September 7, 2007
Vol. 135, Issue 4

Metric are playing the on-campus frosh concert tonight with We Are Scientists. (Supplied)

Metric grows up, doesn’t blow away

Metric wants university students to sit up and take notice, or so it would seem. The indie-rock darlings are playing the annual Queen’s Frosh Week concert as part of a string of seven university Orientation Week concerts in less than two weeks.

Show at the Agnes has mass appeal

Ideas about how humans self-identify and interact with each other are far from new, but changes in technology, travel and economies have drawn new attention to these questions. An exhibit on display at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre aims to contribute to the conversation through a group show called “Crowd Conscious.”

Play worth waiting for

An intimate story about five women in Calgary during World War II may seem local in scope, but John Murrel’s play, Waiting for the Parade, speaks about survival and human relationships on many levels, although it’s not until the end of the play that its full depth sinks in.

Rock & Roll Report Card

When the New Pornographers announced they were releasing a new album, I expected, and hoped for, another Twin Cinema. Upon first listen, Challengers left me cold—it was too distant, too sad, too aged.

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