Last week the amazing team at Beakerhead HQ offered up a program of dazzling events. Despite unseasonal snowfall, Calgarians embraced the opportunity to immerse themselves in engineered art, witness artists getting technical and get hands on with science on city streets. My involvement with Beakerhead dates back to early April, when Neil Zeller (who did …
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On December 5, Stuart McLean and the Vinyl Cafe rolled into Calgary for Day 17 of their 2013 Christmas Tour. Because of the blizzard earlier in the week, our drive to the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium took a little longer than usual. But we allowed plenty of time and arrived just in time to be …
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Attending the annual Stuart McLean and the Vinyl Cafe Christmas show tops our list of holiday traditions. Each year, we look forward to the always sold-out show from August (when tickets become available) until we finally sit down in our favourite seats. Friday, November 30, 2012 was the show's second and final night in Calgary. …
According to the English language Wiktionary, a pillar of the community is a prominent member or supporter of a local community. Out walking yesterday, I came across 4 pillars of the community - four free-standing pillars showcasing artwork created about 10 years ago by students attending the neighbourhood elementary school. The work was created under …
The last time Mrs. GeoK tried to visit the Leighton Art Centre was about 5 years ago, in the middle of winter, as a volunteer parent chaperone / driver for a class trip. With snow falling, our small caravan of cars departed the school and headed south. The sharp corners, rolling hills and accumulated snowfall …
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