| March, 2000. Volume 42, No. 18 | Arts |
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Igniting the fire
Ember Swift's unique sound will leave tracks in your mind. Her music switches from soaring, lilting notes to punk beats, often in the same song. But she's more than a rare talent. Besides singing, songwriting and instrumentation, the Toronto-based musician is busy running her own independent music label, Few'll Ignite Sound. And she plans to stay independent.
"To me, it's not a stepping stone towards bigger things. This is what I do. It's what I'm all about."
Straying from the herd: Lamond sets own path in music
Mary Jane Lamond's love of Scottish Gaelic traditions can be traced back to her childhood.
She would often visit her grandparents who resided in Nova Scotia and it was here that Lamond developed a fond interest in her grandparents' ability to speak Gaelic. She soon began to study the language on her own. This endeavor of self-learning resulted in her enrollment in the Celtic Studies program in Saint Francis Xavier University.
Get out of the water: 30 Foot Dolphins at Imax
Okay, so the dolphins are not actually 30 feet long. However, when projected on the 5 stories high and 2 school bus lengths wide Kramer Imax Theatre screen, it seems more plausible.
Premiering this Friday Dolphins is the second of ten films in the Great Adventure Film Series TM. Produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films, the same makers of Everest and The Living Sea, Dolphins is a follow up to the latter of the two films.
Student's poem receives international recognition
Erin Mazur, a second year Arts student at the U of R and the Carillon's own tech coordinator, recently received international recognition with her poem "Kestrel".
Mazur was approached by the German musical group Talking Water this January about using an excerpt from her poem when they discovered it on the 'Net.
From latex to wool
Look into the mind of a Visual Arts student and you will see the mind of a philosopher.
While the rest of the world is stuck in harsh, material reality, the visual artist lives for pondering the very essence of human existence and embodying these thoughts in art. Curated by David Garneau, UNNATURAL?, An exhibition of art concerning the body at the Neutral Ground Art Gallery (March 3 - 23, 2000) shows U of R Visual Arts students portraying different views of reality in thought-provoking ways.
CD Reviews
The Ultimate Soul Collection 2, Fatboy Slim, Aqua, Scritti Politti, Tracy Byrd, Tonic, Gay Dad, The Cure, Lullaby Baxter Trio
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