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The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
Recent Toronto planning report echoes the mid-twentieth century craze for affordable multi-unit housing Ryan Kirkby | Archives Associate e’ve all read the headlines: affordable housing in big cities like Vancouver and Toronto is a thing of the past. Millennials and Generation Z are the chief casualties of this crisis—most of […]
What one American’s love affair with tobogganing can teach us about the historical and social significance of the sport Graham Burt | Archives Associate “A winter in Canada! I think I should rather spend it there than anywhere else on the face of this broad earth.” “What! And freeze to […]
Check out Guelph’s night skies with the help of U of G’s new stargazing series ast the layer of city lights and cloud cover, the vast expanse of space is filled with stars, planets, and meteoroids just waiting to be observed. The University of Guelph’s department of physics launched its […]
Poor performances, weak cinematography, and inconsistent plotting fail to do the film’s lavish source material justice idley Scott’s second cinematic foray of the year was met with great anticipation from fans the moment Lady Gaga evocatively uttered “father, son, and house of Gucci” in its first official trailer. The film […]
List provided by CFRU. RANK ARTIST Title (Label) 1. JULIE DOIRON* I Thought of You (You’ve Changed) 2. PICK A PIPER* Sea Steps (Tin Angel) 3. DOUG HOYER* Getting Older (Self-Released) 4. CEDRIC NOEL* Hang Time (Forward Music Group/Joyful Noise) 5. JESSICA MOSS* Phosphenes (Constellation) 6. […]
List provided by CFRU. RANK ARTIST Title (Label) 1. COEUR DE PIRATE* Impossible à aimer (Bravo) 2. ALANNA GURR** Life of the Party (Missed Connection) 3. JULIE DOIRON* I Thought of You (You’ve Changed) 4. THEON CROSS Intra-I (Marathon Artists) 5. BADBADNOTGOOD* Talk Memory (XL Recordings) 6. CEDRIC NOEL* Hang […]
Wes Anderson’s richly detailed anthology is profoundly idiosyncratic and moving es Anderson has always had a penchant for framing his narratives within storybook-like conceits. From The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) to The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Anderson has never shied away from conveying earnest portraits of family, grief, and innocence within […]
List provided by CFRU. RANK ARTIST Title (Label) 1. JESSICA MOSS* Phosphenes (Constellation) 2. THEON CROSS Intra-I (New Soil/Marathon Artists) 3. ADA LEA* one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden (Next Door) 4. SEULEMENT* EX PO (Mothland) 5. COTS** Disturbing Body (Boiled) 6. […]
Revealing the realities of the tree planting industry in conversation with Director Everett Bumstead he Guelph Film Festival kicked off its annual month-long broadcast of featured documentaries on Nov. 5. This year’s program included both Canadian and international films with a focus on “social justice, the environment, and community building,” […]
List provided by CFRU. RANK ARTIST Title (Label) 1. ALANNA GURR** Life of the Party (Missed Connection) 2. HOMESHAKE* Under The Weather (Dine Alone) 3. LANGUAGE ARTS* Lemon//Lime (Self-Released) 4. COTS** Disturbing Body (Boiled) 5. MOTORISTS* Surrounded (Debt Offensive) 6. GEORDIE GORDON** The Tower (Victory […]
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