Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you like soft melodic tunes that are at the intersection of genre, you should check out (04:30) Idler.
Arts
Reading Time: 2 minutesGlobal documentaries play for audiences in Ottawa this weekend.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Fulcrum took to the streets this week to ask students how they’re balancing their stylistic concerns with a renewed heatwave blasting through Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBlack students gathered to attend events like the Surviving School While Black workshop.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Whether you’re in medical school studying art, or whether you’re in politics studying art—the idea of art is that it extends our discourses as citizens.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“If you find the right community, it won’t be as hard because … you will get to know (people, and make) connections, but you have to know the right place to start.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes Get ready to experience the world through Joyce’s eyes in A Portrait.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It was so much fun. All my friends are jealous that (Marianas Trench) came to our school.”—Danielle Reid, first-year criminology student.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you have ever had interest in singing in a group, the U of O choir might be for you.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHaving only just discovered this absolute gem, I will unashamedly admit that it is the only music I have listened to for a solid week.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor many, the warm weather and excitement of an outdoor movie was enough to entice them to attend the showing. For others, the movie was a viable alternative to 101 Week activities that didn’t interest them.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDeciding where to eat doesn’t have to be hard—here’s where to go and where to avoid.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“There should be art everywhere, and that’s why I’m so thrilled to have this beautiful piece of art overlooking the main campus.”—U of O President Jacques Frémont.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the first edition of a new column, People Helping People, the Fulcrum talks to move-in day volunteer Priscilla Desjardins.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s never too late to get involved—check out these artsy clubs this semester.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Honestly, I think working with the arts students was a big shift, a big culture shock, because in our projects in classes, we only work with engineering students (and) everyone has a similar way of thinking.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesBefore Sunrise is a quintessential romance flick that captures the intimacy of a moment without flashy background events.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteU of O students showcase their creative works with Campus Creations.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s (an opportunity) to welcome all international students from all over the world and it’s a chance for Canadians to meet international students as well and mingle and learn about different cultures,” explained Natalie Morris, a representative from U of O’s International Office.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We all start out drawing, but for a variety of reasons, most of us stop. I’m hoping to inspire students to get back to it, but with new insight into the possibilities and less restrictive ideas of what this might mean for them.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesPierre Richardson’s exhibit will be open to the public at city hall until Sept. 24.
Reading Time: 4 minutesBoth movies take to the screens this summer after long Asian-American film drought.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnlike previous Pride festivals in Ottawa, which have have been smaller and had limitations, this year saw performances take stage on both weekend nights, the expansion of community engagement, and also a project to increase youth participation.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUstun will be performing in Ottawa’s ByWard Market until the end of August.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDue to its inherently startling nature, dystopian fiction remains an effective way to captivate readers and warn them of the dire repercussions of their actions. However, in Sinclair Lewis’s book It Can’t Happen Here, it is the reader’s inaction that leads to a spiralling series of events.
