Bros is made up of two brothers, Ewan and Shamus Currie, from the highly acclaimed platinum-selling Canadian band The Sheepdogs. Bros brings a unique element to the table that differentiates itself from their other band. By creating more intricate melodies, a horn section, and Brazilian drum rhythms, Bros isn’t your […]
Arts & Culture
The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
Behind the scenes of Heathers the Musical
In pictures: “What’s your damage?” Preparation for the annual Curtain Call Productions’ musical begins as early as September—the start of the fall school semester. For audience members, the two-and-a-half hour show is a fun night out when they get to watch the culmination of everyone’s efforts. However, for those who […]
Between the Sheets: Most Perfect Things About People marks debut for Guelph grad
Mark Jordan Manner explores the complications of memory Mark Jordan Manner’s debut novel Most Perfect Things About People is categorically not light holiday reading. Manner, who received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Guelph, published his novel through Tailwinds Press. Within the opening movements of the text, […]
SETS production of Marat/Sade takes the main stage
A gory story of assassination and revolution For the winter 2017 semester, the University of Guelph’s School of English and Theatre Studies presented Marat/Sade from March 21 to the 26 at the George Luscombe Theatre for its main-stage production. Originally published in German in the 1960s, Peter Weiss’s play brought […]
Ed Sheeran releases new album, condemns women their hobbies
An unsurprisingly sexist album sure to make millions I don’t tend to write and submit negative reviews for The Ontarion’s Arts and Culture section. I say to myself and to any writer who writes critically of acts (especially local acts), that we are emphatically not Pitchfork. We do not need […]
Campus theatre club presents Heathers the Musical
Dark comedy offers audiences an opportunity to find humour in tragedy Heathers, a dark comedy cult classic ripped straight from 1989, gets a modern musical twist in the Curtain Call Productions (CCP) presentation of Heathers the Musical, written and composed by Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy. Following high school senior […]
Drake’s More Life is an eclectic mix of sounds and inspirations
Not quite an album, not quite a mix tape, Toronto’s golden boy can’t stop and won’t stop More Life is a collection of Drake’s favourite sounds and artists coupled with traditional “Drake-ian” muses on relationships, professionalism, and the industry. Coming off of the repetitive and redundant VIEWS, Drake’s newest […]
Album of the Week
Actor-writer-musician Donald Glover is truly a modern Renaissance man. As an actor, Glover goes by his given name, but, as a rapper, he goes by the moniker Childish Gambino. Not content to stay confined to one musical style, each of Gambino’s albums has run the gamut of hip-hop styles, from […]
Annual Juried Art Show lets studio art students shine
Zavitz Hall boasts art from all disciplines The Juried Art Show (JAS) is an annual event that both excites and motivates studio art majors throughout their undergraduate degree. Zavitz Hall was transformed into a giant art gallery on Friday, March 17, where students exhibited works of all disciplines and mediums. […]
Photography project aims to promote positive images of Muslim women
Bright Muslim Women capitalizes on social media to promote diversity University of Guelph fine arts student Sondoce Wasfy has started a new project called Bright Muslim Women to showcase the many contributions Muslim-identifying women have made. “I am a conceptual sculptor and photographer, originally trained in architecture. I come from […]
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