The Over the Top Festival is coming to Toronto this weekend. “April 30 through May 4th at select venues, which includes film premieres, rare musical performances and exciting theatrical productions. Each year the festival continues to grow, having started with just three events seven years ago and now it numbers nearly three dozen.” Many of…
Essential Service Time
Regardless of how you feel about the TTC or unions in general it is undeniable that the TTC is, and should be declared, an essential service. When Bob Kinnear called the strike at 11:10 on Friday night he said it was to prevent exposing union members to “the dangers of assaults from angry and irrational…
Eyes on Toronto May 5
Eyes on Toronto Returns May 5 with what promises to be the best show in at least a month. Coming up this time around, are Ed-Gass Donnelly, writer and director of This Beautiful City, Comedian Jeff McEnery, and the Toronto debut of the new look Diabloeros. Seriously, what more could you want for 10 bucks…
Theatre in Her Shoes: Footprints Reading Series
I am not a woman working in theatre. Not being a woman instantly disqualifies me. However, if I were a woman working in theatre, in Toronto or anywhere else, I would be watching this closely and offering it my support (which I do anyway, qualified or not.) Theatre in Her Shoes is a Toronto based…
7 New Blogs
7 New Blogs have been added to the aggregators today. Two More in the Canblogs. the End of the Information Age Two Way Monologues and 5 more in Band Blogs Too Colleen Brown Dan Managan Hey Ocean! Slim Twig Vancougar
Free Colleen Brown Downloads
People have had alot of very nice things to say about Edmonton’s Colleen Brown. Things like “Why is this woman not celebrated across the country? Her second album, a stellar collection of rootsy piano-pop tunes, proves she is a national treasure in the making — along the lines of Joni Mitchell, Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot…
Belated Self-Introduction
I finally agreed to start contributing to the house weblog of publicbroadcasting.ca this past month. It was something that I’d put off for several years for reasons I won’t get into here, but most of them were simply matters of time management on my part. In the process, I ended up simply posting my earlier…
the TTC, retaliate appropriately
I have had several messages today suggesting responses to the TCC’s walkout. Personally I buy tickets not passes so seeking a refund won’t work for me. A TTC boycott would hurt the TTCs bottom line (as well as the city of Toronto) but wouldn’t affect the transit workers who get paid the same whether their…
Said the Whale Album June 5
The new album (officially the first from Said the Whale) will officially be released on on June 3rd, but the CD Release party isn’t until June 5th at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver. From saidthewhale.com: “I’m not sure if we have ever officially announced this…but we have a new record coming out! It is called…
Upcoming Toronto Events
From my facebook group Events Toronto. Saturday, April 26An All-Cause Rallyhttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10406128595 Kristin’s Fundraising Salon Recital, No. 2http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11297335948 FEEDBACK Short Film Festival – at the NFB http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13804611815 Sunday, April 27WORKING CLASS ROCKSTAR Doc about the Music Industry http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12311897775 Monday, April 28 Fringe Brittania: “The Further Adventures of Antoine Feval”http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10767583963 TALENT MONDAY’s at “The Supermarket” http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=30257236264 Tuesday,…