The Market Collective
Songkla
Love from Pete and Jo
Patti Derbyshire
Jamie Tilston
Jeff Mah
Devin Morrison
Twyla Dawn
TheKidBelo
Zak Pashak
Sean MacAlister
Dustin Koop
John Antoski
Chad VanGaalen
It’s the New Year, and with it comes tours and shows to keep you inspired. Our weekly playlist features locals: Reuben Bullock, The Nancees, Eve Hell & The Razors, Francis Cheer, Lorrie Matheson, and Jay Crocker.
We’ve also added some favorites from Corb Lund, Zachary Lucky (playing this weekend), and Carly Maicher.
Enjoy!
The third annual FREE outdoor mid-winter dance party!
The electrifying spectacle returns, transforming Olympic Plaza into a winter wonderland of new media. This FREE event under the stars will engulf you in a world of fantastic ice sculptures, magical trees, hot cocoa, fire performers, art installations, brilliant video and a showcase of international electronic artists whose music will get you movin’ and shakin’ to the rhythm of their beats!
This year’s lineup includes Kid Koala, An-ten-nae, VibeSquaD, Adham Shaikh, Erica Dee and Cary Chang, with sound, lighting and stage design by PK!
The party will also feature ArcFire, Green Fools Theatre, Mousai Entertainment, Beama Visual Environments, La Gogue and Space Invaders, plus burn barrels, body paint art, food trucks, an indoor bar and more! Join us as we heat up downtown!
This year’s exciting line up include:
KID KOALA
Montreal, QC / Ninja Tune
www.kidkoala.com
AN-TEN-NAE
Muti Music / Acid Crunk / San Francisco
www.an-ten-nae.net
VIBESQUAD
The Crunkadelic Space Traveler / CO
www.vibesquad.com
ADHAM SHAIKH
World Music / Nelson, BC
www.sonicturtle.com
ERICA DEE
Music is Love / Los Angeles
www.missericadee.com
CARY CHANG
Habitat Living Sound / Calgary
Deep house / techno
On 7th Avenue SW, off the C-Train tracks, sits a century-old building known as the Stuart Block. Over the years, it’s been home to the most eclectic gathering of Calgarians imaginable… but now, it sits empty.
Returning to the High Performance Rodeo, This Is My City unites a collective of professional artists and homeless Calgarians to explore a hundred years of evictions in this new, live radio play.
Listen to the stories of Stuart Block residents experiencing the last few minutes in their homes before being evicted, celebrating their time in the space and mourning its loss. This unique creation explores the timeless theme of house and home, through comedy, drama and music.
The Eviction of Stuart Block is part of the This Is My City Festival and High Performance Rodeo and can be experienced at the John Dutton Theatre, Central Library, January 5th, 7pm and it’s Pay What You Can.
Calgary’s Reuben Bullock is a hard worker. A singer-songwriter, Reuben ‘finds ways of translating the confusing language of emotion into song and melody, without ever defining it or answering its questions. He sings with passion and certainty beyond his years.’
We caught up with Reuben a couple of days ago, in anticipation of his CD Release Show for man made lakes:
You’ve been touring quite a bit over the last couple of months. British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Mexico. Do you have any tales from the road that you want to share with us?
Yeah, we have just been trying to get out there. The September tour was my first time on the road. It was a good taste, we did a good part of Western Canada. This January we start another tour, then spring is going to be a coast to coast….hopefully with a lot of festival dates. Mexico wasn’t intended to be a part of a tour, it just turned out to be. I was there by myself and it just kind of happened. It went well though, lots of people and great feedback.
Chow Down in Cowtown is an (almost!) weekly account of Calgary’s most awesome eats from Ceci n’est pas un food blog.
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all had a restful holiday and are ready for another year of eating with me!
Just before 2011 came to a close, my friend Yen Yi and I decided to finally make our way down to Jelly Modern Doughnuts. We were greeted by a bright, modern, white and pink space, accented with bamboo. Their Christmas decorations – including a giant pink-and-white “gingerbread” house – were still up, but because they kept with the colour scheme of the shop, it made the whole café seem more fun and whimsical, rather than weighed down and kitschy. And of course there was the centrepiece, the giant glass case of doughnuts.
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