By Kyle Francis
We live in a world where, in the past year, a major war has started, causing the deaths of thousands. We live in a world where hundreds upon thousands of people die every year from terminal illness and thousands more children die every hour from hunger or hunger related diseases. In light of this, it… Continue reading Music Interview: Sex machine in training preach peace
Let’s face it, superheroes are easy targets for ridicule. Not taking a genius to poke fun at these selfless, Halloween-costumed crusaders, most of the comedy surrounding the whole superhero universe fails miserably. It is not comedic genius to poke fun at U.S. President George W. Bush by insinuating he isn’t particularly bright or pointing out… Continue reading Comic Review: Bighead’s Bighead full of big heady laughs
By Rob Scherf
Take a moment to consider the immense amount of information the average person intakes every day. Discounting the things our minds are required to internalize–class notes, conversations–there are always thousands of incidental details around us demanding notice. Imagine the millions of tiny and disposable bits of human life that those unremarkable details are built from,… Continue reading Art Review: This exhibit brought to you by the word “the”
For a venue that once played host to the likes of George Burns, Fred Astaire, the Marx Brothers, and Jack Benny, The Grand Culturehouse has since fallen on hard times. Once the cultural centre of the city for nearly fifty years, in its most recent incarnation, The Grand Golf Centre, all that is lost to… Continue reading Golf no longer considered theatre
By Jason McKay
A bright flash and a bang echo throughout the theater, silence falling over the audience to mark the exit of the Ghost of Christmas Past. Shock and awe ripple across faces as the pyro ignites and dies off. The look of fear and wonder in Scrooge says it all, as it has every year of… Continue reading Theatre Review: Sixteenth time is the charm for classic
By Paul Jarvey
Bargains with the devil are never easy to escape, slinking through woods dark with allusion and symbolism. November Theatre’s The Black Rider took the Big Secret Theatre stage with unexpected brilliance. A dark dance of light and style paying no attention to an audience’s sense of warmth and comfort, it’s anything but unsatisfying. In this… Continue reading Theatre Review: Black Rider has devil’s whimsy
By Jaime Burnet
An animated Jiminy Cricket strolls out onto the Martha Cohen stage. “Good evening, folks,” he squeaks, tipping his two-dimensional top hat and swinging his umbrella. “I’m here to tell you a little story about a puppet who wanted to be a real boy. It all started when–” “What’s that on the stage?” asks Pinocchio director… Continue reading Theatre Preview: “You wouldn’t lie to me, would you Little Wooden Boy?” – The Mighty Tick
By Lee Bogle and Sean Nyilassy
Once upon a time, there lived a team of intellectually gifted princesses who were cursed by the evil witch of irony who stole their ability to score. This placed them in a league with the brawny college competitors. After three long seasons under the curse, things are not looking better for our queens of ice.… Continue reading Ladies hockey season on thin ice
By Carly Benson
The Dinos got set to play their most important game so far this year in front of the largest crowd yet Fri., Nov. 26 at Father David Bauer Arena. Their arch rival, the University of Alberta Golden Bears were in town–a team that the Dinos had not defeated in 40 games. But for the Dinos,… Continue reading Bears stick two losses to the hockeysaurs
By Jo Wynn
The Dinos women’s volleyball team closed the first half of the 2004/2005 season with a bang Nov. 26-27, defeating the University of Saskatchewan Huskies 3-0 two nights in a row. Friday night, the Dinos didn’t give the Huskies a chance, coming out in full force to win the first set 25-10. “We felt right at… Continue reading Volleysaurs untouchable