ARTS
Professor profiles: An interview with Anne Urbancic of Victoria College
Grace King
February 4, 2017
Professor Anne Urbancic is the first Professor to be featured in a mini-series of interviews with various staff and faculty members at Victoria College and UofT. In past years, she has been a member of the Department of Italian Studies; today, she is Victoria College’s Academic Programs Coordinator and the ...
ROM Exhibition: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016
Charlène Hanania
January 31, 2017
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year award, is one the most prestigious awards in photography. Founded and organized by the Natural History Museum in London, the 2016 open competition attracted almost 50,000 submissions for the competition. For the fourth time, finalists and winners from each category of the competition have ...
Gardiner Gala 2017: a snapshot of the evening
Elena Senechal-Becker
January 30, 2017
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
Strand Editors
January 27, 2017
Since the best part of 2016 was definitely the art
Review: Una
Charlène Hanania
January 23, 2017
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Examining the environment at Gallery 1313
Sabrina Papas
January 18, 2017
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
Amanda Gosio
January 17, 2017
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
Elena Senechal-Becker
January 17, 2017
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
Anthony Burton
January 17, 2017
The funniest thing that I have ever seen
Review: Rogue One
Wilfred Moeschter
January 15, 2017
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 ...