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Gardiner Gala 2017: a snapshot of the evening
Arts & Culture editor Elena Senechal-Becker offers a glimpse of this year's Gardiner Gala. Photos by Rosa Kumar.
The Strand picks their pop culture faves of 2016
Since the best part of 2016 was definitely the art
Review: Una
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Examining the environment at Gallery 1313
In our first week of web exclusives, Editorial Assistant Sabrina Papas takes a look at Gallery 1313's latest exhibit discussing the environment, consumerism, and climate change.
The Strand reviews VCDS presents The Last Five Years
The Last Five Years is a two-person musical written by Jason Robert Brown that tells the story of the five-year relationship between Cathy, played by Nicole Dionne, and Jamie, played by James O’Connor. The musical opens with Cathy’s side of the story being told in reverse as she is at the ...
Finding mysticism in modern masters
The Art Gallery of Ontario is currently the lucky host of an incredibly unique exhibit on nature and mysticism. Mystical Landscapes is a gathering of works by iconic artists such as Monet, Van Gogh, and O’Keefe, as well as works from Canadian masters such as Emily Carr and Group of Seven ...
The Strand reviews the Bob: Tell All
The funniest thing that I have ever seen
Review: Rogue One
Before you watch this movie, watch Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, or at least fill yourself in on the events from that movie. If you don’t, you won’t enjoy Rogue One nearly as much as you should, and then you’d be paying money and spending two hours on ...
La La Land Review: The best and the worst of your first love
One of the final movies of 2016 comes as a push against everything that happened before its release. Damien Chazelle’s La La Land believes in dreamers, in romanticism, and love. It’s a reaction against the cynicism of contemporary blockbusters; a callback to a bygone era of Hollywood. It aligns itself with ...
The Strand reviews SMC Troubadours present The Crucible
Brewing with constant violence and drama, The St. Michael’s College Troubadours production of The Crucible, directed by Jeffrey Kennes, was nothing short of the relevant tragedy that has been impacting hearts since 1953. Within this truthfully macabre play, The Crucible’s cast tell the unforgettable story of unmitigated loyalty, the effects ...