It’s becoming increasingly hard to keep a secret in TV. Game of Thrones and other serial dramas have bred fans that comb through any casting and shooting information for clues about what the next season will bring. Only recently has Thrones been able to catch up to its adaptation source material and surprise fans of […]
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Drunk Feminist Films is a feminist collective that puts on monthly film screenings at Revue Cinema. The collective uses humour as a means to examine the limited portrayal of women in Hollywood. So far, DFF has shown movies like Bridesmaids, Clueless, Mean Girls, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, to name a few. With an
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Nuit Blanche was launched in 2006, and since then, the multi-media art event runs annually for one night from dusk ‘til dawn. It showcases the best and brightest artists from Toronto and around the world in street installations—and it’s free! Since its inception, “Nuit,” as it has come to be affectionately nicknamed, grew from 300
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When the new school year began in September 2015, classes were not the only new activity on campus. It was also the start of the Victoria College Drama Society’s new theatre season. Established in 1918, the Victoria College Drama Society (VCDS) is Victoria College’s oldest student-run theatre group. Each VCDS season features five different shows
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Written in 1961 by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, The Physicists is set in a wing of a heavily endowed asylum. In this wing are three patients who believe themselves to be physicists: Albert Einstein (James Hyett), Isaac Newton (Mertol Özaltan), and Möbius (Jacob Nathaniel Levitt). The play follows the aftermath of a nurse’s murder at the hands of
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For: Wilderness Explorers Neighbourhood: High Park Cost: $15/ person (Mostly for food) I decided to plan another outdoorsy date for this week to get in as much fresh air as I can before everything gets buried under snow. Hopefully most Torontonians have visited High Park (1873 Bloor St. W) at some point, but it is
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The Trinity College Drama Society kicked off their season with the annual production of Shakespeare in the Quad, which follows a long tradition of performing Shakespeare’s works in outdoor settings. This year’s performance was The Winter’s Tale, one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known dramedy plays. The play focuses on King Leontes’s descent into madness, which causes him
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UofT students are pretty lucky. Our campus is located in the core of downtown Toronto and we have access to so many artistic and cultural opportunities. However, due to the high volume of external events and exhibits, we often tend to forget about the many exciting things happening right here on campus. In fact, many
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On September 25, the Power Plant Gallery—located on the Harbourfront—opened its new season to a receptive and welcoming audience of more than 5,000, which created a line-up outside the door before the gallery’s opening. The Power Plant is “renowned for its global vision and special commitment to ground-breaking contemporary Canadian art and widely supported as
Power Plant Gallery opens to a receptive audience, yet had some setbacks Read More »
has taken the UK by storm ever since it first aired in 2010. The premise of the show is simple: 12 bakers are assigned three challenges every week until the best amateur baker is crowned. There really isn’t much more to it, so why is it so popular? First, let’s get an idea of just
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