Christopher Olson
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Special IssueThe Third Dimension
Like some gothic horror story, 3D makes a bold return to prominence every few decades, feeding on theatre-goers’ dollars before entering a period of slumber, to return again and feed when the planets have properly aligned in their preordained cycles.
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Fringe ArtsExpozine Alternative Press Awards
Literary honours, even among published authors, are hard to come by. For zinesters and the so-called self-published, awards are something of an impossibility.
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OpinionsCameras Offer Security
On February 11 of this year, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., my laptop was stolen from the JavaU inside Concordia’s Hall building.
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Fringe ArtsThe End of the Bookstore Cat?
The Link’s Literary Arts section isn’t the only literary institution that’s on the way out these days.
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Fringe ArtsOut With the New, In With the Old
Concordia students already have good reason to be jealous of the McGill campus, with its lush green space and enduring architectural design (sorry, Hall building).
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OpinionsThe Seven Deadly Sins… Need an Update
It’s become increasingly evident that one person’s sins are another person’s constitutional rights.
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Special IssueCultural Calendar
This year on March 8, The Link joins community groups across the city, country and world to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.
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Fringe ArtsViral Hit Machine
Like lightning and chicken pox, viral videos rarely strike the same place twice. But unlike either lightning or the flu, you’re damn lucky if you get even one.
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Fringe ArtsLean Mean Zine Machine
Nothing says commodification quite like a vending machine, and nothing except maybe escalators typifies our culture’s sense of leisure and lack of patience.
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NewsCon U Wants to Send Your Ideas Into Orbit
Unlike many calls for submissions posted around the Concordia campus—whether it be for fiction, essays or art—only one promises to launch the winning proposal into space.
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Opinions‘Fuck It, I’m Still an Aquarius’
The recent news that people’s zodiac signs may have changed due to the slow migration of the constellations in the night sky has conjured up strong feelings of denial, skepticism and disbelief.
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NewsThe Student Union Thinks You Look Cold
The Concordia Student Union’s Winter Orientation may lack the glitz and glamour of its Fall offerings, but the CSU doesn’t want to leave newly arriving students out in the cold.
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Fringe ArtsOne of These Jokes is Not Like the Other
Everyone stretches the truth now and then.
Maybe that funny anecdote we told at dinner was exaggerated a teensy bit, and maybe This American Life contributor David Sedaris didn’t really work as a staff clerk in a mental hospital at age 13 to great comedic effect. -
Fringe Arts“Just Watch Me”
Heralded for the “sheer range of her career” by Maclean’s magazine almost 20 years ago, Canadian playwright Linda Griffiths says finding the time and the energy to attend live theatre nowadays is hard work
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NewsA Ha-ha That’s Halal
The phrase “Muslim comedian” might sound like an oxymoron to some, like “free parking,” or “Mennonite rapper.”
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Fringe Arts
It Still Matters
“Art is sometimes the only vehicle of communication and expression available to artists,” said Helen Arceyut-Frixione, a coordinator for this year’s Art Matters Festival.
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Fringe ArtsMontreal Improv Explore Spontaneity for a Clock’s Full Rotation
If anything was missing from director/writer Paul Haggis’ inspirational 2004 film Crash, which features an ensemble cast of characters exploring race relations in America, it was improvisation. At least according to Montreal acting coach Kirsten Rasmussen.
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Fringe ArtsMontreal After Mordecai
Take a poll of readers, critics and authors on which writer’s work is most strongly associated with Montreal, and watch as the hands go up to proclaim Mordecai Richler king of the city’s literature.
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NewsConcordia in Space
Electrical and computer engineering professor Scott Gleason wants to launch Concordia’s first satellite, and he wants his students to do it themselves with little or no assistance.
