Feist was “a piece of fire” with Broken Social Scene on Wednesday night at Grant Hall. (Katrina Ludlow)
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Crowded Scene at Grant Hall
Four years ago, Broken Social Scene was virtually unheard of. After seeing them perform at Grant Hall on Wednesday night, however, I get the feeling this is a band we’ll be reading about in history textbooks and telling our grandchildren about sometime in the distant future.
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Vogt A lineup too ambitious
Shakespeare may have had a point when he suggested that “brevity is the soul of wit,” but he probably wasn’t picturing the Vogt Studio Series. A staple of the Queen’s drama department for years, the production series is noble in its aim to showcase student writers and actors, but the results aren’t always successful. Squeezing too much ambition into too short a time slot seems to be a common drawback of the series, and this year’s Slot A is no exception.
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Alumnus returns
Canadian writer and Queen’s alumnus Adrian Michael Kelly launched his first novel, Down Sterling Road, this month, to rave reviews from critics across Canada. Kelly, who grew up in Campbellford but now hails from Timmins, Ont., completed his MA in English at Queen’s in 2001, where he contributed to The Queen’s Quarterly. He moved to Alberta and pursued journalism, writing for the Calgary Herald and Alberta Views before writing his novel, which he started during a writing workshop in Calgary.
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Exclaim tour offers a mix of talent
In a modern musical landscape where taste is generally dictated by iPod-toting, blog-reading disciples of online music ’zines such as Pitchforkmedia, it’s easy to question the potency of national music rags such as Exclaim. That doubt might make some cynical when Exclaim sponsors a national tour. But fear not—Exclaim’s tour sticks to what it knows best: tried and tested Canadian indie rock.
