Category: Arts & Culture

Competitive Gaming Can Make You a Millionaire   With every new game release, connectivity is becoming increasingly common as a function of the game. While story mode is usually a solo adventure,…

With all of the record setting films, not to mention the billions of dollars in revenue, it’s hard to imagine that 2016 could ever top the impact (and money) that 2015 made…

[starbox] The featured artist is a Laurier Brantford student who is constantly striving for creative and artistic excellence. The medium isn’t what’s important; it’s the art. This weeks Featured Artist is Steve…

[starbox] Year after year, people try to better themselves by creating immense New Year’s resolutions. These resolutions range in many things: genuineness, accessibility and overall practicality are issues in making a resolution.…

[starbox] With the new semester starting up, student bank accounts across the country brace for impact thanks to the textbooks they will have to buy. It’s no secret that prices for any…

  I’d like to make a comment on the present state of the music industry, and for me to do that I’d like to ask you to think back to your favorite…

With the holidays in swing, churches and TV ads alike point our eyes towards those less fortunate and how we can help. There’s tons of different ways to get involved, some of…

[starbox] The Featured Artist is a Laurier Brantford student who is constantly striving for creative and artistic excellence. The medium isn’t what’s important; it’s the art. This weeks Featured Artist is Charis…

On Friday, Nov. 27, Brantford lit up the town with spirit when Glenhyrst art gallery opened up their annual holiday light show. More than 50 000 lights hung all over the Glenhyrst…

The movie The Night Before was released into theatres last Friday. The film stars Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Mackie as a group of friends celebrating their last Christmas together, before…

In a country filled with different cultures, isn’t it a bit peculiar that we aren’t allowed to express ourselves? The situation at hand is, none other than, the idea that saying “Merry…

The Brant Historical Society finished this season of walking tours on Nov. 7, ending another year with little student turnout.   Dressed as a Great War Canadian civilian, Brian Moore led this…

The latest addition to the James Bond series, Spectre, swiftly skyrocketed to the top of the box office during its opening weekend, but how? As of Monday, Oct. 9, Spectre grossed a…

The Featured Artist is a Laurier Brantford student who is constantly striving for creative and artistic excellence. The medium isn’t what’s important; it’s the art. This weeks Featured Artist is Will Thompson.…

Since April this year, a car collective called N0-Club has been taking the nation by storm.   N0-Club (spelt with a zero, pronounced like the letter) got its start as a joke…

If your friend ever recommended a series of books to you in high school, chances are that book series has been turned into a series of movies. Of course, the last book…

Have you ever wondered how much of an asshole former Apples CEO Steve Jobs was? Then see the latest documentary about him.In the 2015 movie, Steve Jobs, it shows the up rise of…

A local group called Bassline Conversions is breathing life into the Brantford EDM scene with their underground concerts. Bassline Conversions’ mission is “converting people from the mainstream to the underground with amazing…

The Featured Artist is a Laurier Brantford student who is constantly striving for creative and artistic excellence. The medium isn’t what’s important; it’s the art. This week’s featured artist is Paul Gübek…

On Oct. 28, YouTube launched its biggest paid for service, YouTube Red. For $10 per month, users will be able to enjoy content ad-free, as well as see videos that are made exclusively…

These past couple days have been quite stressful for many Laurier Brantford students, as it is midterm season. Many students have different study habits in order for them to get as much…

That spooky night of fun is fast approaching, and so are those costume-mandatory events that all our friends have been bugging us to attend this weekend. Still have no clue what you…

  Going to a different country, and experiencing a different culture is always a really neat experience. And, feeling some sort of culture shock is always inevitable but always surprising nonetheless. That…

How long have you been drawing for? Is it something that you stumbled upon or did someone influence you? What are some of your other artistic outlets?   I have been drawing…

Have you seen strange, inexplicable lights in the Brantford night sky? There’s a group of individuals in Brantford devoted to trying to find and document any and all UFO sightings, as well…

  Compelling and powerful are two words that can describe Demi Lovato’s new album Confident. Lovato has come a long way from her days as a Disney Channel star. She has had…

The Featured Artist is a Laurier Brantford student who is constantly striving for creative and artistic excellence. The medium isn’t what’s important; it’s the art. This week’s featured artist is Bryan Heyens…

On September 20, 2015, Oscar-nominated actress, Viola Davis, made history as the first African-American woman to ever win the best actress Emmy for her role as Annalise Keating on How to Get…

Harmony Square was overflowing with spectators of all ages applauding for the unusual acts at this year’s Buskerfest. From September 26 through September 28, the strip of Dalhousie Street, between Market and…

The 2015 edition of KOI Fest has come and gone, bringing music mayhem to the streets of downtown Kitchener once again. The little-festival-that-could continues to prove that there is an audience for…