THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

Culture

  • By October 15, 2009

    It’s good, every once in a while, to see a movie that is pure exhilarating fun and doesn’t pretend to be anything else. You walk in with set expectations and you walk out with those expectations met. Nothing more, nothing less.

  • Spaced: the epitome of referential comedy

    By October 14, 2009

    Most filmgoers of the past six years will recognize at least one of the gentlemen best known for the subversive comedies Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. However, unknown to most filmgoers is that these three comedic geniuses were first united in a British sitcom that debuted 10 years ago this past September. The name of the show was Spaced and North American audiences desperately need to be introduced to it.

  • Makeout Videotape: the band

    By October 14, 2009

    There used to be talk of approaching the universal through the specific and depth through simplicity and so on ”” Jesus Christ, wasn’t it? Maybe I’m just imagining this.

  • Renowned sitar player returns to U of S

    By October 14, 2009

    The internationally renowned musician Vikas Gupta, a former U of S student, will soon bring the sweet sounds of the sitar to Saskatoon.

  • “Nomadic Dwellings” all over town

    By October 14, 2009

    Folie/Culture, a Quebec-based activist art group, is setting up a series of makeshift dwellings across Saskatoon for their art show Nomadic Dwellings, put on in conjunction with Saskatoon’s artist run gallery, AKA. The show is meant to highlight that the province’s recent economic prosperity has not trickled down to the poorest in society.

  • SaskMusic on the decline

    By October 14, 2009

    SaskMusic, the non-profit corporation responsible for representing, promoting and developing the music industry of Saskatchewan, announced on Sept. 8 the permanent and immediate cancellation of six of its grant programs.

  • ARTISTS on ARTISTS: Peter Grier

    By October 14, 2009

    Aside from doing his own musical exploration under the alias Caves, Peter plays drums in A Gentle Forest and Cat Dad. Additonally, along with Angus Dicken, Grier creates the wild sounds of Lionstab. These bands are some of Saskatoon’s most inspired indie and experimental acts.
    Grier discussed the various manifestations of Phil Elverum, also known as Mount Eerie and the frontman for the Microphones.

  • REVIEW: Spiral Beach

    By October 6, 2009

    The Toronto-based group Spiral Beach is an acid trip with instruments.
    The band’s sound, if it ca be described at all, is a collaboration of indie rock and punk.