Arts
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Slam poet entertains the Turret
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Two-time U.S. National Poetry Slam finalist, winner of a Los Angeles Music Award for Spoken Word Album of the year and star of Spike Lee’s Inside Man, New York’s Carlos Andrés Gómez impressed the Laurier community this past Sunday with much more than his countless achievements. Covering issues of language, voice, education, masculinity, oppression and…
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Predicting next week’s Oscar nominations
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Wade: Best Picture Normally, this category wouldn’t be so hard, but the jump from five to 10 nominees requires a little more effort in the decision-making process. It’s pretty clear that Up in the Air, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds and (as much as it pains me to say) Avatar are all in the race,…
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Laurier Musical Theatre gives Laurier a taste of Broadway glitz
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Three exclusive performances of Follies – put on by Laurier Musical Theatre on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Theatre Auditorium, offered a rare opportunity to see a huge cast of students reproducing Stephen Sondheim’s renowned Broadway musical. The musical, involving 37 cast members in 21 performance numbers, a pit band of 14 and a…
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Funk in the Oven takes Last Band Standing
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After a night of Laurier musicians showcasing their talent on the Wilf’s stage, innovative band Funk in the Oven came out victorious as A-team’s Last Band Standing (LBS). “It was fairly close, but I think there was a clear favourite amongst the audience,” said one of the LBS judges Ryan Wycherley, a former Radio Laurier…
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Haiti relief event held at Maxwell’s
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Maxwell’s Music House drew in a large crowd on Tuesday night when their weekly open mic night transformed into a benefit for Haiti. Two Laurier alumni, Sarah Sheridan and owner of the music club Paul Maxwell, worked together to organize the event. “He has the business and I had the idea to just come and…
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A lifelong passion
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It is hard to believe that a 71-year-old love affair with photography can originate from an encounter with mushrooms, but for Wilhelm Nassau it did. As a high school student, he volunteered to photograph this species of fungus for his biology professor. “I didn’t know much about photography, but with mushrooms, it was easy,” said…
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Arts bites: Jan. 27, 2010
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Drunk on a plane Colleen Walsh, the Canadian TV personality who was arrested in Newfoundland last March when her transatlantic flight was diverted to St. John’s, was fined and placed on probation for assault and air rage charges. Walsh, who has worked for CBC, CTV and Global, attributed her actions to two bottles of wine,…
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Our Body: Exhibit comes to Children’s Museum in Waterloo
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“Textbooks don’t do it justice, how amazing your body is,” marketing manager of the Waterloo Regional Children’s Museum Angela Olano explained, referring to the fascination and intrigue behind the museum’s newest exhibition Our Body: The Universe Within. Open Jan. 14 until Apr. 11, Our Body invites viewers to take a unique look underneath the skin…
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New Vampire Weekend album fails to impress
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Contra Vampire Weekend Release date: Jan. 12, 2010 XL Recordings Vampire Weekend emerged from the wilds of Columbia University a few years ago with music that blended an Africa-derived sense of rhythm and a distinctly white collar and Ivy League sense of presence. Contra breaks little new ground. To say that it is no different…
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In Review: FR!NGE
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This past weekend, the FR!NGE festival treated its audiences to stories of minor-inconvenience-solving superheroes, comical murder plots and World War I soldiers, among many others. Two of The Cord’s volunteers attended Show A on Jan. 14 and Show B on Jan. 15 to review the eclectic array of plays and short films created and acted…
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