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...
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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...
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...
Marshall resigns as president
By Kelsey Hipkin Education is in Dave Marshall’s blood. He’s been a dean of education, a professor of education, a director of the Government, a high school teacher, an educational consultant and, for the...
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...
Legacy lives on
By Josh Naud If you’ve ever taken a trip around the track, or been to the gym for any reason, you’ve seen his name in giant letters across the wall: Kenyon Court. The legendary...
School’s out for summer
by Jamie Witham School is out soon and that means summer leagues and activities are here and they’re filling up fast. For popular sports like ultimate frisbee and dodgeball, registering early can mean the...
History repeating
by Blaine Meller There’s an old saying: making history is easy, repeating it is the hard part. Such is the challenge facing the Calgary Vipers. When the Vipers captured the 2009 Golden Baseball League title...
