On Nov. 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the third annual Waterloo Christmas Market was held at Rim Park, where local vendors gathered to display and sell their unique wares. The event was hosted by All-Canadian Events, a company set on providing platforms for local artisans and vendors to showcase their talents and small businesses. Various events similar to […]
This week from Nov. 6-9, the ninth annual Zonta Film Festival was held at The Princess Twin Cinemas in Uptown Waterloo. The festival features films by and for women, covering a broad range of topics. With the film industry being largely male-dominated, Zonta provides female filmmakers with a platform to showcase their work to the community. “This is our ninth […]
On Oct. 25, a few of my friends came up for the weekend, and for some unknown reason, I agreed to go to Bingeman’s Screampark (and I say “some unknown reason” because I am very scared of a lot of horror-related things). Screampark is an event put on at Bingeman’s in Waterloo each year that resembles something like Halloween Haunt […]
Laurier’s Shinerama team held their annual pie in the face event in the concourse on Oct. 2 from 10am to 4pm to raise money for cystic fibrosis, their first event of the fall semester other than their change drive during orientation week. The campaign sold one pie for $2 or three pies for $5 to raise money for the organization […]
If you’ve ever found yourself up at 4a.m.- clicking your way down the musical rabbit hole that is YouTube, you’re not alone. Chances are, you’ve come across an artist or two whose work never got the attention it deserved. Maybe they didn’t market themselves right. Maybe they were ahead of their time. Maybe they just never aspired to stand center […]
If I were to conduct a sample census on campus asking students their favourite month, at least 8 out of 10 would say October. October is the most common month depicted in college movies; autumn is simply is setting one pictures when thinking of a university campus. This cannot be by chance; autumn is the best time to be a […]
On Sep. 28, Uptown Waterloo hosted Lumen, the second annual festival that features interdisciplinary installations of art, technology, and light. From 6-11 p.m, festival-goers were able to explore Uptown Waterloo and interact with over 27 installations at over 25 locations, spread across Uptown in four “zones.” Several musical acts were also featured at the event throughout the night. Lumen featured […]
She sashayed, she shantayed and she was a panther on that stage last night. On Sept. 23, Laurier hosted a drag show featuring drag queens from the KW region and special guest, runner up in RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11, Brooke Lynn Hytes. From the moment you stepped into The Turret, the energy was something to behold. It appeared that […]
A lot of effort goes into decorating your room. For some people, it is the only place they have to call their own hundreds of miles from home. It’s important to surround yourself with whatever makes you most comfortable, even if what makes you comfortable is a poster of Detective Pikachu or an image of a rainbow-hued moose fiddling with […]
It’s that time again! The Toronto International Film Festival has arrived, and with it, a slew of fresh and exciting films for cinephiles and casual viewers alike. Not sure how to wade your way through all of this year’s picks? Here is a list of the four most talked-about films of the festival: Jojo Rabbit New Zealand director Taika Waititi’s […]
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