While many of us often wish Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was an actual academic institution we could transfer to, we unfortunately have to settle for J.K. Rowling’s meticulous descriptions of the Gryffindor Common Room or glorious views of the lavishly decorated Great Hall in the film adaptations. That will no longer be the [...]
Weird Wide Web
In recent years, Flash web cartoons have become an extremely popular source of entertainment. Circulated with the same impact as many of YouTube’s viral videos, online flash animation is commonly known for its seemingly innocent nature and its bizarre, creepy and sometimes disturbing content. Yet the peculiarity of these cartoons is what makes them so [...]
Chronicling Music Week
The lineup at this year’s Canadian Music Fest wasn’t spectacular. Still, I was excited to review a few headliners and some undiscovered talent. The excitement, however, was eschewed from the start. Read on to get the full story. Day 1 – Wednesday, March 10 On the Bill – The Bonfire Ball Revue w/ Jason Collett, [...]
The affairs of others
Since its inception in 1993, Theatre Erindale has staged over 75 productions, including its recent adaptation of The Clandestine Marriage, which closes out the season this week. Remaining true to this year’s theme of “Violations,” David Garrick and George Colman’s 1766 comedy recounts the tale of a wealthy young woman named Fanny (Sophia Fabiilli), who [...]
Everybody Loves Comedia Italiana!
If a burglar asks you for a drink upon being discovered, chances are he’s not as dangerous as you think. Led by professors Salvatore Bancheri and Guido Pugliese, the Italian theatre troupe Le Maschere Duemondi dell’Università di Toronto a Mississauga (The Two-World Players of UTM) staged a production of Dario Fo’s comedy of errors, Non [...]
Charity fashion show rocks ROM
U of T’s 3rd annual Rock the Runway charity fashion show tore up the runway at the Royal Ontario Museum on Saturday night, with no shortage of flashing cameras and blinding spotlights among the jam-packed rows of eager onlookers. Hosted by the students of Woodsworth College and in support of War Child Canada, the event [...]
Look—no, it’s not Face—book
Perez Hilton may be your go-to guru for all the current celebrity fashion trends (and faux-pas), but where can we find out the latest street styles from everyday fashion enthusiasts around the world? The fashion blog LOOKBOOK.nu specifically targets these international trendsetters, which include high school students, aspiring designers and amateur photographers. LOOKBOOK.nu allows them [...]
Album in review: Submarine by Scanners
There is no such thing as band obscurity these days, despite what their names might suggest. Take, for example, the London indie outfit, Scanners. So what? But if I tell you that they are signed to Steve Aoki’s record label, have had their music featured in episodes of Entourage and One Tree Hill, have toured [...]
Beauty in the breakdown
The construction of art is a multi-layered process. An initial stroke of inspiration, some preliminary drawings, an assemblage of materials and a whole lotta coffee come together as the key ingredients of many artistic endeavours, including the Blackwood Gallery’s latest exhibition, Location! Location! Location!, which opened last Wednesday. A project that required the construction of [...]
The Greek Connection
Take a French play that is set in Greece, translate it into English, et voila! Theatre Erindale’s production of Andromache is the resulting dramatic fusion, a 17th century tragedy of pride, passion and jealousy by the French playwright Jean Racine. Though an English rendition of the play is quite uncommon, Richard Wilbur’s translation is greatly [...]
