Category: Arts & Culture

Memories make the music for local singer/songwriter

By Jarrod Hoogendam I am a very judgemental person. This is not to say that I hate everything, just that I like or dislike someone or something at first glance without being hindered by a silly thing like a reason. I’ll give you an example. The television program Get a Life will forever be one […]

Music classes teach rhythms of the global village

Playing popular tunes garner these artists some respect

By Sonja Rasula Hilarious, morbid, perfect, the work of genius — these are a few of the ways that the films of Joel and Ethan Coen, AKA The Coen Brothers, have been described. Their unmistakable style combines exceptional visual artistry, fascinating dialogue, bizarre plots and a twisted sense of humour. The duo direct, produce and […]

Twin Peaks director staying bizarre (How bizarre [x2])

Lilith plays the waiting game with success

Festival of short plays spotlights Canadian talent

By Patricia Grysiewicz A three-foot-long phallus, flashing lights and a stage full of actors who strip down to their underwear make Aristophanes’ Lysistrata hard to forget. Ryerson’s acting grads and director John Van Burek present Lysistrata and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet this week in repertory. Two plays with similar themes, but obvious differences. In Lysistrata, […]

By David Redford Students tired of mindless trash coming out of Hollywood, have no fear, there is an alternative. A group of Ryerson media arts students, tired of what’s playing in mainstream theatres are taking money out of their own pockets to put on experimental films every Friday. “There aren’t a lot of venues for […]

Acting troupe not the traditional balloon animal and spraying flower type