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Calgary sometimes gets saddled with specious rep for not having enough music culture. DailyXY protests — and has already done so. The live music scene in particular is thriving in Cowtown; if you know the venues to frequent, then more often than not you’ll return home smiling from your entertainment … Read More
As the comedy capital of Canada, Montreal boasts a large selection of venues and comics alike. Perhaps most important is the fact that all the venues are superb and the comics talented (well, most of them). Whether you’re looking to escape from Montreal’s bar scene or you simply have a … Read More
Amazon is great, but there’s something about selecting your next beach read from a real bookstore. Actually, there are a few things: the atmosphere, the quirky staff, the people-watching, the sections you otherwise wouldn’t browse (polar regions travel, anyone?) and the smell and feel of real-life page-turners. Here, our favourite … Read More
For most of us, exposure to the expansive world of pseudoscience comes in the form of satirical skepticism, with global homeopathy overdose events and million-dollar offers for proof of the paranormal at one extreme, and at the other, ubiquitous, less-than-believable horoscopes. What we often fail to recognize is the inspiration … Read More
It’s possibly the hippest neighbourhood in Calgary. Kensington (most Calgarians forgo calling the area by its full title: The Kensington Village) connects two of Calgary’s oldest communities (Hillhurst and Sunnyside) to the downtown core. For more than a century, Kensington has maintained a Euro-style urban village identity, very different from … Read More
