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All-N.B. cast portrays an all-N.B. past in The Dollar Woman
There’s a dark secret in New Brunswick’s past.
February 22, 2012 6:00 AM
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Ever been left with a sad, empty feeling after you finished a superb movie, and you know it won’t have a sequel?
February 22, 2012 6:00 AM
Plenty of Fish on the internet
True tales from online dating part one: A guy meets a girl for a drink a few days after New Year’s Eve. She isn’t very talkative so he keeps asking her questions. He asks how she spent her New Year’s Eve. She says, “Alone. Trying...
February 22, 2012 6:00 AM
Rape defences in the media and a UNB connection
Wealthy people who are robbed at night aren’t blamed for having an expensive coat, or being “stupid enough” to walk in the dark.
February 22, 2012 6:00 AM
Forty-eight to create
The basement floor hallway of Bridges house was slightly clogged up, despite the “Femme Bots!” team’s best efforts. The six girls had lights set up, chairs moved into the hallway, in order to film one of the major shots in their film.
February 22, 2012 6:00 AM
State of the arts: How arts funding affects our communities
When Stephen Harper famously declared that “ordinary people” don’t care about arts funding during the 2008 election campaign, artists and arts groups were quickly forced to prove their worth.
February 22, 2012 6:00 AM
The Overlooked: A column about alternative film
Ever been left with a sad, empty feeling after you finished a superb movie, and you know it won’t have a sequel?
February 15, 2012 10:07 AM
Andy Brown to set stage on fire with ‘Ashes’
The Capital Complex will soon be rocking to the sounds of New Brunswick singer-songwriter Andy Brown.
February 15, 2012 10:07 AM
Family matters: Stories behind Atlantic rum runners
This time of year, many students are polishing up resumes and will soon be looking around for a summer job.
February 15, 2012 10:07 AM
The Vagina Dialogue
“Her vagina is a church and her clit is the steeple, her vulva’s one of Barbara Walters’ most fascinating people” -Vaginal Hubris, Jon Lajoie
February 15, 2012 10:07 AM
The gods walk among us
The doors glide open, welcoming you to a scene of wonder. Golden light streams from the sky, giving everything a hazy appearance. A huge fountain sprays water high into the air, gods and goddesses frolicking beneath it.
February 15, 2012 10:07 AM
The V-Word: The Vagina Monologues at UNB
It’s Valentines Day, and a lot of people will be considering popping the L-word. But how about mentioning the V-Word?
February 15, 2012 10:07 AM
A Hoot of a Peep show
In the display window of The Owl’s Nest Bookstore, a small shop on Queen St., a young woman sat on a pillow upon a picnic blanket. Fruit was placed orderly around the limited space the window allowed; some organized in bowls, as if a part...
February 15, 2012 10:07 AM
‘This poem changed my life’
“Poetry is what happens when nothing else can,” my favourite poet, Charles Bukowski, once said.
February 8, 2012 9:00 AM
An inconvenient truth: The Great Mark Kozelek
It’s exactly 9:10 p.m. Audience members have been following Mark Kozelek with their eyes as he moves back and forth between the stage and the back room of the church for a long ten minutes of filler music.
February 8, 2012 8:00 AM
What’s love got to do with it?
“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” – Dr. Seuss
February 8, 2012 7:00 AM
‘Slut’: Good riddance to bad rubbish
“I want a girl that’s willing to have fun, and doesn’t want to start a relationship,” my friend said.
February 8, 2012 7:00 AM
Reese’s Who? Lil’ Ray’s pb cups
Valentine’s Day is coming up and my sweet tooth told me I should make something for all my sweet hearts. I did an informal poll on Twitter and my followers told me peanut butter cups were the best way to win hearts on the mushiest...
February 8, 2012 7:00 AM
Dancing up a storm at UNB
As the UNB Dance team goes over their dances one last time, the excitement grows until the start of the Atlantic Collegiate Dance Competition.
February 8, 2012 7:00 AM
Sweet Shivers: The Olympic Symphonium
There’s a tremendous assortment of people in the Wilmot United Church – men, greying at the temples, with double-pierced ears; teenagers with toques and braided necklaces; women with shimmery silk scarves; and more than one member of the UNB faculty.
February 8, 2012 7:00 AM