Listening to the Canadian band’s much anticipated new album Last time I talked to The Strumbellas back in late January, they told me they would “only leave me with one percent of the album’s information.” In the past few months, the band has heavily toured to promote their newest album. […]
Arts & Culture
The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
SETS presents Sorry, Bus Full: 8 Degrees of Guelph
This winter’s mainstage production at George Luscombe Theatre The School of English and Theatre Studies presented Sorry, Bus Full: 8 Degrees of Guelph at the University of Guelph’s George Luscombe Theatre from Saturday, March 19 to Thursday, March 24, 2016. Directed by Alan Filewod and Gordon Harper, Sorry, Bus Full […]
Merival EP release at Van Gogh’s Ear
Celebrating Merival’s Lovers with Littlefolk and Drago Dit Dragon On a night that generally calls for a raucous celebration of an Irish kind, music of a softer sort was permeating through the door of Van Gogh’s Ear in downtown Guelph. On March 17, 2016, the venue played host to Merival, […]
Album of the week
Artist: Oingo Boingo Album: Dead Man’s Party (1985) No ‘80s dance party is complete without a little Oingo Boingo. Known for its fusion of new wave and ska music with nearly every genre imaginable, Oingo Boingo brings out a more prominent pop-rock influence with Dead Man’s Party. The power behind […]
Exploring Guelph’s Juried Art Show
Students entered their works anonymously at Rozanski Studio art students, Masters of fine arts students, professors, and jurors gathered in Rozanski at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 18 for the Juried Art Show awards ceremony. Jurors toured Zavitz Hall which was filled with studio art students’ work. The halls of […]
The Weekly Scene: Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
2 surprisingly-earnest-satires out of 4 It’s 1981 at Camp Firewood, and campers and counselors alike are preparing for the last day of camp. For the campers, this means one last day to frolic in the sun, swim in the cool lake, and eat awful camp food. For the counselors, this […]
Catherine McCormick headlines That Time of The Month
Guelph’s feminist stand-up comedy show was sold out yet again On the second Monday of each month, The Cornerstone welcomes That Time of The Month, Guelph’s feminist and LGBTQ+ stand-up comedy show. March’s show featured Catherine McCormick, named one of the “Top 40 Hot Queer Women in Comedy” by AfterEllen.com […]
It’s on Netflix: Daredevil Season 2
Things are heating up in Hell’s Kitchen The superhero hype train shows no signs of slowing down. With the official reveal of Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War earlier in March, and Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice coming to theatres this weekend, it seems like the capes and cowls […]
Cousins headline evening with Esther Grey and Joyfultalk
Halifax meets Guelph at The Making-Box Even with Kazoo! Festival 2016 a mere three weeks away, the Kazoo! team paired up with The Making- Box to put on another great night of original Canadian independent rock. Halifax imports Cousins and Joyfultalk took to the second floor of 40 Baker St. […]
The ONtaku: From 2-bit to virtual reality
A commentary on the past, present, and future of gaming platforms Nowadays, more often than not, while scrolling through the arbitrary status updates and pictures of cats or dogs that litter my Facebook newsfeed, I will see at least one or two posts or advertisements about the latest “it-thing” on […]
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