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BOOK REVIEW: Talking Derby
BOOK REVIEW: Talking Derby
Praised by derby skaters and authors alike, Talking Derby: Stories of a Life on Eight Wheels by University of Windsor graduate come roller derbyist Kate “Pain Eyre” Hargreaves is a fun anthology of vignettes that everyone will be able to enjoy— skater or not....
Student film on the silver screen
Grab some popcorn and head on down to the Capitol Theatre this Thursday for the annual UWindsor Film Festival....
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Spinning ’round like a Record Store
On Saturday morning, Windsor band Learning filled Dr. Disc Records with their psychedelic sound in celebration of the sixth annual Record Store Day....
Here comes the Suuns
Joe Yarmush and his cohorts have let the new tighter, slicker, more calculated songs evolve as they’ve migrated from the studio to the stage, getting heavier, louder and longer....
ALBUM REVIEW: Pick a Piper – Pick a Piper
Weber and his cohorts, including Clint Scrivener, Angus Fraser and Dan Roberts, combine dance-music structures, a palette evocative of the natural world and heavy focus on hands-on electronics with production techniques that recall the endearing innocence of the artists who made WJLB special. ...
MOVIE REVIEW: The best of Netflix
When Netflix first arrived in Canada it was hardly worth having because the films available were mostly a mix of documentaries and features that no one had heard of, wanted to see or should see for that matter....
A PINT WITH: Shawn Micallef
Shawn Micallef writes and talks about cities, culture, buildings, art and politics and was the keynote speaker at last weekend’s Ontario regional conference of Canadian University Press, hosted by The Lance. Stephen Hargreaves caught up with Micallef over a few pints after his talk at the Capitol Theatre....
A PINT WITH: East End Radicals
The Lance’s Jon Liedtke laced up his chucks, zipped up his leathers and caught up with lead vocalist/guitarist Scott Douglas after a show last Friday in Sarnia....
Over the Darkened Landscape plays with Canadian history
The Saskatoon author’s most recent release, Over the Darkened Landscape, published this past November, brings together 13 short stories that span his career....
Do You Concur? Selling it with sex
There’s a saying that’s been going around the Internet for the past while and it’s quite apt: “If your product was any good, you wouldn’t need sexism to sell it.”...