Arts & Culture

Toronto International Film Festival

By
Leah Hansen
It’s that time of year again! The red carpets come out, the lights go up, and the streets of Canada’s biggest city fill with people eager to take in the newest and most anticipated films...
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Reset: post-consumer gamer culture

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Leah Hansen
Pong was the first. Its ability to entertain people for hours on end with no visible narrative or plot line was the feature that distinguished it from other forms of media, namely music and movies....
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Understanding our world through the meaning of shades

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Leah Hansen
What does a black and white photograph mean to you? Does it represent the stark contrasts every human personality contains? Does it represent the basic characteristics that each person is made of at the...
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Sound Off w/ Zach Allard of Viridians

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Leah Hansen
In early 2011, the Winnipeg band formerly known as Amuse split away from the path formed by that project to become Viridians. Branching out into a foreign style, the group played a few early...
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Let the games begin (Hunger Games double take!)

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Leah Hansen
If you’ve ever gone to see a movie based on a really good book, you’ll know what I mean when I talk about the feeling. You’ll be sitting there, in the darkened theatre, just...
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Sound Off w/ The Cat Empire

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Leah Hansen
The Cat Empire, formed in Australia, is a six-piece fusion band that has managed to fly under the radar while selling millions of albums worldwide. Mixing elements of reggae, jazz, Afro-Cuban, funk and pop...
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Platform presents reclaimed history in new video exhibit

By
Leah Hansen
Suspicious Futures: Select Video Work, by Susan Britton, is a collection of videos that, to date, have been out of the public eye for more than 15 years. Britton’s work, to be shown at...
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