Arts & Culture

Moe Sizlack: Seems nobody wants to hang out in a dank pit no more. Carl Carlson: You ain't thinking of getting rid of the dank, are you, Moe?” — The Simpsons, “Bart Sells His Soul” In the...

California-based post-hardcore outfit Saosin has always had a lot of pressure on them. And, whether it's been following up the success of their debut EP, or replacing their original singer, they've always managed to...

Is Passion Pit the new up-and-coming 'it' band? They certainly seem to have the credentials. The Massachusetts five-piece has played sold out shows all over Europe and North America, not to mention some of...

Winnipeg author Margaret Sweatman’s book, The Players, is not something I would recommend for my mom to read. That having been said, I loved reading this book. Half-prose, half-I-don’t-know-what, Sweatman’s writing style is absorbing,...

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...

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...

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...