Urban Mixer TV Calgary edition, featuring events for the week of November 10th with host Sharad Khare and special guest Brent Ray Fraser.

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Links for this week:

• Urban Mixer’s Event Calendar for Calgary
• Brent Ray Fraser’s Website
  

Check back sporadically for what’s happening in your city and great special guests.

Visual artist Brent Ray Fraser will be on UMTV, Monday, November 10th, 2008.

On Wednesday, October 29th, De Dutch Pannekoek house officially opened the doors of their first restaurant in Alberta.

Guests enjoyed sampling the Dutch pancake that is the restaurant’s signature dish while mingling with representatives from the company including Bill Waring, President and John Dys, Founder.

To find out more about the restaurant, check out the original release, after the jump. (more…)

On Thursday, October 23rd, we checked out the Worldwide WOW Exhibition & Gala at Artists of the World – a chance to go around the world without the jetlag.

The evening included a fusion of cuisine, art, entertainment and culture featuring the Calgary Italian Folk Dancers, Shimmy with Suzy Belly Dancing, Ballroom & Country Dance Studio, Club Tango Argentino, Dance Canada Productions, minerva, Savanna-Rose, The Matt Blai Connection, Aqy Baba, Stephen Strain and Brian Sharp. The event was a great success with the organizers CPC Elevate raisingover  $55,000 in support of  Aspen’s Empowering Families Initiative.

To find out more about the event, check out their website, HERE and stay tuned to the Urban Mixer events calendar for next year’s event.

Whether you love him or hate him, it is hard to dispute that Ezra Levant is a brilliant orator.

Levant spoke at the Fraser Institute’s Behind the Spin forum this past Thursday. The topic? None other than his highly publicized publishing of the  Danish Cartoons in his then magazine, the Western Standard in 2006. Levant was charged with a human rights complaint for publishing the cartoons and subsequently won his case. (more…)

On Friday evening, Amsterdam Rhino hosted the Gibson’s Iron Bar competition – the quest to find the official cocktail of the 2008 Grey Cup.

Four gifted mixologists, Luis Perez from Raw Bar, Franz Swinton from Raw Bar, Andrea Polasek from Amsterdam Rhino and Patrick Potter from Amsterdam Rhino all competed for the $500 prize and a chance to compete against Canada’s finest at the Iron Bar finals in Montreal.

As part of the evening’s itinerary, guests tasted last year’s national winner, ‘The Kicker,’ and nosed Gibson’s Finest Sterling, Gibson’s Finest 12 Year Old and Gibson’s Rare 18 Year Old Canadian Whiskeys alongside expert and enthusiast, Bruce Mackenzie.

The competition was hosted by Willow Park Wines & Spirits’ Michael Bigattini, with local media personalities Bob Sumner, Käthe Lemon, Candice Vallantin and Eric Rumble as judges. In the end, Raw Bar’s Franz Swinton took home the title as Calgary’s best.

Check out the original release, grab the recipe for ‘The Kicker,’ and find out more about the Iron Bar competition, after the jump. (more…)

Napa Valley’s Fuse Wine hit Calgary’s market on Thursday afternoon with a launch party at Murietta’s.

Winemaker, Ray Signorello Jr., along with partners, Denny Hop and Greg Karamanian were present to greet guests who sampled the Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah blend, enjoyed live music by Los Morenos and tasted the succulent canapes provided by Muriettas.

To find out more about Fuse Wine, check out our notes from the original Vancouver, BC, launch event, HERE, and their website, HERE.

Wet and Wild! It’s the week of September 15th – 21st, 2008.

Welcome to the wildest week in Wet City! Forget condoms; this week is so action-packed you’ll want a whole wetsuit!

To see the latest newsletter (and newsletter archives) for your city, click the appropriate city, below:

CALGARY | VANCOUVER

Suit up, cool down, and last one in the hot tub buys the mojitos.

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Wet and Wild! It’s the week of September 8th – 14th, 2008.

Welcome to the wildest week in Wet City! Forget condoms; this week is so action-packed you’ll want a whole wetsuit!

To see the latest newsletter (and newsletter archives) for your city, click the appropriate city, below:

CALGARY | VANCOUVER

Suit up, cool down, and last one in the hot tub buys the mojitos.

(more…)

Wet and Wild! It’s the week of September 1st – 7th, 2008.

Welcome to the wildest week in Wet City! Forget condoms; this week is so action-packed you’ll want a whole wetsuit!

To see the latest newsletter (and newsletter archives) for your city, click the appropriate city, below:

CALGARY | VANCOUVER

Suit up, cool down, and last one in the hot tub buys the mojitos.

(more…)