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Brock Arts
Brock students to benefit from partnership with St. Catharines art gallery
Photo By: Dannie Jing from UnsplashBrock's department of visual arts, situated in the Marilyn I. Walker campus, has formed a partnership with the 13th Street Winery and Gallery in St. Catharines. Arts students at Brock will now have access to new scholarship options...
The Little Raincoat is ready to present their play: The Storm Left Behind
Photo By: The Little Raincoat CollectiveThe Little Raincoat Collective’s play, The Storm Left Behind, is nearly complete after starting production in September. The Little Raincoat is a theatre company created by nine dramatic arts students at Brock University as part...
Get to know Brock Musical Theatre, a one-of-a-kind Brock club
Photos By: Brock Musical Theatre (Note: All photos included here were taken prior to the pandemic)Brock Musical Theatre (BMT) is a unique club for Brock students who are passionate about musical theatre and the arts. As we near the end of the semester, they have a few...
What audiences can expect for this Spring’s Mainstage, Red Bike
Photo By: Brock UniversityBrock’s dramatic arts’ spring mainstage production, Red Bike, is set to welcome back audiences to in-person theatre. The Marilyn I. Walker Theatre will host the play six times throughout the beginning of March. Red Bike, a play originally...
Beyond Brock Arts
Niagara Artists Centre hosted a staged reading of new play Ingrid’s Dream
Photo By: Genevieve JonesIngrid’s Dream is a play by Genevieve Jones that has been in development for eight years. Recently, it had a staged reading at the Niagara Artists Centre (NAC). On Friday, April 1, a staged reading was held at the NAC. The reading was directed...
Up-coming movies to keep an eye on
Photo By: Noah Nickel via IMDBThe end of the semester is in sight; April is a busy time for students with final assignments and exams coming up. On the brighter side, April is also full of exciting movie releases that can help with the stress or provide a celebratory...
Looking back at Bruce Willis’ illustrious career
Photo By: PAN Photo Agency/Shutterstock.comOne of Hollywood’s biggest stars has retired at the age of 67. Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with Aphasia, a cognitive disorder that affects both language expression and comprehension, leading him to retire. This is an...
Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew; a retrospective on its 52nd anniversary
Photo By: Kraft74/Shutterstock.com52 years later and Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew (BB) is still melting listener’s minds with its amorphous rock-inspired improvisations coupled with an antithetical aesthetic precision that makes it none other than the legendary...
Music, Movies & TV
The Lost City is nothing special, but it has some funny moments
Photo By: Noah Nickel via IMDBThe Lost City is a new adventure comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum. Bullock plays a romance author who uses real historical and archeological research in her writing, and Tatum plays the cover model for her books. It's a...
Summer of Soul brilliantly shines a light on a lost moment in music history
Photo By: Noah Nickel via Disney+Ahmir Khalib Thompson, better known as Questlove, made his directorial debut by reviving the tape of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, making it more than a music documentary. Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be...
Our Flag Means Death is a brilliant new sitcom
Photo By: Noah Nickel via CraveOur Flag Means Death is a new HBO series produced by Taika Waititi. It takes the stories of renowned real-life pirates Stede Bonnet (The Gentleman Pirate) and Edward Thatch/Teach (Bleackbeard), played by Rhys Darby and Waititi...
Bridgerton’s second season surpasses already-high expectations
Photo By: Noah Nickel via NetflixAfter a year-long hiatus, Netflix’s Bridgerton has returned for its second season. The series, based on the novels by Julia Quinn, takes place in 19th century Britain and follows Lady Violet Bridgerton and her eight children. The...