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Continue reading →: Back again
Just added pics to The Beautiful and the Damned post. Thoughts go out to the folks at Zelda’s, which sustained a pretty serious fire last night. Thankfully, no one was hurt.
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Continue reading →: Passionate words & music @ Zelda’s The Beautiful & the Damned – Pride edition
Back upstairs at Zelda’s (aka “the trailer in the sky”) for another edition of The Beautiful and the Damned last night – with my pal, the lovely and talented Lizzie Violet – this time, for a special (and early treat) Pride edition, sponsored by Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QAIA). Dead…
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Continue reading →: How I first learned about sex
When I was about seven, I asked my mum where babies came from. Mum having been a nurse and all, plus me being the oldest of four kids, I knew we came out of her belly (and even had the opportunity to listen in with her stethoscope when she was…
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Continue reading →: Ottawa – Doors Open @ Château Laurier
Doors Open Ottawa was in full swing when Les and I ventured out after Sunday brunch – and we decided to visit the magnificent Château Laurier (http://www.fairmont.com/laurier), which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, complete with cake and costumed folks wandering about the lobby. Grand Trunk Railway (which became…
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Continue reading →: Ottawa trip – subway flood adventures & a haunted jail
Okay, so now I’m ready to tell the tale. The Ottawa trip started with an adventure before my mum and I even got on the VIA train – namely, the flooding of the TTC section of Union Station. I was still at the office when I got word of the…
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Continue reading →: Brandon Pitts reading @ Art of the Danforth
Okay, so back to the work and big fun of blogging about cool arts, culture and entertainment stuff around Toronto. Yesterday, I had a date with one of my ladies – the lovely and talented Lizzie Violet – to go hear Brandon Pitts read at Art of the Danforth. Toronto…
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Continue reading →: Bite-sized Wisdom: Bradbury
Originally posted on Thoughts on Theatre: In honor of a man whose work defined what it means to be courageous. Thanks for the ever-inspiration Ray. You will be missed. “If we listened to our intellect we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go in…
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Continue reading →: Making of the Album Leuty Station: Release of Song Ten
Check out this great post by Heather Hill about the last song on her “Leuty Station” CD. And look out for her upcoming tour dates.
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Continue reading →: I’m back!
Hey all – quick note to say I’m back and online again after being mostly off the grid while I was away in Ottawa and Carp visiting friends and family for the past week. Will be formulating thoughts for the blog about the trip – complete with pics – over…
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Continue reading →: Lots to see – art & theatre in Toronto
According to the WordPress post counter, this will be my 300th post and I wanted to give a shout out to some upcoming/continuing art and theatre in Toronto before I go offline for a bit. The InspiraTO Festival of 10-minute plays opens tomorrow (Fri, June 1) on the Alumnae Theatre…
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