It’s that time of the year again… As part of my birthday week, here are In The City events I hope you can support. READ MORE
Brigitte Berman’s latest documentary, The River of My Dreams: A Portrait of Gordon Pinsent, gives us a personal glimpse at Gordon Pinsent’s life as an artist, actor, poet, painter, husband, and father. READ MORE
Native Earth Performing Arts presents the Toronto premiere of Métis Mutt, created and performed by the acclaimed Métis artist Sheldon Elter. Comedic, heartbreaking and unpredictable, Elter’s semi-autobiographical performance piece recounts the journey of a young Métis man finding his way out of a destructive cycle. Métis Mutt runs January 25 to February 5 in Aki Studio. READ MORE
Jan Kudelka performs her third annual Janis Joplin’s Birthday Bash at the Tranzac Club on January 18 at 8:30pm. READ MORE
This month, Shakespeare BASH’d brings an all-star cast into the Roaring Twenties with Twelfth Night. The play boasts an all-star cast that features some of the city’s best young Shakespeareans. To find out more about this production and their preparation for their respective roles, Daniel Briere (Sir Toby Belch), alongside Jesse Nerenberg (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) answered a few questions.
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Three hit National Film Board of Canada (NFB) films were announced today as part of Canada’s Top Ten, an annual list of the country’s finest short and feature-length films, announced by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). READ MORE
Richelle Charkot is a freelance journalist and film programmer residing in Toronto, Ontario. I got to know Richelle as a programmer at my neighbourhood cinema, The Royal Cinema.
Starting tomorrow, January 4th and running until January 15th, the 2017 Next Stage Theatre Festival will be the festival’s 10th birthday celebration. Time to join the party! READ MORE
Prison Dogs
Dirs. Geeta Gandbhir & Perri Peltz
This documentary focuses on 5 inmates in the Puppies Behind Bars program, which involves New York convicts raise and train service dogs for up to three years. Living with the puppies 24/7, the inmates teach the dogs 99 commands, after which the dogs go on to help war veterans with PTSD. READ MORE
‘Tis the Season! Renaissance and Medieval music celebrates Advent,with a Free Medieval & Renaissance Concert on Friday, December 9, 7:30pm, St. Basil’s Church. READ MORE
