Raise the curtain on a new year of theatre
by Kevin Rushworth Web Editor She Has a Name Women and children — innocent and without a voice to speak up against their everyday horrors — have become the faces of Southeast Asian human...
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Blogger’s bizarre sense of humour Internet success
by Kylie Robertson Meet Matthew Inman. If you don’t recognize the name, that’s okay. He’s more commonly known as the Oatmeal, after his website TheOatmeal.com. TheOatmeal.com features comics and a blog, both drawn and...
For the novelist,writing is easy, marketing is hard
by Kevin Rushworth If you have ever walked into a Chapters, Indigo or small bookstore, you might have seen a local author doing a book signing. Yes, I know, they might talk to you....
Diving into fashion head first
by Asha Siad When Courtney Sokal, 24, and Kelby Price, 21, were showing swine flu-like symptoms last August, they had to be quarantined for a week. Fortunately, it wasn’t swine flu, but what they...
Breaking through the club doors
by Sheena Jardine-Olade The female DJ was at one time something as weird and mysterious as a unicorn, or a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It warranted a...
The Ice(land) man cometh
Did you know there was more to Iceland’s music scene than Björk? If you answered no to that question, Sindri Mar Sigfusson forgives you. “I sort of understand that no one really thinks about...
Mount Royal to open doors as university
Just one week before fall semester classes begin, it was announced in an emotional ceremony Thursday that Mount Royal College is now Mount Royal University. The much anticipated “historic milestone” was finally revealed to...
Folk Fest: MBF brings the local heat
Artists from around the world have journeyed to the 30th annual Folk Fest, but one of this year’s gems hails from right here in Calgary. Michael Bernard Fitzgerald has been making a name for...
Sled Island: Women play it cool
If you ask most musicians what they look for in a band name, they might describe something that’s unique and original, or catchy to the ear and eye. If you ask Pat Flegel, you’ll...
