Arts & Culture
Serving up laughs with a greasy spoon
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What play won the 1991 Canadian Authors Award for Drama? If you were to respond, Kelly Rebar's Bordertown Café, you’d be right.
But why is it being revived at Prairie Theatre Exchange now? If...
Text this!
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Ontario is the most recent province to implement laws to prevent drivers from texting, dialing or talking on their mobile phone while driving. The new hands-free law in Ontario took effect Oct. 26, and...
Stuck in a pit of pessimism
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In Judith Timson’s review of Bright-sided by Barbara Ehrenreich for the Globe and Mail, she describes the book as a slamming of persistent promotion of positive thinking. I can’t comment on the accuracy of...
The springs of Springfield: Barney Gumble
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Barney Gumble is the consummate drunk. His tired eyes, mussed-up hair, too-small pink shirt, slouched posture and fat gut all exemplify his alcoholism. He’s actually a treat for the eyes and the ears, since...
Hitching: Part I
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Wednesday, Oct 7.
So I'm helping my nine-year old cousin clean up after supper, and I came to a realization. Keegan picks up after himself better than my roommates do. Sorry guys, but fail. I...
Friday the 13th survival tips
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As you are probably aware, the ever-unlucky occasion known as Friday the 13th is coming up soon. This day has often been a cause for superstition and fear throughout history and cinema. Stories of...
Fried Brains and Sam
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Poof. Vanished. It used to amaze me. Poof. Vanished. It used to excite me — the whole magic of the universe — how there are so many things I'll never understand. Poof. Vanished. Now...
