Shalomi Ranasinghe
Contributions
The new Mulan remake does not include Li Shang
Disney’s Mulan follows the main character Fa Mulan as she disguises herself as a man, Ping, to take her father’s place in the Chinese...
Not Really Radio: Too Tired To Be Crazy
Violet Benson’s Too Tired To Be Crazy is a podcast which
features guests who talk about relationships, personal growth experiences,
health, and other interesting topics. The...
Students offer a night of rebellion at the 2020 Trashion Show
The second annual Trashion Show was held on March 10
in the Kaneff Rotunda. The event was hosted by Creatives For a Change, Zero
Waste UTM,...
The Bachelor and cheating
ABC’s The Bachelor is a reality dating television show.
The premise follows a bachelor as he ventures into the dating world with a
selected group of...
Play review: Oh, What a Lovely War!
Hart House
Theatre’s fifth and final production of their 2019/2020 season was Oh,
What a Lovely War, directed by Autumn Smith. The
play depicted a WWI virtual...
Not Really Radio: Pretty Big Deal
Best known
for her role as Emily Fields in ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars, the
Mississauga-born actress, Shay Mitchell guest starred on model Ashley
Graham’s podcast Pretty...
Exhibit review of ROM After Dark: Desires
On February 14, the Royal Ontario Museum hosted the sold-out event, ROM
After Dark: Desires. The event is an after-hours specialty program that
immersed those 19+...
Sex Education is delightfully informative
Netflix’s Sex Education follows Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield), a socially awkward teenager, whose mother, Jean
(Gillian Anderson), is a sex therapist. The show also
follows Otis’s...
Serah Louis on being a student author
Have you ever procrastinated
on writing an assignment for class? Did you think that last-minute piece would
be published? Well, that’s Serah Louis’ story. She wrote...
New Circadia invites you to be less stressed
University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture,
Landscape and Design’s exhibition New
Circadia is a
dreamlike escape. The exhibition’s concept was curated by Richard Sommer,...
Legally Blonde: The Musical is a show-stopping experience
Hart House Theatre’s fourth production of their 2019/2020 season was Legally Blonde: The Musical. The play, based on the film of the same name,
was...
Talking (Dis)connected with EDSS
UTM’s English and
Drama Student Society (EDSS) publish an academic and literary journal annually.
This year, their journal With Caffeine and Careful Thought is publishing Volume...
SPOTIFY
Music follows us everywhere. Whether you are at a store, in the car, or
in an elevator, there tends to be some sort of melodic...
Arts and Entertainment rewind of 2019
Can you believe
that 2019 is coming to an end? We are about to enter a whole new decade, filled
with endless possibilities. Before this month...
Inside perspectives on Careers in Creativity
UTM’s Creatives For A Change hosted their third annual Careers in
Creativity event, sponsored by the Department of Visual Studies and Department
of English and Drama,...
Portia’s Julius Caesar is untraditional
William
Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, Julius
Caesar, was reworked into a women-centered lens by Kaitlyn
Riordan, which she titled Portia’s
Julius Caesar. The play follows Shakespeare’s
traditional story but alters...
Georgia Dickie on the value of objects
Georgia Dickie is a Toronto-based artist. Her exhibition Agouti Sky at Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square is a presentation of street
objects, brought outside of...
Memorializing the Mississauga Derailment
On November 10, 1979, a train was making its weekly scheduled run from
Sarnia to Toronto. As CP train 54 passed through Mississauga, at the...
From antagonist to protagonist in film
Heroes and
villains are archetypal characters in nearly all fairy-tale, adventure, and
action stories. Audiences are persuaded to cheer on the protagonists and
dislike the antagonists for...
Get your scare on with this spooky to-do list
As October begins, the inevitable spooky season is upon us. Leaves
change colour and fall to the ground, the air becomes crisp, and sunlight fades
away...
Post Malone’s Runaway Tour rocks Toronto
On October 3, Post Malone performed his first of two shows at
Scotiabank Arena for his third headlining tour, the Runaway Tour. The
Toronto show is...
Avan Jogia’s book tour hits Toronto
Avan
Jogia is an artist who has ventured his way into
writing. His first published book Mixed Feelings, features poems and short stories regarding those with...
Logics of sense at the Blackwood Gallery
Part of human nature is our ability to sense the world around us, using
the biological tools that support our survival. Humans have a tendency...
Howards End: the perfect mix of family, drama, and rivalry
Family,
money, and rivalry; the three ingredients to making a tension-filled movie.
Starring Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, and Anthony
Hopkins, Howards End (1992) is a romantic...
Ecotopia
Environmental
issues are a major debate within today’s society. Climate change, in
particular, is a controversial topic. Citizens are constantly encouraged to
reduce their carbon footprint, use...
Combining environmental activism and fashion
On March 15, the UTMSU, Creatives
For A Change, Zero Waste UTM, and Style & Profyle organized UTM’s first
ever Trashion Show. The event was held...
The Time Machine
Have you ever wondered what the
future has in store? Flying cars, artificial intelligence, cloning, a cure for
uncurbable diseases, the list goes on. Most people...
VCDS’ Confessions of a Female Disorder
Following the life of a lesbian
who struggles to accept her sexuality is the premise of Victoria College Drama
Society’s production of Confessions of a Female...
Children of Blood and Bone
Does Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi sound familiar? You may have seen this New York Times best-seller on the front shelves...
Find your fit & get involved: arts edition
On September 20, the UTM English and Drama Student Society hosted their second annual Get Involved social. The presentation was held in the Student...
The new Mulan remake does not include Li Shang
Disney’s Mulan follows the main character Fa Mulan as she disguises herself as a man, Ping, to take her father’s place in the Chinese...
Not Really Radio: Too Tired To Be Crazy
Violet Benson’s Too Tired To Be Crazy is a podcast which
features guests who talk about relationships, personal growth experiences,
health, and other interesting topics. The...
Students offer a night of rebellion at the 2020 Trashion Show
The second annual Trashion Show was held on March 10
in the Kaneff Rotunda. The event was hosted by Creatives For a Change, Zero
Waste UTM,...
The Bachelor and cheating
ABC’s The Bachelor is a reality dating television show.
The premise follows a bachelor as he ventures into the dating world with a
selected group of...
Play review: Oh, What a Lovely War!
Hart House
Theatre’s fifth and final production of their 2019/2020 season was Oh,
What a Lovely War, directed by Autumn Smith. The
play depicted a WWI virtual...
Not Really Radio: Pretty Big Deal
Best known
for her role as Emily Fields in ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars, the
Mississauga-born actress, Shay Mitchell guest starred on model Ashley
Graham’s podcast Pretty...
Exhibit review of ROM After Dark: Desires
On February 14, the Royal Ontario Museum hosted the sold-out event, ROM
After Dark: Desires. The event is an after-hours specialty program that
immersed those 19+...
Sex Education is delightfully informative
Netflix’s Sex Education follows Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield), a socially awkward teenager, whose mother, Jean
(Gillian Anderson), is a sex therapist. The show also
follows Otis’s...
Serah Louis on being a student author
Have you ever procrastinated
on writing an assignment for class? Did you think that last-minute piece would
be published? Well, that’s Serah Louis’ story. She wrote...
New Circadia invites you to be less stressed
University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture,
Landscape and Design’s exhibition New
Circadia is a
dreamlike escape. The exhibition’s concept was curated by Richard Sommer,...
Legally Blonde: The Musical is a show-stopping experience
Hart House Theatre’s fourth production of their 2019/2020 season was Legally Blonde: The Musical. The play, based on the film of the same name,
was...
Talking (Dis)connected with EDSS
UTM’s English and
Drama Student Society (EDSS) publish an academic and literary journal annually.
This year, their journal With Caffeine and Careful Thought is publishing Volume...
SPOTIFY
Music follows us everywhere. Whether you are at a store, in the car, or
in an elevator, there tends to be some sort of melodic...
Arts and Entertainment rewind of 2019
Can you believe
that 2019 is coming to an end? We are about to enter a whole new decade, filled
with endless possibilities. Before this month...
Inside perspectives on Careers in Creativity
UTM’s Creatives For A Change hosted their third annual Careers in
Creativity event, sponsored by the Department of Visual Studies and Department
of English and Drama,...
Portia’s Julius Caesar is untraditional
William
Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, Julius
Caesar, was reworked into a women-centered lens by Kaitlyn
Riordan, which she titled Portia’s
Julius Caesar. The play follows Shakespeare’s
traditional story but alters...
Georgia Dickie on the value of objects
Georgia Dickie is a Toronto-based artist. Her exhibition Agouti Sky at Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square is a presentation of street
objects, brought outside of...
Memorializing the Mississauga Derailment
On November 10, 1979, a train was making its weekly scheduled run from
Sarnia to Toronto. As CP train 54 passed through Mississauga, at the...
From antagonist to protagonist in film
Heroes and
villains are archetypal characters in nearly all fairy-tale, adventure, and
action stories. Audiences are persuaded to cheer on the protagonists and
dislike the antagonists for...
Get your scare on with this spooky to-do list
As October begins, the inevitable spooky season is upon us. Leaves
change colour and fall to the ground, the air becomes crisp, and sunlight fades
away...
Post Malone’s Runaway Tour rocks Toronto
On October 3, Post Malone performed his first of two shows at
Scotiabank Arena for his third headlining tour, the Runaway Tour. The
Toronto show is...
Avan Jogia’s book tour hits Toronto
Avan
Jogia is an artist who has ventured his way into
writing. His first published book Mixed Feelings, features poems and short stories regarding those with...
Logics of sense at the Blackwood Gallery
Part of human nature is our ability to sense the world around us, using
the biological tools that support our survival. Humans have a tendency...
Howards End: the perfect mix of family, drama, and rivalry
Family,
money, and rivalry; the three ingredients to making a tension-filled movie.
Starring Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, and Anthony
Hopkins, Howards End (1992) is a romantic...
Ecotopia
Environmental
issues are a major debate within today’s society. Climate change, in
particular, is a controversial topic. Citizens are constantly encouraged to
reduce their carbon footprint, use...
Combining environmental activism and fashion
On March 15, the UTMSU, Creatives
For A Change, Zero Waste UTM, and Style & Profyle organized UTM’s first
ever Trashion Show. The event was held...
The Time Machine
Have you ever wondered what the
future has in store? Flying cars, artificial intelligence, cloning, a cure for
uncurbable diseases, the list goes on. Most people...
VCDS’ Confessions of a Female Disorder
Following the life of a lesbian
who struggles to accept her sexuality is the premise of Victoria College Drama
Society’s production of Confessions of a Female...
Children of Blood and Bone
Does Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi sound familiar? You may have seen this New York Times best-seller on the front shelves...
Find your fit & get involved: arts edition
On September 20, the UTM English and Drama Student Society hosted their second annual Get Involved social. The presentation was held in the Student...