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Music, Theatre

Falling rehearsals – Heather Hill’s Second Chance resonates

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February 19, 2013

As I was going about some housework on Sunday afternoon – shortly after I uploaded the previous post on the first Falling rehearsals – I was listening to Heather Hill’s Leuty Station CD – and her song “Second Chance” resonated for me in a whole new way. Here’s the video…
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Theatre

Falling – first rehearsals

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February 17, 2013

As some of you know, I auditioned for Alumnae Theatre Company’s New Ideas Festival 2013 and, after being called back to read for two plays, was cast in the Week One reading of Jamie Johnson’s play Falling, directed by Ed Rosing. I don’t want to give too much away –…
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Moments, Music, Poetry, Spoken word, Theatre

Valentine’s Day goes Femme Fatale @ The Beautiful & the Damned

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February 15, 2013

Passion, poetry, music – and fun, sexy and moving times – at Glad Day Bookshop last night during The Beautiful and The Damned Femme Fatale Valentine’s Day edition, hosted by the lovely and talented Lizzie Violet, who also acted as quiz mistress on this month’s dead celeb Gloria Grahame trivia…
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Moments, Music, Poetry, Spoken word, Theatre

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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February 14, 2013

Happy Valentine’s Day, all! It’s so cliché – not to mention annoying and sad – to be a bitter single person today, so I’m choosing to celebrate with some lovely and talented friends at Glad Day Bookshop tonight: The Beautiful and The Damned Femme Fatale Valentine’s Day edition, hosted by…
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February 13, 2013

Originally posted on Patrick Jenkins Animation: “Play Ball!” was one of my most popular flip books. In this flipbook a Baseball game comes to life before your eyes. This is a 12 page excerpt from my flipbook “Play Ball!” which is 96 pages long. I created this flipbook in 1988. Sports…
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February 11, 2013

Originally posted on KAT LEONARD (Kat & The MP3): WonderFest – Help Spread Empowerment!. YOU can help us spread empowerment through art! How? Like this: 1) Choose ONE WORD of EMPOWERMENT 2) Take a PHOTO with your word 3) Tweet @LMGProductions “I’m spreading empowerment through art! #WonderFest” or…
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February 10, 2013

Originally posted on Lizzie Violet: The Beautiful & The Damned, The Femme Fatale Valentine’s Edition Hosted by your very own Femme Fatale Lizzie Violet, our February edition is dedicated to Femme Fatales. How fitting for Valentine’s Day! The Beautiful and the Damned is a Poetry Cabaret every second Thursday…
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Art, Movies

Interview with the multi-faceted Lisa Anita Wegner

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February 8, 2013

When Kat Leonard introduced me to multi-talented, muti-faceted, multi-media working artist Lisa Anita Wegner, what struck me the most was that Lisa credits art with saving her life. You can read her story here. And when I visited her blog site, I was blown away by the imagery in her…
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Art

Transformed by clay & fire

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February 7, 2013

Back in the spring, I attended a sculpture exhibition of works created by students of the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic art therapy group at the Gardiner Museum. While there, I had the opportunity to view the work and speak with a few of the participants, women survivors of violence and…
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Art

Cool photo exhibits & artists around T.O. right now

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February 7, 2013

As I’ve been out and about seeing lots of theatre, music and spoken word lately, I must remember to not forget the other media I love: film, photography and visual arts. Here are just a couple of photography/visual arts exhibits you can check out in Toronto: Photographer Pamela Williams and…
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I’m Cate (she/her)

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Thanks for stopping by life with more cowbell. This blog is about living my best life through the arts. I’ll be sharing short fiction & creative non-fiction, art & other stuff. The arts are for everyone & you can choose to share your art or make it just for you – have fun exploring & creating!