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When I sat down with Sarah Henstra at the cosy, chandelier-lit “Wallflower” in Parkdale, it became apparent to me early on that everything about Sarah- her stories, her job, her life, have been shaped by love for literature. This fall

When I entered Toronto’s Four Seasons Theatre the cold was climbing, and when I left, the streets were coated with a fresh dusting of powder. But for the time that I was watching this ballet, I was wrapped in a

After a rigorous two weeks of apartment hunting in Toronto, my partner and I found ourselves signing the lease on a snug one bedroom on the border of Roncesvalles and Parkdale, a historically Polish neighbourhood. We had just missed the

Kick off the festive season with a lyrical Christmas vacation courtesy of the Vancouver Men’s Chorus, as they return with this year’s “Making Spirits Bright” concert (8th-15th Dec St Paul’s Anglican Church). Following the rollicking fun had at the summer show, we

There is nothing ordinary about this performance though it seeks to normalize things we might not otherwise see in public spheres. “Public and Private”, as the name suggests, pushes the audience to question and look beyond the superficial. The diverse

Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” beckons thoughts of rich aristocrats, gold tapestries, Russian revolutions and beautiful yet troubled heroines. Some of us have braved its 800 pages while others dream of the day we can finally cross it off our reading

Ballet BC’s 2018/ 2019 session has begun with the wonderfully eclectic “Program 1” which showcases works spanning three decades of contemporary dance. The line-up balances a tumultuous and poetic piece, “Enemy in the Figure” from 1989, by celebrated choreographer William Forsythe,