Arts & Culture

The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.

Arts & Culture

‘The Gay Cookbook’ makes a meal of camp and serves it up with a side of LGBTQ+ activism

Author Lou Rand Hogan garnishes internationally-inspired recipes with witty commentary in this fascinating look at mid-century queer domesticity Gillian Manford | Archives Clerk “…in that magic hour ‘tween day and dark, after effacing the ravages of the day’s toil, and before the night’s serious cruising, ya gotta take on some […]

Arts & Culture, CFRU Top 10

CFRU’s Top 10 for April 5, 2022

List provided by CFRU. RANK ARTIST Title (Label) 1. ELAQUENT** Bedtime Stories III (Alpha Pup) 2. TANYA TAGAQ* Tongues (Six Shooter) 3. APPLES* About the Future (Self-Released) 4. BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND* Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined (Transgressive) 5. SUE FOLEY* Pinky’s Blues (Stony Plain) 6. BLACKBIRD BELLE* Microcosm (Inner Ocean) 7. ELLEMETUE* les […]

Arts & Culture, CFRU Top 10

CFRU’s Top 10 for March 22, 2022

List provided by CFRU. RANK ARTIST Title (Label) 1. APPLES* About the Future (Self-Released) 2. RUBY SINGH* Vox.Infold (Self-Released) 3. MAYLEE TODD* Maloo (Stones Throw) 4. 5TH PROJEKT* The Labyrinth EP (Organik) 5. GHOSTLY KISSES* Heaven, Wait (Coyote / Akira) 6. BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND* Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined (Transgressive) 7. OMBIIGIZI* Sewn […]

Arts & Culture, CFRU Top 10

CFRU’s Top 10 for Feb. 23, 2022

List provided by CFRU. RANK ARTIST Title (Label) 1. BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND*   Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined (Transgressive) 2. MAYLEE TODD*   Maloo (Stones Throw) 3. CHURCH OF TREES*   Pish Posh (Self-Released) 4. ELLE BARBARA’S BLACK SPACE* Délice Créole / Peach Purée (Celluloid Lunch) 5. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE   Time Skiffs (Domino) […]