Art can be interpreted in many ways depending on the viewer and what shapes their perspectives. For artist Derek Liddington, that uncertainty is at the centre of his latest exhibition, The Still Cloud, In Anger, In Awe, at Brock University's Marilyn I. Walker Visual Arts Gallery. Before hosting his opening reception, we sat down to discuss his work and the exhibition.
It is that time of the year once again: Tuesday nights are exciting, and my friends and I are hosting our annual girls' night dedicated to Dancing with the Stars. Each year, our favourite thing to do is guess which of the 16 couples will take home the Mirrorball trophy.
On Sept. 14, Macklemore, the artist behind songs like “Thrift Shop“ and “Same Love,” released a statement on Instagram revealing that he was removed from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour for expressing his pro-Palestine views on stage. Since the statement’s release, every single artist set to perform with Ed Sheeran on this tour has dropped out — including his own band.
Sometimes, a new face starts appearing everywhere online. At first, you barely notice. Then suddenly, they are in interviews, on your friends’ Instagram stories and playing in the background of videos you never asked to watch. Slayyyter has become that artist for me. Her latest album, WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA, has been sitting at the centre of that growing attention. Though I may be late to the party — WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA came out in March — it seems that with this artist, showing up late is better than never showing up at all.
Paper Bananas, a Niagara-based artist organization, presents its latest exhibition, Forces of Nature, at the Niagara Artists Centre in downtown St. Catharines. The project brings together 15 artists’ collage work, each using identical copies of the book Forces of Nature by Ian Westwell. While the materials used are the same, the outcomes vary significantly, creating a cohesive exhibition while allowing each piece to exist as independent works of art.
Olivia Rodrigo released her third studio album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, in June of this year. The album acts as a time capsule of the rise and fall of a relationship, which she has accredited to happening naturally as she was writing chronologically about her life.
Desigual, a fashion company based in Barcelona, released its newest ad campaign with Vivian Wilson. Though artificial intelligence (A.I.) seems to have an ever-encroaching influence on the world around us, Desigual and Wilson make their statement clear: it belongs nowhere near the art world.
There’s something unsettling that happens when I look for new music. I’ll find a song I like on Spotify, click on the radio and spend the next hour listening to songs that sound suspiciously similar.
There are few figures in rock history that command the reverence, mystique and sheer staying power of Stevie Nicks. With her signature shawls, ethereal stage presence and unmistakable, raspy vibrato, Nicks has cemented herself not just as the face of Fleetwood Mac, but as a formidable solo artist and a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
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Renowned artist Ed Sheeran played the final three shows of his Loop Tour in Toronto at the Rogers Centre from Aug. 20 to Aug. 22. While concerts performed by modern music artists are known for being large productions, Sheeran’s took an entirely different approach. With just his guitar and a custom-built multi-track loop station, he turned a stadium filled with roughly 50,000 people into something far more intimate — as if they were watching him perform in his own studio.
It is entirely possible that the concept of "rock and roll" as we understand it today would not exist without the Rolling Stones. For over six decades, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, the late Charlie Watts and their various legendary bandmates have served as the ultimate archetype of the rock band.
On Aug. 29, Olivia Rodrigo hosted the Daisy Chain Fields Festival, which celebrated women in music spanning genres and generations. With around 45,000 guests in attendance and over $20 million raised in donations, the festival was no small feat.
Warehouse Concert Hall, a popular music venue in St. Catharines, will be hosting a performance by Sun Kill Moon this Wednesday, Sept. 9, despite sexual misconduct allegations against frontman Mark Kozelek.
In an era of cinema polluted with remakes and theatrical sequels, there is a rare, electric energy found in a local theatre where students are building a world entirely from scratch. At the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, the student-led company of DART 4D56: Collaborative Play Development didn’t just put on a play; they constructed a living, breathing nightmare. Their original production Enjoy Your Stay is a masterclass in atmospheric horror that leaves the audience “checking out” with lingering chills and a profound respect for the scrappy brilliance of student-led creation.
Let’s be honest, they just don’t make club music like the 80s anymore. Modern EDM has its perks, boasting drops that can shatter glass and sub-bass that rattles your teeth. But there was a unique, lightning-in-a-bottle alchemy to the 1980s dance floor. It was an era where the raw, unpolished energy of punk and new wave collided head-on with the cold, futuristic sheen of early synthesizers. It wasn't just about the beat; it was about melody, drama and an unapologetic sense of theatricality.
Each year, the best of Canadian music is celebrated at the JUNO Awards, better known as the JUNOS. What began as an award show has slowly morphed into a performance spectacular with a sprinkling of awards throughout. Nonetheless, on Sunday, March 29, the JUNOS were Hamilton’s must-have ticket, and The Brock Press was lucky enough to be in attendance.
This year’s JUNO Awards saw some of Canada’s best talent take the stage for Canadian music’s biggest night, but despite the fanfare and celebrities on the orange carpet, this year’s JUNO Awards felt somewhat unnecessary.
The first trailer for Dune: Part Three arrived with enormous anticipation — and an uncomfortable reality. For the first time, Denis Villeneuve isn’t fighting skepticism or expectation, but the limits of the story he’s adapting.
Hollywood’s biggest night and the end of the 2025 awards season saw some much-deserved wins and a fair share of late-season hopefuls take the industry’s top prize, all while keeping the presentation short and entertaining — if not occasionally cringey.
Zara Larsson isn’t staging a comeback — she’s becoming a popstar for the first time. At the core of her ascension has been a new pop persona crafted through online intimacy, nostalgic aesthetics and slow algorithmic momentum.
As the days get warmer and the sun starts to come out from behind the clouds, I’ve been looking forward to the music that will make my summer. These are some of my top contenders.
Content warning: this article contains spoilers for season one of Apple TV’s “Pluribus.”
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We are often told that the ultimate goal of humanity is peace. We spend generations striving for a world without war, hunger and the petty interpersonal conflicts that drain our energy. But what if we actually got what we wanted? And what if that price tag was the very thing that makes us human?
When I hear the name Catherine O’Hara, a very specific kind of comedy comes to mind. It’s bold without being careless, eccentric yet fully in control. Few performers have managed to balance those instincts as consistently as O’Hara did throughout her decades in film and television.
Before sold out stadiums, “In the Air Tonight” and slick 80s pop production, Genesis was an entirely different beast. They were the stranger, darker cousins of the British progressive rock explosion, weaving complex, Victorian-tinged fairy tales backed by virtuosic musicianship. In 1973, Genesis released what remains one of the most visceral documents of theatrical rock history: Genesis Live.
While waving goodbye to an especially cold and windy January, I had the pleasure of spending a night out with some close friends and my favorite up-and-coming artist, Del Water Gap.
In the wake of a new era in hip-hop, one of the most consistent and well-regarded artists of the century released an album that not only defined an entire country but changed the genre forever.
Content warning: this article contains spoilers for season one and two of the Apple TV series Severance.
If you’ve ever worked in an office, you’re most likely familiar with the “Sunday scaries,” a specific kind of dread reserved for Sunday evenings as the anticipation of Monday morning creeps closer. This is the feeling of impending compartmentalization, that we must pack away our “real” self to become a functional, wage-earning employee for eight hours a day.
You might have noticed your social media feeds bombarded with the mannequin challenge, the Rio de Janeiro Instagram filter and the song Closer by The Chainsmokers. Unlike other throwback trends, the #2016 trend, which has now amassed over 2.3 million posts on TikTok, seems to be vying for something more intangible. While some speculate it’s a ploy to collect data for de-aging models, Gen Z appears more enthralled by the feeling that 2016 had.
2026 might just be the strongest year for film in recent memory.
From major films by legendary directors Christopher Nolan, Emerald Fennell, Greta Gerwig and Denis Villeneuve to a wave of hotly anticipated sequels, originals and adaptations, this year’s release calendar is stacked.
This article contains spoilers for Twin Peaks seasons one and two.
Since its debut on cable television 35 years ago, the Twin Peaks series has continued to resonate with contemporary viewers thanks to its alluring atmosphere, iconic characters and harrowing secrets.
For those of us who choose to spend the winter break catching up on the semester’s TV backlog, it’s nearly impossible not to have heard about Heated Rivalry.
Released on Oct. 17, Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein was well received by critics and viewers alike — yet many fans of the classic novel walked away disappointed due to the numerous changes del Toro made to a story that many people love so dearly.
It’s hard to believe that an unusual rap duo from Atlanta, Georgia, made it this far in the first place, let alone became one of the most influential of all time.
Watching Kill Bill for the first time in a theatre felt like the right way to meet a movie that’s built intentionally around mood, sound and audience reaction. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair isn’t subtle. It’s style-forward, violent, funny in a dark way and constantly aware of itself as cinema.
