For the love of cooking
- Published on Friday, 21 December 2012 10:48
The cooking industry can be difficult but Liana Robberecht has pushed through to become a head chef
Produced by Shannon GalleyChef Liana Robberecht is a busy woman. While she is the head chef at the Calgary Petroleum Club; she also sells her paintings and has her own girls accessory line. She has made a name for herself in the male-dominated culinary industry.
Local contortionist gains confidence through her alter ego
- Published on Friday, 02 November 2012 10:18
Performing as a form of therapy
Produced by: Conor Mahoney and Jenni O'Nyons
She is vain. She is vindictive. She is vogue; or so Visha Loo – a Calgary-based contortionist, artist, and fetish event planner – describes herself.
A familiar face in Calgary's alternative scene, Visha Loo is a stage character created by Janice Adshade, who sews all her own lace and latex costumes, sports outlandish makeup and is the creative director behind her shocking – and usually adult-only – performances in Calgary for the past six years.
Following up with Kris Demeanor
- Published on Friday, 20 April 2012 15:09
Local artist named Calgary's first poet laureate
Produced by: Lindsay Douglas
Kris Demeanor is a Calgary artist embedded in many aspects of artistic expression in Calgary, such as music, spoken word and video making.
On March 19th, 2012 he was named Calgary's first poet laureate by a group of judges. He was selected from a short list of five Calgary artists after performing at an event at Hotel Arts.