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How ‘This is America’ challenges modern society
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Donald Glover — the Emmy, Golden Globe and Grammy award winning artist known as the critically acclaimed talent behind the moniker Childish Gambino — recently released a music video for his latest hit single, “This is America.” The video currently holds 172,189,383 million views on YouTube and has garnered a significant amount of attention on…
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The inspirational effects of music and creativity
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As a booming creative industry reaching multiple outlets, the music industry has followed a linear pattern of complexity. Good design is what it’s all about, and due to the rapid increase of vinyl, music is becoming as intricate as ever. Artists who put the time into concept designs of albums are the ones you should…
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The power of Danielle Ponder and The Tomorrow People
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Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People hit the stage in an epic performance on Feb. 28 at the Maureen Forrester Hall. The day long event, which included a speaking engagement and a performance was called For the Love of Justice. This event was created by Karen Stote and Helen Ramirez, two women and gender…
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More than just a movie: the cultural impact of Black Panther
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Marvel Studios’ Black Panther has been smashing records worldwide since it opened on Feb. 15. It grossed $242 million at US box offices during its opening weekend. It hit $400 million in sales in just 10 days, putting it just under Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Jurassic World. It also beat out Deadpool for…
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Building a community in a snake pit
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In every city there’s two kinds of art scenes. There’s the obvious one, with the bands that play in the public square — you can bring your own lawn-chair and your kids can play with the puzzles drawn in to the concrete. It’s nice and idyllic, the type of art scene that helps build a…
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Alex Pangman is the sweetheart of Swing
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On Feb. 3, Juno nominee Alex Pangman performed at the Jazz Room in the Huether Hotel alongside the Benny Goodman Quartet. Admittedly, jazz isn’t something I’m interested in or something that I “get”. At seemingly random and innocuous points the audience would get really “jazzed” and start clapping over a particular string of notes. Maybe…
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Getting to know Death Party Playground
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“A wild group of hellion velvet ravens influenced by a rising 1988 Bruce Willis and the innocent contractors who lost their lives working on the Death Star.” That’s how a local band, Death Party Playground, is described on their website. It’s not a description you often see with an upcoming band — there’s no forced…
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The Laurier Music Theatre groups’ smashing success is Bye Bye Birdie!
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On Jan. 19, I spent my Friday evening watching a production of Bye Bye Birdie, performed by Laurier Musical Theatre. Blue Monday vibes were lingering, so the thought of some musical theatre was exactly what I needed to shake them off. Upon arriving at the theatre auditorium, I was shown to my reserved seat…
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Exploring fantasy literature and its impact
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What do you associate with the word “fantasy”? Do you think of the typical images of witches, wizards, goblins; and creatures that only exist in an imaginary world? Or like me, do you think of it as being so much more? Honestly, one of the most frustrating things as a person who loves Lord of…
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Valleys is a new sound for a new band
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Remember when Down With Webster went on hiatus? If you don’t that’s fine, I admittedly didn’t notice. But did anyone notice when they formed a new band? Patrick Gillet, Cameron Hunter, Tyler Armes and Andrew Martino — while on hiatus — formed a new band called Honors. Before we continue, I’ve noted and deducted…
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