The art of failure is not like most other mediums. Those who have talent for it find it accidentally. They decide to write for the Ath and end up face planting on their keyboard, and still try to […]
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One of the terms you familiarize yourself with when you begin to decorate your own house is ‘aesthetic’. I have yet to make out a coherent idea of what it means for a living space to be aesthetic. Scouring […]
“We all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger” Today feels as though the air has been sucked out of the nation. Last night I stood in a massive crowd wearing one of my Hip shirts and […]
Andy Shauf’s ‘The Party‘ Album Review Album available here: https://andyshauf.bandcamp.com/album/the-party and on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, your dad’s computer, etc. Magic man Andy Shauf has grown his hair long and graced us with a micro-masterwork. His album, ‘The Party’ was […]
The Cold War was the result of crippling distrust between two national superpowers, namely the United States of America and the Soviet Union. The main ideological clash between the two was their adherence to communism versus democracy. After the Second […]
As you may have noticed, posters pertaining to Canadian history have recently been placed around campus. These posters are a part of a public awareness campaign being put on by students in HIST 2783, Canada Since 1867. Its purpose is […]
The Twilight Series vs. Kody Crowell Stupid question, but what is art? I mean, okay, the Mona Lisa, we can agree that is art, yeah, cool. Art is also music and movies and stuff, so then it also includes The […]
A Talk with Scott Brison “Being a part of a generation that’s made so much social progress in my lifetime is something I don’t take for granted. I remember the debates in the House of Commons in the 1990s […]
Dr. Jennifer Macdonald Dr. Jennifer MacDonald is our resident medievalist in the department of History and Classics. She teaches a variety of classes, including courses on the Vikings, Tudors, Anglo-Saxon England, and even the Renaissance. Her area of research includes Anglo-Saxon […]
Being a musician has always been a significant part of my identity. It’s how I describe myself to others and to myself, as well as how I plan to live the rest of my life. More recently, however, I’ve discovered […]
Through all the wonderful experiences university has to offer, at the end of it all we are looking to move on from it and try our hands at our chosen fields. Every year the Acadia Theatre Company gets the opportunity […]
Acadia School of Music alumnus Marcel d’Entremont recently returned to Nova Scotia from the opportunity of a lifetime: performing as a tenor with Opéra de Rouen in Normandy, France. Marcel spoke with me about his time performing with this opera […]
For my Post-Confederation Canadian History class (HIST 2783 x2), it was a requirement that students form small groups and complete a term project that helps promote the notion that Canadian History is absolutely NOT boring. For this assignment, we were […]
The Acadia University Art Gallery’s latest installation Anthony Clementi: Critical Incident, explores world crisis through powerful and real images translated into paintings. Clementi’s work not only highlights issues, but seeks to display, using techniques and styles inspired by the old […]
Don’t Be AFRAID… It’s Only a Play! We all have dreams right? Not just night time sleepy dreams about flying or a grocery store shopping spree – I mean dreams such as ambitions, goals, or something that you want to […]