A short photo essay from winter 2022-2023. Killam library Killam library The Macdonald building
Category: Arts & Culture
Trying to become more wicked

Four poems by Antonia Zwissler.

The Halifax synthpop star’s September 22nd set almost drifted by peacefully — that is, until her last song began to play. The unreleased track is called I Can’t Get Out of Bed, and it is anything but sleepy. Its coda sees Adelle Elwood – otherwise known as Keeper E. – trading in her lilting alto […]

Luis Iturriaga takes a lens to campus.

The ancient Greek tragedy is being directed by third-year student and filmmaker Tessa Hill.

Listen as student Cameron Barrett plays his bagpipes. Barrett will be back playing every Friday while the weather stays good.

Little Death, directed by Daniel Halpern and written by Daniel Sarah Karasik, opens with a conversation at a bar. The awkward conversation is realistic, eyes drift from hands to smiles. Tension builds for several minutes as the conversation between Ali, played by Hilary Allister, and Dallas, played by Simone Reid, dips its toe into the […]
Sex finds itself in the spotlight of The Pit. Will You Taste Our Blood, written by Katie Clarke and directed by Clarke and Adrianna Vanos, is a bubbling concoction. The play combines elements of the Greek tragedy The Bacchae with contemporary issues of sex, consent, and social anxiety. It stars Alex Retzer as Mae (a […]

The cast of All My Sons starts their rehearsal with vocal warm ups, buzzing air through their lips and reciting tongue twisters of increasing difficulty. Then, they launch into a scene. It is only their second rehearsal, and the energy is high. Set in the early 1940’s, All My Sons tells the true story of […]
Indigenous issues and representation were tackled in many films at this year’s Atlantic International Film Festival and Michael Trombetta had the chance to review three of them.