Arts

The folk-rockers from Repentigny, Que., concluded a two-year world tour Monday night at the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival.

Attendance was hampered by a steady, soaking rain which, like a gift from the concert gods, suddenly ended 15 minutes before showtime. As a result Les Cowboys performed not in front of tens of thousands of festival goers but rather 1,000 or so diehard fans.

Kristina Watts knows exactly how to describe the play she stars in about an affair between a 12-year-old girl and a 40-year-old man: “It’s a love story.”

Blackbird, written in 2005 by Scottish playwright David Harrower, focuses on the meeting between a young woman, Una, and a middle-aged man, Ray, 15 years after their love affair and the guilt, self-hatred and social condemnation that surrounds them because of it.

Legions of music-loving first years crowded the asphalt beside the Fieldhouse Sept. 8 as Tokyo Police Club took to the stage and rocked Carleton’s campus.

The air was already crackling when the band arrived after a stellar performance by rapper Shad.

The Canadian hip-hop artist brought the crowd to a roar with songs like the Fresh Prince-inspired Internet sensation “The Old Prince Still Lives at Home.”

With so much information available in this day and age, it can become difficult to process it all. Which issues are the most important? Are they as simple as they seem? Does one even have time for them? Add all these things together and it becomes difficult to raise awareness for anything using a soft sell.