Image: YouTube video screenshot photo of the band Queen, posing together for a photo. Hey again. So, this week I nailed down my theme song for 2023. At first, I was thinking more in terms of some kind of “fight” song, but I chose instead to go with something that felt more like resilience. Hope.Continue reading “Theme song of the year 2023”
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Free arts event – Weston: Then & Now (Mar 25-27)
Image: Poster for Shakespeare in Action’s upcoming event Weston: Then & Now, featuring a photograph of Central United Church (1 King St., York, ON). Graphic design by Lizzie Moffatt. Shakespeare in Action (SIA) has an upcoming free arts event—Weston: Then & Now! at Central United Church. Here are the details… Weston’s very own Central UnitedContinue reading “Free arts event – Weston: Then & Now (Mar 25-27)”
Call for submissions: Nightwood Theatre’s Fempocalypse 2022
Image: Fempocalypse 2022 Neo-Stalgia logo, featuring the title “Fempocalypse 2022” in neon pixelated font and the word “Neo-Stalgia” in script font, with a linear globe image to the left of it and a cursor arrow to the right. Graphic design by Natércia Napoleão. Hey, all—Nightwood Theatre has a call for submissions for this year’s Fempocalypse.Continue reading “Call for submissions: Nightwood Theatre’s Fempocalypse 2022”
Call for artist submissions: Jan 12 deadline
The word “ART”, spelled out vertically in well-loved wooden alphabet blocks. Photo by the blogger. Hi all, just received this alert from the folks at Shakespeare in Action: CALLING ALL ARTISTS! Shakespeare in Action, Central United Church & The Weston Historical Society invite artists to submit works or proposals for a three-day public art event, Weston:Continue reading “Call for artist submissions: Jan 12 deadline”
Theme song of the year 2022
The sunrise breaks through clouds at dawn over grassy hills, a mountain range stretching out in the background. Photo by kareni on Pixabay. Hey again. So, my theme song for 2022 is… <drum roll> … Aerosmith’s Dream On. What’s your theme song for the year?
Theme song of the year
Perspectival image of piano keyboard, fading into the background, by consorex on Pixabay. Back in 2015, I decided to start choosing a theme song for the year—a song that reflected where I was at and where I was going, or hoping to go. Since then, I’ve chosen a new theme song every year. Previous themeContinue reading “Theme song of the year”
Clouds
When I was a kid, I used to lay in the summertime grass in front of our house and look at the sky, watching clouds go by, and finding shapes and images up there. As an adult, I still appreciate the beauty of the sky, especially during the golden time as the sun prepares toContinue reading “Clouds”
Interview: Lizzie Violet & her Stay the Fuck Home blog series
Lizzie Violet. Photo by Zoltan Hawryluk. Everyone has their own way of dealing with today’s new normal of staying home and following physical distancing guidelines—and we’re all finding the need to develop new routines and methods of navigating everyday tasks and errands in a pseudo war-time environment, with standard items like toilet paper, handContinue reading “Interview: Lizzie Violet & her Stay the Fuck Home blog series”
Saying goodbye to the youth of Ireland in the lyrical, hopeful, entertaining Many Young Men of Twenty
Foreground: James Phelan, Tina McCulloch, Emmet Leahy and William Laxamana. Background: Martin McGuane. Set design by Tim O’Connell and Sean Treacy. Costume design by Bernadette Hunt. Lighting design by Karlos Griffith. Photo by Gregory Breen. The Toronto Irish Players take us to a time of desperate hope and dreams, leaving and staying behind, with itsContinue reading “Saying goodbye to the youth of Ireland in the lyrical, hopeful, entertaining Many Young Men of Twenty”
Fear, loathing & melancholy at an office party in the razor-sharp, edgy, timely Casimir and Caroline
Hallie Seline, Cameron Laurie & Alexander Crowther. Set & costume design by Ken MacKenzie. Lighting design by Jareth Li. Photo by Dahlia Katz. The Howland Company presents the North American premiere of their adaptation of Ödön von Horváth’s Casimir and Caroline, based on the original translation by Holger Syme, and adapted by Paolo Santalucia, HolgerContinue reading “Fear, loathing & melancholy at an office party in the razor-sharp, edgy, timely Casimir and Caroline”
life with more cowbell 