http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site The Definitive Alternative Monthly of Downtown Toronto Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:46:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kelsey Rolfe On November 22, Ryerson Dances 2011 opened at the Ryerson Theatre, with four performance pieces created by well-known choreographers: Intricate Freedom by Valerie Calam, Arsenio Andrade Calderon’s Encounters, Allen Kaeja’s Axon, and Indigo Moods by Vicki St. Denys. The program, which lacked any identifiable theme, was a mixed bag of ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2879 Theresa Do If I’d known that an event dedicated to boozing and schmoozing held over a weekend would most definitely draw in a lot of people, I wouldn’t have chosen Saturday as the day to attend the seventeenth annual Gourmet Food and Wine Expo, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2877 Samantha Lui The Reel Asian International Film Festival took place at venues across Toronto from Nov. 8 to 13. Now in its fifteenth year, the festival continues to present works of contemporary Asian cinema and narratives from the Asian diaspora, making it Canada’s largest Asian film festival. Our own Samantha Lui ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2875 Meaghan Yuen Appropriately presented by the Ryerson Women’s Centre, Miss Representation packs as much fervour as the cat fights it condemns. Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom challenges the demeaning representations of women in the media, holding it responsible for the self-doubt in females today. The documentary exposes the media as though it ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2873 U.S. Steel loses in court By James Burrows, News Editor Employees of U.S. Steel in Hamilton finally have a collective agreement in place. But steelworkers in Hamilton have seen better days. After a yearlong lockout, pensions have taken a significant blow and morale is not high. In October, Local 1005 of the United ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2849 By Max Mertens While the majority of rappers making headlines this year were either luxury-celebrating veterans (Jay-Z, Kanye, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross), or social media-savvy, controversy-baiting up-and-comers (Kreayshawn, Lil B, Odd Future), there was another generation of underground talent coming out of New York. There’s recent SPIN cover boys and jokers ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2871 By Max Mertens For those of you who watch NBC’s comedy series Community, you know how funny Donald Glover can be. The actor plays Troy Barnes, a former high school quarterback-turned-nerd, who builds blanket forts, hosts a fictitious talk show called “Troy & Abed in the Morning” with partner-in-crime Abed Nadir ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2869 Max Mertens It isn’t easy being Drake. Since the days of his early mixtapes, Toronto’s favourite sweater-wearing rapper has had to answer to critics doubting his toughness, parody Twitter accounts (@DrakeDoinThings, among others) and oh yeah, the fact that he started his career playing a guy in a wheelchair on Degrassi. ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2867 By Daniel Viola On November 20, more than 300 people arrived at CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio to attend the second annual TEDxRyersonU conference. The event featured 15 speakers, all from the Ryerson community, who came together for the simple purpose of sharing ideas. TEDx events are independently organized TED (Technology ,Entertainment and ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2865 By Adriana Rolston Brian Eldon Macquarrie and Andrew Bush, two members of the comedy group Picnicface, are performing a sketch on the stage of Toronto comedy club, Second City. It starts with a groom and his best man reminiscing before the wedding about the good times they’ve had. They act out ... http://ryersonfreepress.ca/site/archives/2863