the arts
Thursday, 06 October 2011 10:00
Sit down for bastards
For several years, the Trinity College Dramatic Society has defied the elements and put on an annual outdoor production of Shakespeare. This year, their play of choice was King Lear. For those unfamiliar with the source material, King Lear revolved around an elderly king who cedes his throne to his two older daughters, Regan and…
Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:00
Canada's Got Talent
Hart House’s production of The Great American Trailer Park Musical is a lot like the junk food the characters snack on: you know it’s not high-brow, but if you’re hungry, it’ll hit the spot. High in energy and low on content, this musical is more enjoyable than last year’s Jerry Springer Opera, keeping similar overtones…
Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:00
Street Smarts
This Sunday, fans of the printed word flocked to Queen’s Park for The Word on the Street. The sun shone down on the white display tents filled with publishers’ clearance sales and literacy advocacy groups.
Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:00
Playing it by ear
It may be time to pick up an instrument. And it seems, the sooner, the better. A recent study conducted by U of T PhD candidate in psychology, Benjamin Rich Zendel, has discovered that being a musician may protect against age-related deterioration in hearing, and may in fact contribute to enhanced hearing abilities in old…
Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:00
Money before Ball
There’s no question that Mr. Brad Pitt sits comfortably in his wheelhouse as Billy Beane in Moneyball. He can, and does, happily lean on his charm and good looks - and why not, as these are qualities of the real life Beane that Michael Lewis wrote about in the book from which the film was…
Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:00
Bowling through history
What is the relationship between art and time? To what extent is art an attempt at capturing the essence of an era? These are questions that may or may not come to mind as one plays through Rock of Ages, the second and most recent game by Chilean developer ACE Team. But while you may…
Thursday, 22 September 2011 10:00
Bleak in the balance of light and dark
Video games are currently facing the issue of acceptance as an art form just as worthy of respect as film, music, or literature. While there are certainly champions for either side of this debate, too often the medium isn't allowed to speak for itself. We'll listen to Roger Ebert voice his doubts (to name but…
Thursday, 22 September 2011 10:00
Refn's Drive, a winding road
Whether it be physical or intellectual, if you're into head trauma, boy do we have a movie for you! However, in the latter case, it works more on the audience than on the characters in the film, and even then, perhaps not right away.
Thursday, 22 September 2011 10:00
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Perhaps it was their sexy costumes. But whatever it was that made Shakespeare’s famous four befuddled lovers come together was a powerful intoxicant, and aptly played up in this production.
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