Guelph roommates talk music and creativity What started as an EP for a high school creative writing class transformed, under careful and almost obsessive attention, into Beach Bodies’ first full-length album Onward & Downward. Beach Bodies is a five-member act made up of Brock Bourgeois, Jamie Gibson, Corben Grant, Isaac […]
Arts & Culture
The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
Pop Philosophy: The ethics surrounding Westworld
What rights we may or may not owe artificial intelligence Avoiding spoilers, the TV series Westworld examines the ways in which human users interact with and experience a real live video game. For an estimated $40,000 a day, one can ride the train into the Old West-themed park; donn bespoke […]
L CON releases third studio avant-pop album
Moon Milk as artistic as it is catchy On Oct. 7, 2016, L CON released Moon Milk, an album supported by the Ontario Arts Council. Released by Wildlife Sanctuary Sound Recordings, L CON’s Moon Milk was co-conspired with the help of Andrew Collins. This album was created as a part […]
The Weekly Scene: Doctor Strange (2016)
3 majestic-medleys-of-sight-and-sound out of 4 Doctor Strange as a character and Doctor Strange as a film are entities that stand in stark contrast to the so-called norms of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As a character, the cosmic doctor distinguishes himself from the majority of his colourful counterparts by drawing his […]
Album of the Week
Dan Mangan’s 2009 album Nice, Nice, Very Nice is exactly the kind of mellow acoustic folk to provide the backing track to midterm studying—or any kind of mid-semester writing that needs to be finished before the ever looming deadline. Mangan’s raspy vocals and folksy guitar weave stories of melancholy and […]
Guelph Film Festival boasts dozens of thought-provoking films
A veritable smorgasbord of films wow and inspire audiences As one of the first international documentary film festivals in the world, the Guelph Film Festival was founded in 1984 and continues to screen films of both local and global relevance. This year’s festival took place at various intimate and accessible […]
eBar kicks off Halloween weekend with indie music showcase
Kazoo! presents Versa, Baby Cages, and L CON Beneath the domino ceiling of Guelph’s eBar, Kazoo! kicked off their Halloween party on Fri, Oct. 28, bringing costumed locals together for a festive evening. After seeing a wizard walk in with a unicorn, followed by a cowboy and Leela from Futurama, a […]
Comedian Brent Butt leaves hundreds in laughs at the River Run Centre
Canadian comedy icon entertains Guelph Brent Butt—creator and star of Corner Gas—left hundreds laughing at Guelph’s River Run Centre on Thurs, Oct. 27. With each joke in his set, Butt’s conversational style transformed the large space into a more intimate setting. Opening for Butt was Jamie Hutchinson, whose material was filled […]
The Phantom of the Opera screening merges the past with the present
Event pairs silent film with live music On Oct. 28, St. George’s Church invited the community to travel back in time for a screening of The Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney. Constructed in 1873, the church’s current structure speaks of the past with its 19th-century architecture, candlelit aisles, and […]
Katie Ewald and Bry Webb feature in Royal City Heroes series
The Making-Box continues to playfully lampoon local celebrities Bat venom, a neighbour who stalks you to South America, Neil Young. What sounds like improv sketch’s answer to Halloween was in fact another installment in the monthly series Royal City Heroes, which sees The Making-Box cast creating sketch comedy out of brief […]
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