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Where the women at?
Amelia Schonbek • November 8, 2010
Re: “CanLit: a great read” | Editorial | November 4 Read More
Why The Daily is worth supporting
Amelia Schonbek • April 14, 2010
In March, the Daily Publications Society (DPS), which prints The McGill Daily and Le Délit, held a referendum asking students to agree to a slight increase in the fee they pay to support the DPS. Though the referendum question was in reference to the DPS as a whole, The Daily… Read More
Women protest cuts to aboriginal community fund
Amelia Schonbek • April 12, 2010
Ottawa sit-in ends in arrests, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada cites security concerns Read More
We’re losing our lit mags
Amelia Schonbek • April 12, 2010
Recent changes to Canadian Heritage funding threaten the future of our nation’s literature Read More
Cuts hit First Nations University
Amelia Schonbek • March 20, 2010
Loss of federal and provincial funding could push institution toward insolvency Read More
Moving through memories
Amelia Schonbek • March 11, 2010
The Sentimentalists blurs the line between reality and reminiscence Read More
Violence exposed
Amelia Schonbek • February 11, 2010
Indigenous women’s activist Rachel-Alouki Labbé sheds light on domestic violence in aboriginal communities Read More
Round 1: arts v. sports
Amelia Schonbek • February 11, 2010
Before December 23, 2009, a section of Vancouver’s Beatty Street was home to a series of murals painted by 16 local artists as part of a charity fundraiser. But on that morning, the Downtown Eastside murals were painted over by City of Vancouver workers in a colour that’s come to… Read More
The movement is the message
Amelia Schonbek • January 20, 2010
In 1941, American Ballet Caravan, the fledgling dance company headed by soon-to-be-legendary choreographer George Balanchine, presented a work that sent shockwaves throughout the dance world. The ballet, called Concerto Barocco, had no plot. There were no characters, and the dancers wore plain costumes. The work was about two things –… Read More
Get your hands off my graffiti
Amelia Schonbek • November 9, 2009
It’s pretty unlikely that the first thing you think of when you see a piece of graffiti is, “Who owns that?” But it’s not a ridiculous question. The notion of street art is inherently contradictory – art that is created using public space as a canvas is the outpouring of… Read More
Dancing all over love
Amelia Schonbek • October 21, 2009
Perhaps Francis Ducharme and Sophie Dales discovered their penchant for the provocative over the course of their work with choreographer Dave St-Pierre. The local actor/dancer duo worked with St-Pierre on 2004’s wildly successful – and undeniably controversial – La Pornographie des âmes. It was only after collaborating with St. Pierre… Read More
T-A-K-E I-T O-F-F
Amelia Schonbek • September 3, 2009
An event that combines a hint of strip poker with a rambunctious crowd and — yes — spelling, the Honeysuckle Strip Spelling Bee is back. At 9:30 p.m. on both September 11 and September 17, the Mainline Theatre (3997 St. Laurent) will be taken over by a bunch of brainiacs… Read More
Dancers in the driver’s seat
Amelia Schonbek • September 3, 2009
For much of the average ballet dancer’s career, he or she is an interpreter of somebody else’s creations, a vehicle through which a choreographer can express a vision or tell a story. Not so for the dancers of les Grands Ballets canadiens de Montreal. Each year, Les Grands Ballets gives… Read More