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Patrick Krief: putting the pieces together
EIC September 10, 2012The Dears' Patrick Krief goes solo with Hundred Thousand Pieces By Ali Omelaniec Patrick Krief is calling from Winnipeg, Canada, where he is beginning his first nationwide tour as a solo artist. There is rattling in the background as his crew unpacks their trailer, readyingthemselves for Krief’s first out-of-town concert. This tour concludes a dark time in Krief’s life that haunted him for months and completely consumed him as an artist. In May 2010 Krief, anxiety-ridden and panicked about the loss of his youth and the struggles of achieving financial stability, wondered, “how did I get here?” The result of…
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Theatre review: Henry and Alice: Into the Wild
May 7, 2012By Ali Omelaniec Out of their comfort zones and Into the Wild, Henry and Alice return for the sequel to 2004‘s Sexy Laundry Into the Wild is a comedic take on the woes of unemployment, family conflict, and mid-life crises.…
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SFU buys out Videomatica’s documentaries
EIC January 30, 2012By Ali Omelaniec Photo by Geoff Lister (The Ubyssey) In preparation for a new cinema studies major, SFU expands its film collection, keeping Videomatica’s stock out of private hands After 28 years of housing one of the most extensive video…
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