ARTS & CULTURE

An expanse of water lies beyond a rope bridge

On the death of the poet in the modern age

Poetry is dead and we’re the culprits
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Why do women really like true crime?

It’s movie night and you’re watching a woman on-screen making a choice that you can already tell will end her life. We all know the drill; you have a blanket clenched in one fist and your mouth covered by the palm of your other hand. You sit hunched over on ...
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The Strand creeps it real.

Lettuce and Trin and Butterfingers! Oh my!
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Why are there so many big, white trucks?

A guide to UofT’s role in film, with a focus in and around Victoria College
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Defending the right to boycott

A conversation about the documentary Boycott
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High School Musical 2 Shadowcast: A Splashing Success

I indeed got “SOOO WET!”
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Down the rabbit hole

A sonically disorienting wonderland of Alice-inspired tunes, old and new.  Main Title (Alice in Wonderland) – The Jud Conlon Chorus  White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane  Alice – Avril Lavigne  Wonderland – Taylor Swift  Painting Flowers – All Time Low Unbirthday Song – Camarata Chorus and Orchestra   Rabbit Heart (Raise It ...
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Stories @ Vic: An interview with ‘Hey, Teach!’ Co-Editor in Chief, Imani King

This month I had the pleasure of interviewing Imani King, a fourth year English major. She has been an active member of the Vic community for four years through her contributions to the Victoria College based magazine Hey, Teach!. King states that Hey, Teach! is “the only UofT publication solely ...
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The power of ‘perhaps’

Author Margaret Atwood and Professor Randy Boyadega discuss democracy—and what lies in store for its future
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A conversation with Oz Weaver, Just For Laughs Toronto Festival 2022

The Just For Laughs Festival returns to Toronto from September 22 to October 1