These are the local spirits that Calgary bartenders are excited about right now.

Ditch work midday to sit on a patio and get a deal. It doesn't get much better.

The web series depicts a small mountain town similar to Canmore, where service-industry workers and young people struggle to find housing and make a living.

The night featured an exclusive five-course dinner at Alloy, which has been named one of Calgary's top restaurants for several years.

There's at least one race going on almost every weekend until the end of October.

Find out how high the fireworks can reach after they explode and how many people it takes to set up each fireworks show in this annual event.

Go downtown for a street festival or leave town for a ranch tour.

Local visual artist Michelle Hoogveld spent seven weeks and 70 gallons of paint completing the mural, which spans 950-feet and runs along both sides of the 4th Street S.E. Underpass.

This plant-obsessed apartment dweller embodies the true #jungalow ethos with more than 100 plants in his 600-square-foot home.

Diverlus, a dancer with Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, gets style inspiration from Rihanna.

All this and more in our bi-monthly round-up of Calgary restaurant openings, food news and events.

Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Flower & Wolf also has a weekday happy hour featuring select cocktails for $6.

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The backstory to her seemingly overnight success shows how Jen Gerson masterfully positioned herself to be the perfect person in the perfect position to write about Alberta politics at exactly the moment it became relevant to everyone.

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