Society & Culture
This week Karen, Kim & Mitch were at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo and chatted with some really interesting folks.I had no idea of the depth and popularity of cosplay and the culture until I attended my first Calgary Expo. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience and meeting interesting people! Great event. Karen2015 their 10th year of running the Expo had a record breaking attendance of over 102,000 people taking in the event, up 5,000 from 2014. Next years dates have been released and are scheduled for April 28 – May 1, 2016. Check out all info for this year and next at www.calgaryexpo.com and make sure to connect with them on Facebook/Twitter/InstagramConnect with Kulture Shake online at www.kultureshake.com and email us at info@kultureshake.comSong 1: Skye Boat Song - Cape Breton musician, Howie MacDonaldSong 2: Sally Maclennane - The PoguesInterviewsKim talks to Lorn Wolf, Calgary author of The Woodcutterwww.wolfsongfantasy.comJessica Nigri – Cosplay ProfessionalKaren chats with Scottish actor Graham McTavish aka Dougal MacKenzie from the TV Series Outlander and Dwalin the Dwarf from The Hobbit.Mitch meets up with comic book writer Garth Ennis and talks about his comic book series Preacher.Interesting guy with 25 years history in comic book writing. Preacher being one that will be coming to TV soon!Kim has a great conversation with Paul Stapfer and Kyle Mack writers of “A Warrior Rides On”http://www.facebook.com/terrabullaink