Category: Arts & Culture

By Jill Koskitalo There is only one thing better than watching a show with lots of sex and violence on TV. Watching one live. The Oakham House Theatre Society has recognized the basic mass market appeal of sex and violence and in effort to cash in, is presenting the comedy I Hate Hamlet. The story […]

By Stephanie Bomba Red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue… No, it’s not a Romper Room (or acid) flashback. It’s a description of the hair colours sported by the pubescent audience at last Wednesday’s free Green Day concert in the alley behind the Ryerson parking garage. Punksters started lining up […]

Fifteen years after his death, Thelonious Monk's music still perplexes

Canadian music is as unique to our national as Bob and Doug Mackenzie

By Adam Kozyra With Box of Moonlight, writer and director Tom DiCillo transforms America’s Independence Day from an orgy of pompous hype to a time for reflection and gratitude. Box of Moonlight is a comment on the rigid suburban life most Americans lead. Set in a real-world fantasy, DiCillo uses the characters to create an […]

By Sean Fitz-Gerald Am I an asshole? Last Wednesday night I acted on a tip from a friend who said Martin Short was going to be making a guest appearance at The Second City comedy club. I called the club and asked if I could show up and do a “colour” piece on the place […]

Toronto band just won't give up

By Jill Koskitalo If you love short films like The Cat Came Back and The Log Driver’s Waltz but feel the National Film Board somehow just isn’t multicultural enough, your prayers have been answered. Apparently, the folks in charge of bringing those amusing (and often very confusing) moment to Canadiana to life grew tired of […]

Nadia Potts is Ryerson Theatre School's master teacher

The private life of cocktail party guru Jaymz Bee

Plumtree tries to garner respect for their music, not their looks