CD Review: Sarah Slean, Land and Sea
In an age where the compact disc is in rapid decline, not many artists would have the inclination to release a double album, Sarah Slean…
Arts & Culture
CD Review: Los Campesinos!, Hello Sadness
With their fourth studio album Hello Sadness, Los Campesinos! completes a seamless transition from childish antics into comfortable maturity. And so the titular sadness could…
A Child’s View from Gaza
In 2009, Susan Johnson never thought the exhibit she had in mind would now be travelling throughout the United States, let alone that there would…
Peace group provides hope for youth
Chicago’s problem with youth and gang violence isn’t unknown; the city has been referred to as a war zone by law enforcement, newscasts and city…
Text-based art
Canadian artist Lani Maestro’s her rain is a text-based exhibit first shown at Centre A, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. It has now…
400 year anniversary
Did you know the University of Manitoba has a first edition copy of the King James Bible? If you know where to go and who…
CD Review: The Darcys, The Darcys
This October saw the Toronto-based band the Darcys deliver their first offering on the Arts & Crafts label. Produced by Murray Lightburn of the Dears,…
Fruit shake, on the go!
Ingredients: 1 full, chopped banana 5-6 ice cubes 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 tablespoon sugar 1-2 tablespoons cinnamon 3/4 cup milk Directions: This recipe makes 2-3…
Sound off
Sound Off is a continuing column in which we pose different artists the same series of crucial questions. Maya Postepski makes up one third of…
Dragons, archetypes and the art of getting old
I remember pulling Eragon off of the shelf eight years ago. I remember asking the man at the counter if the book was really worth…