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BADEK’S NEWS 29

One. Kandrix Foong, creator of the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, and his wife Laurie Breitkreuz eat, sleep and breathe art. This year’s Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo takes place on April 24th and 25th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the  BMO  Round Up Centre, Halls D and E. Two. The 28th annual…

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BADEK’S NEWS 28

One. Centenarian Ted Broostad, one of Calgary’s oldest seniors, was born in Saskatchewan. Ted celebrated his 100th birthday, now embraces cyber world. To see this energetic and vibrant great-great grandfather on the go, you would never believe he is that old. Look at his photo to yourselves. Two. There’s a new theatre company in town…

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“Hit Me as if a Sky Blue Shawl, My Messy Youth…” (Marina Tsvetaeva, 1921)

“Hit me as if a sky blue shawl, my messy youth,                                                                                                                 We’ve shawled enough with, to say the truth, Time to part! Oh, my shocking, dancing, Sweet, golden, amber youth, Your Eminence!” Marina Tsvetaeva, 1921 (Translation by Valentina Pattison) Extremely unusual images of a Great Russian poetess Marina Tsvetaeva were putting me in a poetic,…

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