Double-bill of Comic Operas
The faculty of music brought music fans a “delightful double-bill” of Canadian comic operas this past weekend Audiences were treated to three showings on Friday and Saturday...
White noise: TV accessibility
If you’re anything like myself, you stopped watching television once you moved away from home Budgets are tight (thanks school) and most of your hard earned cash goes to...
Laurier Free Film Series screens Broken Promises
A movie inside a movie inside a movie – no, it’s not Inception II, it’s Broken Promises, the famed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s romantic thriller On Thursday...
Do you need to go shopping?
Do you know what the worst part is about being broke The realization, upon entering any establishment that sells any sort of commodity, that you cannot afford to buy a thing I...
Building houses for reading week
As a general rule, I exert as little energy as possible You won’t see me up before the crack of noon without direct intervention and as far as hard work goes, I don’t That’s...
Waterloo Arts Collective: alternative for local performers
“Groups like F’n’M or Musical Theatre Laurier or open mic night, they’re all great organizations ⎯ we’ve both done them, loved them ⎯ but you can’t really do your...
Enduring the sleepless struggle
Tossing and turning all night, wondering when you’re going to fall asleep is never fun Falling asleep in class is not a joy, either These are just a few of the turmoils that...
#6wordreadingweek
Can’t hang out, in hibernation mode Those six words sum up my reading week to the core While my friends were partying in the Dominican, soaking up the sun in Florida and skiing...
84th Oscar Awards, revisited
It was a rocky road to Oscar night this year There was a change in the voting rules for the best picture category There was a sudden swap in producer and host mere months before...
The Grey refreshing take on survival-horror genre
A refreshing take on the survival-horror genre and – thankfully – one without zombies or diseases, The Grey provides an intimate movie experience that examines the will of...