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 …
Toronto will see NuitBlanche the first weekend of October from Saturday night October 4th to dawn Sunday morning. What will be interesting to see is if the event improves over last year. Major Art institutions such OCAD, George Brown College, UofT, Ryerson College, Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet, Thompson Hall and Mirvish Theaters …
Fall Glimpse Walking early in the morning, early enough to be fog laden and warbler and wren frisky extra dewy from a moist summer I tried to imagine Fall’s colors among ash, birch, oak and maple. Just a glimpse I thought would be handy. A sample of a mountain trip perhaps. And I could already …
Hamilton Ontario has a mixed message on its natural environment. On one hand there is the exceptional beauty of the Niagara Escarpment with its ravines and bay meeting Lake Ontario versus the surge of industrial pollution from its steel mills, factories, and entwining highway commerce. Perhaps in compensation for this battle, the city of Hamilton …
Warkworth Ontario, part of the beautiful rolling hills of Northumberland County, has a Rodeo, a Pie-baking Contest and a Summer Film Showing. But the event that gets my highest and lip-smacking attention is the Long Lunch in mid August. Each year the good denizens of Warkworth spread out a table the length of Main Street …
Caribana to Toronto is like the Gay Pride Parade, living proof that the Queen City continues to meld into Quepasa Place – more tolerant and indulgent of its multi-cultures than even its various media recognize. And what better way to celebrate than a downhome West-Indian Island Carnival. It is fitting that the final day of …
A garden is a statement of future hope or glimpsed greatness to be.
I would like to tell you that the new Firefox 3 web browser is blazingly fast, full of new GUI features yet with great ease of use, and has one of the best set of add-ons, themes and extensions. It leaves even the upcoming IE8(early next year likely) in the dust. But I won’t, I …
The Port Hope Library is a gem in Eastern Ontario. On the shore of Lake Ontario about 150 kms up the 401 from Toronto, the Port Hope library is in the heart of town. It is a remodeled building keeping the interior and strong vestiges of its original structure. The library offers a full array …
Harbourfront is chock full of all sorts of small shops and boutiques crammed with jewelry, exotic clothic, or just good eats. And Luminato adds to that a whole series of nooks and booths advertising all sorts of cosmetics, consumer and shopping goods. Think of Luminato as a outdoor magazine or fair selling eyeballs and impressions …
Luminato this year had quite a diversity of family entertainments – especially at the water side. For example, Canoes with Bowsprites was the Luminato feature for the Natrel Pond right next to the Harborfront Centre at Lakes edge. Artist Tatjana Hutinec had created Bowspirits straight out of the World’s Sea God Mythology with Neptune/Poseidon (blue), …
Summer is the months for buskers – and I caught my first sighting down at Harborfront – it was the Fireguy. You have to a bit daft to juggle, tumble, and just seek to entertain a crowd on a hot windy day. I know my nieces and nephews are sidetracked for a minute or two …
