Two months ago, Brock University and the City of St. Catharines announced plans to join forces in creating the Niagara Centre for the Arts in the city's downtown core. Presently, the project is underway and its development is sparking interest in the Brock community and beyond.
Roland Pemberton, a.k.a. Cadence Weapon, is finally achieving some well-earned respect in the Canadian hip-hop scene. After starting his career only a couple of years ago, with a small label from Toronto called Upper Class Recordings, Pemberton released his innovative debut Breaking Kayfabe.
As of this April, Brock artists have a new place to display their works. April 11 marks the opening night of a new art studio in downtown Niagara Falls. Located at 4323/4327 Queen St., this new gallery will become a new home for local artists. Most importantly, it is another place for Brock artists.
BUFS closes out the season with a grand evening of top-notch filmmaking. The headliner is the critically acclaimed Israeli/French/American co-production, The Band's Visit, from first-time feature director Eran Kolirin. And, as a special added attraction, the night will kick off with a special screening of an Oscar-nominated and Genie-winning NFB short.
After having photographed some of the most influential punk legends still kicking, Brock graduate Alex Hryshko has turned his vast and fascinating collection of portraits of rebels and rockers into an exhibit fittingly titled Fat, Fifty and Punk. In order to capture the true spirit of punk rock, he has abandoned traditional means of portrait photography and has freed himself to the chaos that goes hand-in-hand with this genre.
There is really nothing quite like sweating in a field with a bunch of strangers while listening to dozens of awesome bands. Music festivals compete with each other every year for the biggest headliners, and at the same time act as a vehicle for touting up-and-coming artists.
The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely It seems odd that The Raconteurs haven't developed a whole lot of confidence by their sophomore release. For a band made up of half of The White Stripes and two-thirds of The Greenhornes, they should be rocking CD players from here to sunny Polynesia, but they just can't seem to get there.
Oh the sadness! Well actually, more a mixture of sadness and bewilderment. This week, while doing our last Brock Boy and Girl, we were puzzled at a new fashion trend that seems to be emerging among the female population at Brock. It consists of wearing boots and footless tights that are not long enough to meet the boots, leaving skin partially exposed in between.
