Musician and actor genuine and down-to-earth By Gabrielle Domanski Upon entering The Republik on Thursday night, one couldn’t help but notice the surprisingly low turnout. It was soon brought to my attention however, that...
By Kelsey Hipkin If you haven’t read the books or seen the movies, the Twilight series features a family of beautiful vampires named the Cullen’s. Pale and beautiful with a lovely voice, St. Vincent...
By Kelsey Hipkin While Canada was celebrating it’s 143 birthday yesterday I was checking out the sights and sounds of my very first Sled Island Festival. I’d heard about Sled and knew it was...
By Gabrielle Domanski Strike Anywhere/Bane with Lowtalker and Touché Amoré The Republik June 7, 2010 With doors opening at six o’clock, it took what felt like forever for the first band, Lowtalker, to hit...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was in Calgary for the first time in 30 years on Sept. 30 spreading a message of compassion at the Saddledome. The appearance was part of a two-day NOW conference...
The weird thing is, as I walked into Virgin Fest and over to the left side of the stage, I glanced up at the scrolling bar on the top of the video screen that...
Let’s talk about Virgin Festival Alberta. And like any great conversation starter, let’s begin with the weather. The Weather The weather couldn’t have been better for Virgin Fest, Calgary was so lucky to have...
Add together six moustaches, three Israeli men, three Calgary shows, and you’ve got Tel Aviv’s Monotonix plus Calgary’s Sled Island festival. Doesn’t seem proportionate? Take drummer “Bonanza” Haggai Fershtman’s word for it. If he...
It’s quite apparent that the Factory Party series has outlived its 15 minutes of fame. The sixth installation has once again been re-worked to bring something new while remaining true to its ideals. It...
