Tag: Show

Queen’s Players: Satires, selfies and sex!

Written on March 31, 2017. Posted in Arts.

On Friday night at The Mansion, I witnessed the Queen’s Players’ most recent attack on cheek muscles and social stupidity, entitled Scooby-Doo! Wherefore Art Thou? Before the event started, the light tone of the night was made clear by a slideshow of Snapchats the cast members had taken. This slideshow,...

A look Down There

Written on March 10, 2017. Posted in Arts.

As I walked into the H’art Centre, I was greeted by posters of hand-drawn flowers and butterflies, one with “pussy” written in immaculate cursive and another encouraging me to “feel your feelings”. I’d arrived at Down There. Down There is an annual performance of stories covering a range of topics,...

Transference takes the stage

Written on March 3, 2017. Posted in Arts.

When I walked into a room of around 25 people in Theological Hall, it became clear that the first performance of Transference was going to be a very intimate experience. The producers, Scott Forster, ArtSci ’16, and Andreea Ionescu, ConEd ’17, who’ve paradoxically forfeited all control over their...

Oxfam throws an Oxjam

Written on October 24, 2014. Posted in Arts.

Midterm season is like a terrible gluten-free cookie. Someone told you there were chocolate chips in there that would make up for the late nights and long days but they seem rare. Wednesday night, Oct. 22, was one of those chocolate chips; a bright and brilliant reprieve hosted by Oxfam at the Brooklyn. The...

Passionate play

Written on January 17, 2014. Posted in Arts.

If you play music with a passion, you must do it for yourself. That’s Nils Edenloff’s motto. “If you just keep playing music for yourself, eventually your audience will respond to it at some point,” he said. Canadian indie rock band Rural Alberta Advantage tributes this piece of advice to their success....

Take it slow

Written on January 14, 2014. Posted in Arts.

Brendan Canning wants us to relax. At least that’s the message of his new solo album You Gots 2 Chill, a 14-track ode to taking it slow. Canning, one of the founding members of Broken Social Scene (BSS), released the album under his own label, Draper St. Records. This new direction simply made sense...

Strummin’ in the Limestone again

Written on November 28, 2013. Posted in Arts.

Birthed from Craigslist, six-piece band The Strumbellas has had to fight for where they stand. After writing songs since childhood, member Simon Ward posted an ad on Craigslist a few years ago in the hopes of forming a band. “[I] probably had like 12 people come to my apartment and try out,” he said. The...

A killer way to end the semester

Written on November 28, 2013. Posted in Arts.

With an aim to capture the fallacy of the American Dream, and a culture of violence that pervades society, Assassins hits the nail on the head. Assassins is a dark and daring comical musical based on the idea of Charles Gilbert Jr., music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by John Weidman. It’s...

Louder than the noise

Written on November 22, 2013. Posted in Arts.

With a soft voice, digital vocals and unmistakeable guitar loops, Craig Cardiff’s music reflects an uncompromising humanitarian. The Canadian folk singer-songwriter is back in Kingston to tour his new album Love is Louder (Than All This Noise) and to reconnect with fans. Officially, Cardiff’s music...

Girl power

Written on November 22, 2013. Posted in Arts.

As a female-fronted band in the rock n’ roll world, it hasn’t been easy. Mercedes Arn-Horn, one part of Courage My Love, along with sister Phoenix, said they’ve sometimes had trouble breaking through in a male-dominated genre. “There’s that stigma [like] you can’t shred as hard as this other guy,”...

A gong show for show-goers

Written on November 20, 2013. Posted in Arts.

Count yourself lucky if you managed to snap tickets to Said the Whale’s sold out show. For those who did, I’m sure they’d agree when I say it was an utter “gong show”. At least that’s how the band described their first official show in Kingston, which took place Friday night at the Grad Club. The...

DIEMONDS in the rough

Written on November 1, 2013. Posted in Arts.

After three-and-a-half hours of opening bands and intermissions, DIEMONDS finally took the stage – and they were well worth the wait. As part of “The Bad Pack” tour, the female-fronted band performed at the Mansion on Wednesday night, marking their second time in Kingston this year. With big...

A story behind the name

Written on October 29, 2013. Posted in Arts.

With a name like Blue Rodeo, there must be a story. The Canadian country-rock band consists of seven members – guitarists-vocalists Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor and Collin Cripps, bassist Bazil Donovan, drummer-vocalist Glenn Milchem, multi-instrumentalist Bob Egan and keyboardist Michael Boguski. “When...

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