Arts & Life

Creating an album is a monumental task. At its best, it’s captivating and engrossing, flowing seamlessly from track to track. At its worst, an artist can lose the listener in…

Black Friday is fast approaching and it’s the best time to support small businesses in Toronto. This year, On The Record put together a list of independent shops offering deals…

In this episode of On the Record we spoke to Toronto artists, arts workers and a mental health counsellor to discuss the fragile state of the art scene in Toronto …

Ryerson alumnus Luke Galati is premièring his film SMOKEYSWRLD at the Regent Park Film Festival this month. The short documentary tells the story of Toronto basketball player Kymahni Bent. Bent’s…

Classes are underway as students experience Ryerson’s new undergraduate professional music program in its inaugural fall 2021 semester. The Creative School introduced the program in late 2020 and have since…

According to multiple online sources, Nov. 12 is National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day. While the origins of the holiday are unclear, it’s meant to be an opportunity to…

Music lovers can buy tickets to see their favourite artists live for the first time since in-person concerts were put on hiatus due to the pandemic last year. Ontario announced…

Editor’s note: Drag culture is a creative art form that long predates its recent mainstream popularity. It is a gender-bending art in which a person dresses in elaborate clothing and…

Halloween is the one time of year when we can embrace our inner monsters. As the leaves continue changing and our sweaters get thicker, we grab our fun-sized candy by…

At a Mississauga art gallery, dozens of cardboard boxes in gradient colours are stacked on top of one another, some coated with an animated projection — a loading wheel floating…