Farewell to a friend

Alan Mattson 1987-2010

Farewell to a friend Farewell to a friend

Folk Fest 2010: Music and more

The sun was bright and so was the music at day two of the Calgary Folk Festival July 23.

Folk Fest 2010: Music and more Folk Fest 2010: Music and more

Coca Cola Stage 2010: Martina McBride

Martina McBride, one of the leading ladies of Country Music, was at the Coca Cola Stage July 18 for the last day of the Calgary Stampede.

Coca Cola Stage 2010: Martina McBride Coca Cola Stage 2010: Martina McBride

News

Living from the heart

By Zoey Duncan

Zoey and Alan

As a writer, Alan learned to loathe clichés.
I may have had something to do with that.
So maybe he wouldn’t appreciate my telling you that he epitomized the well-worn phrase “wearing his heart on his sleeve.” But Alan lived from the heart. He said what he felt; he did what his heart [...]

Features

Folk Fest: Great eats on the Island. But you might miss out.

Oh my God. Yum.
Calgary is a city full of charitable souls and varied volunteer opportunities. In university, you’ve likely been told how good volunteering will look on your resume and maybe you’ve tracked down something that is meaningful to you to give it a shot. I even had an assignment on altruism in one class [...]

Photos

Folkin’ great time

Erin Lough, with camera in hand, captured some images from the Calgary Folk Fest that ran July 22-25 at Prince’s Island Park.

Editorial

Students adjust to logo

By Zoey Duncan
Mount Royal University finally has a sharp new logo to stamp on all correspondence and propaganda. Whether you like the new insignia is beside the point now, because you had plenty of time to give your input. In fact, about 1,600 people – over 70 per cent of whom were students – [...]

Arts

Summer movie previews 2010

By Kelsey Hipkin
With all the rain, hail and funnel clouds that have been spotted around Calgary this summer there have been very few days that Calgarians could hit up the usual outdoor summer activities. Because of that one could call this the summer of the movie theater. The Reflector takes a look at some of [...]

Sports

Lakers NBA champs…can they do it again?

By Aris Aristorenas

Like it or not, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics at Staples Center Thursday, June 17 in a rare Game 7 thriller of the 2010 NBA Finals.
The Lakers claim their 17th championship in back-to-back fashion defending last year’s title against the Orlando Magic. Few teams have successfully repeated as champions, and [...]

Blogs

Kelsey Does Calgary: Global Fest is here!

Even when Cowtown is blanketed in smokiness, Calgarians still hit the streets to see what’s shakin’ in our fine city. Having some warm days, finally, this week you could hear folks saying on the news that a few extra coughs and grainy contacts wouldn’t keep them from enjoying a nice day.
Wouldn’t it be nice, some [...]

Multimedia

Sitting down with David Swann

The Reflector’s layout editor, Kelsey Chadwick, sits down with David Swann on Jan. 28. Swann is the liberal leader of the Official Opposition of Alberta as well as MLA of Calgary Mountain View.

Columns

I went to the Legion, you should too

More than just ’old people, dart boards and draft beer’
By Kelsey Hipkin
I had heard of Calgary’s Legion No.1, friends had told me about various music shows they had been to there but I never saw it for myself, until the Sled Island Music Festival.
Walking through the Legion’s Sandstone doors and into the wood panelled lobby with [...]