By Breanna Moore, student reporter 

Calgary’s most popular one-act play festival will be hitting the stage at the Pumphouse Theatre for three days beginning March 17.  The 2010 Calgary Region One-Act Play Festival, put on by the Alberta Drama Festival Association, will be held in the Victor Mitchell Theatre of the Pumphouse beginning at 7:30 PM. Continue Reading

The Calgary Beacon offers a regular series of political commentary and inteviews with southeast Calgary MPs, MLAs, aldermen and community leaders called 3 Minutes With…  The intent is to provide a forum where our elected officials can explain in detail their position on issues of the day, to move beyond the “sound bite.” Continue Reading

Composer W.L. Altman
 By student-reporter Aaron Chatha

Calgary will  host five days of “sonic discovery” next week as The Happening Festival of New Music and Media takes place at the University of Calgary.  Celebrating its ninth year, the festival will feature a variety of composers and performers, made up of students, staff and professionals in the field.  It aims to combine classical or acoustic music with new media and technology. Continue Reading

Works by Calgary artists Geoffrey Adair Hunter, left, and Kristen Carleton are part of the 140 Hours of Fame Twitter auction

A New York gallery is holding the first online art auction using Twitter, the popular social media tool, and the works of six Calgary-area artists are included.  Gary Brant, director of Galerie St. George, an artists’ cooperative on Staten Island and the founder of 140 Hours of Fame, says his New York customers “have been highly receptive to Calgary artists” and he expects them to do very well in the auction. Continue Reading

Comedian Daryl Makk uses comedy to bring people together

It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: what happens when a stand-up comedian is injured in a motorcycle accident?  In the case of Daryl Makk, it’s no joke; it’s reality.  In April of 2008 the comic and motorcycle enthusiast was hurt in a hit-and-run accident when another driver carelessly changed lanes, knocking him from his bike. Mr. Makk found himself hospitalized with a broken collarbone and cracked ribs. His new bike took a beating, too, and was written off as a result. Continue Reading

Florence-based artist Martinho Correia speaks at the unveiling of his mural in Forest Lawn.

Amanda Preece, SECN reporter

Standing in the shadow of at his latest work, An Allegory of Peace in our Time, one immediately gets a sense of Martinho Correia’s colourful background.  A native Albertan, the artist of Italian and Portuguese descent is the painter behind the brand new mural recently unveiled in Forest Lawn. Continue Reading

Crowds ring bells to celebrate the unveiling of a new mural on 17th Ave. S.E.

Amanda Preece, SECN reporter

Southeast Calgarians turned out for the unveiling of a new mural today in the Greater Forest Lawn area, at an event organized to coincide with the 2009 International Day of Peace.  International Avenue Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ) executive director Alison Karim-McSwiney was on hand for the unveiling of the piece, which she said was designed in consultation with local stakeholders. Continue Reading

Alicia Hoogveld's portrait of "Cassandra"

It’s not quite Lana Turner’s discovery in a Hollywood drug store, but young Calgary photographer and musician Alicia Hoogveld must feel just as star-kissed after being “discovered” on Twitter and signing with New York gallery Galerie St. George as their featured artist in September.  The twenty-four year old recently graduated from Alberta College of Art and Design.  She is working on a new series of self-portraits that will include diary entries documenting the development of each piece. Continue Reading

Tony Blocker of Yelling Rabbit Art Works

Tony Blocker is a southern boy from Georgia who was trained at the Alberta College of Art and Design and now calls SE Calgary home.  On March 31 from 6 – 11 p.m. he will have his first solo art show on the second floor of 60R High Street SE in McKenzie Towne (board room of The Financial Guides). Continue Reading