Burnt books are art for photographers
March 12, 2003
If a picture is worth a thousand words, why would visual art require a thousand words of explanation?
Category: Arts & Culture
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Anti-war poets fight with words
March 12, 2003
A group of poets called Writers Against the War gathered to read anti-war poetry last Friday. The group is hoping to counter what the media and politicians are saying about the looming war in Iraq.
Art collective pays tribute to greats
March 5, 2003
On March 5, 1968, a historic experimental art performance took place at Ryerson, featuring the world-famous artists John Cage and Marcel Duchamp. Today, a Ryerson art collective will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the show with a presentation of their own.
Afghan women not free: Doc maker
March 5, 2003
Despite international assurances of freedom and equality following the collapse of the Taliban, women in Afghanistan remain trapped in a society that denies them their basic human rights and needs, says Canadian Journalism Sally Armstrong.
Rhubarb play takes sour look at life
February 5, 2003
By Jen Gerson “Lights up,” says the director, dressed in an oversized vintage striped shirt and faded purple socks. The female actor obeys, hits herself and falls backwards to be caught by her male counterpart who then swings her in a semi-circle and throws her to her feet. Darth Vader breathing spliced with the occasional […]
Graduating students sing last note in Cabaret
February 5, 2003
By Briar Stewart On the third floor of the Ryerson Theatre School, Erin VanderBurgh stands on top of a chair, shakes her petite figure and flashes a sly flirtatious smile while singing about life in a cabaret. “Don’t tell Mamma what you say,” she pleads, as she struts in between a chorus line of girls […]
Toronto rappers share Divine stage
February 5, 2003
By Brendan Edwards The sound system at Hooch booms with breakbeats punctuated by high pitch electric guitar riffs. A local MC named Misery stalks across the small stage, spitting rhymes in rapid succession. When he drops a clever one liner, the crowd pushes closes. “People really listen to the MCs here,” says host Addi Stewart, […]
Queens anything but a drag
January 15, 2003
By Amy Brown-Bowers Ginger’s rounded bottom bulged like a Victorian bustle from the bottom of his corset. His hair fell below his navel in rusty waves. I complimented him on his curls as he swooshed by. “It’s so fucking tired here” he says. “There are no fags to hold the roof up.” He walks back […]
Electric Circus: Back that ass up
January 15, 2003
By Jessica Whitby I am a pretty horrible dancer, so when my editor asked me to try out for Much Music’s Electric Circus, I was nervous. Yet, when I arrived for my audition I soon found out that not being able to dance was not as important as having the right look. A friend, who […]
Fashion Express to the Orient
January 15, 2003
By Fatima Najm Kimono-style shirts are cropping up on campus courtesy of Canadian retailers Le Chateau and Dynamite. Halter crops, fashioned from Chinese embroidered fabric, are not an unusual sight on the club circuit. Toronto-based clothing company Yellow Fellow has taken the familiar yellow smiley face and given it an Asian spin by adding slanted […]
Dance lessons let Ryerson students dip in to salsa
January 8, 2003
By Fatima Najm As dance instructor Hamzat Brama demonstrates the dynamics of the salsa by twirling his petite partner almost fairy-like before bringing her back and then letting her go, it becomes quite clear that this man is one hell of an athlete. Bramo’s sport may not be about scoring goals, but scoring chicks is […]
Beverly Hills beckons 3Bone Audio
January 8, 2003
By Fatima Najm Two words took three Ryerson graduates all the way to the first ever Surround Music Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, nominated for the same award as Pete Townshend and The Who on Dec. 13, 2002. “’Two words’, my friend said to me dramatically: ‘DVD-Audio,’ when I asked […]
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