Jim Ward brings years of experience to Sled Island
By Vanessa Conley After playing punk and post-hardcore for the better part of 20 years, Jim Ward is slowing it down. The effects of endless touring and constantly making albums took its toll. “It...
Category: Arts
SHE delivers plenty of laughs in camp style
By Brianna Turner Trepan Theatre’s comedic adaptation of H. Rider Haggard’s 1887 novel, heralded as the most influential and best-selling novel that nobody has ever heard of, is easily one of the funniest productions...
Buzzcocks on the line: preview one of Sled Island’s featured bands
A conversation with guitarist/songwriter Steve Diggle of The Buzzcocks By Aysim Parkan The Buzzcocks are one of the original punk rock bands of the early ‘70s having spawned from the same circles...
Have a laugh with local comedy festival, FunnyFest
By Vanessa Gillard Sharing a laugh with someone is one of the fastest ways to bond, and having a sense of humor about certain situations can certainly give a person perspective. Perhaps these ideas...
Sled Island preview: Cursive
By Jesse Graham I was first introduced to Cursive when I was a fresh faced fifteen-years-old. Having been recently broken up with by, at the time, the love of my life, I laid in...
Fleet Foxes new album organic and romantic
Released: May 3, 2011. Sub Pop Records The Fleet Foxes’ newest album Helplessness Blues seems appropriately named, as the group have made their lyrical endeavours more intimately personal, and their music more haunting. Robin...
Fairytales raise awareness for all including students
On the eve of the The Fairytales Film Festival it looks to be shaping up to be a good one. Fairytales always features provocative and perspective challenging cinema, but what I didn’t realize is...
Reverie proves a great end to Ghost River’s season
By Bri Turner Ghost River Theatre’s latest masterpiece, Reverie, made its flawlessly executed public debut on May 19th, and it seems inevitable that this unique and arresting production will leave an indelible imprint on...
Arthur still sucks
Admittedly this review of Arthur is a few weeks late, but gimme a break I don’t make it out to the theater often, and I don’t pirate movies–I know I’m lame on both accounts....
An appreciation of The White Stripes
By Sean-Paul Boynton Nearly four years ago, The White Stripes played their very first concert in Calgary, and it was more than worth the pain of being continually passed over during the previous seven-or-so...
