Month: January 2000

By Jessica Laughren

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The Eye (Ewan McGregor) in this case is a British intelligence officer and the Beauty is Joanna Eris (Ashley Judd), a diabolical and seductive murderess. The Eye is assigned to track down Eris, the prime suspect in a blackmailing scandal involving the son of a British official.… Continue reading Eye of the Beholder:

By Jean-Paul Desjardins

Do you remember the last time your head was violently introduced to concrete? How about something psychologically traumatic, like the time you opened your parent’s bedroom door to discover daddy "hurting" mommy? Now remember how you chose to deal with either case. While some might rely on Dukes of Hazzard re-runs on hospital televisions, or… Continue reading Artistic healing

By Marcela Salamanca

Looks can be deceiving for any band–they either draw an audience in or send them screaming for the hills. However, it’s important to always remember the music is what matters. The Loss seem like a mismatch in the world of music. Firstly, they are a small, Calgary band that’s been together since 1997. Secondly, their… Continue reading Don’t judge The Loss by their cover

By Anne-Marie Bruzga

A friend once told me opera has four parts: a handsome tenor in love with a woman he can’t have, a beautiful soprano that spurs on said love story, an older mezzo-soprano in lust with said tenor, and pathos, the artistry that invokes an emotional response from the audience. Without the element of pathos, a… Continue reading Calgary Opera’s Aida hits some sour notes

By Natalie Sit

In the stage directions for Gaslight, someone forgot to write that acts two and three should be just as interesting as the rest of the play. Theatre Calgary’s newest play opens in Victorian Britain, with Bella Manningham (Kate Hennig) nervously needle pointing while her husband Jack (Blair Williams) lounges on the couch. He instructs her… Continue reading Gaslight’s consistency and quality flickers

By Roman Zakaluzny

Have you ever watched celebrity interview shows like E-Now, and wished for the interviewers to probe their subjects deeper? Were the questions too superficial? Well, leave it to two guys from Canada to keep American celebs on the edge. Torontonians Daryn Jones and Mista MO (Morgan Smith: "I don’t use the last name because it… Continue reading Mista Mo and a Sunshine Boy get buzzed

By Michael Leung

Congratulations, you’ve just found a play written by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton–more commonly known as the playwright, novelist and politician who coined such common literary phrases "The pen is mightier than the sword," and "It was a dark and stormy night." Your name is Dr. Barry Yzereef, and you’re the Head of the Drama department at… Continue reading Spotted histories under white garments

By Chris Simmons

A bit of this and a piece of that is combined to make the cure for an anxious human mind, the relief that comes with judgment. The arbitrary nature of judgment and its penchant to deliver an answer more desired than truthful is the subject of Marcelle Hudon’s new multi-media production Portraits of a Fox.… Continue reading Portraits of a Fox : Truth or perceived truth?

By Dave Teeuwen

For most people, where they were the night that 1999 became 2000 is, unfortunately, of little consequence. Nothing really happened–no explosions, no pestilence, no good old-fashioned wrath o’ God. Despite many claiming it would be the end, the change of the millennium was as humdrum as any other New Year’s Eve. Yet, for centuries, people… Continue reading Apocalypses: Prophecies, Cults and Millennial Beliefs through the Ages — Eugen Weber