News
Ex-Tory PM condemns Harper arts cuts
Joe Clark says ditching PromArt is 'a big mistake'
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Adrian Morrow & Jeremy Klaszus
Fort McMurray, contradiction city
Oil city brands itself as community with ‘Big Spirit’
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Trevor Howell
From Fort Mac to downtown Calgary — by bicycle
Activists deliver Athabasca River water to oil companies
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Adrian Morrow
Pieces of western Canadiana dug up in East Village
Rare archeological find tells story of Calgary’s early days
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Jeremy Klaszus
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Viewpoint
Gold and bombs
Remembering the Games of Terror, Munich 1972
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David Bright
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International
Kosovo’s goose, South Ossetia’s gander
A second Cold War is a real, though unlikely, possibility
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Gwynne Dyer
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Student Survival
Bringing the U of C downtown
City on board, province still leery of new campus
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Adrian Morrow
Cheap stuff for students
Finding arts, culture and entertainment on a budget
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Ben Hoffman
Coasting classes
Five lightweight courses you can afford to skip
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Dean Seguin
Dropouts: not just for freshmen anymore
The long and winding road to getting (or not) a degree
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Robin Tessier
Incommunicado
Calgary post-secondary students’ unions struggle to engage students
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Trevor Howell
Paying without plastic
University of Calgary no longer accepts credit cards for tuition
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Dean Seguin
What’s your degree?
Former students find employment in fields far from their studies
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Ben Hoffman
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Books
Off to the movies
Richard Wagamese’s latest novel is both tender and grittily authentic
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Jeremy Klaszus
Smells like Teen Spirit or Old Spice?
Chronicling the rise and fall of Generation X
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Sean Marchetto
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Food
Flights of food fancy
Aviation-themed restaurant charms with ‘world fusion’ cusine
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Darell Hartlen
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My Messy Bedroom
Happily single
Confirmed bachelor seeks polite way to get sex without commitment
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Josey Vogels
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Horoscopes |
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Joystuck |
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Theatre
Jumping off
Theatre Calgary brings Frankenstein, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels to stage by Jordyn Marcellus Plagues, Pearls and pedophiles Sage Theatre gears up for another powerful season by Kathleen Renne Snack time Martin Fishman hopes to bring ‘edgier’ feel to Lunchbox Theatre by Jeff Kubik Witty wordplay The University of Calgary takes theatergoers on a sex and Shakespeare romp by Jordyn Marcellus |
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Visual Arts
Alive and germinating
Graduate exhibition finds multiple intersections between seemingly disparate works by Erin Belanger Local exchange, international currency The Banff Centre celebrates 75 years of visual arts with Bureau de change by Andrea Williamson That’s it? Yup, that’s it! Annual Artcity Festival finds artistic genius in subtle gestures and artist-run community by Anthea Black |
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CD Reviews
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
Flemish Eye/Sub Pop by Garth Paulson Juliana Hatfield - How to Walk Away Ye Olde Records by Jason Lewis Novillero - A Little Tradition Mint by Peter Hemminger The Sounds Of Animals Fighting - The Ocean and the Sun Epitaph by Christine Leonard Tricky - Knowle West Boy Domino by Garth Paulson |
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Music Previews
Inspired by feces
Oxford Collapse don’t mind getting dirty in the name of art by Kathleen Bell Nobody knows we’re famous Calgary trio Secret Broadcast breaks into the mainstream by Christine Leonard Take a trip to Cookie Mountain TV on the Radio, Rancid and Bloc Party all come to Calgary this week by Peter Hemminger The mysterious rise of Andrew F. Upstart Calgary singer climbs Billboard and iTunes charts by Garth Paulson Through being cool Foals aim to avoid British hype machine by Michael Hingston |
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Film Features
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Toronto International Film Festival: Day One
Korean cowboys and the Coen brothers |
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Film Reviews
'What’s a city without its ghosts?'
Guy Maddin continues to redefine Winnipeg’s landscape and mythology by Bryn Evans English Women incompetent Headline not as sexist as it seems on first glance by Roberta McDonald |
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