A visit to Congress Coffee might trigger memories of those bygone days when hearing snippets about underground events on Calgary’s underground Radio Radio — or the old CJSW when it was still on cable — started your quest to show up somewhere on a frigid night that made you question if you should have been out on the icy roads, only to hear a resounding “Yes!” in your heart when you arrived and realized you found “your people.”
Leonard and Joni: The Untold Love Story, at the Jube. Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen are two of Canada’s most iconic and beloved singer songwriters, each of whom mined their own biographies for their songs.
Heartstrings & Honky Tonks comes to Studio Bell. Across North America’s grain belt, an endless supply of songs drift from radios at roundups, fairs and during miles of open highway, marking the passage of time as those miles and events repeat perennially to an evolving soundtrack.
Non-alcoholic options are getting better and better as tastes shift. Dry January and Dry February may be over, but for those who have chosen a sober or sober-curious lifestyle, the alcohol-free days don’t end with the turn of the calendar
Modern speakeasies put a secretive and stylish spin on the cocktail bar. The rules are simple: Acquire the weekly password. Head to Salt & Brick and ask for Charlie. Give the correct password.
Brewery Taprooms Have Lots on Offer – Besides Beer. In the long list of “two kinds of people…” lists, one of my favourite entries is that there are those who love visiting breweries and taprooms and those who do not yet realize that they love visiting breweries and taprooms.
Meet Caitlin Quinn, Eau Claire Distillery’s Master Distiller. On March 6, a couple of days prior to International Women’s Day, Eau Claire Distillery will release its “Yours Truly Batch 003,” a batch of single malt whiskey created by Caitlin Quinn, Master Distiller and Director of Innovation at Eau Claire, and the company’s female distillers.