Category: Arts
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Say Hello to the new Dolly!
Story by: Chad Mason Walking in the footsteps of giants can be a humbling task, especially when one of them is your mother. Laura Larson, a fourth-year Music Theatre Performance student, will be playing the lead Dolly Levi in an upcoming Theatre Sheridan production. It’s a role her own mother took on at Stratford in…
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Milton shows off its cultural side
STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA Mary Hansell thinks tai chi can help people beat stress and learn to relax. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, she was teaching tai chi to visitors who came out for Milton’s third annual Culture Days festival. “I hope to get people excited about tai chi. Whether they take it here in…
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Preparing for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
STORY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY If you’re going to miss Scotiabank Nuit Blanche this year in Toronto don’t fret. You still have ten projects from the all night street level art show that will be on exhibit throughout Toronto for the remainder of the week. “We did six projects last year and that was very successful…
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Betts Engell and her journey through Alzheimer’s
VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPH BY MEHREEN SHAHID Prof. Emeritus Betts Engell taught at Sheridan College in the Social Service Worker program for more than two decades. She was known as a kind, generous, active and hands-on person. She was involved in many community projects and had the power to rally people behind her for all social…
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Filmmaker makes a comeback
STORY BY KIRAN R. KHAN Antisocial, a film outlining myths about social media, is giving student-turned-producer Christopher Giroux a chance to return to Sheridan College after five years. Giroux, a Sheridan graduate from the Advanced Television and Film program will be attend a screening Oct. 14 for his film Antisocial. The film premiered last December.…
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Getting obsessed with ceramics
STORY BY AMANDA SPILKER “You have to be obsessed.” For Linda Sormin, who has been exhibiting ceramic sculptures since graduating in 2003, obsession is the key. “You have to be willing to spend all your time looking at things as an artist,” she said. “Without it, you end up being in a medium space. The…
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Sheridan rings a bell at a screening of the Hunchback of Notre Dame last Friday.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DYLAN PAISLEY Sheridan hosted a screening of the Disney classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame Friday followed by a Q&A with the film’s layout editor and Sheridan’s new layout professor Scott Caple. The showing was part of the college’s Friday night screenings. The series has been going on for seven years…
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Achieving artistic balance
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY MEHREEN SHAHID He slowly takes off his robe, his nakedness exposed to the probing eyes. Doing a little pirouette, he deliberately, but gently shows off the most intimate parts of his body. When rapt onlookers have become desensitized to each curve, nook and cranny of his body, he strikes a pose.…
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Live Event: The Weeknd, live this weekend
COVERAGE BY AMANDA SPILKER On September 21 the Weeknd, an R&B singer, will return home to Toronto to play at the Molson Amphitheatre. With the opening acts of Schoolboy Q and Jhene Aiko, the concert is set to start at 7:30 p.m. and run for two hours. http://www.theweeknd.com
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Theatre Tech clean out their closets for awards money
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DARYLL HINVES Suits, jewelry, dresses, hats and more. The Sheridan Theatre Wardrobe Sale on Friday had it all, and many people walked away satisfied. “It was a huge success,” said Sheridan Theatre’s head of wardrobe, David Juby. “There was a lineup running down the hall.” Each year, the Music Theatre and…
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Glass Gathering 2014
VIDEO BY RYAN MARSHALL Sheridans’ 2014 Glass Gathering – Glass Olympic’s. 4 Teams – Pink, Orange, Blue, and Hot – of 6 to 8 members competed in a variety of different glass games at the second annual Glass Gathering.
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The Seduction of the Movies
STORY BY CHAD MASON-AUBERTIN September means back to school, cooler weather and for Torontonians, a chance to see the likes of Ryan Reynolds in your neighbourhood bar or Reese Witherspoon browsing through the racks of your favourite boutique. Its TIFF time. For those who don’t want to navigate hoards of screaming fans or risk a…