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Continue reading →: Movie, music & monologues
Finally got out to see Monsieur Lazhar yesterday afternoon at the TIFF Bell Lightbox – and was so glad I did. What a beautiful, tender – and also funny and frank – film! Monsieur Lazhar comes to the school as a replacement teacher under tragic circumstances. As he works with…
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Continue reading →: Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival 2012 opens next week!
Get your calendars out, folks – it’s New Ideas time! Alumnae Theatre Company’s annual New Ideas Festival (NIF) of short plays and readings opens in the Alumnae studio next week on Wed, Mar 14 and runs until Sun, Apr 1 – with a new program of short plays every week.…
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Continue reading →: Worlds collide in The Happy Woman
I was out for the opening of Nightwood Theatre’s production of The Happy Woman (by Rose Cullis, directed by Kelly Thornton) last night at the Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs – and what an opening! The place was packed with friends and family of the cast, agents, actors, other assorted theatre-related…
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Continue reading →: Thursday @ Zelda’s!
Originally posted on Lizzie Violet: You can catch Ellie Anderson at Zelda’s tomorrow night. Thanks to my pal Lizzie Violet for posting! Lizzie Violet View original post
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Continue reading →: More great sounds at Graffiti’s Tumultuous Tuesday
Yep, out late and drinkin’ beer on a school night. Fun! Great time with friends and music at Graffiti’s last night for their Tumultuous Tuesday line-up. First up was Ellie Anderson, who accompanied herself on some heartfelt tunes on a sweet Takamine acoustic guitar. A clear, clean voice and a…
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Continue reading →: Tumultuous Tuesday & The Happy Woman
Some late school nights for me this week, chickens – all for very good reasons, I assure you: music and theatre. Tonight is Tumultuous Tuesday at Graffiti’s in Kensington Market (170 Baldwin Street, Toronto), and the line-up features the lovely and talented Kat Leonard. Added bonus: I’ll also get to…
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Continue reading →: untitled post 1639
Originally posted on KAT LEONARD (Kat & The MP3): Ah… a quiet Sunday all to myself to catch up with me and plan the rest of my life again. I crack open my new CD, Florence & The Machine, which fuses magnificently with the blissful sound of coffee percolating. It’s…
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Continue reading →: Downton Abbey – s1 & s2 on Vision TV
For those of you who missed it – or want to see it again – you have a second chance to catch seasons 1 & 2 of Downton Abbey on Vision TV on Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. EST (they’re a couple of episodes into s1 at this point). Check…
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Continue reading →: I believe…
A little while ago, I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon at my pal Kira’s apartment, where we caught up over brunch, drank mimosas and even did a little home improvement. And we watched one of my favourite movies: Bull Durham. Those of you who’ve seen Bull Durham will…
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Continue reading →: Arizona dreamin’ – the last two days
Here’s what I got up to during the last two days of my Arizona adventure… One thing my parents hadn’t done yet is visit the Heard Museum in downtown Phoenix (there’s also a location in Scottsdale: Heard North Scottsdale). And part of the fun was getting to and from, which…







