Category: Arts & Culture

By Katie Schneider You don’t have to go far for a little taste of Toronto history, complete with chocolate mae right before your eyes, and free beer samples fresh from the tanks. The Toronto Distillery Historic District, located on Mill Street, south of Front Street and east Parliament Street, is also an area for students […]

By Matthew Chung There was Mania inside B-Side last Thursday night. Local rockers Mania — featuring Ryerson journalism student Marco Ursi on drums — brought their excessive enthusiasm and ‘catch-a-riffic’ sound to the crowd at the Peter Street night club. Lead vocalist and rhythm guitar player Graeme Lang twisted, shook and stomped on the stage […]

By Christine McAvoy So what’s your style? Peach Fuzz? Full Bush? The Rug? Brillo Pad? Or are you too one of the “bare all, smooth as a baby’s bottom” lovers? Recently, major magazines like GQ and Cosmopolitan, have stated the Brazilian wax is out of style. With all the hype that surrounding the muff-grooming wax […]

By Christine Stoesser Ryerson graduate Edward Burtynsky opened a showing of his photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario Monday night after the Ryerson Board of Governors meeting. Burtynsky’s exhibit, entitled Manufactured Landscapes, features approximately 60 photographs of man-made landscapes including mines, oil refineries, and garbage dumps. Burtynsky gave a group of fellow Ryerson alumni […]

By Pascale Marchand Picture a scene from Wizard of Oz. In a dark room you stand in front of the projected face of artist Max Dean. You sit on a chair facing the projected face, and it asks, “So, you want to be me?” There is a pause. “Say something,” it continues. You speak into […]

By Lane Wade Marcos Chin has been commissioned for feature illustrations by Lavalife, The New York Times, Esquire, Rolling Stone and other multi-media outlets. The freelance illustrator visited Ryerson Monday night, explaining to students that cold-calls and pounding the pavement are the bedrock of any beginning designer’s career. Chin is the illustrator behind Lavalife’s most […]

By Adam Yerkie “I walked in and they were showing this ass-bead thing that you, uh, put in your ass,” says first-year film student Bill Allinson. Allinson and a few other timid guys were crowded at the back of a Pitman Hall lounge Thursday night while the front seats were occupied with girls –and one […]

By Carley Fortune It is the dress fairy tales are made of; an embroidered silk taffeta creation, complete with a 25-foot train and fluffy sleeves. The veil, as long as the train, is held in place by the Spencer family diamond tiara. This week, Ryerson fashion design and communication students will pay tribute to Princess […]

By Miranda Beninger The five members of Rebel Emergency have been known — among other things — to go six months with unwashed hair, ride exercise bikes on stage, pee in garbage cans for fun, and strip on request. Despite these shortcomings, they could be the next band to hit it big on Toronto’s rock […]

By Michelle Thompson The two ghastly figures floated onto the stage — bringing with them a strange possession over the audience. Detroit rock duo the White Stripes delivered a five-star performance at a sold out show last Thursday. It felt intrusive. It felt like a flashback, 30 years into the past. The audience didn’t come […]

By Jason Ho Former Ryerson film student Vadim Perelman sits confidently back in his chair. He sets his feet up on the stone table on the 23rd floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. In his first feature film, House of Sand and Fog, Perelman can relate to both the main characters and the […]

By Melissa Whetstone It’s not every day a girl gets pleasure out of a fake orgasm. Some consider fake orgasms a nasty trick, but for second-year Ryerson student Kate Klein they’re a talent. Klein won the ‘Fake Orgasm Contest,’ at the Everything to do with Sex Show in the SkyDome last week. The contest, presented […]