About a year ago I wrote about Calgary 2012 and the cultural capital of Canada designation. I said something along the lines of the Calgary Stampede having a local art day during one day in the Stampede. Promote local musicians, theatre groups, dance troupes. And it happened, except it wasn’t the Calgary Stampede’s brainchild.
Better late then never? Life has been pretty crazy this past week (it’s only Wednesday!) so this post is delayed. I went to the Walrus Glenbow Debate at the Maxbell Theatre last Thursday. The topic was Calgary’s Cowboy Culture: Living Legacy or Just History? Debating for Living Legacy was Joan Crockatt and Mercedes Stephenson. (I […]
Last Friday there was an opera in an alley in the Downtown Core. Really. It sounds kind of creepy. But it was in the area beside the Palamino, and it was an all encompassing event. I did a preview for GetDown, and still didn’t really know what to expect. There was going to be pods, […]