Pineapple sweet and sour
By Amy Hipkin When I was first asked to write a CD review I was excited! I like to think I have an appreciation for all types of music and enjoy being enlightened with...
Category: Arts
The bold and the beautiful: Fairy Tales Film Fest primer
By Kelsey Hipkin Where else in Calgary can you see films that cover everything from AIDS to forbidden love to a duo of yodeling, lesbian sisters other than Calgary’s twelfth annual Fairy Tales Film...
Folk Fest announces ‘edgy’ line up
For months the Calgary Folk Fest had been slowly revealing the 2010 line up of artists in anticipation of the full lineup being announced. The agonizing tease is finally over – folkies can flock...
Feeling Wyrd? Sled Island sneak peek
By Selina Renfrow With over 180 bands announced for the 2010 Sled Island line up, the five day June 30-July 3 show is guaranteed to knock your socks off with the most intense music...
Highway music
by Sean-Paul Boynton Ah, the open road. Summer is here, which means it’s the perfect time to pack a bag, grab some friends and hop in the car for a journey to…well, wherever you’d...
Noise 101 CD Reviews for April 15 Reflector
by Sean-Paul Boynton Before punk was punk and rock was pop, before dyed hair and eyeliner and “Jesus of Suburbia,” there was Iggy Pop and the Stooges, the most dangerous band in the world....
How to play while you’re away
by Michael Bull Theatre is a demanding profession, to say the least. Not to take anything away from any other courses Mount Royal offers, but few demand so much not only mentally, but physically...
Off the beaten reel
by Sean-Paul Boynton Tired of the usual Oscar schlock? Worried that independent film may be squashed once and forever by the rise of 3D-tainment? Aren’t you sick of hearing the words “James Cameron” mentioned...
Noise 101 CD Reviews for April 1 Reflector
Choice Cut by Sean-Paul Boynton If you’re looking for some insight into the originality and individualism of Erykah Badu, take a look at the video for “Window Seat,” the first single from her stunning new...
Coming out of the shadows
by Vanessa Gillard When one thinks on the dynamics of a band – who is the sexiest, the most energetic, who has the best moves, who has mystique if you will – it has...
