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Justin Favela connects cultures through art
This AGG exhibit explores Favela’s cultural roots and invites audiences to join in Justin Favela is a Guatemalan-Mexican-American mixed media artist and sculptor. Entrelazados, his latest exhibit, was curated by Shauna McCabe and is on view at the Art Gallery of Guelph, AGG, until Dec. 29. The exhibit takes its name from the site-specific installation…
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Scandals, swinging and sinning: The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
A review of Hulu’s newest trendy show If you’re a fan of scandals, drama, and reality TV, then you have probably watched The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and if not, you should add it to the top of your watch list. The show follows the lives of eight Mormon wives and moms living in…
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‘Tis the season for smut
These page-turners are turn-ons (and trending on BookTok) They’re friends to lovers. No, they’re enemies to lovers. No, it’s a fake relationship. The classic: “Whoops, we booked a hotel room with just one bed, guess we’ve got to share it!” It’s a brooding hero with something dark up their sleeve. It’s a fantasy land where…
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Guelph Jazz Festival gets Guelph grooving
Highlights of the 2024 Guelph Jazz Festival, where music meets community On Sept. 13-15, Guelph held its annual Jazz Festival, where artists from all over the world came to perform and share their art and music. The stacked lineup included the Darius Jones Trio, All Wild Things Are Shy, Bodywaltz, Glass Elephant, SHEBAD, Splendid Abysse,…
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Ducktails, Drive-ins, and Broken Hearts
In his tell-all take on the decade, retired U of G professor Hank Davis shows how the ‘50s rocked (and rolled) In the 1950s, young New Yorker Hank Davis picked up a guitar and found a lifelong passion. Gone was the age of his parents’ “big-band music” – rock and roll was born, and it…
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Queerly good music
Have a gay old time with these LGBTQ+ artists When I was eleven, my best friend asked me what type of music I liked. “Tegan and Sara,” I told her. “Oh, cool, would I know any of their songs?” “They have this one that’s on the radio a lot called ‘Boyfriend’. It’s about, uh…” I…
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Using Artificial Intelligence responsibly to create art
In this era of AI-generative systems, will you use it as a tool or a weapon? With the explosion in popularity of text-to-image Artificial Intelligence, (AI), through systems such as Adobe Firefly, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E2, creating art has never been easier. The possibilities of what we can do with these systems are seemingly endless,…
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Guelph’s Mikalyn shares her journey as a singer-songwriter
We’re happy to be prisoners trapped in Mikalyn’s painted world Mikalyn Hay, a 21-year-old singer-songwriter, is making waves in the music industry with her compelling voice and storytelling. Defining herself in the category of alt-indie-pop, Mikalyn has developed a substantial following on streaming platforms with over 8,000monthly listeners and averaging half a million streams on…
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Guelph’s drag scene is all that and a fake pair of tits
Readers, start your engines: our queens are skilled, stunning standouts From “condragulations” to “sashay away”, millions have seen RuPaul’s Drag Race on their TVs. Here, drag is showcased as an art form that requires charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent. “Drag is a culmination of all the arts,” Kamilla Flores explained. This includes the aesthetics of…
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Supporting the next generation of artists at Zavitz Gallery
Zavitz Gallery propels student artists, one solo exhibition at a time Zavitz Gallery is a launch pad for some of U of G’s most talented student artists. The room is tucked away on the second floor of Zavitz Hall, home to the School of Fine Art and Music. It’s a blank slate, with white walls…