Local lessons learned from Ferguson tragedy
Many of us are familiar with the controversial case based out of Ferguson Missouri regarding the shooting and death of Michael Brown. On November 24, 2014 Officer Darren Wilson, the …
Volume 49 Issue 21
“Backroom Cabaret: Performing Stories of Love” in photos
All photos are from the Backroom Cabaret, which took place in the Sadleir House Dining Hall on March 5, 2015.
Being human: Examining the value of community theatre
“Theatre brings to the community as a whole a sense of something larger than yourself,” said Amy Cummings, co-founder of the motley collective. But why spend money and get out …
The exhausted artifact: Why museums make us tired
Climb the steps past the waterfall and the pine tree inside Peterborough’s Canadian Canoe Museum and you will find yourself standing in front of this map for a long time. …
A look at which bands made TUMS’ 2015 Battle of the Bands
Trent University Music Society (TUMS) will be hosting its annual Battle of the Bands (BOTB) this Saturday at Sadleir House. The event starts at 8pm and will feature eight bands …
Five Feminist Minutes captivates audience and showcases the many nuances of contemporary feminism
Last Tuesday March 10, in the LEC senior common room, the Social Work Society, the Trent Feminist Society, and Lady Eaton College organized an event featuring outstanding performances. The event …
Play Review – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Is your hair getting too long? Are you in need of a close shave? Then you should go and see Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street! Put on …
Run All Night Review: People need to stop messing with Liam Neeson’s fictional children
Run All Night is an action movie. It knows that. It knows we know that. For those of you who want to watch Liam Neeson running around uttering threats, and …
An open letter to fellow geeks: Tune in, turn on, keep thinking!
Hello my dear fellow nomads of the mind! All you oddball eccentrics, apollonian introverts, linguistic mystics, messianic fantaseers. All you book worms, thought junkies, encyclopediacs and star blazers. All you …
Trent Film Society presents: Frank
Loosely based on the writer Jon Ronson’s experience with the quirky enigmatic English musician Frank Sidebottom, this movie explores the complexity of the world of music and what it means …