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Hobby night in Calgary: Planes, trains, and cigar box guitars
Long-running hobby night instills camaraderie
Walking into Cameron Farn's garage on a Tuesday night is like walking into something out of a sci-fi movie. Paintings of bloody alien-like creatures, life-like superhero figurines, and Victorian-era vests created for cosplay enthusiasts, fill Farn's heated garage in the southeast neighbourhood of Acadia.
This is hobby night for Farn, and eight other Calgarians.
Gamers expanding niche tabletop soccer league
- Published on Saturday, 20 April 2013 23:21
- Written by RIAD KADRI & JESSICA PHILLIPS
Calgary Subbuteo club hoping to attract new members
Once a month, a group of gamers gather in a residential garage in the southeast neighbourhood of Dover to play Subbuteo.
Subbuteo is a form of tabletop soccer with origins dating back to the Second World War, when players would draw a soccer field onto a blanket and flick buttons at a ball in an attempt to score a goal. The game has evolved, with enthusiasts arriving with 5 cm miniature players, soccer balls and nets in hand. The game is popular in Europe, but slowly gaining traction in North America.
Hobby night in Calgary: Planes, trains, and cigar box guitars
- Published on Saturday, 20 April 2013 23:04
- Written by JESSICA PHILLIPS & RIAD KADRI
Long-running hobby night instills camaraderie
Walking into Cameron Farn's garage on a Tuesday night is like walking into something out of a sci-fi movie. Paintings of bloody alien-like creatures, life-like superhero figurines, and Victorian-era vests created for cosplay enthusiasts, fill Farn's heated garage in the southeast neighbourhood of Acadia.
This is hobby night for Farn, and eight other Calgarians.
"We have a group of people who really like to do stuff and once you settle in and try to do something together, it's just more fun," Farn says.
Alberta ranks among highest provinces for divorce, drinking and gambling
- Published on Thursday, 04 April 2013 10:30
- Written by Colin McHattie
Comparing Alberta to the rest of Canada on a number of vices
Albertans have been seen as smug, cocky and self-satisfied by other Canadians. But, in some ways, Albertans don't have much to be satisfied about.
The Calgary Journal has compared Alberta to the rest of Canada using a number of "vice" measures including:
• obesity • gambling • divorce
• drinking • smoking • overall crime rates
1 commentsWeird Al Yankovic to open for Calgary Comic Expo
- Published on Tuesday, 02 April 2013 13:36
- Written by Dara DeFreitas
Expo performance will be comedian's first live Canadian performance on current tour
The Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo running April 26 – 28 at the BMO Centre this year with singer/comedian, Weird Al Yankovic attending for the first time. Yankovic has become well known in pop culture via his trademark song parodies, spoofing a plethora of artists such as Madonna, Green Day and Lady Gaga.
Kandrix Foong, the Calgary Expo's director and head organizer, said organizers have been waiting a long time to bring the artist to the expo.