“Modern dance” and “prairie pioneer life” are two phrases that don’t get used together very often. This weekend at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, however, they’ll merge, under the direction of local dancer and choreographer Tracy Houser. On the Edge: Prairie Women , presented Saturday, April 1, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 2, at …
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Floods
Seven years ago, it was the Mississippi. Three years ago, it was the Red River. Two years ago, the Yangtze River in China. This year, Mozambique. Recent years have seen a, well, a flood of devastating floods all around the world. And they’re getting worse. In 1998, total losses from weather-related natural disasters, including floods …
The Viewpoints method of acting
Just as (at least according to the old saying) there’s more than one way to skin a cat, so there is more than one way to approach the craft of acting–and lessons in one new approach are about to be offered in Regina. Probably the most famous method is usually called, capital letters and all, …
Animal intelligence
People with pets find it hard to believe, but scientists continue to debate whether or not animals are conscious–that is, whether they’re aware of themselves as individuals. Some still claim that anything animals do is strictly the result of conditioning. Others are willing to grant animals a certain amount of intelligence, but argue that animals …
A virtual tour of Regina’s art galleries
My wife and I share an interest in art–we make a point of visiting galleries wherever we go. And now, thanks to the Web, we can visit galleries even in places where we don’t go, as more and more of them make their presence felt online. Regina’s art galleries are no exception. Visiting them online …
The Journal of Mundane Behavior
I work at home, which, contrary to popular belief, does not mean I watch television all day. (I prefer computer games.) However, when, on occasion, I do turn the TV on, I’m immediately confronted with bizarre behavior, outlandish personalities, and just plain weirdness, on every program from talk shows to news. As a whole, our …
Solar maximum
Our sun is perturbed. It’s throwing off huge flares and erupting with spots like a teenager. That’s because this year marks the “solar maximum”–and that could mean trouble on Earth. The discovery of sunspots coincided with the invention of the telescope. Galileo was quick to turn his on the sun, focusing the image on …
Art and science at the Saskatchewan Science Centre
Art and science are too often thought of as opposites, when in fact they are anything but. What is science, after all, but an attempt to make sense of the world, to detect the order lurking in apparent chaos (and sometimes, the chaos lurking in apparent order)? And what is art, but exactly the same …
Leap year
This week saw, not just a once-in-a-lifetime event, but a once-in-four-centuries event: the first February 29 to fall in a year ending in 00 since 1600. The three basic elements of the calendar are the day, month and year. The day is the time it takes the Earth to rotate once: 24 hours. The month …
The McIntyre Gallery turns 15
What could be more natural than artwork hanging on the walls of a house? At the McIntyre Gallery, that’s exactly what you get: outstanding work by Canadian artists, hung on the walls of an old house in the Transition area, so that a visit to the gallery is a lot like visiting the home of …
Composer David McIntyre
Regina composer David McIntyre, whose first symphony was premiered by the Regina Symphony Orchestra February 12, set his sights high from the moment he began writing tunes. David, who is originally from Calgary, started piano lessons with his uncle when he was four. “I heard my uncle talk about the big names, like Mozart and …
Longevity
Centuries ago, Ponce de Leon sought the Fountain of Youth in Florida. Today, his quest lives on in laboratories around the world. The discoveries are coming thick and fast, too. Just last week Leonard Guarente and scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced they have figured out how a gene found in yeast controls …
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