Month: March 2014

By Scott Strasser

Danny Bhoy’s 90-minute stand-up comedy special Dear Epson is a brilliant blend of social commentary and classic British cynicism. A comedy veteran who has spent the majority of his career touring the world, Bhoy returns to Canada after a successful cross-country tour in 2013. With Dear Epson, Bhoy has come back with arguably his most… Continue reading Review: Danny Bhoy’s Dear Epson

By Zehra Tajouri

Calgary is on a roll this year. Our city was ranked 17th on the New York Times “52 Places to Go in 2014” list and also received acclamations from the Guardian, who called it the city that has gone “from cowboy town to cosmopolitan cool.” Recently, MoneySense magazine added more fuel to Calgary’s ego, by… Continue reading Calgary accolades belong in humour section

By Kalista Sherbaniuk

Once upon a few weeks ago, all I talked about was campaigning. I felt like a big wig — talking strategies, planning incessantly, researching, forgetting to eat. This was only for a Students’ Union election, yet the campaign consumed my life. I thought of little else — schoolwork was abandoned or thrown together last minute,… Continue reading Future SU candidates be warned

By Imaan Ladipo

Adulthood is scary. When you’re a child, you don’t know that you don’t know anything. When you’re a teenager you think you know everything. But adults know they don’t know anything — which is terrifying. But sometimes television shows can make it less terrifying, and reveal how hilarious it is and maybe even teach you… Continue reading Lessons from How I Met Your Mother

By Liv Ingram

The University of Calgary’s Monday Night Jazz Series continues this month with a performance by Chilean-born, Calgary-based saxophonist Oliver Miguel. Growing up in a musical household, Miguel was introduced to music at an early age and was 12 when he picked up his first saxophone. Now an accomplished saxophonist, Miguel has toured North America and… Continue reading Saxophonist Oliver Miguel plays Monday Night Jazz Series

By Melanie Bethune

Jason Bateman, a spelling bee and a little South Asian boy doing whisky shots under a bar: that’s what Bad Words promises and that’s what Bad Words gives. The film is directed by and stars Bateman as 40-year-old Guy Trilby, a junior high school dropout with an ambiguous grudge against lexicons. Guy makes it his… Continue reading Film review: Bad Words

By Liv Ingram

As the school year draws to a close, the University of Calgary drama department’s Taking Flight: Festival of Student Work is taking off. Now entering its 10th year, the festival allows students the opportunity to control all aspects of creating a theatrical production — both on and off stage. The festival is open to all… Continue reading Taking Flight student festival taking off

By Tendayi Moyo

On March 17, Calgary-Varsity MLA and former cabinet minister Donna Kennedy-Glans resigned from the Progressive Conservative caucus. The decision came four days after Calgary-Foothills MLA Len Webber crossed the floor to sit as an independent. Two days after Kennedy-Glans left the party, Alberta Premier Alison Redford announced her resignation. We caught up with Kennedy-Glans —… Continue reading Varsity MLA leaves Progressive Conservatives