Just keep shouting!
The E-town boys of Shout Out Out Out Out (yes it’s mouthful but it’s actually kind of fun to say) played the Warehouse last night to a decent side crowd with opening act the...
Category: Arts
What would you do?
This is the question filmmaker Michael McGowan poses with his second feature film, One Week. Despite the heavy, soul-searching implications of the film, it’s not sombre or overly dramatic. Starring Canada’s closest thing to...
Shut up or die
Imagine that one morning after breakfast you get a frantic phone call from your neighbour. She seems consumed in fear, cannot stop hyperventilating, and is constantly repeating the word “husband.” You attempt to calm...
Songstress shows Swagger
Ask Lucie Idlout to classify her music and without a moment’s hesitation she’ll tell you it’s rock. Idlout’s (pronounced Id-lowt) second album Swagger was released Feb. 10 to positive reviews. Compared to her first...
CD reviews: K’naan brings the world home
K’naan Troubadour OctoScope Music 5/5 stars I have been waiting a very long time for this. A lifetime has passed for me since The Dusty Foot Philosopher was released in 2006. And throughout it...
Local dancers make waves on canvas
It was somewhat of a surreal scene, stepping into Art Central on Feb. 27. The space wasn’t completely transformed. The lights were dimmed and the storefronts closed. People lined the staircase and one side...
Uncovered: If you had only one week to live…
what would you do? This is the question Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson) is faced with when he finds out he has Stage 4 cancer. In his mid-twenties and unhappy with the trajectory of his...
Were we right?
Was our self proclaimed movie critic correct? Did he predict who would be taking that little golden man home? Quick recap of the Oscar awards that matter (sorry to all the art directors out...
Review: Where’s your five hole?
Last night, my wonderful colleague and deskmate at the Reflector, Kelsey and I went to see a play. This play, on for one night only at the Jack Singer Concert Hall, is called Five...
Oscar’s year of the Joker
It’s pretty safe to say, even before all the rewards are handed out and the speeches given, that the 81st Annual Academy Awards will be remembered as the year movie fans are either satisfied,...
