May 09

If you’re not heading out of town for the May long weekend, the Fairmont Palliser is hosting a “RoyalTea Baby Shower” on Sunday, May 19th.

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It’s only appropriate that we toast Victoria Day with a spot of tea. Wouldn’t you say?

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May 08

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Amid the headquarters mecca in downtown Calgary are two of our cities most influential post-secondary institutions. They are a key part of downtown’s all inclusive nature, a place where you will find everything from the best Calgary restaurants and shops to businesses and educational facilities.

Bow Valley College and the University of Calgary downtown campuses are essential in providing educational opportunities for thousands of people from all walks of life.

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May 07
Post image for Alberta Theatre Projects Red Explores Rothko

Mark Rothko was an abstract painter of the 20th century, and one of the characters in Alberta Theatre Projects stage production of Red. The play tells of Mark Rothko (Allan Morgan) and his assistant Ken (Braden Griffiths), and how their relationship evolves and grows, sparked by confrontation over art and it’s purpose.
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May 06

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It’s time to celebrate Mom! With Mother’s Day coming up this Sunday, you’ve only got a week to pick up the perfect gift for her. [click to continue…]




May 03

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YYC Burger Week.  16 restaurants making 16 UNIQUE burgers.  8 charities.  Sounds so simple, eh?  I can tell you from first hand experience, it ain’t.  [click to continue…]




May 02
Post image for Urban Curvz Theatre’s ‘Girls Gone Wilde’ Cabaret is back

A couple of years ago Urban Curvs Theatre held a late night cabaret featuring the talents of established and emerging female playwrights entitled: Girls Gone Wilde. And it’s back this year, showcasing some amazing local talent. This year’s cabaret features playwright Jamie Dunsdon and her play entitled Stuck on Crowchild.
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May 02

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While our weather remains obstinately cool, it’s going to get sizzling hot at The Art Gallery of Calgary on Wednesday, May 8 as they host their eagerly anticipated annual fundraiser, AGCcooks. Back for its eleventh year, the event features six of Calgary’s hottest chefs competing in an epic culinary battle to win over the tastebuds of judges and guests alike.  [click to continue…]




May 01
Post image for ‘Almost a love story’ looks at the diversity of love

Lunchbox Theatre’s Almost A Love Story by Calgary Sun theatre critic Louis B Hobson, opens up the conversation about the nature of love. How it falls between the lines of trust and betrayal, how it nurtures the roots of relationships, and why we love some people and not others. The issue that rears its head in the narrative that is most striking, is the idea of legitimate love: love in secret and love goes into the realm of adultery. Is that still love?

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Apr 29

iammyownwife

Doug Wright’s I am my own wife is an award-winning play that premiered in 2003 but has never been produced in Calgary, until now. The play is based on the playwright’s conversations with German Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived both the Nazi occupation and Communist regime in East Berlin. Charlotte was born Lothar Berfelde and the unique aspect of her story is that she survived through the years as a transgendered person.
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