VOC Harmonic performs live scoring of 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Horror cinema has had a fascinating history, packed with political, social, and artistic facets that are intrinsic to reading the horror movie form itself. Early films like Nosferatu, The Man Who Laughs, and The Cabinet of Dr. […]
Arts & Culture
The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
Album of the Week: Dr. Dre’s The Chronic
Dr. Dre’s debut album, The Chronic, was released in 1992 and completely transformed West Coast hip-hop. This album slammed Dre with the reputation of being the pioneer of G-Funk, or Gangsta Funk, a subgenre of hip-hop music that emerged in the early ‘90s. With its compilation of clips of hilarious […]
Jam Space: Musings on Sound and Culture
Why do “bad” people make such great art? As consumers of music and art, we seem to get easily disillusioned when our artistic heroes do something reprehensible. Whether it’s influential Pink Floyd and Beatles producer Phil Spektor shooting his wife in cold blood, jazz visionary Miles Davis’ pre-rehab pimping and […]
Time Warp at Lower Massey
The Drama Student Confederation hosts The Rocky Horror Picture Show On Thursday, Oct. 30, the Drama Student Federation collaborated with The English Students Society and the Philosophy Society to host a production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the University of Guelph. The production was hosted in Lower Massey, […]
The Weekly Scene: The Cabin in the Woods
3.5 Artificial-scenarios-designed-for-monsters out of 4 Horror movies have gone downhill in recent years. Perhaps this all began with the Saw franchise, or perhaps horror movies were never that compelling to begin with, but horror movies just aren’t what they used to be. Of course, “what they used to be” is […]
Curtain Call Productions Performs Urinetown
Cast and crew of alumni and current students perform hilarious, provoking musical Curtain Call Productions performed Urinetown from Friday, Oct. 24 to Sunday, Oct. 26., at the University of Guelph’s War Memorial Hall. The play, written by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann, is a satirical look at class struggle, resource […]
Album of the Week: Taylor Swift, 1989
I am reminiscent for a time when I didn’t have to defend my love for Taylor Swift. 1989, released on Oct. 27, is a departure for Swift – a departure that I love. A mix of perky dance anthems and smooth, slow ballads, 1989 is, as eloquently noted by the […]
People House Theatre and The Making Box Host GIANTS!
Comedy play brings hearty laughs to unorthodox theatre setting People House Theatre hosted a lovely night of comedy at the Making Box Pop-up Theatre, located at 40 Baker Street, on Friday, Oct 24. GIANTS! a play by fourth-year English student, and regular Ontarion contributor, Will Wellington, offered uproarious humour with […]
Talking Zavitz
This week, Zavitz Gallery features “Actuality,” an exhibition of paintings, drawings, and collages by Chelsea Brant. It opened on Oct. 27, and runs until Oct. 31. I wandered through the gallery with Taylor Avery, a first-year English major, and Alyssa Logan, a first-year Psychology major, talking about the work. This […]
The Weekly Scene: Big Night
3.5 Portraits-of-Disaster out of 4 *Trigger warning – some language later in article* Secondo is trying his hardest to keep his restaurant afloat. Between a classical Italian menu that is staunchly unpopular compared to the more “Americanized” offerings of his competitors, and his older brother’s insistence on maintaining their roots […]
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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.