The Importance of Being Earnest Book Review

Oscar Wilde
Wilde is just so much fun. This whole play is one big elaborate pun, exposing the absurdities of formal high society. In a world where style is valued over substance, a flippant attitude toward it all is just what you need to stay sane.

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Island Book Review

Aldous Huxley
Sorry, but this book does not live up to the hype. Marketed as a utopian counterpoint to Huxley’s Brave New World, it instead perpetuates the most boring tropes of mid-century scientific colonial thought. This book was written in the early 1960s, when former colonies around the world were freeing themselves from centuries of European tyranny. And yet Huxley’s vision of utopia is one where the colonizer influences and “modernises” Indigenous culture. But that’s not the worst part of the novel. Island really falters by violating the principle of “show, don’t tell”. Instead of immersing the reader, this story scrapes along with second- and third-hand accounts from characters who are far removed from the action.

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Other Side of the Game Book Review

Amanda Parris
A short play that pulls the history of Black Power activism forward to modern-day Toronto. The police and prison system are ever-present threats as the scene jumps back and forth between the 1970s and today. A great jumping-off point for learning about Canadian Black political activists — and for realizing how far back the fight for justice stretches.

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Nerve Book Review

Eva Holland
I’m not much one for pop science or psychology books, but this was a refreshing introduction to the workings of fear. Eva Holland weaves personal, societal, and physiological explanations for the ways we deal with being afraid, and what happens when we try to tame the feeling. She makes new concepts approachable, and pairs that skill with evocative memoir writing.

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Walk on Gaukel St.

In September 2019, Gaukel Street in downtown Kitchener was transformed into a fun pop-up park. Now, working with a group of downtown community members, neighbourhood associations, businesses, and city staff, we are working on a long-term plan for redesigning Gaukel St. as a pedestrian-first urban park.

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Shopkit

A comprehensive commerce solution for the excellent Kirby CMS. Flexible product variants, shipping and tax rates, inventory control, and search engine optimization are built right in.

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Croissant Reviews

Find the croissant of your dreams. All the reviews are categorized using a six-point flavour profile: crunchiness, flakiness, airiness, consistency, butteriness, and roasted flavour.

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Apartment Café

Pop-up culture is coming to the York! We’re opening our home to freelancers and work-from-home folks who want a place to work that isn’t their own home.

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