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Alumnae Theatre’s 2012-13 season & director search

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May 16, 2012

Hey all – Taking a quiet week this week – mostly to recover from all the recent theatre/music/poetry/art events and catch up on household stuff – but I wanted to give a shout out to Alumnae Theatre Company, for their upcoming season, and remind folks of the director search. Check…
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Music

p.s. – Leuty Station CD launch

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May 14, 2012

Hey kids – Hope the weekend was good. Check out Heather Hill’s message on the Leuty Station CD launch Saturday night, including band credits: http://www.heatherhill.ca/fr_news.cfm And if you haven’t given Leuty Station a listen yet, click on Heather’s Music page and check it out.
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Music

Beautiful, moving & powerful – Heather Hill’s Leuty Station

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May 13, 2012

Heather Hill launched her new CD, Leuty Station, at the Drake Underground last night – and what a night! Met my pal Lizzie Violet out front and we stopped by the merch table to visit Meghan Morrison, who co-wrote “Wading Through Normal” with Hill and producer Orville Heyn for this…
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Music, Theatre

Passion, play & an unlikely heroine

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May 12, 2012

I had the great pleasure of seeing some very talented women perform last night, this time in the east end of Toronto at Lazy Daisy’s Café, which was converted into an intimate venue for the show. Kat Leonard opens for the premiere of Dawna J. Wightman’s one-woman show Life As…
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Music, Poetry, Spoken word

Get Your Groove On brings passion, fun & sexy good times

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May 11, 2012

I normally would have posted this on Thursday, the day after the actual event, but Wednesday night had so much cookin’ with the sculpture exhibit and all, that I wanted to do both events justice and post separate blogs. Singer/songwriter Ellie Anderson (http://www.ellieandersonmusic.com/) organized Get Your Groove On – and…
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Art

See Us Rise Hear Us Roar – hands on clay as healing process

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May 10, 2012

I had the opportunity to attend an extraordinary sculpture exhibit at the Gardiner Museum last night: See Us Rise Hear Us Roar. The work is the result of an 11-week long sculpture class – a partnership between the Gardiner and the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic. A response to a previous…
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Music, Poetry, Spoken word, Theatre

Coming up this week: poetry, music & theatre

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May 8, 2012

So much to see and hear in Toronto this week, including these upcoming events and gigs: Wednesday, May 9: Get Your Groove On! Poetry & music event with Ellie Anderson, featuring Lizzie Violet @ Jang Bang Bar (College St. just east of Bathurst St.) – 8 p.m. – 11 p.m.…
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A history of hurt – Gruesome Playground Injuries @ Theatre Centre

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May 7, 2012

When we were kids, my brothers had this friend, Stephen MacDonald, who was always getting into accidents and seriously injured. Like the time they were playing leap-frog over those large chunky wooden stakes that acted as a kind of fence/vehicle barrier around the park near our house. Stephen slipped and…
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May 5, 2012

Kat Leonard interviews Heather Hill about a song she co-wrote with Meg Morrison – triple threat!
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Music, Theatre

Family, faith & acceptance @ Alumnae Theatre’s Big Ideas Festival of readings

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May 4, 2012

A great evening of theatre in process up in the Alumnae Theatre studio space last night with a Big Ideas reading of Francine Dick’s play Preparing For Passover, directed/dramaturged by Kerri MacDonald. Five adult sisters prepare their parents’ home for Passover. An Orthodox Jewish family, their adherence to their faith…
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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!