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 [...]

Okay, so I don’t smell snow, but I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately.
I walk into my bedroom, see my snowboard and practically drool because I want to hit up some pow’, carve some lines and drink some cold beer on an even colder day.
I want to take snowy hikes with good friends and good [...]

By Kelsey Hipkin
Cancer.
It’s a word that is heard all too often by way too many people. It is very rare to find anyone who has not been touched in some way by cancer, myself included.
To raise the money to beat the monster that is cancer there are walks and runs of all shapes and sizes [...]

I like folk music.
I like all sorts of music actually, but have always loved the freedom and fun-lovingness (as well as the melancholy) that can be folk music. That being said, when you look at the line-up for this years Calgary Folk Festival, it’s not entirely folk music you’ll see but a cornucopia of different [...]

By Kelsey Hipkin
And the winner is…
First up, because my friends have been badgering me about it, the final numbers for the Stampede Calorie Challenge. James Paton and I went head to head in a gastronomical adventure of epic proportions. The Stampede Midway is always a cornucopia of fabulous foods from all over the world; Greek, [...]

                           Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul,
                           But I do love thee; and when I love thee not,
                         Chaos is come again.
- Othello
By Kelsey Hipkin
Old Will sure knew how to write an epic tragedy - love, hate, betrayal and the bitter sting of jealousy were on the menu at Prince’s Island Park July 6 for Shakespeare’s “Othello“.
In its 23rd [...]

By Kelsey Hipkin
It is the Sunday of my very first Sled Island Festival and while I’m short on a few electrolytes and a lot of sleep, I had a great time bouncing from venue to venue checking out all the different shows that were offered up around the downtown core.
Live shows are always entirely different [...]

By Kelsey Hipkin
While Canada was celebrating it’s 143 birthday yesterday I was checking out the sights and sounds of my very first Sled Island Festival.
I’d heard about Sled and knew it was a music festival of quite epic proportions for Cowtown and thought that it had a pretty sweet ad campaign, but aside from organizing [...]

By Kelsey Hipkin
What better way to spend a lovely Tuesday afternoon than a lovely road trip to Banff National Park? There is no better way really, especially when you pack your camera and a couple good friends along
which is exactly what I did yesterday (June 29).
Yes, this is a blog about Calgary and all it’s [...]

By Kelsey Hipkin
It is a beautiful day in Calgary and what better way to spend the afternoon than a lunch date with a friend and some good music down at Olympic Plaza.
Running for the last 22 years High Noon (formerly known as the Brown Bag Music Series) features a different artist every Wednesday at noon [...]