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...
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Taking time to stop and smell the lilacs
As the adage goes, “April showers bring May flowers,” which for the most part is true but if you live in Calgary not only do we have flowers lately, we also have rain, snow...
Twins are Topps: Fairy Tales opening night
Calgary’s twelfth annual Fairy Tales Film Festival at The Plaza in Kensington opened last night with a bang featuring the documentary The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls. As soon as we saw the trailer with...
Kelsey does Calgary…it’s not what you think…or is it?
Holla Ballas! Taking up the responsibilities of keeping ya’ll entertained on thereflector.ca for the summer of 2010 has given me the opportunity to check out a lot of really cool things as a (freshly...
I’m beautiful and I don’t look anything like you
By Selina Renfrow Before I begin this post today I want to say a few things straight up. I’m 25, 5’6 and 115 lbs. I have no illusions of ever being a successful model....
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...
