Avenue Calgary Blogs | Avenue Magazine

Holiday Survival Guide: 10 Drinks to Make Your Party Rock

Posted 1 year 7 weeks ago | By Sean Young | Culture Snacks

If you want to take your holiday party from a silent night to a joyful jubilee, the transformation usually starts with a well-stocked bar. Award-winning bartender, Patrick Appave of The Fairmont Palliser’s Oak Room suggests these cocktails to make your holiday gathering all the more merrier. CHRISTMAS COSMOPOLITAN Ingredients: ½ oz. Cointreau...

Preparing For War: Local Filmmaker Seeking Calgary’s Help This Weekend

Posted 1 year 9 weeks ago | By Sean Young | Culture Snacks

Independent filmmaker, Jeremy Pollock is taking a no-nonsense approach to fund the making of a new documentary about L...

Alexisonfire: Young Bucks to Old Crows

Posted 1 year 10 weeks ago | By Sean Young | Culture Snacks

George Pettit (center), better known as Alexisonfire’s shrieking half discusses the Canadian music scene, the evolution of screamo, family life, and giving up his rowdy ways. You just got back from the UK, how was the tour? And what are the audiences over there like? The tour was really good. England’s musical culture is so deep. Reading and Leeds festivals will sell-out before they’ve announced who’s playing. People just go...

Alberta Fashion Week's Final Runway Show Leaves Lasting Impressions

Posted 1 year 18 weeks ago | By Sean Young | Culture Snacks

Designer Brook Fung displayed a new collection from her Peeko Apparel line, which is made from 100% recycled fabrics. Alberta Fashion Week had its final Runway show last night at Eau Claire Market, giving three burgeoning Alberta designers a place to show off their best new looks for the first time. The night started with a collection from Brook Fung's...

Notes From the votecalgary.ca Mayoral Candidate Forum

Posted 1 year 18 weeks ago | By Sean Young | The City Blog

I went to the votecalgary.ca’s Mayoral Forum yesterday, hoping to hear what the eight potential candidates on the dais had to say about Calgary’s affordable housing crisis. And while they didn’t cover the issue of affordable housing specifically - they did touch on many issues relating to responsible and sustainable development. Because votecalgary.ca represents the housing and development...

Five Top 40 Under 40 Alumni Running in 2010 Municipal Election

Posted 1 year 29 weeks ago | By Sean Young | Top 40 Under 40

For 12 years, the annual Top 40 Under 40 list has tried to give Calgarians a good idea of which young citizens in their community are working toward making the City a stronger, more creative, and ultimately - a better place to live. And with the now hundreds of inspiring people on the Top 40 alumni list, having at least five of these individuals announcing their intentions to run in the 2010 Calgary municipal election should not come as a big surprise. Here's a look at the Top 40 alum hopefuls. Running for Mayor ...

Past the Gates: Cool Things to Do at Stampede This Weekend

Posted 1 year 29 weeks ago | By Sean Young | Culture Snacks

avenue.events@redpointmedia.ca gets more emails per day from the Calgary Stampede's communication department between July 9 - 18 than most promoters send all year. And rather than delete these correspondences and squander any precious information they may contain, I've decided to empty out the Avenue event inbox and hopefully give you a few ideas to make your Stampede more memorable this weekend. Friday, July 16 Top Cop Academy Dive Show (1:00pm @ The Bell Midway Circus) - Watch...

Bon Jovi Keyboardist David Bryan Discusses His Toxic Avenger Musical

Posted 1 year 29 weeks ago | By Sean Young | Culture Snacks

...

Picnic This Saturday Will Celebrate 20 Years of Habitat for Humanity Calgary

Posted 1 year 29 weeks ago | By Sean Young | The Big Idea

Since 1990, Habitat for Humanity Calgary has helped "more than 100 local families" construct affordable homes. The important charitable group was established as a branch of Habitat Canada in an effort to help families in need of housing and has stuck to the philosophy that these Calgarians need "a hand-up, not a hand-out." But Habitat Calgary will be giving out a free picnic and a performance by The...

A Few Questions For Amazing Racers Jet and Cord McCoy

Posted 1 year 30 weeks ago | By Sean Young | Culture Snacks

Cord McCoy (left) and his brother Jet feel right at home at the Calgary Stampede. Photo by Georges Perrin. Jet and Cord McCoy were fan favourites on the most recent season of The Amazing Race. The brothers, hailing from Oklahoma were known for their cool, playful demeanors throughout the CBS globetrotting reality show, even after being wronged (in the eyes of many...