Sled in the summertime
by Vanessa Gillard Arts Editor Since 2007 Calgarians have had their own private island — Sled Island. If you have never heard of the little festival that could, you have been missing out. What...
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MRU president resigns
by Kelsey Hipkin He’s been both a dean and a professor of education, a director of the government, a high school teacher, an educa- tional consultant and, for the last eight years, Dave Marshall...
Summer movie previews 2010
By Kelsey Hipkin With all the rain, hail and funnel clouds that have been spotted around Calgary this summer there have been very few days that Calgarians could hit up the usual outdoor summer...
Tattoo doc sails into Calgary
Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry The Uptown Theater Thursday Aug.19 8 p.m. RSVP By Kelsey Hipkin Back in the 1920s a young sailor by the name of Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins set up shop in Oahu,...
I went to the Legion, you should too
More than just ‘old people, dart boards and draft beer’ By Kelsey Hipkin I had heard of Calgary’s Legion No.1, friends had told me about various music shows they had been to there but I...
Kelsey Does Calgary: A walk to remember
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...
Folk Fest: St. Vincent wows the crowd
By Kelsey Hipkin If you haven’t read the books or seen the movies, the Twilight series features a family of beautiful vampires named the Cullen’s. Pale and beautiful with a lovely voice, St. Vincent...
Outside the gates of Folk Fest
by Katie Turner While the music may be happening behind the fences of Calgary’s Folk Music Festival, there’s a different kind of party outside the gates. Friday afternoon saw hundreds of festival-goers waiting in...
Kelsey Does Calgary: Folk-me that’s a great festival…
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...
Time to get your Folk on
By Kelsey Hipkin It’s time to grab the blankets and the picnic basket and head to Prince’s Island Park for the 31st annual Calgary Folk Festival July 22-25. “There’s a little bit of something...
