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Author: Will Wellington
Star Wars set designer visits Guelph
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Tony Ortega on whether we should be scared
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Comedy Church celebrates two years of community
Bi-weekly stand-up workshop promotes feedback and friendship Erinn White started Comedy Church in 2015. The stand-up comedy workshop — which runs at The Making-Box, yes, every other Sunday — celebrated its two-year anniversary on Oct. 15. Will Wellington: How do you think Comedy Church has lasted two years? Erinn White: Part of […]
Guelph Comedy Festival takes over downtown
Artistic director Jay Reid tells us what makes a great comedy show It’s hard to talk about the Guelph Comedy Festival without talking about The Making-Box. Since 2014, the local comedy company has been intimately involved in organizing the festival, which has grown from a handful of shows to a five-night […]
Betting on the black circle
Local stores talk the resurgence of vinyl It’s a good time for Guelph record collectors. Royal Cat Records has a new storefront downtown, The Beat Goes On now sells both new and used vinyl, and Sunrise Records features a prominent vinyl display. We asked Steve De Taeye of The Beat Goes On […]
The Adventures of Tom Shadow opens to big laughs in Toronto
After sold out shows at Bad Dog Theatre, Tom Shadow starts new run at Factory In the opening minutes of The Adventures of Tom Shadow, the titular magical boy swoops in through the nursery window to whisk the young Angeline and Martin Chastain off on a Peter Pan-esque magical journey. […]
Guelph Fringe Festival soldiers on against the odds
Theatre festival almost didn’t happen It takes a certain sort of person to keep a fringe festival going. By his own admission, Kevin Nunn, who founded the Guelph Fringe Festival in 2015, may not be that person. “I supply enthusiasm,” says Nunn, “not tremendous amounts of administrative knowledge.” Nunn runs […]
Silence is not a choice
Payam Akhavan asks why the world stands by Payam Akhavan knows the power of words: those that separate us and those that unite us. When I speak to him over the phone on a Wednesday morning, he’s busy preparing to deliver the fifth and final part of the 2017 Massey […]
10 Carden finds space for the spaceless
They don’t make buildings like the old Acker’s Furniture anymore. That’s the feeling I get as Joy Sammy of 10 Carden (10 C), the Guelph organization that now owns the place, leads me and a group of visitors on a tour. The tour is part of Culture Days, a yearly […]
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