Arts
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Healing through music
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Saturday saw Laurier play host to the first ever Music Care Conference. Drawing in a diverse range of participants, the day featured a variety of workshops and performances in addition to keynote addresses from Dan Hill and Deforia Lane. The event shed light on music therapy and provided different perspectives on the benefits that music…
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Weezer tribute rocks Starlight
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Last Thursday the Starlight Social Club was host to a very special act – the world’s greatest all-girl Weezer tribute band, Sheezer. Hailing from Toronto, this band is made up of five very talented ladies from the local indie music scene, each with a particular fondness for the music of Weezer. The newly formed act…
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The art of agriculture
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One of the most captivating and unique exhibits ever to come to Laurier is now on display at the Robert Langen Art Gallery. Multimedia artist Steven White is the creator of The Combine Project, which showcases interactive kinetic sculptures in addition to paintings and prints. The piece features themes of change, agriculture and the fate…
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Rocky Horror carries on campy Halloween tradition
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Upholding tradition, the original Princess Cinema hosted its 25th annual Rocky Horror Picture Show Halloween screening this past weekend. Selling out the four show times, Saturday and Sunday were nights when people of all ages ventured Uptown Waterloo sporting Halloween costumes and “time warped” alongside lovable characters like Brad, Janet, Magenta and Riff Raff –…
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Jason Collett Reinvents his sound
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Jason Collett has made a name for himself in the Canadian music industry. An early member of Toronto collective Broken Social Scene, Collett has since established himself as a successful singer-songwriter, releasing his fourth studio album Rat a Tat earlier this year. Then, just a couple of weeks ago, he released an album of acoustically…
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Arts bites: Oct. 27, 2010
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Jay-Z set to release tell-all book about 36 of his songs Jay-Z can now add author to his list of job titles. Already one of the most successful hip-hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, Shawn Carter will release his memoir titled Decoded on November 16th. Last week the Roc-A-Fella Records C.E.O. hosted a party at…
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It’s kind of a mediocre movie
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It’s Kind of a Funny Story Directed by: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Starring: Keir Glichrist, Emma Roberts, Zach Galifianakis Release Date: October 8 Based on the 2006 novel written by Ned Vizzini, It’s Kind of a Funny Story tells the story of 16-year-old Craig (Keir Gilchrist) who checks himself into a psychiatric hospital after…
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Exhibit shines new light on perception
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The Waterloo Community Arts Centre has been featuring the work of Kitchener artist Meghan Sims in their exhibit Night and Day. On display at the Button Factory until Oct. 29, the collection of paintings serves as a surreal and abstract demonstration of visual perception during both day and night time scenarios. Through the selection of…
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Political film series continues at WLU
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This past Thursday, the documentary End of the Line was featured as the second installment in the Cinema Politica series. Dedicated to screening films with political components, Cinema Politica’s Kitchener-Waterloo chapter is coordinated by professors Derek Hall and Tanya Richardson of the political science and anthropology departments respectively. “We’ve been really pleased so far with…
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I scream for Scream 4
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Being that it’s getting close to Halloween and all, one of the more intriguing trailers currently being screened at theatres is for the fourth installment of the seminal Scream franchise. Tentatively titled Scre4m (stupid, yes), the movie once again dives into the lives of Sydney Prescott and the rest of the Woodsboro gang, including Gale…
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