The dinosaurs are back, roaring across a screen near you with the upcoming release of Jurassic World. It’s film number four in the Jurassic Park franchise, the original blockbuster that sparked eager speculation about the odds of bringing dinosaurs back to life. The film still thrills us 20 years on, but we all know by… Read more »
Album: Daniel Bjarnason, Over Light Earth A Connection with Something Marvellous This significant new album nods in the direction of early twentieth century composers Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff. I was immediately put in mind of the animated Disney wonders The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Fantasia, those splendid films, made during one of Disney’s few brief golden… Read more »
A student organized initiative, “Ignite:Ideas for Post-Secondary Education”, recently hosted a series of conferences in post-secondary institutions across Alberta. These conferences gathered opinions from the students and other stakeholders of these institutions as to what was important in the general themes of cost & access, quality & research, and the implementation of new technologies. Now… Read more »
Last week we bid adieu to Christina Frey, to whom we are grateful for three years of making sure The Voice was always letter-perfect. She will be missed. While It’s always hard to see a valued team member go, the reason Christina left is rather a point of pride for our publication: she was simply… Read more »
At Home: Snow Tax Digging your way out after a heavy snowfall is bad enough. But Winnipeg residents could be facing another downside of a harsher than usual winter: a snow tax. As the Winnipeg Sun reports, accounting firm KPMG’s ?operational review of Winnipeg’s public works,? commissioned by the city, is proposing a ?winter control… Read more »
Thankful for the past, thankful for the present, and thankful for the future: popular sentiments at Thanksgiving, but this year I feel particularly overwhelmed with gratitude for all three. When I began as The Voice‘s new managing editor back in 2010, I saw it as a wonderful opportunity to work closely with writers with a… Read more »
Film: The World Before Her Director: Nisha Pahuja Genre: Documentary ?At least he let me live.? Prachi, a young woman in the Hindu Nationalist movement in India Each year in India 750,000 girls are aborted, and It’s unknown how many are killed at birth. When Pooja Chopra’s mother knew she was having a second daughter,… Read more »
Think You’re smarter than a fifth grader? You probably are, but don’t get too comfortable about your awesome intelligence yet. Even if your IQ makes you sound more like Einstein than Jughead, artificial intelligence could soon replace you, at least on the job. According to one prediction, it will only be another five years before… Read more »
Happy Thanksgiving! While dinner’s in the oven, enjoy discovering a different side of turkey, cranberries, vegetables, and pie. Whether You’re celebrating with a vegetarian feast or cooking the ?traditional? turkey and trimmings, these links serve up some unique table talk: Turkey Tale Ever wonder why turkeys share a name with a country on a different… Read more »
Album: Ludovico Einaudi, Einaudi Essentiel “This isn’t avant-garde enough It really isn’t hard enough It isn’t avant-garde enough for me . . .” Wendy Cope The Crest of the New Romantic Wave I’ve often mentioned that avant garde movers and shakers in the arts world have already ushered in a neo-Romantic movement possibly in reaction… Read more »