Motyer-Fancy Theatre’s upcoming student-led productions challenge passion, discrimination and what it means to be a global citizen. Behind the light of their computer screens, two bright Mount Allison student directors have been hard at work directing complex and beautiful plays. Although they take place worlds apart (both plot-wise and production-wise, as the rehearsals have been […]
Arts & Culture
Just before November, Sam Smith and Ariana Grande blessed us with new music. Both Smith and Grande released new albums on October 30, 2020, but despite this seeming too coincidental to be an accident, it turns out that Smith and Grande’s joint album release dates were actually just a coincidence. In a music industry full […]
Netflix’s holiday series brings some much needed joy to the world. I don’t know about you, but I had a pretty crappy week.There’s the stress of final projects, take-home exams looming on the horizon, and now the brand new orange level restrictions that are, quite frankly, garbage. Naturally, I found myself needing a break from […]
New Netflix mini-series proves to be both check and mate for the streaming service. So, I’ve been reviewing a lot of movies as of late — not a bad thing, because movies are great and an important part of our culture, but like many of you, I also love a good binge. Whether it’s a […]
On Wednesday, December 2, the music department will be live streaming a digital Christmas Collegium. It will involve choral society, brass choir, flute choir, orchestra, symphonic band, and jazz ensemble. As with all other performances and in general most things this year, it will be different from any Christmas Collegium of the past, simply due […]
The Hindu Festival of Lights and why it is so important Diwali, a Hindu holiday known as the Festival of Lights, was celebrated on Saturday, November 14. “To me, Diwali is a time when I can come together with my family for this very auspicious celebration and both honour the meaning behind Diwali and take […]
Finding a sense of community and connection has proven itself to be challenging during the pandemic, but this year’s Drama Studies Society (DSS) aims to bring students together through their shared love of theatre. The goals of the DSS are simple and important: introducing Mount Allison students to the drama studies program, hosting social events […]
In mid-October, the JEA Crake Foundation awarded three students with $1000 internships. “They were wonderful applications, really exciting, very diverse and lots of different disciplines that were being connected,” said Dr. Glen Nichols, the chair of the committee that awarded the internships. The recipients are Ashlyn Skater, Chloe Mantrom and Megan Glauser. Ashlyn Skater, a […]
On October 16th, the cast recording of Grace McLean’s off-Broadway musical, In The Green, was released. The album can only be described as an hour-long spiritual ascension that will leave you with absolutely no idea what is happening, but you won’t care. It tells the story of Hildegard von Bingen, one of the most important […]
Montreal- based musician Backxwash has been in the news for a while now, thanks to her album God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It making big waves on Bandcamp and earning the album a nomination for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize. The shortlist of nominees for the 15th annual Polaris […]