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Archive for the ‘Festivals & Fanfare’ CategoryLunch 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. 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. And if you have the time, you may find yourself still enjoying both the restaurant and the food close to the dinner hour. 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: Wil KnollMarch 8th, 2010 by Wil Knoll
I started to go to the gym before Christmas and had been somewhat committed to my 10k runs, and keeping my weight down around the 160lbs mark. The Scotiabank Calgary Marathon is just months away, and I need to be ready. Christmas came and I battled it. New Year’s came and I hung out with the whereswalter.ca crew (two young Calgarians enjoying the life in a 31 foot Winnebago named Walter) in Las Vegas… Then High Performance Rodeo came and there was drinking more nights out of the week then not. So, just as I’m starting to trend back down towards the happy 160lbs that is only 5 measly little pounds away, downtown Calgary puts together Dine Out Calgary. Obviously, you’ll be seeing more of me at the Y in the coming weeks… Here are a few of my picks for Dine Out Calgary. Since over the next 10 days they will be offering a set menu for Dine Out Calgary, I’m going to just give a taste of some of the locations. Dine Out Calgary Picks: Derrick PlotskyMarch 5th, 2010 by Derrick Plotsky
Decisions, decisions, decisions. Life is full of decisions. And the most recent life-changing decision that I have to deal with? Where to go for Dine Out Calgary. I know, my life is so difficult. But there are just so many amazing places to choose from with so many different types of food; no matter what you like you’ll be able to find someplace to go. (more…) 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…) Dine Out Calgary Picks: Sophy KorsMarch 3rd, 2010 by Sophy Kors
I always look forward to Dine Out Calgary because it’s a great chance to try new (to me) restaurants. I imagine that eventually I’ll run out, but I don’t think that’ll be anytime soon. With so many choices it’s a hard choice, but the three that I hope to try Blink, Koi and CHARCUT Roasthouse. The one thing that all of my choices have in common? Dessert! (more…) playRites – Tyland – ReviewFebruary 18th, 2010 by Wil KnollTyland, by Greg MacArthur, is needed. I have not recently enjoyed something as original as this script. It is written with such a great voice for each of its characters. It shows so much strength in its scenes and pacing. The plot is something wonderful and desolate at the same time. MacArthur’s script begs to be staged and become part of our shared Canadian repertoire. And ATP has done such a wonderful job in gifting it with its first time out. From end to end this production sings. Writing, direction, performance, stage, sound and lights… it is the show to see at playRites. playRites – Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre – ReviewFebruary 18th, 2010 by Wil KnollOf all the shows at playRites, the reaction to this show was the most polarized. Some viewers were raving by the end of it, and some could not make it through the entire performance. Normally, that’s the sign that something smart and challenging or flawed and insulting is going on. Larry Tremblay’s Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre isn’t quite sure what, if any of those, it is. It’s a play about confusion to a certain extent. Characters are left running over the same sequences again and again, layering more context each go round, trying to understand the meaning of a man, an image, or wax figure. It’s a performer’s show. There is a badge that each of the ensemble involved should be given for plowing through almost two hours straight barely leaving the stage and barely taking a break. I enjoyed Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre. But it is confused, and it tries to explain itself to the audience too often, much like the characters are trying to explain themselves to the world. playRites – How Do I Love Thee – ReviewFebruary 18th, 2010 by Wil Knoll
I have to state that the words and images used in this show are beautiful. The writing of the two poets profiled are the standard beautiful words. Specific words are chosen for their emotion and specifics over other words that would have just passed an idea along. There is no doubt that the two are top shelf Victorian poets. There is no doubt that their work is for the ages. But does that translate well to the stage? Florence Gibson has tried to flesh out the passion and the romance in her new play How Do I Love Thee, which is enjoying its world premiere run at ATP right now. 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…) Tweetup and TonoJanuary 29th, 2010 by Sophy KorsI was standing in line for a coffee and heard what is by now a familiar refrain, “Calgary has no culture, no art, nothing to do,” from a guy (a Torontonian as it turns out) talking to a friend in line behind me. As I had just spent the better part of a day reading posts about the High Performance Rodeo I couldn’t help but turn around and say (in a non-creepy way) that he should check out hprodeo.ca, a month-long festival that brings together different arts right here in Calgary. He looked a little surprised by my friendliness (being helpful, not creepy I swear) and then … “Thanks”. There is culture and art and great things to do in Calgary , but sometimes you have to look for them. My Thursday night proved to me the variety you can find even when you’re not looking, just being open to suggestions. (more…) |
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