Tag: Arts & Entertainment

  • Reel Reflections: My Guesses for Oscar Night

    Reel Reflections: My Guesses for Oscar Night

    By E. P. Whinters Best Picture The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight I felt these were all excellent films, each exemplary in their own way. My gut says that The Revenant is going to take Best Picture this year, but I can’t say that…

  • Journalist and Author Mohamed Fahmy Wins Freedom to Read Award

    Journalist and Author Mohamed Fahmy Wins Freedom to Read Award

    From the Writer’s Union of Canada Journalist and Author Mohamed Fahmy Wins Freedom to Read Award — free speech advocate was imprisoned for his work covering the Arab Spring — Toronto – February 22, 2016 – The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is very proud to announce that Mohamed Fahmy, journalist and author, is the…

  • Reel Reflections: The Power of Focus

    Reel Reflections: The Power of Focus

    By E. P. Whinters Spotlight and The Revenant Like last week, in viewing movies back-to-back, it is inevitable to seek a common theme, and when that common theme is a driving force in each film, reflection is easy. This last week, viewing perhaps the two top contenders for the coveted Best Picture Oscar, I was…

  • Freedom to Read Week: Challenged Works List

    Freedom to Read Week: Challenged Works List

    About the Challenged Works List This selective list, prepared by the Freedom of Expression Committee of the Book and Periodical Council, provides information on more than 100 books, magazines and other written works that have been challenged in the past decades. Each challenge sought to limit public access to the works in schools, libraries, or…

  • Longview Library News: Story Time Play Dates

    Longview Library News: Story Time Play Dates

      Joan, our librarian, has a delightful program coming up for children of pre-school and kindergarten age. “Story Time Play Dates”  will happen Thursdays…. March 17th, March 24th, March 31 and two Thursdays in April; the 7th and the 14th at 10:30am in the library. Stories will be read and fun activities will follow. The…

  • Are you a writer screaming to get paid? How’s that working for you?

    Are you a writer screaming to get paid? How’s that working for you?

    By Tanya Jones (original post) In the last couple of days there’s been an awful lot of noise on social media about people who create things getting paid for those things that they create. The position that these articles are taking actually cause me, as both a writer and a publisher, a bit of concern…

  • Tracy Burton Featured in Art Gallery in Foothills MP’s Ottawa Office

    Tracy Burton Featured in Art Gallery in Foothills MP’s Ottawa Office

      Ottawa, Ontario – Foothills MP John Barlow has invited artists and photographers from across his riding to submit their work to be included in the Foothills Gallery, an exhibit area in his Ottawa office which features the work of local artisans. As of February 2016, Ms. Tracy Burton is the new artist featured in the Foothills…

  • Reel Reflections: Film from Books

    Reel Reflections: Film from Books

    By E. P. Whinters Movies come from two sources – they either start as a visual story, created for the screen through what you see and what the characters say, or they start as a print-source first, a book or a comic. The two movies that I will reflect on today started as novels, Room by…

  • CBC: Okotoks Singer Samm Smith will be the only Canadian to Appear on The Voice this Season

    CBC: Okotoks Singer Samm Smith will be the only Canadian to Appear on The Voice this Season

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  • Nenshi challenges the nation to celebrate poetry with Mayor’s Poetry City Challenge

    Nenshi challenges the nation to celebrate poetry with Mayor’s Poetry City Challenge

    Last week, letters were sent to Mayors across Canada from Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi issuing the challenge: to have a local poet read a poem at the start of a Council meeting in March or April. The aim is to raise awareness and to celebrate poetry, writing, small presses and the contribution of poets and all…

  • Explore Alberta with affordable, all-ages activities this Family Day!

    Explore Alberta with affordable, all-ages activities this Family Day!

      Make this Family Day weekend a staycation and enjoy all Alberta has to offer by visiting our provincial museums, historic sites and parks for special events, including Family Fishing Weekend! “Family is the cornerstone of our lives, our communities and our society. Let this Family Day serve as a reminder that spending time with…

  • City of Calgary Services: Family Day 2016

    City of Calgary Services: Family Day 2016

     We’re adjusting our hours of operation for the Family Day holiday on Monday, Feb. 15. Here’s a complete list of what you need to know: Getting Around: Calgary Transit Calgary Transit will provide a Sunday level of service on Family Day, Monday, Feb. 15. Please check the schedules page to find out when your bus is running.…

  • Reel Reflections: The New Action Hero

    Reel Reflections: The New Action Hero

    Mad Max: Fury Road By E. P. Whinters An action movie up for Best Picture this year? Are they serious? Many people thought other, more “worthy” films should have been nominated instead of this film … maybe Straight Outta Compton? Or Carol? Or Sicario? Or even Star Wars?? But no – Mad Max: Fury Road gets…

  • Entries Being Accepted for The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize

    Entries Being Accepted for The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize

    Entries are now being accepted for The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize, one of the awards given as part of The Calgary Awards, The City’s official awards program that recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions by individuals and organizations in the community. Details on The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize submission process…

  • Alberta and the Group of Seven: Teachers, Students and Colleagues

    Alberta and the Group of Seven: Teachers, Students and Colleagues

      New art exhibit opening February 8, 2016 Alberta and the Group of Seven: teachers, students and colleagues, an Alberta-centric Group of Seven exhibit, is opening on February 8 in the Borealis Gallery, located in the Legislative Assembly Visitor Centre. This is a unique opportunity to view works from public and private collections from all…