Category: Arts & Culture
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Orbiting Love: Cosmic Counsel — March Submission
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography The following anonymous submission has been modified for readability. When I was in Grade 11, I thought it was a really good idea for some reason to…
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Springtime reads
Contributed Photo / Katie Bird Need more book recommendations? Then keep reading as Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford Books It Up members have suggested some of their all-time favourite reads! The first book…
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“The Outsiders” comes to Brantford
Olga Steblyk / Sputnik PhotographyThe Laurier Brantford Theatre Club’s cast and crew. Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus has many clubs and associations; one of them is Laurier’s Theatre Club. The club is…
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Annual St. Patrick’s Day parties return
Contributed Photo / Abbey KilnerA Laurier St. Patrick’s Day street party at full capacity. Now that the month of love is over with, students have to prepare for the upcoming daunting event…
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Is speed dating making a comeback?
Bachir Miloudi / Sputnik PhotographyValentine’s Day is right around the corner Swipe right, swipe left. How tall are you? How much money do you make? How recently was this photo taken? Swipe,…
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Black History Month at Laurier
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorDifferent clubs host speeches for Black History Month As students attending Wilfrid Laurier University, we all want to feel welcome and encouraged by our school and the community…
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Double trouble
Contributed Photo / Katie Bird What better books to read than the ones made into a TV series so you can binge the book and the show back-to-back? Here are some recommendations…
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Romcoms for the ages
Bachir Miloudi / Sputnik Photography Romcoms are the type of movie that people may enjoy all year long, but with Valentine’s Day fast-approaching, it now becomes the season of love, meet cutes…
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Orbiting Love: Cosmic Counsel — February Submission
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography The following anonymous submission has been modified to maintain subjects’ anonymity and for clarity. I was on a date with this guy, and we went to his…
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A new year, a new me: Setting sustainable resolutions
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorA New Year’s resolution typed on a laptop. Out with the old and ringing in 2024, a new year and time again for New Year’s resolutions. While speaking…
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City of Brantford arts coordinator launches new artist database
Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor The City of Brantford has created a new way for local artists of all kinds to share who they are and the work they do, called the…
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Laurier Books it Up: New year, new books for your TBR list
Contributed Photo / Katie Bird One of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford Books It Up’s favourite tropes to talk about is grumpy/sunshine, which means we have endless recommendations to share! Grumpy/sunshine tropes are…
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Laurier professor finishes horror novel trilogy
Contributed Photo / David Neil LeeThe Great Outer Dark, the last book in the trilogy. David Neil Lee, a Wilfrid Laurier University creative writing professor on the Brantford campus and the author…
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Santa Claus has come to town!
Bachir Miloudi / Sputnik PhotographySanta commanding his reindeer. Brantford’s annual Santa Claus Parade graced the streets of downtown on Saturday, Nov. 25. The parade began at 6 p.m. on Stanley Street and…
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Cher’s “Christmas” has made its debut
Contributed Photo / Apple MusicCher’s Christmas album cover. Cher’s newest contribution to the sound waves is something she has never done before — a Christmas album. The album entitled “Christmas” released on…
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Orbiting Love: Cosmic Counsel — December Submission
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography The following anonymous submission has been modified for readability. I once went on a date that went awfully. This was in February, after a particularly nasty snowstorm.…
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Celebrating the holidays Brantford-style
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorDowntown Brantford. There are so many events that are happening in Brantford during the holiday season, all different and wonderful ways to enjoy and be a part of…
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Ben Carniol, Holocaust survivor putting pen to paper after 86 years
Contributed Photo / Azrieli FoundationHide and Seek: In Pursuit of Justice by Ben Carniol. Each of us is shaped by the events in our lives; what we hold onto, the events we…
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Time to get cozy with a good book
Contributed Photo / LB Books It Up December is here, which means it is time to take notes of Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford Books it Up winter book recommendations that will have…
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Leather, lace and shoulder pads… Oh my!
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography As the sun sets earlier, the days feel crisper and fallen leaves crunch under feet, it is clear the seasons are changing. With fall hanging in the…
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Orbiting Love: Cosmic Counsel — November Submission
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography The following submission has been modified for readability. I’m gay and I’m also pathetically romantic. Not as in I fall in love easy, but more like I…
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What Books It Up is reading now
Contributed Photo / LB Book Club Every term, book club chooses two books and creates a poll on their Instagram story to decide which one the club should read. This term, it…
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New series: “Black Community Mixtapes”
Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor History, the past. Something that is there for us all to learn from and celebrate. The first episode of a five-part series, Black Community Mixtapes, released in…
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Heating to battle the cold
Olga Steblyk / Sputnik Photography Canadian weather is hard to predict. There is never one season that follows the guidelines of what it is “supposed” to be. During fall, right now, the…
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Essential fall reads
Contributed Photo / LB Book Club If you’re looking for the perfect books to get you in the fall mood, whether it be cozy or spooky, keep reading to hear Wilfrid Laurier…
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Orbiting Love: Cosmic Counsel — October Submission
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography I am in love with my roommate. I know it’s only a week and a half. We are best friends and I have never felt this way…
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Walking Through the Fire across the nation
Contributed Photo / Sultans of StringWalking Through the Fire artists. Brantford’s Sanderson Centre and Symphony Orchestra hosted new album Walking Through the Fire by Sultans of String on Oct. 3. This album…
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Laurier alumna Heather Dixon’s breakout novel hits the stands
Contributed Photo / Heather DixonHeather Dixon. Laurier Alumna Heather Dixon released her first novel titled Burlington this summer. The suspenseful novel tackle’s themes of friendship, motherhood and sense of belonging. Burlington was…
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O-Week…just the beginning
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorStudents at the Get Involved Fair. Orientation week sets the stage for the rest of the year. Better known as O-Week, it is usually catered towards the incoming…
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Reading week: Review, relax, recharge
Niyati Pancholi / Sputnik PhotographyStudent studying. Reading week is fast-approaching from Oct. 9 until Oct. 16, here are a few tips and tricks that may benefit you. This advice comes to you…
