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Continue reading →: Kim’s Convenience a pleasure the second time around
So after not getting on top of the ticket ordering in time to see its previous Soulpepper run, I finally got out to see Kim’s Convenience at the Young Centre last night. And this time, I took two pals Kerri and Ty along for the ride. Weyni Mengesha directed the…
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Continue reading →: Celebrating the season with music
Spent yesterday’s overcast afternoon indoors, this time at St. Clement’s Church in Forest Hill for the Heliconian Choir and Orchestra’s (HCO) Salut Printemps recital, which I heard about via one of the choir members, my pal – and fabulous mezzo-soprano – Martha Spence. The afternoon’s program included some classical favourites,…
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Continue reading →: Love, desire & betrayal in Pieces
Cue 6 Productions’ Pieces, by Sarah Illiatovitch-Goldman and directed by Jill Harper, opened this past week at Unit 102 Theatre and I had the pleasure of seeing the early evening performance last night. “Jim and Susan are married” appears under the play’s title in the program and it is this…
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Continue reading →: Adventures in architecture @ Doors Open Toronto
It’s Doors Open Toronto weekend here in the Big Smoke, so if you’re in Toronto this is the perfect time to get out and see some amazing architectural sights (and sites) in the city. Most sites are open till 5 p.m., but check the Doors Open Toronto website for details:…
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Continue reading →: Four amazingly talented women sing in support of Female Eye Film Festival
Now that was a late school night, chickens. After a big, long, late day and less than five hours’ sleep, mama’s feeling tuckered out this morning. But there was no way I could feel tired at the Female Eye Film Festival fundraiser at Cherry Cola’s last night – that place…
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Continue reading →: Doors Open Toronto: May 26-27
So do you like to look at really cool buildings? Architecture and history buffs alike are in for a treat as Doors Open Toronto 2012 offers the public an opportunity to visit some incredible and historical buildings this coming weekend (May 26-27), this year with a focus on commemorating the…
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Continue reading →: Holiday Monday walkabout: Art on the Danforth & a new theatre discovered in Kensington Market
Hey all – first day back for the work week for those of us who had Victoria Day weekend off. Feeling like a Monday. Yesterday, I decided against seeing a movie and ventured out into yet another beautiful sunny day and took the subway to Danforth/Woodbine, where I proceeded to…
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Continue reading →: Female Eye Film Festival fundraiser @ Cherry Cola’s Thurs, May 24
For all of y’all who are celebrating Victoria Day today – Happy Victoria Day! Please remember to drink responsibly and practice safety first with those fireworks. Once the fun high of this long weekend wears off, what’cha gonna do? How about the Female Eye Film Festival fundraiser, this Thursday, May…
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Continue reading →: Beautiful, raw, vulnerable & erotic – Nightwood & Seventh Stage’s Stockholm
Out in the lobby of the Tarragon Theatre before seeing Stockholm last night, I was chatting with a couple who were going to see The Real World? in the main space – and when I mentioned that I was going to see Stockholm, they wondered if the title referred to…
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Continue reading →: The Friday Five–The Mostly Acoustic Blues Edition
Some Friday morning blues, courtesy of transparentguy.
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