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Continue reading →: Magical results with glass painting animation – Patrick Jenkins
Since I’ve been taking a bit of a theatre break to check out some cinema recently (and get back to some reading), I wanted to give a shout out to artist/animator/documentary filmmaker Patrick Jenkins, whose work I got to know over the past few years when I met him via…
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Continue reading →: The shifting dance of love, relationships & desire – Take This Waltz
It’s been a while since I’ve been to the movies, so when I found myself with some free time on Sunday, I veered away from summer action hero blockbusters, drawn to something more quiet, intimate and moving. And that was Sarah Polley’s film Take This Waltz. Beautifully written (Polley wrote…
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Continue reading →: The art of sexy parody – Toronto Burlesque Festival Press Party/Meet & Greet Teaser
WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT Poetry in pasties at the Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar last night, my friends, at the Toronto Burlesque Festival Press Party/Meet & Greet Teaser. This is the 5th annual TBF, with performances taking place at the Gladstone and the Mod Club, running until July 22.…
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Continue reading →: The Beautiful & the Damned and Toronto Burlesque Festival
Lots more going on this week, my friends. Tonight, the July edition of The Beautiful and the Damned will take place at Glad Day Bookshop (598 Yonge St., Toronto – just north of Wellesley on the west side of Yonge). Here’s the scoop from my pal, the lovely and talented…
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Continue reading →: Best of Toronto Fringe opens tonight!
Hey kids! Missed a really great show at Toronto Fringe? Well, you’ll have another chance to see these at the Best of the Toronto Fringe (July 18 – Aug 3) at the Toronto Centre for the Arts: HELP YOURSELF MAHMOUD POMME IS FRENCH FOR APPLE RARE THE SHAPE OF THINGS…
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Continue reading →: July Issue of Lipstik Indie
Originally posted on Lipstik Indie Reviews: Reviewed by Carolina Smart By pure serendipity I came across this CD. It was mixed in with another package sent to me for review. Another reviewer was supposed to review this CD but once I started listening to it, I claimed it for my…
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Continue reading →: Rowdy rollicking good times & a pint – The Taming of the Shrew
There’s nothing like having a pint with your Shakespeare – and the Victory Café was a great venue for the Shakespeare BASH’d production of The Taming of the Shrew. I caught the closing night of their Fringe run last night – and it was some big loud raucous fun. Director…
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Continue reading →: A magical, joyful celebration of souls – Soulo
Back at Toronto Fringe early last night to catch the closing performance of Soulo at the Robert Gill Theatre. Conceived and directed by Tracey Erin Smith (doing double duty this Fringe with her own show Snug Harbor), and inspired by Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” campaign, Soulo features three solo…
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Continue reading →: Visceral beauty & spectacle @ Shinsedai Cinema Festival
Took a break from Toronto Fringe yesterday afternoon to stop by the Revue Cinema to see the Shinsedai Cinema Festival screening of The Naked Summer, directed by Kenji Okabe, with cinematography by Yutaka Yamazaki. First up was film short Tsuki-Yomi, directed by Team Gatera, a 16mm visual feast of nature…
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