Category: Arts & Culture

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Canuck cowboy controversy

November 15, 2006

Paperback Hero, directed by former Ryerson film student, Peter Pearson, stars a crazy Canadian cowboy and set the stage for feminist rage and gay disputes when it hit the big screens in the ’70s. Now, Pearson want to bring this character back. Amanda-Marie Quintino writes.

WRITING CONTEST ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RYE TALENT

November 8, 2006

By Jessica Ford Write From the Hip, a playwriting program that fosters young female writers, is looking for the Ryerson writing talent it has seen in the past.

SLEEPLESS IN TORONTO

November 8, 2006

By Amanda-Marie Quintino Arts & Entertainment Editor This play is no yawner. Insomnia, premiering tonight at the Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, will make you think — and keep you tossing and turning for nights.

PSYCHO BANDS BATTLE IT OUT

November 1, 2006

A new kind of music is creeping up on campus — and across Canada. Brought to life by fog-filled stages and twisted props, psychobilly is a musical mish-mash of ’50s rock and Brit punk. Jessica Ford introduces us to this new breed of bands.

RAPPERS RHYME OUT WAYS TO SAVE

November 1, 2006

By Jessica Lewis Mo’ money doesn’t always mean mo’ problems if you know how to save your cheddar, a group of hip-hop artists preached at the Hip Hop Summit Action Network last weekend.

FORGET PARKAS AND BOOTS, IT’S ALL ABOUT MINIS AND HEELS

November 1, 2006

L’Oreal Fashion Week showcased Canada’s top designed as they unveiled their spring/ summer 2007 collections. Fashion scribe Truc Nguyen gives a round-up of the show’s best (and worst) looks from the spring catwalks.

COMEDIC SUCCESS

November 1, 2006

By Kristina Jarvis He may have been bumped off the Radio and Television Arts admission list, but now comedian Rick Wharton is getting loads of laughs and a lot applause nationwide.

FEND OFF GHOSTS WITH SARCASM AND PASSIVE AGGRESSIVENESS

October 25, 2006

It has come to my attention that certain twenty-somethings (who may or may not be a masthead member) are not looking forward to Halloween — not because of caramel chocolate bars that trigger cellulite like a mofo, but because of the threat of spirits invading their bedrooms at the stroke of midnight.

FIND YOUR PHANTOM’S SPOOKINESS FACTOR

October 25, 2006

By Amanda-Marie Quintino Arts & Entertainment Editor Are eerie things happening in your home? Do you feel like you have an unwanted visitor? Find out how you can detect its presence and rate its haunting level.

SPOTTING T-DOT’S HAUNTED HOTSPOTS

October 25, 2006

You may not know it, but the next time you enter a Toronto tourist attraction, you might be seeing more than gift shops and artifacts. Greg Hudson checks out the city’s top spooky locales where ghosts and ghouls make regular appearances.

PARTY LIKE IT’S 1981

October 18, 2006

By Kate Oliver Last week, the class of 1981 had their home sweet homecoming. It turns out, a quarter century ago, Ryerson was a place of fun and folly.

DO IT DIFFERENTLY

October 18, 2006

Toronto’s Alternative Fashion Week is back and bigger than ever. Truc Nguyen previews the collections.

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