Karen Ostrander
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In review: “Mastermind”
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After meager success with his last two albums God Forgives, I Don’t (2012) and Teflon Don (2010), Miami rapper Rick Ross, slowed down his huge involvement in getting his own recording label Maybach Music Group (MMG) off the ground, and began focusing more on delivering a sixth studio album that would truly live up to…
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USS: Full of introspection and energy
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Attending a USS live performance is like entering an alternate and energetic universe where the only goal is to have as much fun as humanly possible. On Thursday Feb. 27, Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, commonly referred to as USS, graced The Wax in Kitchener with their enthusiastic presence to promote their latest album Advanced Basics, their…
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Pixar in concert
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Long associated with excellent plotlines, Pixar films are often forgotten for being accompanied by some of the best musical scores in film history. On Wednesday Feb. 26, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony took on some of our favourite movie scores in “Pixar in Concert.” After seeing this one-night-only performance, it will be tough to ever forget again.…
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No surprises at the Oscars
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The 86th Academy Awards, on Sunday March 1, went on with very few surprises. Ellen DeGeneres hosted for the second time and, as usual, brought the energy all her own to the biggest night in Hollywood. In one of the highlights of the evening, she handed out pizza to the audience, and then made them…
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Arts Bites: Feb. 26
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Robin Thicke and Paula Patton split After nine years of marriage and, at least 20 years together, Paula Patton and Robin Thicke are splitting up. Many people are speculating that, with Thicke’s recent rise to fame, he has let the fame get to his head and has become an insufferable douche. Judging from the behaviour…
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Cord Arts: The ultimate Oscar playlist
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Eating cookie dough in bed Gravity – Start your evening off with a nerve-shattering ride through the cold reaches of space with this thriller-to-end-all-thrillers. The story may never evolve beyond George Clooney’s orders of “get to Earth and let me enjoy the view,” but that is one of its many strengths. It’s a straightforward and…
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WLU represents at the Junos
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This year a number of Wilfrid Laurier University alumni and faculty are poised for a big night at the 2014 Juno Awards. Taking place this year in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the awards will honour the very best in Canadian music. Laurier grad Shadrach “Shad” Kabango’s latest release Flying Colours snagged a nomination for Rap Recording of…
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Strength in having choices
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When I think of what feminism means, I think of my mother. My mother, born to first-generation Italians, decided that she wanted to study math at University of Waterloo. My grandfather, a kind and loving man I swear, warned her that she may be wasting her education because she may want to have children one…
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Music with Scholtes
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The Maureen Foster Recital Hall resonated to the musical stylings of Marcus Scholtes, a string professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, on Thursday Feb. 6 at noon. The Music at Noon is an on-going series within the faculty of music that occurs twice a week — Tuesday’s are the student performances while on Thursday the professors…
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In review: “Oil Sands Karaoke”
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Some things are just not meant to go together. Whether it’s peanut butter and tuna or beer and tequila, there are things that no matter how great they are on their own, cannot be put together to make work. So what happens when you mix working in Canada’s oil sands and casual bar karaoke? In…
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