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  • Labyrinth Books a treasure trove of art and geek culture

    Labyrinth Books a treasure trove of art and geek culture

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    STORY AND PHOTOS BY CONNOR RIDLEY Sheridan’s most visible legacy may be its art, but not all of this history is hanging in its halls. Nestled around the south side of the White Oaks apartment complex is a small bookstore, its window cluttered with posters of superheroes and other pieces of nerdy folklore. This is…

  • Sprint Week at Sheridan

    Sprint Week at Sheridan

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    STORY BY RACHEL LEE-THOMAS The SCAET wing was a beehive of activity in early November as Game Design students from all years participated in Sheridan’s fourth biannual Sprint Week. Working together in groups of four or more, students put their heads together to design a themed game in five days. Sprint Week happens once during each semester.…

  • Art hijacks the downtown core

    Art hijacks the downtown core

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    STORY BY STEFAN LEE Brute force winds and plummeting temperatures weren’t enough to stop the stream of pedestrian traffic that was Nuit Blanche 2015. In a night when Taylor Swift played a show, it’s hard to believe any other form of art took over Toronto; Nuit Blanche however, did just that.   Scotiabank Nuit Blanche…

  • All night art festival takes over downtown Toronto

    All night art festival takes over downtown Toronto

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    STORY AND PHOTOS BY DANIEL MALLETT Most nights you won’t find two large piles of logs blocking Queens Quay in Toronto. But at Nuit Blanche, you can expect the unexpected. Once a year, the all-night art festival takes over the downtown core from dusk until dawn. Harbourfront, the University of Toronto campus and city hall were…

  • Oakville celebrates diversity at annual Culture Days

    Oakville celebrates diversity at annual Culture Days

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      STORY BY COURTNEY BLOK AND CAMILLE GUSHWAY With music playing, kids running everywhere and a hall filled with arts and crafts, this years’ Culture Days didn’t fall short of its title. The Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre celebrated its 6th annual Culture Days event on September 26. The event was created to celebrate…

  • Animation student lands Lion King dream job

    Animation student lands Lion King dream job

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    STORY BY COURTNEY BLOK It’s the circle of life. The generation that grew up with The Lion King movie will get to experience the television reboot as adults. Although the TV show is meant for kids, it’s more than likely that adults will be interested in the show, if only just to see what everyone…

  • Bird is the word

    Bird is the word

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    PHOTOGRAPHY AND CUTLINES BY REBEKAH OLIVEIRA Sheridan students welcomed some special guests last Monday. Canadian Peregrine Foundation (CPF) volunteer Tracey Simpson brought along three of her winged friends to the third year illustration drawing class. The Canadian Peregrine Foundation focuses on informing and educating about population recovery and nesting sites for peregrines and other endangered…

  • Sheridan films hit the big screen

    Sheridan films hit the big screen

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    STORY BY BRITTANY PREOCANIN What’s normally a dream come true for film and television students is now a real possibility for any aspiring Sheridan filmmaker. On Monday, March 23, dozens of three-minute shorts will be screened as a fundraiser for the Media Arts program’s year-end award ceremony at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.     The…

  • An art fair to remember

    An art fair to remember

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    STORY BY MOLLY MUSSELWHITE Artwork from around the world can be seen and bought at what is known as Toronto’s favourite art fair. From Feb. 19 to 22, the Better Living Centre will host the eighth annual Artists Project Contemporary Art fair. Roughly 250 artists, many of whom are Canadians, will be exhibiting their work.…

  • Wavelength Music Festival to host Lowell and The Acorn

    Wavelength Music Festival to host Lowell and The Acorn

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    STORY BY MOLLY MUSSELWHITE What do Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and Tokyo Police Club have in common? They have all played at Toronto’s Wavelength Music Festival. From Feb. 13 to 15, there will be 21 independent bands and artists taking the stage at various venues downtown Toronto. Wavelength is a Toronto-based arts organization run…

  • Art Exhibit reminds us the importance of Canadian landscape

    Art Exhibit reminds us the importance of Canadian landscape

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    STORY BY MOLLY MUSSELWHITE Artist Gwen MacGregor depicted the contradiction between power plants stationed next to forestry in her video installation at the Deep Woods Visual Arts Exhibit. “It’s probably not a surprise that I’m not a supporter of nuclear power. The legacy of the toxic waste and the danger are costs we can’t afford.…

  • Artist of the week: Kelsey Merkle

    Artist of the week: Kelsey Merkle

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    Name: Kelsey Merkle Program: Illustration Year: Third year Hometown: Clarence Center, New York How did you start drawing? As a child I grew up admiring my grandmother’s paintings. I always dreamed that one day I could be just as skilled as her. Around the age of seven I started taking art lessens outside the traditional…