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BOOK REVIEW: Talking Derby
BOOK REVIEW: Talking Derby
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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....
A PINT WITH: Shawn Micallef
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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....
Do You Concur? Selling it with sex
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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.”...
Do You Concur? Amanda Palmer and the art of caring
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Amanda Palmer speaks of times where fans have graciously offered her band food, a place to sleep, and instruments to practice on— all implied that they only asked for her music in return. But is giving a person something physical, like a bed, the same as giving someone an abstraction, like friendship (or, to quote Palmer, “love”)?...
Mark Sewell as his own superhero Stabman • photo courtesy Mark Sewell
From lab to stab: Lab tech takes a stab at writing
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He's killing pedophiles, burning down massage parlours and exacting revenge on a barber who gave him a bad hair cut. He's Stabman....
United We Fall at Walkerville Brewery • photo Jay Verspeelt
Gunshots in the theatre; United We Fall
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A local play is debuting this week that attempts to confront the emotions and issues highlighted in recent U.S. mass shooting that are still fresh in the minds of many....
Editor-in-Chief Dean Scott and publisher Fred Sorrell launched the first issue of the city’s latest culture paper Windsor Independent last week • photo Stephen Hargrevaes
Start the presses
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For the first time in two and a half years, Windsorites have a grass-roots culture paper....
This school is a joke
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Can a class clown to pay attention in class? One local club owner is banking on it....
Next to Normal follows a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness has on her family • image courtesy Sh-K-Boom
Korda kicks off new season with a top musical
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Korda Artistic Productions’ latest play, the Tony-and-Pulitzer-winning Next to Normal, is an emotionally powerful musical with enough funnies to keep the audience’s melancholy at bay, and an uplifting ending that will speak to everyone....
A photo shot with LomoChrome Purple [left] a photo of the same scene taken with a standard color negative film [right] • photos courtesy Lomography
Mama dont take my Lomochome away
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Since the rise of digital photography, film sales have significantly declined. In spite of this, the Lomography Society is releasing a new film stock for analog purists....
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