Sheridan student featured in new TVO documentary
STORY BY MELISSA GERVAIS PHOTOS COURTESY OF TVO Since the debut of the popular American TV series Glee in 2009, glee clubs have been forming in high schools throughout North America. Now, Unsung: Behind the Glee, a new TVO documentary that features first-year Sheridan student Dean Deffett, showcases two Toronto high school glee clubs, Wexford […]
A 3D perspective for Sheridan College
VIDEO BY MAXINE LOWE Last Wednesday, students and faculty gathered in the SCAET building for the demonstration and unvailing of the new 3D camera. The camera was a gift given to the school by NBCUniversal. NBCUniversal vice president of sales Wanda Brandley and executive vice president Ron Suter were in attendance for the event, along […]
Spectacular 3D: Sheridan wows NBCUniversal at demonstration
STORY AND PHOTOS BY NAT GILPO Sheridan College’s Advanced Film and Television program wowed students and college administrators with a 3D film demonstration on Nov. 20, using the equipment purchased with money donated to the school by NBCUniversal, an American mass media company. Two representatives from NBCUniversal were given a brief tour of the […]
Mickey & Judy will make you laugh, inspire you to follow your dreams
BY JESSICA WEINGARTEN It’s often said that you should never forget where you came from. Michael Hughes, actor, musician and playwright, is returning to his roots at Sheridan College next week with his one-man show, Mickey & Judy. Hughes, the titular “Mickey” (it is his nickname), chose to highlight his relationship with actors Mickey Rooney […]
LIVE EVENT: Arts and Innovation Day at Sheridan College
COVERAGE BY JON D. CLARKE This Friday beginning at 8:15 a.m., The Sheridan Sun will have live coverage of Arts and Innovation Day at Trafalgar campus. Speakers will address the merging of business skills with the arts, with guests who have made successful careers from their art after college.
Media Arts does the mosh for documentary
STORY AND PHOTOS BY TYLER REYNOLDS When most people think of moshing, they think of a group of angry people beating each other up. Two Media Arts students from Sheridan College have started a controlled mosh pit for a documentary they are filming to end some of these misconceptions. The controlled mosh pit is a […]
Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope takes centre stage
STORY BY GREG LONGLEY PHOTOS BY MIKAELA BAKER It’s been more than seven years in the making, but the story of Terry Fox is set to make its Canada-wide debut on Theatre Sheridan’s musical stage. Marathon of Hope, a new folk musical about the iconic journey of Terry Fox and his run across Canada to raise […]
Creators of the original ReBoot recall the past
STORY BY JON D. CLARKE Fans rejoice. ReBoot, a classic computer-animated TV show from the ‘90s, will be reimagined into a new series, just in time for the original show’s 20th anniversary. The first ever half-hour computer-animated TV series, it was about characters living inside a computer called Mainframe, and a guardian program named Bob […]
Young living forever in Mississauga
STORY AND PHOTOS BY NICHOLAS OLSEN Cruising down Burnhamthorpe Road in a black Honda Accord, Jahlaine Reid, 23, an aspiring stylist, sits reminiscing about his old neighbourhood, Ridgeway Drive, Mississauga, “I’m trying to leave the drama behind, live life and keep things close. It’s all about elevation,” he says in a humble tone. “We’re going […]
An outside perspective
MICHELLE WHITTEMORE Outsiders are welcome at the Amber Group Fine Arts Gallery through November. Nikkole LeBrun, of Oakville, has no formal art training and will exhibit her pieces, with six other artists at the gallery this month, as outsiders. Amber Gallery owner Katherine McCarthy Donovan says outsiders have an advantage in the art world […]
From the page to the stage
STORY BY KAGAN PITTMAN PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY JIM SMAGATA Spotlights illuminate the centre of the room as the audience watches the life of an important woman flash by. Through the Great Depression, the Second World War and the civil rights movements of the 1960s, Theatre Erindale brought to life the story of Doris Anderson from […]
A one-of-a-kind Canadian design
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MAXINE LOWE It’s not every day that one of the biggest fashion magazines in Canada features a Sheridan College graduate. But that’s what happened to 31-year-old Julia Leitch and her company Runway Crush. They were featured in Flare magazine as one of the top places to shop in Canada back in July. Runway Crush is […]
