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Author ArchiveLunch at RushMarch 9th, 2010 by Lisa Murphy-LambThe first thing you should do immediately after making a reservation for lunch at Rush is cancel your dinner plans. Â You will not need to eat again for many hours after enjoying the three course set menu offered at Rush during the ten days of Dine Out Calgary. Â And if you have the time, you may find yourself still enjoying both the restaurant and the food close to the dinner hour. Â It’s a place where you want to sit back and enjoy.  Photo by Lisa Murphy-Lamb  Photo by Lisa Murphy-Lamb  Dine Out Calgary Picks: Lisa Murphy-LambMarch 4th, 2010 by Lisa Murphy-Lamb
Here is our problem:  My husband is away on business travel a lot.  This means most of his meals are eaten out while I am at home cooking for the family.  When we are together in the same city at the same time, he looks forward to some home cooking and I look forward to him taking me out. Unless I’m prepared with a solid suggestion for a restaurant that is enticing and easy to get to, his business-travel weariness takes over and he begs to stay in and nosh on something homemade and healthy. Here is one solution:  Dine out Calgary which begins Friday, March 5 and runs until Sunday, March 14. During Dine out Calgary, participating restaurants offer a 3-course menu at a set price point especially for the event.  This is a great enticement to come and try out some local restaurants, but better than that for me is the website which lists the restaurants and what they are serving.  With access to menus, location and price I am well prepared for when my husband returns from Rio and Buenos Aires (I know, right?) next week. So with a little research by way of my computer perched on top of my cookbooks, here are my top three picks for Dine out Calgary week.  Fingers crossed I talk him into at least joining me at one of them. (more…) Doc Soup: Last Train HomeMarch 1st, 2010 by Lisa Murphy-LambThe best silent auction bid I won in 2009 was my season’s pass to the Docsoup film series.  Each one of these films has been outstanding and when I leave the theatre I am already anticipating the next film.  My wait is nearly over. This month’s film shows Wednesday, March 3rd at Eau Claire Market. LAST TRAIN HOME explores the chaos resulting when millions of migrant factory workers return to their families and rural villages from the coastal cities where they’ve gone to work.  Focusing on one family caught up in this commute, this film explores China’s struggle with keeping to traditional ways while establishing itself as a modern  global economic power. (more…) EXPOSURE – The Festival of PhotographyFebruary 9th, 2010 by Lisa Murphy-LambOne of the best things about moving back to Calgary is rediscovering how many festivals take place here. February is EXPOSURE, the Calgary, Banff, Canmore Photography Festival. Running February 1-28, 2010, there will be a number of lectures and educational events throughout Calgary and the Bow Valley corridor with nearly 40 photography-based exhibitions by Canadian and international artists. The Triangle Gallery offers Counter-Photography: Japan’s Artists Today. Over 60 images by 11 leading Japanese contemporary photographers are on display. Still images flank the wall and the floor and there is one looped video with an accompanying on the second floor. (more…) Intergraphia: 6th Annual Winter Art Stroll and Triangle GalleryJanuary 16th, 2010 by Lisa Murphy-Lamb
Considering I enjoy both art and walking, I’m looking forward to the 6th Annual Winter Stroll this Saturday, January 16, 2010. Art Stroll is a series of Satellite Art Presentations in conjunction with the Triangle Gallery’s Exhibition Beyond Printmaking: Images in Objects-Experimental Printmaking in Western Canada.  That’s where I began on Friday, to get my feet wet, so to speak.
Eight leading contemporary artists from Alberta and Western Canada are featured in this exhibition and each approaches printmaking in a wholly unique way. After looking at the moving human forms on fields of colour by artist Ewa Tarsia, the violence and insects in the fantastic 3-D ‘wounds’ by Jill Ho-You and the cement blocks by artist Marjan Eggermont, I had to go back to the beginning and buy myself an exhibition guide ($10) so I could understand how these diverse and inriguing installations and images relate to each other as a form of printmaking. I continued both floors of the series, enjoying the remaining five artists, with much more appreciation and understanding. For those who prefer listening to reading, catch the curator Jacek Malec at 1:00pm Saturday, January 16 for a gallery talk and tour.
Malec’s talk is one of many events happening throughout the day at a number of galleries between 10:00am and 6:00pm (although each gallery does vary, so check before you stroll).
Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts #104 Macleod Trail SE (adjacent to the Muncipal Building) Admission is free.
Doc Soup January Screening: Presumed GuiltyJanuary 5th, 2010 by Lisa Murphy-LambI was listening to CBC’s Homestretch radio program one day last  month and host David Gray was inviting listeners to call in to share the best places in Calgary to go to for a few hours to park and let their car warm up.  One suggestion was the parkade at Eau Claire Market. If this cold wintery weather is getting to you and your car, may I suggest doing just that and take in a documentary while defrosting? (more…) Spur GastropubDecember 17th, 2009 by Lisa Murphy-LambI am glad the temperature has risen and freed me from the bond I’ve developed with my oven over the past week. Happy to leave my filled cookie tins behind and step out into the sunshine I took a walk downtown. Admittedly though, it was just to trade one Christmas chore, baking, for another, shopping. Still, it was a glorious day to get out. After a few hours of successfully checking off my to-do list, I was hungry. I’m not entirely sure if my hunger was owing from dodging the large numbers inside the shops or the necessary leaping over the shin-high slush puddles outdoors, but it was clear I needed to eat before my walk home. None of my trusty lunch-mates were available so I checked out Spur Gastropub on my own on the recommendation of a friend and because it was conveniently on my route.  After sliding into a secluded booth, I checked out the menu. (more…) First Down(town) Food Fest : River CafeNovember 26th, 2009 by Lisa Murphy-LambWith the Grey Cup, Calgary is offering a chance to eat more than hotdogs and chips-or whatever Grey Cup day fare you may traditionally indulge in.  The First Down(Town) Food Fest is well under way offering Calgarians and visitors a chance to get into the game by sampling Grey Cup-inspired pre-set menus for lunch ($15), dinner ($25) or gourmet ($85). I chose the River Café.  It’s on my running route and I like how it looks nestled on Prince’s Island.  I also like how it smells and attracts patio dwellers in the summer.  This time I made a lunch reservation for two.  But this time I didn’t need it.  There were plenty of available tables.  We got one by the window to watch the other runners, the strollers and the Canadian geese. (more…) +15 window project space and art receptionNovember 19th, 2009 by Lisa Murphy-LambIf you are finding you need to escape-the office, the weather, the usual lunchtime routine-and you are looking for a place of quiet contemplation. Consider the art installations along Epcor Centre’s +15 window space. These window galleries present a taste of the art works that may be found in divergent not for profit galleries of Calgary. The art that is displayed in these window galleries are selected by the galleries and run for a short time. Currently there are five installations on display: (more…) First Thursday Pictures from Art CentralNovember 11th, 2009 by Lisa Murphy-LambArt Central’s Fifth Birthday celebration was a success!  It was a hot and  lively crowd that waited around for ACAD’s wearable art show, which ended the formal events of the evening.  Viewing lines were four deep as colourful and creative dresses and designs were paraded up and down the central staircase to an appreciative crowd. |
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