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Eternity Martis, an assistant professor at the Toronto Metropolitan University school of journalism and best-selling author, held a public lecture at the U of M on March 9. The talk discussed her 2020 memoir,...

K-pop, or Korean popular music, is a multi-genre music scene mostly made up of idol groups — idols being the industry term for K-pop stars — that has found immense popularity outside of its...

Multi-disciplinary artist and U.S. Girls mastermind Meg Remy never stays in the same place creatively for too long.  The Illinois-born, Toronto-based songwriter started the project over a decade ago as a vehicle for experimental explorations,...

In the words of Ursula K. Le Guin, people who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons from within. Without the ability to indulge in fantasy, many of us lose out...

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) kicked off Francophonie Month on March 1 by streaming Fransaskois singer-songwriter and filmmaker Alexis Normand’s 18-minute film French Enough. The film is set at Normand’s family cabin near...

In the post-Phoebe Bridgers indie landscape, confessional songwriting has become the standard, and the more gut-wrenching the better.  But what gets lost in this chase for authenticity is what makes confessional songs actually great —...

Alice Childress was almost the first Black woman playwright to have her work appear on Broadway in 1955 with her wry and potent meta-comedy Trouble in Mind. But when producers requested a happier ending and...