Category Archives: Performance
Public Energy’s Emergency #20
Here’s the ever-bemused Bill Kimball in a jacket trimmed with curly fur and a red silk kerchief onstage at Market Hall like the ringmaster of a circus, which in many ways he is. Tonight he is introducing the first performance
Public Energy’s Emergency #20
Here’s the ever-bemused Bill Kimball in a jacket trimmed with curly fur and a red silk kerchief onstage at Market Hall like the ringmaster of a circus, which in many ways he is. Tonight he is introducing the first performance
Union Reunion
Once in a blue moon, a place becomes a magnet for artists and creative activity and galvanizes a community with remarkable spinoffs – think of Lapin Agile in Paris, The Riverboat Coffeehouse in Toronto, The Cedar Tavern in New York City.
Union Reunion
Once in a blue moon, a place becomes a magnet for artists and creative activity and galvanizes a community with remarkable spinoffs – think of Lapin Agile in Paris, The Riverboat Coffeehouse in Toronto, The Cedar Tavern in New York City.
The Burgess Shale CD release
They played a fine, rollicking set at the 2012 Peterborough Folk Festival and it was standing room only at the Spill and the Garnet for their performances of Eight Days Lost – The Tom Thompson Multimedia Project last year during
The Burgess Shale CD release
They played a fine, rollicking set at the 2012 Peterborough Folk Festival and it was standing room only at the Spill and the Garnet for their performances of Eight Days Lost – The Tom Thompson Multimedia Project last year during
R. Murray Schafer
In 1983 I was lucky enough to be given tickets to a performance of RA by R. Murray Schafer. It was an all night affair that took place at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto from sundown to sunrise the following
R. Murray Schafer
In 1983 I was lucky enough to be given tickets to a performance of RA by R. Murray Schafer. It was an all night affair that took place at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto from sundown to sunrise the following
The Secrets of the Storytellers
When most people think of storytelling, they usually think of children. But storytelling is an art form as old as mankind. And we’re all storytellers, young and old. A story can be about anything – an event personal or worldly, real
The Secrets of the Storytellers
When most people think of storytelling, they usually think of children. But storytelling is an art form as old as mankind. And we’re all storytellers, young and old. A story can be about anything – an event personal or worldly, real
Triple Threat
I first met Colin MacAdam at a dinner party. He made an impression on me by singing acapella and from memory every verse of Stan Roger’s ballad Barrett’s Privateer, the chorus of which I will never forget:
Triple Threat
I first met Colin MacAdam at a dinner party. He made an impression on me by singing acapella and from memory every verse of Stan Roger’s ballad Barrett’s Privateer, the chorus of which I will never forget:
4th Line Theatre’s 20th Season
It’s an idyllic summer evening as we drive up to the Winslow farm with its weathered barns, rolling hills and clusters of day lilies. The wind ruffles fields of grass, horses graze in the upper pasture, swooping barn swallows and
4th Line Theatre’s 20th Season
It’s an idyllic summer evening as we drive up to the Winslow farm with its weathered barns, rolling hills and clusters of day lilies. The wind ruffles fields of grass, horses graze in the upper pasture, swooping barn swallows and
The PyroFlys – Magic is Alive
How many small towns in Canada can claim to have their very own fire-breathing circus? The PyroFlys have been spinning balls, hoops, staves and fire for about a year now and bringing their skill and magic to events all over
The PyroFlys – Magic is Alive
How many small towns in Canada can claim to have their very own fire-breathing circus? The PyroFlys have been spinning balls, hoops, staves and fire for about a year now and bringing their skill and magic to events all over
Review: Mysterious Entity’s Production of Beside Herself
Last night’s final performance of Beside Herself at Market Hall was an experimental, intimate production from Mysterious Entity that makes me glad to live in this small town with so much local talent, because I likely wouldn’t see it anywhere
Review: Mysterious Entity’s Production of Beside Herself
Last night’s final performance of Beside Herself at Market Hall was an experimental, intimate production from Mysterious Entity that makes me glad to live in this small town with so much local talent, because I likely wouldn’t see it anywhere
Emergency #19
For information on Public Energy’s 2013 Emergency #20 go here » Public Energy’s showcase of new dance and performance art takes place this weekend at Market Hall March 30th-April 1st and I want to see it all! The spirit of
Emergency #19
For information on Public Energy’s 2013 Emergency #20 go here » Public Energy’s showcase of new dance and performance art takes place this weekend at Market Hall March 30th-April 1st and I want to see it all! The spirit of
Voices at Hand
You can’t tie an email up with a ribbon. But a handwritten letter, well, that may be a dying art form. Do we express ourselves differently in a handwritten format? Is it possible to send a meaningful love letter via
Voices at Hand
You can’t tie an email up with a ribbon. But a handwritten letter, well, that may be a dying art form. Do we express ourselves differently in a handwritten format? Is it possible to send a meaningful love letter via
What the Curve Lake Pow Wow Means to Me
Every fall I look forward to the Curve Lake Pow Wow. It almost always falls on a hot sunny day with the smell of woodsmoke in the air and the forest ablaze in yellow and orange.
What the Curve Lake Pow Wow Means to Me
Every fall I look forward to the Curve Lake Pow Wow. It almost always falls on a hot sunny day with the smell of woodsmoke in the air and the forest ablaze in yellow and orange.
Public Energy
February 17th, Public Energy presents of good moral character by choreographer Lara Kramer.
Public Energy
February 17th, Public Energy presents of good moral character by choreographer Lara Kramer.

