3.5 Edifying-tales-of-British-success out of 4 Collaborations between talented artists never go unnoticed. When strong actors, moving directors, and smart writers come together to produce something wonderful, audiences never fail to recognize the magic they’re witnessing. However, modern cinema has come to face a dilemma in the ever-raging battle between talents. […]
Arts & Culture
The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
Film Review: Unfriended
Social media slasher film is mildly freaky Unfriended, the newest slasher film to hit the box office, combines social media and a group of hormonal teenagers to add a horror-spin to the world of cyber-bullying. As most horror films accomplish, Unfriended works to provide a lesson of morality – this […]
Album of the Week: Gizzards & Hearts
Band: One Ton Project Album: Gizzards & Hearts – 2015 Signed to Battleground Records and hailing from Las Vegas, Nevada, One Ton Project has recently released their new and highly anticipated self-produced full-length album – Gizzards & Hearts. While listening to the 12 tracks on this record, you will notice […]
Kazoo! Fest 2015
In conversation with Brad McInerney, founder of Guelph’s Kazoo! Fest This year, Guelph’s Kazoo! Fest is taking place from April 8 to 12, and Guelphites can expect a wide variety of events from music to visual arts. Founded in 2006, Kazoo! Fest has been an ongoing Guelph tradition that celebrates […]
Jim Guthrie: Who Needs What by Andrew Hood
Short Story Writer Branches Out with Bio of Local Musician Jim Guthrie: Who Needs What, Andrew Hood’s new biography of a game-changing Guelph singer-songwriter, is a fun and foulmouthed portrait of an artist, a community, and a period of huge transition for the music industry. Stained with feces and doused […]
The Weekly Scene: Haute Cuisine [French title: La Saveurs du Palais] (2012)
2 Filling-but-bland-dishes out of 4 Short stories, much like scenes in a film are often more enjoyable to discuss than novels because there is little additional context to consider. Characters act and engage with their environments in individual, simple settings, and though history, philosophy, and the real world may often […]
Album of the Week
Miles Davis – Agharta Miles Davis known to explore the boundaries of Jazz music released Agharta which was recorded live on February 1, 1975 at the Osaka Festival Hall in Japan. With its eclectic improvisational vibe Agharta infuses elements across different genres to be known as Jazz–Rock fusion. The stellar […]
Silence
Narrator/actor Ron Gaskin provides a poetic description of “Rub Out the Word”: grey fingers find a vein need talks says, “Rub Out the Word” last stop, Silence, 46 Essex audio ‘needle’ injects electroacoustic Venusian mind-meld cut-ups, juxtapositions of images, sounds, sirens, insects, Moroccan Pan pipes, low vibrating hum Bill […]
Tyson and the Trepids – 130 King EP
Tyson Brinacombe waxes on defunct DIY space in poppy new album With an unmistakably tall, long-locked stature, Tyson Brinacombe is a man of many modes and a staple of many local bands. All this granted, he is, above all, a traditionalist in the best sense of the word. This isn’t […]
Beach Bodies – Swimmer
Young Band Explores Murky Waters on Debut EP Guelph is nowhere near the ocean, but in the 21st century, that doesn’t matter. Images of sand, surf, sky, and sex suffuse our landlocked dreams and shape the vistas of our collective imagination. Perhaps that’s why Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine’s 2012 beautiful […]
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The Ontarion publishes independent, student-produced news, opinion, and commentary for University of Guelph students so that they can make informed decisions in their lives. To do this, The Ontarion provides learning opportunities and training in journalism, media production, leadership, board governance, and other aspects of nonprofit news.
The Ontarion is the University of Guelph’s independent student newspaper. It began in 1951 as part of the Ontario Agricultural College and then began to represent the entire University of Guelph once it amalgamated in 1964. The Ontarion incorporated in May 1970 as The Ontarion, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation registered with the province of Ontario.