The cast and crew of Reefer Madness get into gear for rehearsals by Vanessa Szpurko They’re naked! A rehearsal for Curtain Call’s production of Reefer Madness isn’t your typical run through. It’s a little more exciting. The majority of the cast and crew is naked. Nearly, anyway. Almost every person […]
Arts & Culture
The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
Attack in Black to sow some more seeds in Guelph
by Joseph Czikk Almost one year ago, Attack in Black released their third full length album and arguably the best indie release of 2009. The disc was called Years (by One Thousand Fingertips) and it brought forth yet another fantastic avenue of their continually changing sound. In the midst of […]
Featured Artist: Shane Krepakevich
Written by Miles Stemp Shane Krepakevich is interested in the body’s relationship with space, being either physical or imagined. More specifically, he is looking at the movement and understanding of bodies in a system. Krepakevich utilizes principals of design and elements of architecture and minimalism to investigate a personal geography […]
Hillside’s heroes
Written by Dan Howse Anyone who has been to a music festival can tell you that a lot more people are involved in providing the festival than just the musicians. While the bands, artists and other performers naturally get the spotlight, the people holding that spotlight in place are just […]
Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away
Written by Zack MacRae Around 150 years ago, a guy named Charles Darwin came up with a crazy idea about the origin of species that is now widely known, and not so widely accepted, as the evolutionary theory. In it, Darwin explains gradual evolution of species as a kind […]
Sound Check: Ke$ha: Animal
Written by Daniel Wright I remember the first time I heard “Tik Tok” by Ke$ha, or rather saw the video on Much Music. I distinctly remember thinking, “is this the end of the hipster as we know it?” Usually, when the trends trickle down to the pre-high school age […]
What are you reading?
Written by Rachel Shoemaker How did you react when you heard that an Olympic torch bearer was knocked down in Guelph? Did your heart swell with pride to be a U o G student when you saw the Globe and Mail front page headline: “A blow to Olympic spirit”? We […]
Featured artist: Sam Silversides
by Miles Stemp Sam Silversides’ work can be described as spontaneously planned, meaning there is this ephemeral quality to his work where it lives in the zone somewhere between meticulously considered and entirely impulsive. His video works follow the same type of structure. But in his recent works it’s […]
A show with flare
Rainbow Chorus celebrates 15th anniversary Saturday night at Harcourt United Church by Daniel Bitonti Ask Greg Beneteau what the Rainbow Chorus of Wellington and Waterloo County is and he’ll tell you it’s more than just a choir. Beneteau, the vice chair of the group, says it’s an extended social […]
Pop Cultured: The happiest hour on television
by Duncan Day-Myron Guido is a lifestyle, not a slur. So say the juiced up and bright orange Guidos and Guidettes of Jersey Shore, MTV’s latest in a long line of documentary-style reality programs. Unlike its conceptual predecessors the Real World and The Hills, the show follows a bunch of […]
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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.