Shia LaBeouf, along with his art collective LaBeouf, Rönkkö, & Turner, has recently enacted and completed his most recent performance piece, entitled “#ALLMYMOVIES.” Briefly, Shia LaBeouf entered the Angelika Film Center in New York, opened the theatre to the public, set up a live-stream, and proceeded to watch every single […]
Arts & Culture
The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
This Week on the Internet
When I was in the sixth grade, a girl named Caitlin came running across the soccer field. She told us how her radio said we were at war, how the United States were already in a battle; and that a building in New York was gone. Caitlin was describing her […]
Nora Cigljarev steals main stage in The Memo
In a well-coordinated attempt to show the problems of bureaucracy in modern times, one secretary broke free. Nora Cigljarev, who played the receptionist that could not be broken, was the Hail Mary this play needed to win the night. The Memo, a play written by Vaclav Havel and translated by […]
Tune In Guelph: Matt Monoogian
Matt Monoogian, folk-indie multi-instrumentalist and resident of the city of Guelph, has recently released his debut album, Hide. Monoogian plays in multiple Guelph bands, including Lowlands, Alanna Gurr and The Greatest State, and Odd Years. This is his first album as a solo artist. Hide takes its listener on a […]
CFRU Top 10
1 —ESMERINE* Other Voices (Constellation) 2—OUGHT* Sun Coming Down (Constellation) 3—SEAN NICHOLAS SAVAGE* Other Death (Arbutus) 4—STEVEN LAMBKE* Days Of Heaven (You’ve Changed) 5—DILLY DALLY* Sore (Buzz) 6—YOUNG RIVAL* Interior Light (Paper Bag) 7—JOANNA NEWSOM Divers (Drag City) 8—MAUNO* Rough Master (Self-Released) […]
Album of the Week
Artist: Susanne Sundfør Album: The Silicone Veil Hailing from Oslo, Norway, singer-songwriter Susanne Sundfør’s third studio album paints a vivid soundscape from which visions of foreign snowcapped lands to the far north are easily wrought by the imagination of the listener. Classified as a mixture of baroque pop, electronic, and […]
Howling from the Lowlands
eBar and the Royal City Music Series presented Jessy Bell-Smith, Matt Monoogian, and Lowlands on Friday, Nov. 8. Jessy Bell-Smith and Matt Monoogian both warmed up the stage and crowd for Guelph’s favourite folk rock band, Lowlands. Each act complimented the next perfectly and with warm regards for each other. […]
This Week on the Internet: Donald Trump
Last week, on Wed. Nov. 4, Donald Trump was named the 72nd most powerful person in the world by Forbes just under Prime Minister Trudeau’s position at 69. This is the first time a Canadian prime minister has placed on this list, but once again Trump has captured the public’s […]
Dear Rouge at the Guelph Concert Theatre
Having seen Dear Rouge multiple times in the past year, I was thrilled to finally see them perform in Guelph. In the past year, the husband and wife synth-pop duo have performed to festival crowds of thousands and sold out shows. It was a fantastic, rare opportunity to have them […]
Guelph welcomes comedian Ron James
Award-winning comedian and writer, Ron James, will be gifting Guelph with a night of standup comedy this coming weekend. Over the past 15 years, James has gone from performing at YukYuks to the Canadian Comedy Network, and he continues to make his way into venues such as the River Run […]
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