Archive for June, 2011

Photo: Intransit, Johnathan Dueck
Representing: Skelington
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Calgarians are rallying together for another great cause! In support of our northern neighbours in Slave Lake, a fundraiser event will be held to help the victims of last month’s forest fires. YYC4SlaveLake will feature live local entertainment, a silent auction, a raffle and door prizes. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Canadian Red Cross Alberta Fires Response.

Wednesday, June 29 — Melrose Cafe — 6PM– No cover
http://yyc4slavelake.wordpress.com/

Got an awesome dog? EMAIL in their name, breed, favorite treats, other information you want to include and pictures to have your pal featured on CalgaryisAwesome!

Today’s dog featured on BLOG YOUR DOG is Laura’s BFF- Lucyfur! Here is what she has to say about her:

NAME: Lucyfur BREED: She is a Keeshond (although I sometimes tell people she’s an Ewok-mix). FAVORITE SNACK: Her favourite treat is cheese (mild cheddar on the reg, fancier stuff  if she’s really lucky), OTHER INFO: She loves to supervise during bunny time, when my roommate’s bunnies, guinea pigs, and degus are in the yard.

Chow Down in Cowtown is an (almost!) weekly account of Calgary’s most awesome eats from Ceci n’est pas un food blog.

Galaxie Diner has been a Beltline favourite since it first opened in 1996, but surprisingly, I had never been! So when my perennial brunchmate Tiffany gave me a choice between there and Holy Grill, I happily chose the former.

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CIA congratulates its own Smalltown Djs!!

CALGARY, AB  - Las Vegas’s most talked about luxury designer hotel, The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, has chosen Calgary’s Smalltown DJs to perform at the Bond night club from June 23-26 as part of the hotel’s commitment to feature artists that inspire the next musical movement.

The Smalltown DJs duo of Pete Emes and Mike Grimes, recent recipients of Avenue Magazines Top 40 Under 40, will arrive in Las Vegas following a series of successes that reinforce their position as leading Canadian contributors to the North American dance music scene. On May 30th they were awarded West Coast DJs of the Year at the 2011 Stylus Awards and simultaneously a popular BBC Radio One music show aired an original Smalltown DJs track to enthusiastic global reviews!! (Press Release 2011)

This June marks the celebration of three candles on the cake for Market Collective.  And what do candles bring to the cake?  Light!  And light is exactly what Market Collective has brought to our city.  Looking back to three years ago, I can’t even remember what life was like without the quarterly gathering of artists and musicians in the space known as the Ant Hill Building.  The anticipation of each MC has snowballed and the buzz has grown into something bright, full-of-energy, and highly-addictive.  I know that for me, Market Collective is where I go to find a community of like-minded folks and to meet people that I would never otherwise have a chance to meet.  It’s about the art.  It’s about the music.  It’s about the veggie burritos.  It’s about the light and the community it has created.  So here’s to all the hearts that have gone into making Market Collective what it is today.  Raise your glasses as we toast MC!  And hey, what could be more exciting than a Birthday themed photo booth!

**If you have a Sled Island wrist band you get in for free**

MC HOURS:
Saturday, June 25   10-6
Sunday, June 26   11-5

Website – http://marketcollective.ca/
Twitter – http://twitter.com/mrktcollective

Unless you live under a rock, you know Sled Island is about to kick off its 5th year of bringing amazing independent music to this fine city of ours! With headliners like Blonde Redhead, Buzzcocks, Chad van Gaalan, Cursive, Sleep and Minus the Bear (just to name a small FEW) this year is sure to live up to the reputation that past years have built up!

Running from June 22 to June 25, Sled Island Music and Arts Festival will include over 200 bands at 25+ venues in the downtown and surrounding beltline areas of Calgary. This year, they have added an outdoor main stage at Olympic Plaza (228 8 Ave SE) on Friday, June 24 from 3 to 11pm and Saturday, June 25 from noon to 11pm.

Also new this year, Sled Island has a downloadable scheduling application! Plan out which shows you must see and where you need to be when with this handy festival planner. http://schedule.sledisland.com/

Festival wristbands are on sale for $199- The 4-day wristband offers access to all shows (subject to venue capacity) and guarantees entrance to both days of outdoor programming at Olympic Plaza. Single day wristbands, main stage tickets and all-ages wristbands are also available- Visit http://www.ticketbreak.com/sledisland for more information or details on where to buy tickets!

Photo: Photomawf
Representing: 35mm
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This weekend I mixed some gardening, running, basketball finals, and of course, catching up on all things web. The web always takes up far more time than any of the other things I do over the weekend, and it keeps pulling me in like some sort of giant magnet of time-suck. When I say time-suck, I mean that in the nicest way possible, internet. Please, don’t be sore with me, oh powerful interweb overlords.

Anyhow, I’m a huge Google reader fan, so the easiest way for me to keep up on all my “news” feeds is through my reader account. More and more I’m noticing that the feeds/blogs I like to catch up with and frequent often, are all Calgary related in one form or another. I wanted to highlight them here, in case you want to get a little dose of inspiration from local folks doing their thing, and keeping me and their community inspired with their writing, posts, perspectives, knowledge, and photography:

PHOTOGRAPHY/FASHION

Wilkosz and Way Photography

Blog: http://wilkoszandway.blogspot.com/

Wilkosz & Way are a dynamic photography duo specializing in fashion, beauty and portraiture.

Born in Poland and Saskatchewan, Marta Wilkosz and Jeff Way met while studying photography at the Alberta College of Art & Design, and have worked as a team since. Their work has been featured in PDN’s Photo Annual, Applied Arts Magazine, and was nominated for a National Magazine Award. They are currently based in Calgary, Canada.

Ania B.

blog: http://www.aniab.net/

French Ivory – Lindsay Sutton

blog: http://frenchivory.blogspot.com/

Stylist, Designer + Illustrator

Lindsay Sutton’s innate styling sense permeates her everyday life as well as her professional client’s. Having a strong background in the visual arts and in fashion design, styling has become a natural extension and continued exploration of her creative practice.

FOOD/WINE

Pop & Pour

blog: http://popandpour.ca/

I’m not a wine expert, and I’m not in the industry.  But I am very passionate about wine, and I’m trying to study and learn about it (and, of course, drink it) as much as possible.  This blog is a way to help me document my learning on the fly and shed some light on the under appreciated Calgary wine scene.

FARE

blog: http://faretheeatenpath.tumblr.com/

A tour down the eaten path.

What local Calgarian inspires you? Let me know in the comments, please.