Alicia Surveyer, Montreal artist, is now represented by a gallery in Toronto’s Queen St. art district. The gallery, Precious Eklektik, located at 201 Queen St. East, features her work in the store and online, and just held their opening party yesterday. Precious Eklektik represents many different artists using different media, including painting and drawing, but …
Toronto, like a number of cities throughout the World, has the Cavalcade of Lights in Nathan Phillips Square on the 4 week approaching march to Christmas and the Winter Solstice. Cavalcade of Lights features dance, arts, musicians and a lightshow. Below is a hint of the lightshow Images courtesy of Eileen Courtright of rgbcmyk.ca This …
Alana Kapell is a Kingston Ontario area Artist who works in some of the traditional but also exotic areas of painting and craft. In the latter category she has done Encaustic paintings which she describes on her website as: “Encaustic paintings are usually done with purified beeswax and pigment or oil paint. The wax and …
Alexi Hunter, Kingston Glass and Studio Alexi Hunter is one of the principals in Kingston Glass and Studio. He has exhibited all along the Southeastern Ontario seaway including the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition at Nathan Phillips Square. Alex works often have strong coloration and form as can be seen in the detail from one of …
Throughout the Niagara Peninsula from Hamilton and Mississauga, along to the Caledon Hills the Bruce Trail Toronto Hiking Club has some wonderful outings throughout the year. The Bruce Trails strretches from Tobermoy on Lake Huron in the North to Niaga Falls where Lake Erie and Ontario meet so grandly in the South(see the map here). …
Welcome to Pix of Toronto on WordPress 2.7. Our Toronto blog was down out for the count for the past few days. But thanks to some help from the WordPress people we have been able to restore Pixof Toronto.com to its full resplendent state! In addition we have added some new postings long overdue. Please …
There is a “gaming” culture in the US Banking system that is has survived the Financial Meltdown – call it “the never give the suckers an even break” or “fiduciary trust? Why me worry?”. Unfortunately it appears to have spread across the border. And as witness I have the following unsolicited offer from Citibank from …
An Important Note Just below we have asked for comments either here or on the Fotki website on the Santa Parade pictures . So far we have had an overwhelming number of comments – zero. Yep, Nada among over 500 visitors. So a comment is your ticket to getting pictures – No comment, no pictures. A comment will result …
Trent Hill’s is the name for Eastern Ontario counties that the Trent River Basin wanders through from Peterborough via Hastings through Campbellford to Belleville and Trenton where the Trent river empties into Lake Ontario. Anybody who has traveled through this area knows the massive glacial tills that shape this countryside – farms that follow the …
THEx never fails to fascinate.In the past 4-5 years I have seen great shows at the air-conditioned Ricoh – Hollywood on Ice, the Rodeo, and a wonderful Circus. But this does not even touch the Bandshell Entertainments, The Iams SuperDogs Show or Hypnotic Wizardry. And I haven’t mentioned the Midway Rides. Maybe I am getting …
Eastern Ontario has a reputation for a lot of year round festivals – no more so than in the counties on your way to Kingston. Campbellford has the Water Festival in Spring , the Westben Musical Theater in the Summer and Winter’s Festival of Lights. Warkworth has the Spring Maple Syrup Fest, Summer’s Long Lunch …
You know rodeo. Barrel racing, bucking broncos + bulls, calf roping – all lingerings of a vanishing way of life. But the rodeo spirit has the visceral attraction of its sheer physicality. To be true there are the mental scars of grave risk but a step away. But the principal theme is of man versus …
